Hi from Alabama

[JustGia]

I am going to start induction tomorrow and I soooo hope I can do this. I am a 33 year old (happily married) stay at home mom of two boys. I live in Alabama and I desperately want/need to lose weight. Right now, I am embarrassed to say, I weigh 226 pounds. I am 5'5. When I married my husband I weighed 116 pounds and up until that time (1990) NEVER weighed more than 120 in my life. After having two babies and 14 abdominal sugeries in a three year period of time :sadblinky my body disgusts me. I am tired of being tired, I am tired of being fat, and I AM going to take the steps to make necessary changes. I am so glad I found this place and I will appreciate any and all support/advice given~Wish me luck and Nice to meet'ya :wave

[BabeInTheWoods]

Hi JustGia.....I'm sure you can make it This board is very helpful and there is lots of motivation here.....Good luck. :wave

[sharbur2002]

Hi! :wave

Welcome to ha

You can do this! Just make sure that you have the book, Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution c2002. Read the whole book so that you understand exactly what to do. Then go back and read chapter 11 again. Come here and post often. There are some great people here and lots of great advice.

Sharon

[2big4mysize]

welcome to the board. you can do this. make sure you follow the rules in chapter 11 eat the foods on the lists in chapter 11 and do the mandatory exercise part of your Atkins too and in 16 days we will be reading a very excited happy yipeeeeeeeee topic form you when you have finished your Induction 14 days.

Happy low carbing

[JustGia]

Thank you guys for the welcome and encouragement. I have decided to re read my Atkins book (especially chapter 11) and start induction once I am done. I want to be sure and do everything I can~the right way. I do have a question please~ have any of you had the overlapping 'kangaroo pouch' on your tummy? Did it go away once the pounds came off? I am so afraid that mine will ALWAYS be here. :no :help After 14 abdominal surgeries (6 of which I was cut completely open like a c-section cut) I do not have any ab muscles left (or so it seems)

[jimmie 48]

Thank you guys for the welcome and encouragement. I have decided to re read my Atkins book (especially chapter 11) and start induction once I am done. I want to be sure and do everything I can~the right way. I do have a question please~ have any of you had the overlapping 'kangaroo pouch' on your tummy? Did it go away once the pounds came off? I am so afraid that mine will ALWAYS be here. :no :help After 14 abdominal surgeries (6 of which I was cut completely open like a c-section cut) I do not have any ab muscles left (or so it seems)

oh heavens no! none of us here have had that problem at all.......lol
gee, consider yourself one of the gang! i had to post because the alabama caught my eye. i lived most of my 22 years in south al. gulf shores area. i see you are in the north. still alabama girls though, even though i'm in fl. at the moment.
welcome to the adbb!

[JustGia]

{{{{jimmie 48}}}}
Nice to 'meet you' :wave So...does the pouch go away with the pounds?? I have these amazing dreams of losing all this excess weight and the nightmare that I still have this huge skin hanging over my belly :help

[jimmie 48]

i could use a nip and tuck too! i didn't have as much to lose but i do have a bit of a tummy. i would guess that with exercise, some of that will tighten. if i were you i would go into the century club thing and ask those girls about the tummy thing. there are lots of folks here that have had to lose over 100 pounds and i'll bet they could answer your question pronto. maybe even the exercise forum could help.

have fun surfing the board. i have collected a few friends along the way!
do you ever get to the way down south?

[JustGia]

Thank you for being so sweet and helpful~I really appreciate it. I do get to Florida sometimes. I have an Aunt and Uncle that live in Tampa. Do you ever get back to Bama (Huntsville, Athens areas)?

[jimmie 48]

very very seldom, and only when we are going to my mom's in ohio.
we had a house in elberta, alabama till 2002. we sold it and moved to pensacola. we thought we would only be here about a year but it has been much longer than that. i long to be back in al. and away from this subdivision. i'm a country girl at heart and i'm not liking the concrete jungle.

[higgies]

Hey!! Welcome to ha !!

You're going to do great, as this board is an incredibly supportive and informative place. Best of luck and we hope to see your success on here!

[JustGia]

:wave Hi higgies..and thank you. You look Mah-valous by the way. Love the before and after pix. Great Job. :icondance I will try and post a current pix as soon as I figure out how~lol.
jimmie 48~I hope you get back to Bama one day to. It would be nice to meet an "Atkins Friend" in real life. I was born and raised here~I do not think I would ever want to live any where else. :hug

[higgies]

:wave Hi higgies..and thank you. You look Mah-valous by the way. Love the before and after pix. Great Job. :icondance I will try and post a current pix as soon as I figure out how~lol.
jimmie 48~I hope you get back to Bama one day to. It would be nice to meet an "Atkins Friend" in real life. I was born and raised here~I do not think I would ever want to live any where else. :hug

I liked Alabama! My gf went to Auburn and we went down there for the Auburn Georgia game a couple months ago....we had soo much fun!!

Thanks for the compliments! Unfortunately, I'm still working on it!!!

[jimmie 48]

hey you ain't seen "Mah-valous " till you go to higgies place in chit chat. i don't remember the page number but he has posted a really nice picture. start at the last page and work your way forward. worth the effort.
are you embarrassed enough yet higgies?



edited to tell you page 8

[JustGia]

I liked Alabama! My gf went to Auburn and we went down there for the Auburn Georgia game a couple months ago....we had soo much fun!!

Thanks for the compliments! Unfortunately, I'm still working on it!!!

Your g/f went to a good school~so glad you two had fun here at the game