NC Newbie!

[cjb722]

Hello Everyone! I am new to Atkins. Believe it or not, I had the gastric bypass 5 years ago. My heaviest weight was 329 lbs. After I had the surgery I did manage to get down to 208. Over the past three years the weight has started to creep back on me, mainly because I was eating the wrongs foods. I still cannot eat a lot but I eat the wrong food( potatoes, pasta, chocolate).

I started Atkins on 08/01. When I weighed on Friday my weight was 240. As of today it is 235. The Atkins Diet is forcing me to cook every day and eat healthy. I plan to start exercising this week also. I am currently in an 18/20 but would like to get down to a 12/14. That is the goal.

I do have a question. Why do you go to the bathroom so much while on Atkins? I am going to the bathroom about every 3 hours.

[Lyssie]

Re: NC Newbie!

ummm... Okay, I'm not very good with these questions, but like, if you're not used to drinking a lot of water, that would explain number 1...
ummmm... if you had gastric bypass, i believe that you have a harder time digesting high fat foods, so they pass through faster? I thought that was one of the side affects... which would explain number 2...

[Chicklady]

Re: NC Newbie!

The Atkins diet is a ketogenic diet. Your body is burining fat instead of glucose. When you are using glucose, your body retains water in it's cells along with the glycogen. When you are burning fat, you no longer retain that water....you release it
Welcome aboard!

[cjb722]

Thank you!

Thank you both for your replies.

[sallyseachange]

Re: NC Newbie!

Welcome to the ADBB cjb! Nice to have you join us here.
Kudos to you for picking a goal that is a size rather than a weight! So much more "real"!

Happy losing.