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Hello all! My name is Dayna and I've been doing Atkins for 3 weeks.
I had surgery 4.5 weeks ago and while I was at home recovering I decided that if I couldn't exercise, I needed to eat clean. Like many others, I was on a low fat diet and exercised a lot and still gained weight. I knew from a past Atkins experience that I do lose weight on Atkins. The past experience was 2 years ago. And while I was happy I was losing weight I was not fully committed to the lifestyle and I really didn't explore all the wonderful food options.
When I was at home recovering from my surgery I cooked all my meals and snacks and explored low carb and I'm convinced this is the way to go. I did slowly drop my carbs for 2 weeks to see how I would eat once I reached maintenace level (90-110 carbs I figured) just so I would know what was coming when my carb level was really low. I found that I will have absolutely no problem eating this way.
I've been on induction about a week know. Within the last 3 weeks, I've lost 6 lbs (and 2 weeks of that were experimenting!). I feel I have 15-20 lbs more to lose but I'll decide that once I lose more weight.
I'm also training for my 2nd marathon right now so it will be challenging to balance carbs for training during long runs, though I have come across some low carb marathoner sites. Any suggestions on this would be very welcome! I have a lot more research to do!
With thyroid problems and hypoglycemia events and just plain hunger on low fat diets, I know my body does best on low carb so cheers to being creative and eating good-for-you gourmet food!
I've already explored some of the recipes on this forum and I'm looking forward to exploring the site further.
Dayna
I had surgery 4.5 weeks ago and while I was at home recovering I decided that if I couldn't exercise, I needed to eat clean. Like many others, I was on a low fat diet and exercised a lot and still gained weight. I knew from a past Atkins experience that I do lose weight on Atkins. The past experience was 2 years ago. And while I was happy I was losing weight I was not fully committed to the lifestyle and I really didn't explore all the wonderful food options.
When I was at home recovering from my surgery I cooked all my meals and snacks and explored low carb and I'm convinced this is the way to go. I did slowly drop my carbs for 2 weeks to see how I would eat once I reached maintenace level (90-110 carbs I figured) just so I would know what was coming when my carb level was really low. I found that I will have absolutely no problem eating this way.
I've been on induction about a week know. Within the last 3 weeks, I've lost 6 lbs (and 2 weeks of that were experimenting!). I feel I have 15-20 lbs more to lose but I'll decide that once I lose more weight.
I'm also training for my 2nd marathon right now so it will be challenging to balance carbs for training during long runs, though I have come across some low carb marathoner sites. Any suggestions on this would be very welcome! I have a lot more research to do!
With thyroid problems and hypoglycemia events and just plain hunger on low fat diets, I know my body does best on low carb so cheers to being creative and eating good-for-you gourmet food!
I've already explored some of the recipes on this forum and I'm looking forward to exploring the site further.Dayna
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