For those starting Atkin's on 7/7/2008.

[Privettewifey]

I wanna be an atkinite! Did I spell that right? I want an email buddy too though! Anyone who is joining this group and would want to email too pm me!

[Esteliana]

Mmm, my headache is finally going away!!! :dance: And I'm finally starting to feel great too. I even said no to "Orange Chicken" which is another evil emotional eating food for me too. Heh heh.

So, we have a lot of people joining our group!! That is so awesome. I'm happy about that. ^_^ What are your guyses stats? What are your goals?

I'll tell you mine when I get home from work. =)

[Privettewifey]

I just did my signature with my stats

[kirbychristian]

I started on 7/5/08...is that close enough? I'm still having my early induction headaches and I'm feeling a little crabby. I took the day off of work tomorrow so I can de-carb in peace!

Oh, and I haven't started my exercise yet...I figured one thing at a time. How soon do I really have to start exercise? I just can't deal with it with these headaches...which should be over in another day or so (I hope!)

[carbless_in_seattle]

start exercise as soon as you're ready (better sooner than later), atkins will help us lose weight, but exercise will sometimes double or more the weight you lose, as well as tone up your body, and make it the shape you want.

[DerrtyHarry007]

Hey Bekka,

I just started today...7/7/08 and so far so good.... Last time that i tried atkins full fledge hardcore i lost 30lbs ... girls finally payed attention to me and found a girlfriend..... well i ballooned up again and even worst (@330lbs) i carry my weight well but it sucks being fat and seeing those numbers on the scale... i had to buy a scale that held my weight not many do... ughh.. But im doing this all the way to my goal of 220lbs Wow ladies watch outtttttttttt ; ) j.k But feel free to keep in touch if you seriously want someone to keep on this with.... My aim is derrtyharry007 Myspace: myspace.com/derrtyharry007 and of course on here... but im on those more often... well KIT and ttys... go get em..


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[missnikki217]

This is great!!! How was everyone's night?

I was STARVING but it was really really easy not to eat too much because it was 97 degrees at 11pm when I went to sleep. Had a nice dinner of fat free chicken breasts simmered in <gross> bacon grease with some poultry seasonings and lemon pepper with zucchini fried in butter with italian seasonings. The chicken didnt come out bad, it was kinda like gravy. But thats my BF the chef LoL

I still have my headache, it went away last night for a little bit. I'm going to say its the extremely hot, smoky, humid air we have up here

[Privettewifey]

I found spray whiipped cream sf from land o lakes made w splenda! 0 carbs so i had a bite of something sweet! yummy!

[lesszmore]

How's everyone doing today??? I'm still hanging in there. Last night Dh took me to Friday's.. and i was good, i had water, and grilled chicken and shrimp w/a dble side of broccoli. It was pretty good!... not as good as the chicken pasta Dh had but hey i gotta do what i gotta do!

[hillbilly]

Hello.

I'm just reading this today--my second day on induction. I made it to 5 days two weeks ago, but then had a migraine and fell off.

This may seem weird, but if anyone has any advice, I would appreciate it. I didn't have any induction flu, just a few craving the first 2-3 days. But I had a problem getting enough calories!! I didn't feel hungry. I kept to the recommended percentages--but it was difficult to keep the fat up. I have a freezer full of all kinds of low fat meat and feel bad about buying more with a freezer (large) full. So, I ate a lot of mayo.
I used FitDay--great tool. My BMR is 1480, so, I am supposed to eat at least that many calories. By the fourth and fifth days, I was kinda getting week (I assume because of lack of adequate calories-1200 to 1500). Days 4 & 5's calories kept dropping. Then my migraine hit, and with everything at once, I just at anything.
Since July 4 was approaching, I decided to wait until 7/7 to start over. Any suggestions on how to increase the calories? I use bacon/grease, butter, cream cheese, heavy cream, full fat cheeses. I even broke down and bought chicken legs with skins on them (freezer has boneless/skinless chicken breasts only).
Another note, I was slightly in ketosis on day 2 (previous time), and really in on day 3 and beyond.
Thanks.
BTW - not severely overweight (25 lbs) but I have never been this much over plus being unable to lose-even gaining more. Chalk it up to perimenopause.