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Hi, just introducing myself.
This is 'third time lucky' re Atkins for me. I first tried Atkins in 2004. I was a vegetarian at the time, and I'm afraid I just became totally 'egged out' - to the extent that I remember standing in the supermarket aisle just looking at the egg boxes and feeling nauseous - just by looking at the boxes! At the time I never wanted to see another egg again! It did work though, and earlier this year, as a meat eater again, my DH and I decided to have another go. In March I lost 18 pounds in 3 weeks on induction, then another 3 pounds more slowly. Afraid I fell off the wagon - if we go out on a Sunday, we usually end up in a coffee/tea shop, and I was so missing the cakes!
The thing is though, probably like many of you, I have struggled for years with low fat diets - joining clubs, buying the magazines etc., and they have never worked for me in the way Atkins has, so I decided for another try. We both started again on induction one week ago, and so far I have lost 6 pounds, my DH 5 pounds. No hunger, very few cravings after the first 3-4 days, such delicious food!!! This time I need to stick with it, so I have tried to learn from my previous falls off the wagon...
I have learned that I need to stay excited about the food choices I have. In the past I have fallen into the trap of not planning ahead, and ended up eating a lot of ham/egg salads - tasty, but not inspiring, and not using the plan to the full. I enjoy cooking, so I have hunted out loads of recipes and ideas to keep me enthusiastic about trying them out. That's how I ended up here.
We went out on Sunday, and we did go to a coffee shop, but I had packed a 'legal' picnic and knowing we had that to look forward to meant we found it easier to resist the cakes, and just have coffee. I also packed some cream in the cool box, so if we ended up wanting a take away coffee later we could just go for plain black and add our own cream!
I've also got some emergency peppermint creams/ice in the freezer - I adapted a recipe from someone on the forum for 'Cinnamon buttons' and used peppermint essence instead - Cream Cheese, tblspn cream, sweetener and few drops of peppermint essence. Freeze teaspoons of the mixture on a plate. One or two is enough for me, if I feel the need, so a couple of times this week I've had peppermint creams after dinner! The texture is more like an ice-cream, but they work for me. Later when out of induction I'm going to try them with some sugar free chocolate on top.
Anyway this is turning into a long introduction, so I'll finish with my 'facts and figure!'
I live in the UK, I'm 46, height 5ft 2 ins.
Heaviest weight - 245 lbs (17st 7 lbs)
Starting weight in March 08 - 238 lbs, loss of 21 lbs to take me down to 217 lbs.
Starting weight this time on July 10th - 220 lbs (15 st 10 lbs)
Weight loss by July 17th - 6 lbs - current weight 214 lbs (15st 4 lbs)
Total loss since end March this year 24 lbs.
Hi to all,
Pat
PS - I suppose I should also say that I have read the book! It's my constant companion at the moment!
This is 'third time lucky' re Atkins for me. I first tried Atkins in 2004. I was a vegetarian at the time, and I'm afraid I just became totally 'egged out' - to the extent that I remember standing in the supermarket aisle just looking at the egg boxes and feeling nauseous - just by looking at the boxes! At the time I never wanted to see another egg again! It did work though, and earlier this year, as a meat eater again, my DH and I decided to have another go. In March I lost 18 pounds in 3 weeks on induction, then another 3 pounds more slowly. Afraid I fell off the wagon - if we go out on a Sunday, we usually end up in a coffee/tea shop, and I was so missing the cakes!
The thing is though, probably like many of you, I have struggled for years with low fat diets - joining clubs, buying the magazines etc., and they have never worked for me in the way Atkins has, so I decided for another try. We both started again on induction one week ago, and so far I have lost 6 pounds, my DH 5 pounds. No hunger, very few cravings after the first 3-4 days, such delicious food!!! This time I need to stick with it, so I have tried to learn from my previous falls off the wagon...
I have learned that I need to stay excited about the food choices I have. In the past I have fallen into the trap of not planning ahead, and ended up eating a lot of ham/egg salads - tasty, but not inspiring, and not using the plan to the full. I enjoy cooking, so I have hunted out loads of recipes and ideas to keep me enthusiastic about trying them out. That's how I ended up here.
We went out on Sunday, and we did go to a coffee shop, but I had packed a 'legal' picnic and knowing we had that to look forward to meant we found it easier to resist the cakes, and just have coffee. I also packed some cream in the cool box, so if we ended up wanting a take away coffee later we could just go for plain black and add our own cream!
I've also got some emergency peppermint creams/ice in the freezer - I adapted a recipe from someone on the forum for 'Cinnamon buttons' and used peppermint essence instead - Cream Cheese, tblspn cream, sweetener and few drops of peppermint essence. Freeze teaspoons of the mixture on a plate. One or two is enough for me, if I feel the need, so a couple of times this week I've had peppermint creams after dinner! The texture is more like an ice-cream, but they work for me. Later when out of induction I'm going to try them with some sugar free chocolate on top.
Anyway this is turning into a long introduction, so I'll finish with my 'facts and figure!'
I live in the UK, I'm 46, height 5ft 2 ins.
Heaviest weight - 245 lbs (17st 7 lbs)
Starting weight in March 08 - 238 lbs, loss of 21 lbs to take me down to 217 lbs.
Starting weight this time on July 10th - 220 lbs (15 st 10 lbs)
Weight loss by July 17th - 6 lbs - current weight 214 lbs (15st 4 lbs)
Total loss since end March this year 24 lbs.
Hi to all,
Pat
PS - I suppose I should also say that I have read the book! It's my constant companion at the moment!
Hope to see you come back here often because that is what has helped me. When you make this a way of life instead of a diet it starts to become natural. When a craving comes, you know what to do. There is lots of support and info here to find every answer you and i may have. Congrats on your decision to be healthy!
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but not 'til after I've had another glass of water!
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