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I'm told I should come introduce myself, so just putting off painting the kitchen doing what I'm told. Hi there!
I never quite know what to say in introductions, so I guess I'll just blather a bit and hope I hit the high points. Lessee ... ermmm ... I'm 42 ... female ... a software nerd (any other WoW or SL'ers in here?) ... and tired of being too fat to be able to ride my bike or do anything else vaguely interesting and physical without pain. I've tried other diets (naturally) and found counting calories to be the most effective ... and the most freakin' boring. Lost about 50 pounds last time, was finally riding my bike extensively and enjoying it, then had some joint issues that took a while to resolve and oh look, there they are! Le sigh.
I've been in (on?) induction for 7 days now and trying to do it clean. I'm still a bit dubious ... mostly, I think, due to conditioning (butter? heavy cream? is that allowed???) but starting to smile at the scale. 7 pounds? 7 days? Yeah, I know most of that's probably water but still ... cool! There's part of me that still has a real psychological block against believing this can really work, but I'm going to give it an honest go here and see what happens.
My first real goal is to shed enough that I can feel more comfortable doing stuff around my new house (just bought it, moving in next week, and it has stairs) and taking my new puppy (who arrives in about four weeks) for long walks. I'm actually nervous about tackling the kitchen this morning 'cause I know I'm going to be sore when I'm done and I'm tired of that feeling.
I'm starting to feel a little excited about it, but almost scared to let myself get excited ... if that makes sense. There's that part of me thinking y'know, this might work ... and I can lose weight and still have big lumps of meat! Yeah, always been a carnivore ... even when I was a little kid: Forget the sugar, forget the shrubbery, just give me big lumps of meat and I'm a happy camper. Okay, so I'm a bit weird too.
Anyway, delighted to have found this board and you folks. Been spending hours every morning reading here, getting ideas, instructions, and reassurance. Very, very glad to be here ... and that you folks are here!
I never quite know what to say in introductions, so I guess I'll just blather a bit and hope I hit the high points. Lessee ... ermmm ... I'm 42 ... female ... a software nerd (any other WoW or SL'ers in here?) ... and tired of being too fat to be able to ride my bike or do anything else vaguely interesting and physical without pain. I've tried other diets (naturally) and found counting calories to be the most effective ... and the most freakin' boring. Lost about 50 pounds last time, was finally riding my bike extensively and enjoying it, then had some joint issues that took a while to resolve and oh look, there they are! Le sigh.
I've been in (on?) induction for 7 days now and trying to do it clean. I'm still a bit dubious ... mostly, I think, due to conditioning (butter? heavy cream? is that allowed???) but starting to smile at the scale. 7 pounds? 7 days? Yeah, I know most of that's probably water but still ... cool! There's part of me that still has a real psychological block against believing this can really work, but I'm going to give it an honest go here and see what happens.
My first real goal is to shed enough that I can feel more comfortable doing stuff around my new house (just bought it, moving in next week, and it has stairs) and taking my new puppy (who arrives in about four weeks) for long walks. I'm actually nervous about tackling the kitchen this morning 'cause I know I'm going to be sore when I'm done and I'm tired of that feeling.
I'm starting to feel a little excited about it, but almost scared to let myself get excited ... if that makes sense. There's that part of me thinking y'know, this might work ... and I can lose weight and still have big lumps of meat! Yeah, always been a carnivore ... even when I was a little kid: Forget the sugar, forget the shrubbery, just give me big lumps of meat and I'm a happy camper. Okay, so I'm a bit weird too.
Anyway, delighted to have found this board and you folks. Been spending hours every morning reading here, getting ideas, instructions, and reassurance. Very, very glad to be here ... and that you folks are here!
!! We're glad you're here too! This is a wonderful site of resources, encouragement, support and challenges!! You're gonna love it here. However, I read your whole post and you're going to have to embrace the shrubbery too! Make sure you're eating enough vegetables. You get away with a lot during induction that you can't get away with down the road. While protein is important, excessive consumption of protein will turn into glucose in your body. NOT a good thing at all! 
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Drinking lots of water and dropping a multi-vitamin down my throat every morning too. 
Cross the eyes, dot the t's, and fret that I'm "doing it wrong" most of the time. You'd think nervous anxiety would be worth a few pounds at least, eh?
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Glad you found us! Come join us in the Century Club for those with 100+ pounds to lose.
). Then this morning, whoosh, down to 275. I almost cried looking at the scale. 
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