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When I was in high school my Mom had bough Mr. Atkins book and one day I decided to sit down and give it a read. Having always been a meat lover I figured this was a diet I could really stick to. It worked for me almost right away, I think at the time I weight about 210 and within several months I was down to about 170-175. I maintained this weight for most of H.S., but once I headed off to college and started consuming mass amount of beer and dorm food my weight slowly crept up to what it was before and soon enough I was in the 230 range.
I've tried several other diets (and I'm an active person, either at the gym or hiking, etc.) and nothing seemed to work. I don't know why, but I sort of forgot about Atkins. Well, recently I was at the store and picked up a new copy of the book and it has me totally excited to be on the diet again. I remember how the pounds melted away before and I'm ready to do it again.
So I'm on my 4th day of induction, already feeling the boost of energy and very excited to start losing some weight (even in my first 4 days I've gone frmo 235 to 230). I think I will do what I did last time and stay in an extended induction for a few months as eating about 20g grams of carbs each day doesn't really bother me. I remember the first time getting past the first few weeks and all of the sudden those carb cravings were gone, replaced by an almost reversed thought process of seeing every carb as evil! I stumbled upon this forum on accident, but it seems like a great support group and I really enjoyed looking at the 'before' and 'after' forum. I can't wait to hopefully post up some pictures of my own soon!
Anyways, nice to meet all of you as I look forward to embracing the low carb lifestyle again!
-Nick
I've tried several other diets (and I'm an active person, either at the gym or hiking, etc.) and nothing seemed to work. I don't know why, but I sort of forgot about Atkins. Well, recently I was at the store and picked up a new copy of the book and it has me totally excited to be on the diet again. I remember how the pounds melted away before and I'm ready to do it again.
So I'm on my 4th day of induction, already feeling the boost of energy and very excited to start losing some weight (even in my first 4 days I've gone frmo 235 to 230). I think I will do what I did last time and stay in an extended induction for a few months as eating about 20g grams of carbs each day doesn't really bother me. I remember the first time getting past the first few weeks and all of the sudden those carb cravings were gone, replaced by an almost reversed thought process of seeing every carb as evil! I stumbled upon this forum on accident, but it seems like a great support group and I really enjoyed looking at the 'before' and 'after' forum. I can't wait to hopefully post up some pictures of my own soon!
Anyways, nice to meet all of you as I look forward to embracing the low carb lifestyle again!
-Nick
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