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Help Me! I'm New
Hi Everyone,
I am new to Atkins, and just started yesterday. I am very, very determined and motivated to lose the 57 pounds that I wish to shed to get to my goal weight. I am a 5ft 3 in female, mother of 3, married for 5 years, and I am not even 30 yet. My oldest son is starting high school, yes high school, this upcoming school year, and I have carried this extra poundage around for long enough. Yesterday, I weighed myself, and I was whopping 207 pounds~!
Yes I wanted to shoot myself, but instead, I started my new WOE. So far I have not deviated. See I am very different. I am not a junk food eater, Not a chocoholic, but I could live on Rice and Gravy till the next century. I was just a bad eater. And not only that. I am lazy! 
So I know that this is not going to be a walk in the park for me, but like I said, I am determined. Over all the diets that I have tried, I have never packed a lunch. Well I have packed 2 lunches, and 2 snacks for the 2 days that I have been on Atkins. Yesterday, I drank 5, 18 oz glasses of water for a 90ounce H2O intake. You can imagine that I stayed in the bathroom for the whole day, and through out the night. But I woke up refreshed, albeit with a crook in my neck! I am shooting for 90 ounces of water a day. Today, I make the big step of joining a gym. I have joined Bally's, Fitworks, and the YMCA. Between the three of them, I have given away about $2000. I can't tell you one time other than the time I signed up, that I actually used the facilities.
But I have made a pact with myself that for every 7-10 pounds I lose, I will buy a new outfit. My kids and my husband are both supporting me through this, so I KNOW that this time I am going to make it. I do have a question though. What can I do about my breath? I have a compulsive disorder and my breath is one thing that I can smell. Is EXTRA sugarless gum okay? I checked the packaged and it has 0 grams of sugar, but 2 grams of sugar alcohol. What the heck is that? Please send me any suggestions. Thanks.
I am new to Atkins, and just started yesterday. I am very, very determined and motivated to lose the 57 pounds that I wish to shed to get to my goal weight. I am a 5ft 3 in female, mother of 3, married for 5 years, and I am not even 30 yet. My oldest son is starting high school, yes high school, this upcoming school year, and I have carried this extra poundage around for long enough. Yesterday, I weighed myself, and I was whopping 207 pounds~!
Yes I wanted to shoot myself, but instead, I started my new WOE. So far I have not deviated. See I am very different. I am not a junk food eater, Not a chocoholic, but I could live on Rice and Gravy till the next century. I was just a bad eater. And not only that. I am lazy! So I know that this is not going to be a walk in the park for me, but like I said, I am determined. Over all the diets that I have tried, I have never packed a lunch. Well I have packed 2 lunches, and 2 snacks for the 2 days that I have been on Atkins. Yesterday, I drank 5, 18 oz glasses of water for a 90ounce H2O intake. You can imagine that I stayed in the bathroom for the whole day, and through out the night. But I woke up refreshed, albeit with a crook in my neck! I am shooting for 90 ounces of water a day. Today, I make the big step of joining a gym. I have joined Bally's, Fitworks, and the YMCA. Between the three of them, I have given away about $2000. I can't tell you one time other than the time I signed up, that I actually used the facilities. But I have made a pact with myself that for every 7-10 pounds I lose, I will buy a new outfit. My kids and my husband are both supporting me through this, so I KNOW that this time I am going to make it. I do have a question though. What can I do about my breath? I have a compulsive disorder and my breath is one thing that I can smell. Is EXTRA sugarless gum okay? I checked the packaged and it has 0 grams of sugar, but 2 grams of sugar alcohol. What the heck is that? Please send me any suggestions. Thanks.
The more water you drink, the less you will notice the ketone taste and breath.
Thank Goodness, I didn't use much, but I had some carrots on the side, and I was about to take a bite of one, when it occured to my memory that I had not seen carrots on the list of acceptable foods for induction. I whipped out my book, and sure enough they are the enemy on induction. Whoo! 
Just missed another one. I don't know how I am feeling right now, everything is kinda of moving slow. Me and my husband usually use our weekends entertaining people, and of course drinking alcohol. At this point, I don't have a desire to drink it. I know I won't miss the hangover the next day. But it isn't just that. I don't have a desire to eat, or drink. My appetite is really gone. I have just wolfed down about 20 oz of water, so maybe that is it. Or maybe since I didn't have breakfast my metabolism is still asleep. I need a word of encouragement. I won't even consider quitting since that is not an option. My birthday is September 3, and I am determined to have lost 30 pounds by then. That is 11 weeks from now, so I can lose about 3 pounds per week, and still be good. I am hoping that it doesn't take that long, but if it does, it is ok. I haven't been a 177 pounds since the 9th grade. Sometimes, I just want to cry thinking about how big I really am. I am a size 16 comfortably, but my stomach is like a man's beer belly! I look about 4-5 months pregnant and it is not attractive. I am going to write my feelings in my journal now. If anyone wants to send me a word of encouragement, please do. I am depending on you guys for support, and want to support the other Atkineers as well. So long for now. I will post again in a few hours. 
I am especially happy to have so much support. Today is day 4 for me, and I am wanting to step on the scale, but I won't. I will wait until the 21st, and hopefully I will be down. Any amount of weight loss will thrill me, but I am shooting for 7 pounds. I tried on these jeans this morning, I still can't fit them, but that just motivated me more. I AM GOING TO GET INTO THOSE DAMN JEANS BY THE END OF THIS MONTH! I signed up for the recreation center, but haven't actually worked out yet, however, I did take the 3 year old to the park and ran around with him for about an hour. That is the most exercise I've done recently so that is a start. Well, I am on my 32 ounces of water so far today. For breakfast, I just had a country omelette, with cheese, mushrooms, green peppers, and ham, with a side of bacon. For lunch, I will have cabbage soup. I think this is okay, since there is nothing in it but cabbage, I took the carrots out, and ditched the crackers. Well, I am feeling better today, have a lot more energy, and those cravings are still there, but only slightly. I will post later. I look forward to any suggestions that you have, and if you can please let me know how much you lost on induction. I already know I will be doing extended induction as well. Thanks, these stories also motivate me more.
One day at at time...today I will do what I need to do to reach my goal.
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