So my mom started this week.

[Mothercooter]

She is on induction. She has messed up a few times already but I guess thats to be expected when ya start without finishing the book first. This is a woman who can read a romance novel in 2 days even though she works 10 hours a day yet she has been so called reading the DANDR for like 2 weeks now.

She hasnt gotten a chance to stock up on legal foods yet and hasnt gotten rid of her illegal stuff yet so its kinda tough so far. She has had peanut butter and the sweet international delight hazelnut creamer in her coffee. But, she says she can already tell she is feeling better just cutting the carbs down a bit.

I told her just imagine how much better it will be when she does it right. She wondered why she was still hungry and hadnt lost the appetite yet. Im guessing you cant get into ketosis still having sugar, even a small amount.

I signed her up for the ADBB. Not sure if she will get on here or not. I also showed her how to use fitday. I hope she comes to visit, she will love this place. I raved, lol. Oh well, if you see "rumala", on here, give her a nice welcome!

[jcapulet]

Yay for your Mom, Mindy!! Great news!

I wish my hubby would join...not so much for weight loss though. He has terrible GERD...I have it too, but it disappeared with Atkins!! He suffers daily from it...if only he'd do Atkins!

Kudos to your Mom for starting Atkins, I'm happy to hear that!

[Atkid]

Will be sure to give her a nice welcome! Where you at Rumala?

[boonie stomper]

It's great you Mom wants to do this, but her induction success is definitely at risk of repeated failure (esp. days 2-4) if she's cheating with coffee & carby creamer, and has carbs surrounding her. Also, if she's over 20g carbs, it's going to be more difficult for her to make it into induction without a prolonged induction "flu" period, during which she may cave to cravings, and eat the junk on hand, or have more creamer in her coffee, at the expense of transitioning into ketosis.

[kkat55]

That is so great that she is going to do it with you! I'll keep my eye out for her on the board.

[Lyssie]

You can go into ketosis with having over 20g carbs. My mom eats lower carbs, obviously not Atkins, and has still lost a ton of weight eating like that. She never did induction, just cut out sugar and starches. I started this time around without finishing the book. Actually, the first time, I never read the book, my step-mother did and it worked perfectly fine 'til I moved out and became pregnant. Perhaps she's not ready to make the commitment yet and make Atkins a WOL. Either way, progress is still better than nothing, maybe one day she'll decide this is really what she wants and do it completely by the book.

[changing]

She sounds like my Mom!

They're so adorable.

[dreamof145]

Congratulations to your mom. I hope she reads the book so she can undestand how the program works -- she'll get greater results and be more motivated. How cool that you are doing it together. Best wishes!!

[Mothercooter]

Yeah she said she is getting rid of all the bad stuff now and this next friday she is shopping for legal foods and starting clean.

[Lyssie]

So.. that means next Friday like, 7 days from now?