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Hello Atkins forum. I just wanted to drop in and introduce myself.
I first heard of the Atkins diet when I was 18. I worked for the Men's Wearhouse and had several men come in needing their suits altered because they had lost weight on this diet. I bought the book, went and bought some meat and cheese and gave it a go.
I have always referred to it as the meat and cheese diet since then, because I did not eat anything but those two things. I lost some major weight in a month, burnt out, and ended it with a giant bowl of mac and cheese and never went back.
Tried it a couple more times always met with the same results. The big problem was all I did was overcooked meat on a George Forman grill with cheese on it on occasion.
My wife (user name ErinLea) and I are now on it and I feel very motivated to loose weight and get in shape.
I am 6 foot tall and about 5 months ago I was just under 390. I started cutting soda out of my life, excersizing more and slowly reducing the ammount of food I ate. I did this for four months and averaged 1-2 pounds a week weight loss. I started Atkins last week at 365 pounds.
It has been 8 days and I am down to 355. I am only a few pounds away from my weight three years ago. I am a Loooooooooong way off from my end goal of 200-220. I have not weight that amount since I was 15.
I have been lurking on this site for some time and am very encouraged to see people who have lost a lot of weight and maintained it. It seems impossible to me that I could ever get that small, but seeing your success stories makes me feel like I can make it.
I have also learned to cook since the first attempts so this week I have enjoyed Chicken Kabobs,a home made induction friendly version of Olive Garden's Zuppa Tuscana soup (AMAZING), chili, Buffalo Wings, fajitas (sans shells of course) grilled steak, no rice chicken gumbo, grilled chicken, jalepeno poppers, pork tenderloin, stuffed mushroom caps, and plenty of other delicious low carb foods. BIG THANKS to Linda's Low Carb Recipies for great ideas.
The variety makes this a LOT easier for me this time around.
So, here's to seeing the next 140 Pounds go away forever (Wow. It seems almost stupid to actually type that. Still seems like a pipe dream right now) and stay gone.
I first heard of the Atkins diet when I was 18. I worked for the Men's Wearhouse and had several men come in needing their suits altered because they had lost weight on this diet. I bought the book, went and bought some meat and cheese and gave it a go.
I have always referred to it as the meat and cheese diet since then, because I did not eat anything but those two things. I lost some major weight in a month, burnt out, and ended it with a giant bowl of mac and cheese and never went back.
Tried it a couple more times always met with the same results. The big problem was all I did was overcooked meat on a George Forman grill with cheese on it on occasion.
My wife (user name ErinLea) and I are now on it and I feel very motivated to loose weight and get in shape.
I am 6 foot tall and about 5 months ago I was just under 390. I started cutting soda out of my life, excersizing more and slowly reducing the ammount of food I ate. I did this for four months and averaged 1-2 pounds a week weight loss. I started Atkins last week at 365 pounds.
It has been 8 days and I am down to 355. I am only a few pounds away from my weight three years ago. I am a Loooooooooong way off from my end goal of 200-220. I have not weight that amount since I was 15.
I have been lurking on this site for some time and am very encouraged to see people who have lost a lot of weight and maintained it. It seems impossible to me that I could ever get that small, but seeing your success stories makes me feel like I can make it.
I have also learned to cook since the first attempts so this week I have enjoyed Chicken Kabobs,a home made induction friendly version of Olive Garden's Zuppa Tuscana soup (AMAZING), chili, Buffalo Wings, fajitas (sans shells of course) grilled steak, no rice chicken gumbo, grilled chicken, jalepeno poppers, pork tenderloin, stuffed mushroom caps, and plenty of other delicious low carb foods. BIG THANKS to Linda's Low Carb Recipies for great ideas.
The variety makes this a LOT easier for me this time around.
So, here's to seeing the next 140 Pounds go away forever (Wow. It seems almost stupid to actually type that. Still seems like a pipe dream right now) and stay gone.
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