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I'm Angela or Iza, as many of my friends call me. This is my 2nd time settling in and making a series hardcore drive at Atkins.
My first time around was in July of 2005. I did really well with and lost 135lbs. I was at 323lbs when I started, and 185lbs when my ex-bf moved in with me.
He was at the very least, not helpful in keeping me on track. I guess because he never saw me at 323lbs he felt that there was nothing wrong with my weight and I was being overly critical trying to correct it and working so hard at it.
I wobbled on and off Atkins from 2007 until the beginning of this year. I attempted, at the advice of a friend of mine that is a personal trainer, to do a low calorie diet, even know I knew that I had always been frustrated with them in the past.
I lost an initial 13lbs and slowed down so dramatically that it was nearly offensive to me. I've come to a point where I am no longer willing to struggle through that, no matter what anyone tells me about how unhealthy Atkins is for the long haul. (I've heard it all, as I'm sure many of you have, when I first went on they told me I was crazy, when I lost all the weight they told me that it was soooooo unhealthy for me to do it like that... I guess 323lbs in their minds wasn't as unhealthly???)
I restarted, fresh and clean on induction on Monday April 27th. I'm doing well, but forgot I couldn't have strawberries during induction since it's been so long since I'd done it before. I ate 4 of them today. Went out to a strawberry field and hand picked them. Dang things are so pretty in my kitchen, alas they go to the neighbor tomorrow morning.
I didn't join the board before, or any other support groups for Atkins and low carb living and this time I think I really need some help and support.
If you read all of my intro, thanks for the patience of wadding through it.
Check in soon,
Iza
I'm Angela or Iza, as many of my friends call me. This is my 2nd time settling in and making a series hardcore drive at Atkins.
My first time around was in July of 2005. I did really well with and lost 135lbs. I was at 323lbs when I started, and 185lbs when my ex-bf moved in with me.
He was at the very least, not helpful in keeping me on track. I guess because he never saw me at 323lbs he felt that there was nothing wrong with my weight and I was being overly critical trying to correct it and working so hard at it.
I wobbled on and off Atkins from 2007 until the beginning of this year. I attempted, at the advice of a friend of mine that is a personal trainer, to do a low calorie diet, even know I knew that I had always been frustrated with them in the past.
I lost an initial 13lbs and slowed down so dramatically that it was nearly offensive to me. I've come to a point where I am no longer willing to struggle through that, no matter what anyone tells me about how unhealthy Atkins is for the long haul. (I've heard it all, as I'm sure many of you have, when I first went on they told me I was crazy, when I lost all the weight they told me that it was soooooo unhealthy for me to do it like that... I guess 323lbs in their minds wasn't as unhealthly???)
I restarted, fresh and clean on induction on Monday April 27th. I'm doing well, but forgot I couldn't have strawberries during induction since it's been so long since I'd done it before. I ate 4 of them today. Went out to a strawberry field and hand picked them. Dang things are so pretty in my kitchen, alas they go to the neighbor tomorrow morning.
I didn't join the board before, or any other support groups for Atkins and low carb living and this time I think I really need some help and support.
If you read all of my intro, thanks for the patience of wadding through it.
Check in soon,
Iza
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