Tweet
I've just turned 18 years old, and am currently on the induction phase of Atkins. I have been on it for just about five weeks now, and plan to stick in extended intuction for some time, as I have quite a bit of weight to lose.
I read the Atkins book in May, and though I'd heard of (and even tried) the diet before, I'd never really bothered to learn the science of it. I must say, just reading the book, and finding as much as I could online about low carb eating, was quite an inspiration to me. It just makes so much sense. You can't really go wrong with it as long as you stick with it.
So, I started, seeing it as something I would stick to...well, planning to stick to it for a year, maybe two. I only assumed I would mess up every Sunday evening when we have family get-togethers with home-made pizza and icecream galore. Yet, five weeks into the diet, I haven't gone off track once, and every day, it's seeming less like 'a diet,' or 'the Atkins diet.' It's just becoming my diet; the way I eat.
I can really see this as a lifelong eating plan. Well, truthfully, a big waffle cone with peanut butter icecream bulging out crosses my mind about once a week.... BUT, when it does, I just tell myself all the carbs would make me sick now, and anything other than that just sounds disgusting anyway.
I've had weight problems most of my life. Everyone in my family is obese, and I think I must have been considered so as well by about age 8. My parents have always had a habit of criticizing thin people, hence my waiting until age 18 to get serious about this.
Both my parents (each at about 40 right now) have heart disease and are diabetic. They do nothing about it. I want to live a long life, and absolutely will not become diabetic as everyone else in my (large) family has.
So, my name is Trista Woods and I am five weeks into my new way of eating. I'm very excited to have found this forum, as everyone seems so knowledgeable, motivating, and supportive.
On May 26, 2007, at 5'8" I weighed in at 235 pounds; this morning (July 1) I weighted in at 204.6. It sounds silly, but I'm very excited that soon I'll be considered overweight (by my BMI). Rather than obese, it sounds great to me. I'm not sure I've been as proud of myself over anything in life as I am about how well I've stuck to this, and how much weight I've lost; and it's only been a short five weeks so far.
My biggest goal is just to stick to the diet, to get healthy and stay healthy, but I would also like to be down to 160 pounds by the end of next summer. Having about 60 weeks to lose 45 pounds, I definitely think I'll be able to do it.
Anyway, I'm sorry for the length to anyone who has made it this far, I tend to go on and on about things. I will also quickly apologize for any spelling or gramatical errors. I would normally check my writing with Microsoft Word before posting it, but I don't seem to have it installed.
Thank you and I look forward to meeting you all,
Trista
I read the Atkins book in May, and though I'd heard of (and even tried) the diet before, I'd never really bothered to learn the science of it. I must say, just reading the book, and finding as much as I could online about low carb eating, was quite an inspiration to me. It just makes so much sense. You can't really go wrong with it as long as you stick with it.
So, I started, seeing it as something I would stick to...well, planning to stick to it for a year, maybe two. I only assumed I would mess up every Sunday evening when we have family get-togethers with home-made pizza and icecream galore. Yet, five weeks into the diet, I haven't gone off track once, and every day, it's seeming less like 'a diet,' or 'the Atkins diet.' It's just becoming my diet; the way I eat.
I can really see this as a lifelong eating plan. Well, truthfully, a big waffle cone with peanut butter icecream bulging out crosses my mind about once a week.... BUT, when it does, I just tell myself all the carbs would make me sick now, and anything other than that just sounds disgusting anyway.
I've had weight problems most of my life. Everyone in my family is obese, and I think I must have been considered so as well by about age 8. My parents have always had a habit of criticizing thin people, hence my waiting until age 18 to get serious about this.
Both my parents (each at about 40 right now) have heart disease and are diabetic. They do nothing about it. I want to live a long life, and absolutely will not become diabetic as everyone else in my (large) family has.
So, my name is Trista Woods and I am five weeks into my new way of eating. I'm very excited to have found this forum, as everyone seems so knowledgeable, motivating, and supportive.
On May 26, 2007, at 5'8" I weighed in at 235 pounds; this morning (July 1) I weighted in at 204.6. It sounds silly, but I'm very excited that soon I'll be considered overweight (by my BMI). Rather than obese, it sounds great to me. I'm not sure I've been as proud of myself over anything in life as I am about how well I've stuck to this, and how much weight I've lost; and it's only been a short five weeks so far.
My biggest goal is just to stick to the diet, to get healthy and stay healthy, but I would also like to be down to 160 pounds by the end of next summer. Having about 60 weeks to lose 45 pounds, I definitely think I'll be able to do it.
Anyway, I'm sorry for the length to anyone who has made it this far, I tend to go on and on about things. I will also quickly apologize for any spelling or gramatical errors. I would normally check my writing with Microsoft Word before posting it, but I don't seem to have it installed.
Thank you and I look forward to meeting you all,
Trista
for digging in your heals and choosing not to follow in their footsteps. You're young and deserve to live a long, active, healthy life.
Comment