Looking for encouragement

[Nikkinteddy]

Hi
Im new to this Atkins diet. I feel i need some encouragement from ANYONE on this website. I Have a long way to go on this diet and i don't know if i can make it a LIFE CHANGE. I saw the goal video a member made on you tube and that was my insperation!!!! I watch it every day! Well i hope to hear from some one. I need to do this and i know it so if any one has any advise PLEASE reply.

[Sheshy]

Hi Nikkinteddy!

Great idea to watch (and watch again) the video and find things that motivate and inspire you! Have you checked out the Low Carb Success Stories or the Before and After forums? They're great!

So, how about a little more info about you...are you following the 14 Day Induction right now? If so, what day are you on and how are you feeling?

How much weight are you hoping to lose? What kind of exercise are you doing?

I know, a lot of questions!

[Lyssie]

You can do it! *bounces around like a cheerleader* You should check out the Century Club (for people who need to lose, have lost, or are in the process of losing 100+ lbs). Kent's vid (the one on youtube) is fabulous. I know I've fallen off the wagon (repeatedly) but it really is possible to make it a life change, just check out any of the success stories.. or look at people's siggies. Some of them are so amazing.

[Desertthorn]

I agree with the others. You can do this and have a great time doing it. How can you go wrong eating a diet that includes cheese and bacon, steak and eggs, Salads with Ranch dressing, OMG. all that and you still lose weight.
Welcome aboard kiddo, your going to be one of our super stars before you know it.

[kkat55]

Welcome!

I wanted to give you two websites that belong to members who have met their goals through this program:

Brook:http://www.brookjay.net/melting.html

Sheila: http://www.sugarfreesheila.com/

It always motivates me when I go read through their info and look at their "before & after" photos. I thought you might like them too!

[Outback Jess]

Nikkiinteddy,
Welcome, the atkins diet is really something. If you will give it a chance, hang in there for just 2 weeks, you will feel so completely different. When you get bad carbs and sugars out of your system, you start to feel so much better. You need to get the book we all have read, and reread all the time. Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution...(DANDR)
the first 10 chapters teach you all about what your body is going through and how to make it burn fat. Many of us can step up and tell you it's true, all of it is true.
There are so many people here on so many different parts and passages of the Atkins journey. I encourage you to think "one day at a time"...you can do that can't you...
I really works.

[Nikkinteddy]

THANK U EVERYONE. I AM SO EXCITED ON ALL THE REPLYS . HERE IS A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME. I JUST STARTED THE DIET8/15/06 AND I HAVE LOST 12 LBS SO FAR. I AM WALKING FOR EXERCISE, I HAVE A 1YR OLD AND A 2 MONTH OLD AND I TAKE THEM OUT IN MY STROLLER AND GO! I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN CURVES IN A MONTH OR 2 I NEED TO SAVE UP FOR THE MEMBERSHIP. I HAVE NOT CHEATED YET ON THIS( BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND SURE WILL POWER) I AM A CARBO JUNKY TO IT'S FULLEST! LOL.... BUT I WANT TO BE HEALTHY AND LIVE TO SEE MY 4 CHILDREN GROW UP! I AM 32 AND HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND BACK PROBLEMS. I HAD BACK SUGERY IN 11/04, AND SINCE MY RECENT 2 PREGNANCYS MY BACK SEEMS TO BE FAILING ME AGAIN.I WEIGHED 304 FULL TERM FOR MY RECENT PREGNANCY, AND I SWORE THAT WHEN I HIT 300LBS I WOULD HAVE TO GET SERIOUSE!!! WELL THE TIME IS HERE I AM NOW DOWN TO 279 AND MY MINI GOAL WEIGHT LOSS IS 250. MY HUGE GOAL IS 160. WOW WHAT A LONG WAY TO GO!!!!!!BUT WHEN I LOOK INTO MY CHILDRENS EYES AND SEE ALL THE LOVE FOR THEM I FEEL.... I WANT TO LIVE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM!WELL I COULD JUST WRITE A BOOK HERE!! ALSO TODAY MY 8 YR OLD SON'S FRIEND SAID TO HIM, "MAN YOUR MAMA'S FAT" SO THERE IS SOME MORE INCENTIVE LOL! CHILDREN ARE SOOOO HONEST!WELL IM LOOKING FOREWARD TO HEARING FROM ALL OF YOU AGAIN AND I WILL BE ON HERE DAILY!!!! SO THANK YOU... AND GOD SPEED!

[msnicksmom]

I am so glad to see you start this Way of Eating now. You have the best motivation I personally have ever found.

But you aren't breast feeding are you?

[Nikkinteddy]

HI!! I am sad to say... no im not breastfeeding, because im on some high blood pressure meds that would be expressed during breast feeding to my son And thank you for the compliment, but the reality here is that if i don't have my health my children don't have me. And life is what i want! I would love to get down to your weight. U Did it... U r almost at your Goal, U are an insperation THANK YOU!

[msnicksmom]

I did, and the reason I am so glad you started when you did is because I SWEAR it will come off really fast post partum for some reason. Even if not b/f, for some reason you have a window of opportunity here! Maybe it's hormones, or just plain lack of sleep. But you STICK TO IT, hear me? You will make SUCH progress in these next few weeks...you've already lost 12 lbs in a week!!! Then you'll level off after a bit, like most do, but seriously, you can REALLY make some progress right now, with sticking to it and exercising moderately.

I re-started on the day after I weaned my 2nd son, at about my pre-preg weight (plus a last binge worth of water weight) and the lbs just melted off for about a month. And that momentum is SO encouraging.

You did ask for suggestions, and here's a couple of mine for sticking to it:

Make sure you can ALWAYS have something you really LOVE. Mine is coffee with heavy cream or cheeseburgers. So when they bring donuts to the breakroom, I make a fresh pot of coffee and have a cup with a LOT of heavy cream, and SAVOR it, and don't miss the junk. And when I'm at a picnic, I eat the cheeseburger and the veggies and SURE don't miss the gluey white bun! And I eat enough and move enough I don't want the dessert. That's one big tip.

Don't let yourself get bored or complacent. Plan meals and shopping ahead as much as you can. You will do GREAT.

I'm 32 with a 1 yo and a 3.5 yo by the way