New and concerned

[aggie]

Hi. I'm new. I will have finished 2 week induction tomorrow and plan to continue induction phase until... well... i don't know. What I'm concerned about is reading about people who have gone off the woe and then returned. I'm wondering why people go off and whether this is going to happen to me... I don't want to be another statistic... another diet victim. Anyway... I've lost 7 lbs as of today. Tomorrow is the two week weigh in. Thank you all for being here. It will make it easier. It already has. Anyway hi everyone... Geez.. I wonder if this will work... never posted on a board anywhere before...

[Atkid]

Welcome to the board! You will find great support here at at ADBB. I don't think anymore people fall off of this way of eating anymore than any other type diet there is out there. It just falls as circumstance that you get leewayed and then you have to make the commitment to jump right back on. I have been following Atkins for about 3 years, I fell off last October when hurricane Katrina hit and we were staying with other people for a month until we could return home and then we had people staying with us at our home. This is really no good excuse but at the time grocery stores were either packed or out of items I needed. To make food go further we did biscuits alot. That was my real downfall. But all that is neither here nor there, I am back now and don't intend to leave again. This is a great way of life and I think you willbe please. Continue to post with any questions you may have. Help is always available. Good luck reaching your goal.

[aggie]

Hi Atkid... Thank you SO MUCH for replying. I was feeling lonely there... Geez.. do I need attention or what? I am determined. I will do this. I am so very sorry to hear you went through the horror of Katrina. I imagine you can't turn down whatever you're being fed or can find in a situation such as that. That would be categorized as a very good excuse! It is wonderful you are back and back on track. Thanks again.

[aggie]

I forgot my details. I thought I put them in... Lost in cyberspace again I think...

Start date: lemmesee... two weeks ago... May 15, 2006

HW 264/ CW 247 / GW 165
F 5'6" Aged 47... sigh... I have a thyroid problem so I hope it doesn't affect this woe and my goals...

Do they sell Atkins type things in the Loblaws here in Canada?

[aggie]

Well... I guess I'll sit here and talk to myself for awhile... something I do anyway. Today is my 14 day weigh in and I've lost 8 lbs. Now that is nice but even still I wonder why that isn't enough for me. Why do I always say it could be better? This is not a healthy approach. One day at a time. Patience is the hardest thing to learn. Anyway... I guess talking to myself is silly but I have to talk myself out of bad selftalk so in that way it works I think...

[jimmie 48]

not to worry aggie. it's a holiday weekend and many folks are doing outdoor things. it is normally much quieter on the weekends than through the week and with it being a holiday, it's all the more calm around here.

in answer to one of your questions, why people fall away, i could say many different reasons. boredom, lack of committment, they did it as a lose weight quick diet, lack of committment. yes, i meant to say it twice some will state lack of support but this begins and ends with you. if you don't want to fail, then don't. take the steps you need to get to goal. it's like, how bad do you want it? if it's bad enouch then you will do what it takes.....you will stay committed!

congrats on the loss! 8 pounds during induction is a good loss!

i would suggest starting a journal in the journal chats forum. you want people to chat it up? that's the place! but remember, it''s a holiday and hardly anyone is around. tomorrow will be a whole new ball game!

[aggie]

Okay then... continuing in my rambling way. Today's negative self talk is the voice that says "only eight pounds". I don't feel overjoyed. I don't feel happy. I just feel like it is a step on a long journey. Just one step. This is actually okay, she said to herself. It is actually not just one step. It is the "first step" and that is the hardest step of all. So there! Good for me.

[aggie]

Oh jimmie thank you. I'll wander off and try and find the journal section since I obviously am a communicator raver type eh? You are right. I want this bad enough and I will do what it takes. I am amazed and inspired by your photos. You had what it took and continue to have what it takes. I'll pay close attention to your posts.

What I need now is to be better with technology... hmm.... journal section... off i go...

[Desertthorn]

Originally Posted by aggie

Well... I guess I'll sit here and talk to myself for awhile... something I do anyway. Today is my 14 day weigh in and I've lost 8 lbs. Now that is nice but even still I wonder why that isn't enough for me. Why do I always say it could be better? This is not a healthy approach. One day at a time. Patience is the hardest thing to learn. Anyway... I guess talking to myself is silly but I have to talk myself out of bad selftalk so in that way it works I think...

Oh aggie, I know how your feeling. Have you started a journal yet. Its a great place to "talk to yourself". 8 pounds is really awesome and you should be so proud. Have you measured yourself yet. There are times when some of us stop losing for a day or even a week and its a good time to start measuring to see how many inches have fallen off.
Hang in there. Your in good company here, we all understand and have all gone thru the same thing.

[jimmie 48]

in case you didn't find it...............
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...splay.php?f=31


look for other canadians to answer some of the questions you have.
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