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[VWBuggin]

Hello!

I thought I would introduce myself. I am not new to the low carb way of life and have practiced it for 3 years now.

I successfully kept the weight off in the maintenance phase and I found it so easy to follow, that it really was how I ate, and I never really gave it much though.

I became pregnant in May of 2004 and I should have stayed lowcarbing, but I guess I used the fact I was pregnant to pig out and stop exercising. Needless to say, I gained a lot of weight.

I had my baby the end of January, and I started back to lowcarbing on February 15th. I was not following induction at the time though.

On March 5th, I weighed myself and I weighed 139. Today I weighed myself, and I weigh 134. So, as you can see, there is not really a significant drop. I am used to at least 8-10 lbs a month weight loss while lowcarbing.

It came to my attention the other day that eating around 30 carbs a day and not really watching what sources they came from was not following atkin's induction like I had done in the past.

So, on Saturday, I began induction again. I stayed on induction about 4-6 months when I lost my weight several years back. Luckily, even with sitting around for 9 months and eating a lot, I never got back to where I was when I initially lost my weight several years ago. I would call that luck!

So I guess my starting date for induction is 4/2/05 starting at 136, currently 134, and intend to get to 115.

It's so good to be back and not eating that nasty crap that I have been eating for so long now.

Kerri :icondance

[not2late]

Welcome.

I hope you find ADBB helpful to you.

I always remind newbies to read the book and the stickies in this forum and the FAQ forum. I guess in your case, I should just ask you to re-read these things.

Good luck to you on your Atkins.

[cmcole]

Welcome. I'm sure you'll find lots of friendship and support here.

[2big4mysize]

:wave welcome to ADBB

[Elizellen]

Welcome to ha

Looks as if you have a handle on induction but be aware that your body is a totally different one to when you lost weight on Atkins before so don't despair if the weightloss doesnt follow the same pattern as before. :hug

Most people lose between 5% and 10% of their hoped-for loss during the first two weeks on induction so one or two pounds for you would be great and get you into the 'big losers' bracket!!

[Buddrfly]

WELCOME! WE ARE ALL HERE FOR YOU :wave