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Hi my name is Laura and I'm a carboholic. I do know that needs to stop so I can lose weight so I am here.
I started last Thursday w/o the web site or book, just on memories of my Dad doing this diet years ago. Since I couldn't remember all the rules I started with just protein but since I had a bday lunch for others three days in a row including my first day I added lettuce. I found this site last night and am happy to report that I ate no prohibited foods except a tablespoon of peanut butter every morning. I did stay within my carb limits, even with the peanut butter, so I am happy and I'm losing weight. On Thursday April 22 I was 160 pounds, ugh. I am 5'2 inches tall and about to be 45 years old in June.
Up until my early 30's I never weighed more than 121pds in my entire life. 121pds was my "fat" weight and I rarely was even that heavy. My average weight fluctuated between 116 and 118, and I was always trying to get to 115. In my "depression periods" I was as low as 104 and rarely more than 109. Today I would kill to be 121 again.
Because the depression times were getting more severe and chronic I began anti-depressants and my weight really increased a lot. Within in a year I was then in the high 130's and even hit 140. A few years later I became a Mom and my weight began to average 142-145 pounds.
At the ripe old age of 41 I then became pregnant. I gained 25 pounds while pregnant and lost approximately 15pds post pregnancy without much effort. It has been 2 years and 3 months since I gave birth and I decided last week that I needed to do a high protein low carb eating plan b/c nothing else was working.
So on Thursday April 22nd I began. After reading up on the three or four most known high protein low carb plans I decided that Atkins was the one for me. I have gone through the FAQs, printed my food lists and went shopping. Although it is only Sunday April 25th I have dropped 4 pounds, which is encouraging. I have a Barnes and Noble card burning a whole in my pocket and will purchase the 2002 Atkins book this week.
This is a tough way of eating but I know it works for me and that time is my friend. Just one day at a time.
I started last Thursday w/o the web site or book, just on memories of my Dad doing this diet years ago. Since I couldn't remember all the rules I started with just protein but since I had a bday lunch for others three days in a row including my first day I added lettuce. I found this site last night and am happy to report that I ate no prohibited foods except a tablespoon of peanut butter every morning. I did stay within my carb limits, even with the peanut butter, so I am happy and I'm losing weight. On Thursday April 22 I was 160 pounds, ugh. I am 5'2 inches tall and about to be 45 years old in June.
Up until my early 30's I never weighed more than 121pds in my entire life. 121pds was my "fat" weight and I rarely was even that heavy. My average weight fluctuated between 116 and 118, and I was always trying to get to 115. In my "depression periods" I was as low as 104 and rarely more than 109. Today I would kill to be 121 again.
Because the depression times were getting more severe and chronic I began anti-depressants and my weight really increased a lot. Within in a year I was then in the high 130's and even hit 140. A few years later I became a Mom and my weight began to average 142-145 pounds.
At the ripe old age of 41 I then became pregnant. I gained 25 pounds while pregnant and lost approximately 15pds post pregnancy without much effort. It has been 2 years and 3 months since I gave birth and I decided last week that I needed to do a high protein low carb eating plan b/c nothing else was working.
So on Thursday April 22nd I began. After reading up on the three or four most known high protein low carb plans I decided that Atkins was the one for me. I have gone through the FAQs, printed my food lists and went shopping. Although it is only Sunday April 25th I have dropped 4 pounds, which is encouraging. I have a Barnes and Noble card burning a whole in my pocket and will purchase the 2002 Atkins book this week.
This is a tough way of eating but I know it works for me and that time is my friend. Just one day at a time.
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