Starting Atkins

[lasterly]

Hello, My name is Lori, I am 41 years old and I just started following the adkins diet yesterday after several failed attempts of just winging it on my own and just trying to cut back. I have always been thin all my life however as I reached my late 30's I had a harder time maintaining that. I find it now very hard to lose anything. I have known others to do the Atkins and all had wonderful results. So here I am - I would love to lose 34 pounds total. I am so happy to have run across this support group. I look forward in watching others reach their goals as well.

[SandyL2002]

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Welcome to the board Lori... The key to my success so far is to have a plan...Every meal every situation I may be in..

[sallyseachange]

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Hello Lori and welcome aboard! Glad you're here with us and have decided against winging it all on your own. It's really important to have support and encouragement and here at ADBB we try to give just that.

Keep your goal firmly in mind and don't let others sway you.
Looking forward to reading of your successes!

[sillygirl]

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Hi Lori! Welcome to the board. Atkins is the best, it's healthy and keeps you satisfied. Can you pinpoint why you've failed in the past so it doesn't happen again? I can tell you that the support on this board is terrific for keeping us on the straight and narrow! Come around often.

[apple]

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Hi, Lori! Welcome to the board

[lasterly]

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Hello everyone and thank you for such a warm welcome.

I do believe the reason I have failed is because I have never had to diet before - until the last few years due to my age/metabolism changing. When I started worrying about my weight gain, I was mostly told by others to basically cut back my portions and increase my exercise - in which I am fairly active with golf, tennis and go to the gym about 3 days a week. I have been unsuccessful at losing much weight and now I know I need to follow something specifically. I also have to admit that I am a carboholic.
I need to join Carboholics Annonymos! LOL

I am so happy to find this group and I am sure I will find the support I need here.

[kisstuck]

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Welcome Lori! Everyone here is very helpful and always willing lend a helping hand or post much needed advice! Good luck with induction!

[Tillymum]

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Hi Lori, glad you are joining us. You will find all the support you need here and lots of helpful advce - you only have to ask. Atkins is the perfect way of eating for Carboholics! You break your addiction really quickly and learn to enjoy a whole new way of eating.

Good luck and keep us posted.

[Theperfect10]

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Hi Lori - welcome to the boards. How are you doing so far?

[dreamof145]

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Hi Lori. Glad you've joined us. Get comfortable with the program, make friends and have fun. We're all here to help!

[lasterly]

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Hello, I lost 5 lbs since I started Atkins - that would actually be 10 lbs total that I have lost recently which isn't too bad considering I cheated last weekend when we took a trip to Florida. I'm back on the ball again! The great thing is that a coworker of mine is also doing the Atkins with me - so helps keep me motivated also. I start tennis again next week - great calorie burner for me so I hope to see even better results the next few weeks. I'm still hanging in there - overall I feel great!

[Forever_Autumn87]

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Welcome to our big happy family, you will find this place a great inspiration I'm sure.
I'm a newbie myself but if you need any help. feel free to ask and I will try and help.

Good Luck
Helen

[lasterly]

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I am so excited! I have lost 15 pounds total. Only 9 more pounds to reach my mini goal before we go on our cruise to the Bahamas. I had plateaued for the past 2 weeks but finally starting to budge again. Watching the scale go down and fitting into smaller size clothes has been enough to keep me motivated.

[GaynorA]

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Hi there - huge welcome to you from a fellow carboholic! One thing that is so different about Atkins is that it ISN'T a diet! I know that probably sounds a bit odd. It really is a way of eating. You won't be hungry and your cravings will subside as you go through induction. You know yourself what being a carb lover is like. It won't work if you decide to have "just a little bit" of that bread or cake or whatever. Really stick to induction and get that stuff out of your system. You will be so pleased you did - and your scales will show you that it's worth it. Lotsa luv to you.

[GaynorA]

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FABULOUS news about the 15lbs. You GO girl.

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