I don't know why I'm frightened....

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  • d7Resolved
    ADBB Amateur
    • Feb 27, 2009
    • 3

    #1

    I don't know why I'm frightened....

    Hello everyone:

    This isn't a true intro, persay, I've been on these boards before. Then it was under the handle Urbanshaman. Unfortunately, I fell off the wagon in a big way, and not only regained the 40 pounds I lost on Atkins, but allowed those 40 pounds to invite several of their friends over to stay for a while. /sigh.

    It was easy to ignore the weight gain because, 1. I weigh a lot anyway, and 2. I convinced myself that I was just too busy to worry about a strict way of eating. Boy was I wrong.

    I sing opera and in the last opera I performed, I not only could barely keep up with the pace of the show on stage, I also managed to injure my knee in one of the fights scenes. My doctor was quick to tell me that my weight was the culprit...and get this, actually SUGGESTED that I go back to Atkins, as it was the only eating program that he had seen actual results from while seeing me.

    So, here I am, a bit chastened, but eager to start again. In fact, I already have started. So if any of you remember Urbanshaman, come say hi, I'll be posting in CC and well, everywhere really, I like to post.

    I'm so glad this board is still going strong.

    Tim
  • Georgiana
    Moderator
    • Jan 26, 2008
    • 12782

    #2
    Re: I don't know why I'm frightened....

    Hi Tim,

    Welcome back! Yes, I do remember Urbanshaman...

    How's your knee doing now? Are you able to exercise?
    "Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."

    -- Theodore Roosevelt

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    • mitzimarie
      The fiery Moderator
      • Jul 19, 2006
      • 6518

      #3
      Re: I don't know why I'm frightened....

      Hi, Tim

      No need to feel chastened... there are many of us here that needed to make more than one attempt at the Atkins way of life before it "stuck". I'm one of them!

      Take this to heart - as long as you go into it knowing this time is the real deal, it will be! Honestly, I did better this time than I had on any other attempt. You know what a great support system this board can be... make sure to use it.

      You CAN do this! Good luck!!


      Watch us participate in the Veggie Challenge!

      7th Semi Annual Veggie Challenge


      Mitzi



      ~One day at a time. Realistically. Gradually. Consciously. FINALLY!




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      • OzLover
        JOURNAL CHATS HOSTESS
        • Feb 22, 2006
        • 8254

        #4
        Re: I don't know why I'm frightened....

        Welcome back & good luck!
        "You always had it. You always had the power."~~ Glinda the Good Witch

        Glenda
        F/5'10/47
        261/xxx/???
        "Happiness is a habit~cultivate it." Elbert Hubbard
        "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results." Albert Einstein

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        • Desertthorn

          Administrator Emeritus
          • Mar 06, 2003
          • 7053

          #5
          Re: I don't know why I'm frightened....

          Welcome home Tim, glad you remembered your old friends



          41 pounds down and counting

          If you don't know where you are going, you will wind up somewhere else. - Yogi Berra

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          • Sunny_0ne
            ADBB Admiral
            • Jan 20, 2009
            • 1560

            #6
            Re: I don't know why I'm frightened....

            Hi, Tim! Glad you are back!

            Good luck. You CAN succeed this time!
            ...

            Female, age 60, 5'5", small frame

            My food journal





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            • kgirl
              ADBB Amateur
              • Feb 23, 2009
              • 15

              #7
              Re: I don't know why I'm frightened....

              I'm new here, so I don't know you from before..

              but..I'm sure you won't mind me sayin..Hi there

              Good willpower and strength to you...

              Today is a brand new day...and that always brings goodness!


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              • blueberrylady
                Spotlight Hostess
                • Apr 17, 2007
                • 2900

                #8
                Re: I don't know why I'm frightened....

                Welcome back Tim. You already know the drill, so dive right in and soon you'll really have something to sing about!
                Aka Nyna
                HW199/CW168.5/GW155

                "Enough is as good as a feast".~Lord Byron

                Remember, a moment on the lips, forever on the hips!

                X16 X14 X3

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                • d7Resolved
                  ADBB Amateur
                  • Feb 27, 2009
                  • 3

                  #9
                  Re: I don't know why I'm frightened....

                  Thanks everyone for the great welcome. I'm so glad to be back and so excited this time around. It's a comfort to be eating this way again, and feeling the energy come back. It's amazing how the little lies we tell ourselves just to have that one last piece of cake, or french fry or whatever. They really aren't worth the pain of being overweight. I'm going to keep telling myself that.

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