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[Bleu]

Hiya! I've been lurking around here for some time. Back in 2002, I went on 'my' version of Adkins, and lost 25 pounds in a couple months. I wasn't terribly commited to it, taking weekends off, and not exercising. But I was pleased because for all the diets I had ever been on, this was the first time the scale ever moved. (Down that is)

Over the course of time, I gained back all the weight,of course, and restarted unsuccessfully a couple times. I bought lots of bars and relied on them to ease my sugar cravings (BAD ANSWER) and never really went anywhere with it. "I'll do it tomorrow, I'll do it tomorrow..."

Fast forward.....Over the summer I met a charming man who enjoys good food as much as me, and we've become great fat friends. We love each other for who we are, and thats nice, but not very productive as far as minding what goes into ones mouth. I grew tired of not fitting into my 'thinner' clothes, and the final straw came on New Years Eve when I was standing in my bedroom in tears, surrounded by 5 or 6 outfits that didn't fit.

We both started the program on 1/15/06. By. The. Book. I'm using recipes from The Book, as well as things I've found on here. This forum is a great source of inspiration. I have the 1 & 2 mile Walk Away the Pounds DVD, and I'm walking just a mile daily. I'll up it to two miles this coming weekend.

Prince Charming is astonished that we can eat such good stuff and lose weight. Now I know we're not too far into it, but already I feel great, and I make a conscious decision DAILY not to get on the scale and to drink all my water. (Prince Charming is on his own, water wise, I'm not going to be the hydration ****)

That ALL that being said, thanks so much to everyone who posts here for being a huge inspiration to me.

[Richt]

Welcome to ADBB, Bleu. I know that you will be successful this time as you have the book and you also have a real life "buddy" to work it with.

its so much easier to do it with a helper! that and the support from ADBB means you cannot fail.

Good luck, and I look forward to reading about your future success.

Rich

[Sheshy]

Hi Bleu, and welcome to and back to Atkins!

It's great that your friend is going to work the plan with you...having the support is awesome, but having someone to at home is just that much better!

There's a ton of information, experience and support in the forums, have fun exploring!

See you around the board!

[Kate113]

Hello and welcome! It sounds like you have the perfect setup. You're both going to do great!

[Erin K]

Hi Bleu, and welcome! You'll do great...having someone to do the plan with will make it that much easier!

[ladyinred]

Welcome Bleu! You have such a great attitude. I know you'll be successful.

[dreamof145]

Welcome! So happy you've joined us. We always need more people to help us celebrate our successes and we'd love to cheer you as you achieve success!!!

[Bleu]

LOL...thanks for the welcome you guys.

Yesterday was a challenge. Honey and I went to the local flea/farmers market yesterday. D'OH!! I forgot all about the Amish bakeries there. oooh....

But we were good. Bypassed the sticky buns, whoopie pies and hand dipped chocolates for lovely ham and cheese omelets. Talk about empowering! Wow. Y'all are absolutely right, it's great to have someone to do this with. It's a first for me.

And I'm trying really, really hard not to get on the scale....