Cara!!! Woooooo.. "the crowd goes wild" lol How the heck have you been?? It's great that we can start this again.. as it does help not only us, but so many other's as well.
Thank you Elizellen for giving Cara and myself the idea to start a new thread.
For those that are new and don't know me, I'm Sassy from BC Canada. I am the only one in my family that is in need of Atkins, but everyone can benefit from a healthy tasty meal! Some days they have there own thing, and other days they eat Atkins friendly.. and they don't mind at all. I have to admit though, that when I was making alot of stir-fry's, my youngest son was beginning to go green in the face from having them too often.
My Story
This is my second time around on Atkins.. technically my third.. as I started on July 17th 2008 and tapered off about mid November.. I was 4 months in and 47lbs lighter! I had started a new job and that's where things went all crazy for me. I have to figure out the way to balance work and Atkins. When I was home 24/7 it was easy for me to make Atkins work.
Even though I went astray and well off plan.. I had weighed myself on Jan.1st 2009 with the intention to commit once more. My last weigh-in prior to this was on Nov.20th 2008, and I was 178lbs and the results of my weigh-in on Jan.1st 2009 was.. 177lbs! I was so happy to see that I had gone down even if by only one pound, because I was very worried that I had gained. So as of Jan.1st 2009 my weight was 177lbs (the lowest I've been since about the end of 1993! I had also lost another 3.5in which gave me a grand total of 54in. lost!
Well what do they say about good intentions??.. The road to **** was paved with good intentions.. lol.. I never did end up turning things around back in Jan. As a matter of fact, I got laid off from my job at the time and then a week later began the process of starting a new job. I just couldn't find the commitment level needed to make this work.. and it shows.. After seeing some pictures and a video that my dh took of me when we went to the driving range on May 2nd.. I decided it was time to get back on plan..
May 4th 2009.. I weighed in at 185lbs (which was a downer but it could have been ALOT worse!) and I had gained back 12.25in. Yikes!! I have to admit I'm not fully back on plan as of yet, but I am getting there and the things I have changed are already making a difference. I weighed in on May 11th and was down 5lbs! I have decided for now that I am only going to take my measurements once a month and weight myself weekly.
Things I know that I need to improve.. eating habits (don't eat often enough) .. eat only allowable foods .. drink ALOT more water .. rejoin some challenges as they really do help .. once I do these things, then and only then will I feel like I'm doing this right and will know I'm fully committed once more.
Coming back to ADBB is a huge step in the right direction.. as I know that as I came here less and less.. Atkins and I started slipping farther and farther from one another.
So here's to all of you and to me.. may we make the best of this and get the ultimate in rewards..
I look forward to chatting with my old buddies and making many new ones too!!!
Sassy