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Hello all!
I am a 48 year old woman who has been carrying an extra 45 to 65 extra pounds for years.
I decided to do Atkins after watching some of Jorge Cruise's videos about the evils of sugar and receiving a free Atkins starter kit in the mail. I checked out Atkins' most recent book from the library and read it from cover to cover. I'm on my second read now. I laughed when I read the part about how you will know you are in ketosis when you realize it is an hour past lunchtime and you missed it. That exact thing happened to me!!!
Now some history about me.
I am a lifetime member of Weight Watchers. I went there when I was in my twenties and had no problem losing weight consistently.
I have six children (all delivered via C-Section). I always gained about 35 pounds with each pregnancy and left some on afterward.
After my 5th baby, I did Glen Shamblin's Weigh Down Workshop (I was 35 then). It is an "only eat when you are physically hungry, and then only a little bit" diet. I lost quickly on that, 8 pounds the first week and 2 pounds a week afterward. I think it really screwed up my metabolism though.
I got pregnant again, and after that final baby, I was left with excess baggage again.
I tried WW again and lost some, but never all of it. I would be so faithful, but I still could not lose the weight. People would sit in the meetings receiving rewards for pounds lost and then they would share that they didn't even know how they did it because they certainly didn't follow the program very well. It was very disheartening.
I tried calorie counting -- not effective.
I was always trying something, but nothing would ever work. I blamed the starvation diet for ruining me. After all, I could always lose weight before that diet.
Now, I've completed the second week of induction and have lost 8 pounds so far. I feel so free. I don't eat much because I'm rarely hungry. I actually have to remember to eat. There are goodies all around me, but they don't tempt me. I'm simply not interested, and after finding something that works, why would I want to ruin it?
I am a 48 year old woman who has been carrying an extra 45 to 65 extra pounds for years.
I decided to do Atkins after watching some of Jorge Cruise's videos about the evils of sugar and receiving a free Atkins starter kit in the mail. I checked out Atkins' most recent book from the library and read it from cover to cover. I'm on my second read now. I laughed when I read the part about how you will know you are in ketosis when you realize it is an hour past lunchtime and you missed it. That exact thing happened to me!!!
Now some history about me.
I am a lifetime member of Weight Watchers. I went there when I was in my twenties and had no problem losing weight consistently.
I have six children (all delivered via C-Section). I always gained about 35 pounds with each pregnancy and left some on afterward.
After my 5th baby, I did Glen Shamblin's Weigh Down Workshop (I was 35 then). It is an "only eat when you are physically hungry, and then only a little bit" diet. I lost quickly on that, 8 pounds the first week and 2 pounds a week afterward. I think it really screwed up my metabolism though.
I got pregnant again, and after that final baby, I was left with excess baggage again.
I tried WW again and lost some, but never all of it. I would be so faithful, but I still could not lose the weight. People would sit in the meetings receiving rewards for pounds lost and then they would share that they didn't even know how they did it because they certainly didn't follow the program very well. It was very disheartening.
I tried calorie counting -- not effective.
I was always trying something, but nothing would ever work. I blamed the starvation diet for ruining me. After all, I could always lose weight before that diet.
Now, I've completed the second week of induction and have lost 8 pounds so far. I feel so free. I don't eat much because I'm rarely hungry. I actually have to remember to eat. There are goodies all around me, but they don't tempt me. I'm simply not interested, and after finding something that works, why would I want to ruin it?
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