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I was notorious for fad diets throughout my 20's and 30's - in my 40's I decided I didn't care....and now I'm in my 50's and the cold hard reality has hit that I have to do this the right way - slowly and enjoy the journey.
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That sounds like my history... except here I am starting over at 60. I changed my ticker to a turtle to help reinforce that I am in this for the long haul and to not expect quick results.
Since I started on a different diet January 2, and just switched to Atkins after realizing that the other diet was NOT going to work for me (I was starving!), I am not getting the rapid induction loss.
Also, do you take supplements and do you include them in your carb counts? I have osteoporosis and MUST take calcium... and that is 4 carbs a day right there. Plus my vitamins, glucosamine, etc. have carbs. I have cut out several supplements also because of that. I am looking for supplements without cornstarch and sugars, but they are hard to find.
I tried cutting my food carbs back to keep the total count under 20, but I feel terrible when I do that. I also have terrible crashes every day after lunch now. I think I am not eating enough early in the day, then eating too much after dinner.
So now I am eating around 20 carbs a day, but with the supplements, they are at OWL level.
I have just decided that if I lose 1 pound a week, it is fine. This is the only WOE that will work for me, so I will adapt myself to its schedule instead of trying to adapt it to my schedule!
