Warm greetings from Germany

[Gardi]

A quick hello to all your "Loosers" Being new to this site and my first posting, I started reading some postings and I have found quiet some remarkable weight loss success stories. It seems we are all saying the same thing...tried this and that...gained it back due to child bearing...stress...etc.
So, what are we doing wrong or should I say why are most diets not helping us? For myself I found that modivation is key number one. (of course, if I like the food on my diet, that will help) Yes, we are all starting out great, motivation is at 200%, and then...you know the rest.
I was introduced to the Atkins diet back in 1984 - ups, did I just reveal my age?
My friend told me what to eat and within 2 weeks I had lost 21 pounds. This sounded great but since I had no idea why I was eating certan foods and I did not wanted to read the book my friend had, I went back to my old eating habits.

Sounds familiar?

But as they say, with age comes wisdom...I read the Atkins book and finally understood.

Iam not making excuses to why I gained weight because reason number 1 is, I ate the wrong foods, the wrong amount, at the wrong time.

Now that I let you have a small glimps on my background, and my ticker will let you know my success, I hope we can help each other to beat the bulke., one pound at a time.

[Alexa]

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Hi Gardi,

Welcome to ADBB It is a great place to get motivated - a very important part of dieting as you say.

If you have tried Atkins before that is a good head start, but be aware that it is the 2002 edition of the book that we all follow here.

Best of luck and let us know how you get on!

[Greeneggs&ham]

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It seems we are all saying the same thing...tried this and that...gained it back due to child bearing...stress...etc.

I'm fairly certain child bearing was not an issue for me.

I was introduced to the Atkins diet back in 1984 - ups, did I just reveal my age?

No big deal (assuming you were introduced to Atkins when you were six!)

Kidding aside, welcome to the forums! We are very good about sharing what we've learned with each other here.

In fact, you have just taught me some geography -- I never knew Rhode Island was part of Germany! (the title of this thread & your "location.") I always thought they seemed a bit foreign up there though.

Okay, so I like to be corny (different than eating corn which is illegal on Atkins, at least early on). Hope you enjoy your stay, make great progress in your weight loss, and find some "serious" friends around here to keep you on track!

[Chicklady]

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Hi Gardi! Welcome. So how are the first few days going for you?

[Gardi]

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thank you for asking. i was actually on Atkins for three weeks when I lost again. prior i was doing ww but got stuck. no loss - no gain. so i wanted to "shock" my body and do atkins for a while - i lost 23 pounds. i think the hardst thing is i had no one - like a buddy. my family does nto care if i am fat or thin. they like me the way i am...watching them eat the ice cream, made me stop tkins again and started ww. but you know, my energy level went down and my body does not feel the same. so i am going back on atkins, again

[Gardi]

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i loved your reply great humor keep it up

[Gardi]

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yes, you are right. a few things have changed since 1984. you are doing a great job yourself!!!

[Kampflausi]

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Hey Gardi,

I guess you are from Germany?
That would be awesome because I am German, too

I know the problem of not having a buddy - that's what we're here for, right But what's worse is the lack of interest of your family. Loving someone the way he or she is is one thing - but that does not mean that you cannot be supportive!

Keep goin' and don't give up because whoever tried Atkins or LC in general knows that it is not just about the weight loss but mostly about the way you feel....some kind of healthy


Have a great day.
Kampflausi

[Georgiana]

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Hi.

Did you know we have a Germany sticky on the Board? Here's the link to it: http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...0-germany.html

There's a lot of info in that thread.

[imagood1]

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welcome back to Atkins -- hope you can stay this time and loose the remainder of your weight without bouncing from program to program. This is a wonderful WOE - no cravings, no starving and it's easy.

Make sure you drink at least 64 ounces of water a day - exercise of some form is mandatory and keep to the foods you are allowed.

Good luck on your journey

[Kampflausi]

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Hey Georgiana...

no, I didn't know that and I will check it out right away. Thx ;o)
But I am afraid it is gonna be s o much harder because I don't think there are as many LC products in the grocery stores as over in the States.

Have a great day, y'all!

[Georgiana]

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What LC products are you looking for? I think you can find everything that is on the list of foods acceptable during Induction in the grocery stores we have here. Two things I never found are jicama and spaghetti squash. But these two aside, everything on the list can be found in Germany, or at least in Bremen.

OWL Rung 1 is just more veggies, so that's easy. For Rung 2, you can find Fage Total (a brand of Greek yogurt) at Markauft. There are also other brands of Greek yogurt I saw there, but they were a little higher in carbs. For Rung 3, you can find nuts and seeds everywhere... and last week I even found almond and coconut flour at Plus. The other Rungs have foods you can easily find. For Rung 9, there is no low carb bread here, but you can either make your own or use Wasa crackers.

I never found sucralose, only sodium cyclamate (which is also "legal", it just stalls me)... but I didn't look to hard either since I don't use sweeteners anyway.

Not sure what else... if you don't know where to find something, you can ask in that sticky thread.

[Kraftmacincheese]

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Howdy Gardi from right outside New Orleans Louisiana. I've always wanted to go to Germany, I'm just terrified of flying

Good to see a fellow newbie to the site. I wish you the best on your weight loss

[Gardi]

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thank you for the greeting - i wish everybody good luck with their weight loss - i heard a lot of great success stories - i fell off the wagon..lots of family issues but everything is turning around and i am ready to start again.
Schoene Gruesse und viel Glueck - Gardi

[Kampflausi]

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Hey Georgiana,

thank you for the details about all the OWL rungs.
I have not finished the book yet and did not know about those details. I increased my carb intake onthe wrong things...now I know why I kinda went back to feeling not motivated, lazy and was snacking all the time!

I will just start all over and go back to induction and then do the steps right

And I was talking about little treats that you can easily get in the States like LC ice cream, LC cereal, LC yoghurt, LC bread and pork skins.
Before I started LCing I was trying to eat low fat things (like a lot of other people) so I was eating lots of yoghurt and really liked it... I was so happy when I found the strawberry and vanilla yohurt with just 3 grams of carbs per cup...

Have a great day!
kampflausi