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Hello!! Newbie to everything here!
Hi! My name is Erin and I am trying Atkins for the first time. I never been the type to eat much, but when I did eat I would eat a whole lot of the wrong type of carbs. So, I love drinking a 20oz bottle of coke, then later go to Starbucks to get a Venti Pepermint Mocha, a cookie then maybe a pizza for dinner....since I am a graduate student, I need suger to keep me going...but...really...
So I ate a lot of the wrong stuff. It was easy!
My top weight was almost 300 lbs (about 5 years ago, and since then, I have lost it, but not due to any diet. I gained a good majority of it when I stopped playing basketball in high school (I was heavy then...people were amazed that someone my size could keep up w/ all the skinny girls!), and in college I did do track and field, but actually, I have been heavy all my life. The only time I was "skinny" was when I was 9...then bam!
So, I have started exercising (got a trainer for awhile) and I am at 240 (I am 6'1), age 25 years, and even though I really don't look like I weigh that much...but I know.
I have known about Atkins and actually had a friend do it (she lost a 80lbs but it all came back
), but just perusing all the success stories and looking at the photos really motivates me.
I just started yesterday (Saturday), and so far so good. I think it is easier to do this because at school, I am in charge of my diet...at home, I HAD to eat what was cooked for dinner...so carbs galore!
Ah, this was long. Just that I am excited to start this and I think incorporating good eating habits along side exercising will help me tremendously.
Thanks!!!
So I ate a lot of the wrong stuff. It was easy!
My top weight was almost 300 lbs (about 5 years ago, and since then, I have lost it, but not due to any diet. I gained a good majority of it when I stopped playing basketball in high school (I was heavy then...people were amazed that someone my size could keep up w/ all the skinny girls!), and in college I did do track and field, but actually, I have been heavy all my life. The only time I was "skinny" was when I was 9...then bam!
So, I have started exercising (got a trainer for awhile) and I am at 240 (I am 6'1), age 25 years, and even though I really don't look like I weigh that much...but I know.
I have known about Atkins and actually had a friend do it (she lost a 80lbs but it all came back
), but just perusing all the success stories and looking at the photos really motivates me.I just started yesterday (Saturday), and so far so good. I think it is easier to do this because at school, I am in charge of my diet...at home, I HAD to eat what was cooked for dinner...so carbs galore!
Ah, this was long. Just that I am excited to start this and I think incorporating good eating habits along side exercising will help me tremendously.
Thanks!!!
Good to have you here.
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