New Century Club Atkineers - Read these Tips

[fr1endly2]

just wanted to welcome you! PULL up your desk chair
and read read read

all the best
lisa

[Isabeau]

Great advice given to you already so I'll just welcome you aboard! Here's to your success.

[cruiser gal]

Welcome aboard! With focus and determination, you can do anything you set your mind out to do. Follow the plan without deviations and you will succeed. Set youself mini-goals throughout, and your successes will be often, and time and weight will pass by fast! Come here for support and encouragement, and soon you yourself will be a mentor to others!!!

[cleochatra]

I lost 100 pounds in 7 months on this Way of Eating. There are many more who have lost more than I have.

BUY THE BOOK! People who set out to do Atkins and who don't buy the book are looking for failure, especially when you can find it at Amazon.com for a dollar, used!

Ask questions: It's how we all learned.

Post your before picture somewhere where you can see it. It really helps with accountability.

Make exercise a daily part of your life! Whether you park farther away from the store or take the stairs instead of the elevator, look for ways to move.

Take your measurements as well as your weight. When the scale's not moving the tape measure is, and vice versa.

Don't mistake induction flu for this WOE making you sick. Induction flu is something I didn't know about until ADBB.

Keep a food journal. This is a must. Fitday.com is an excellent tool and it's free!

Believe in yourself enough to want this. A year ago today I weighed about 325 pounds and I was hating life. Now I have so much energy and hope!

[Analog6]

My best tip is lots of fresh food.
I make breakfast from bacon/eggs/mushrooms/cheese/minute steaks. Any comination thereof. I buy a kg of bacon and divide it into little ziplock bags with just enough for one breakfast in each, ditto a full topside roast, cut up into portions. Makes getting breakfast fast and easy - just remember to take it out of the freezer for tomorrow when you're cooking today's. (Oops, I forgot to ths morning!!)
Lunch is chicken/fish/meat/cheese and salad.
Dinner is steak/chicken/lamb/prok cooked on a griddle with veges (steamed or stir fried).
Snack - carried in bag and tucked into about twice a week - 2 tablespoons cashews and 7 walnut halves. Just in case I feel peckish - better than junk food.
Now I an OWL I treat myself to a small potato once or twice a week or a small bread roll (I found some nice wholegrain ones that are 13 carbs each - just 6 small bites but they are NICE for a treat).
I'm losing a steady 1 kg per week (after 11kgs lost during 14 days of induction).
Keep it simple.

[meltinglady]

Hi,
How do you become a member of the century club? I have just under 200 pounds to lose now.

[elsy]

Howdy everyone! I too am a 100 pounder Atkineer. My post partum weight was 265 and my goal weight is 165. Does that qualify me to me a member? What do we need to do excatly or who do we contact?

[Elizellen]

By posting here you have just become a fully paid-up member, though some members might pm you separately about the forehead tattoo!! LOL

Post away with any questions or vents you need to make and you will get responses from others who have /had 100+ pounds to lose and understand what you are going through.

[jammiemarie24]

Hello everyone, I too would like to join your club. I have 100 lbs to lose.





ps: Thanks for the invite catrenia!

[inhisgrip]

Welcome to the Century Club Jammie! We have daily roll call where we check in with each other every day and we are also starting a challenge on Monday..."Springing Into Action" to see how much weight we can lose by the first day of Spring (March 21st). Come join us! I look forward to seeing you around the board and getting to know you.