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Sign up for a mentor/buddies group!

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For the moment there will be two buddy lists, each with two mentors and its own thread. One of the mentors of your list will start the group's thread. Please don't post in other lists' threads. New groups will be chosen every 3 months. The second sign up has started here: http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ddy-group.html The groups (mentors and newbies) will be posted in a new sticky thread in this forum as soon as enough newbies sign up. I will send a PM with a link to the thread to all members who sign up. The lists are meant to create strong support groups, and are aimed at newbies or at older members who are just restarting Atkins. A mentor is not expected to teach group members everything they need to know about Atkins. It is the newbies' responsibility to do their homework: read the book, plan meals, etc. If it needs to be said, encouraging a group member to cheat "just once" or telling him/her that it's okay to have "just one bite" because, for example, his/her birthday is only once a year, will not be tolerated. While reading the book is a newbie's responsibility, everyone is encouraged to ask questions in their buddy list thread. We don't expect you to know everything. It takes time to learn the plan, even if you've read the book. Make sure to PM your mentors with progress reports weekly. If you'd like to post your progress report in your group thread, that's okay too, of course. Include everything from weight/inches lost to cheats. It's important for you to be honest to yourself, as well as to your mentor. We can only help when we know the facts! Each group will have a chat session weekly. The day and time of these chats will be PM'd to all group members by one of the mentors. If you are a newbie and wish to sign up for a buddy list, please make a post in this thread stating your name, age, sex, Atkins phase, starting date, and country (and state, if you are in the US). If you don't feel comfortable sharing some of this information, that's okay. Tell us only as much as you want.