Hello all

[unidos]

My name is Joe, I live near Daytona FL. I work in an Irish pub for fun and love beer. I am half Italian so pasta, beer and wine has been in my diet for ages He11 <~~~those are L's my tomato sauce could be considered a food group but anyway I quit drinking pints last Sunday and started Atkins and drinking water Monday

I started without the book. I just got one on ebay for a penny plus shipping..

It's been 5 days, I have managed to turn the test strip purple, go down a hole on my belt and run to the bathroom every 5 minutes it seems after drinking my loved water.. Working at the Pub just got harder since I cant drink on the job now.. I am freaking out we just got in a new summer ale and I can't try it, I thought about maybe a doing TSB of it haha At least Florida doesn't have sea monkeys in the water.. haha

Ciao

[asc.rudeboy]

at least thre is another beer drinkier here that feels my pain.havent been to daytona yet but spent many many a summers in ft.walton and panama city.

haha the beer chart you gave me is all 12oz not a pint on there..muchless a 20oz imperial pint...guess that means more mile on the bike when induction is over,i cant go with out beer forever,,,**** i still have 3/4 of a keg waiting on me now..of Guinness haha not low carb

[Dolphin]

Hey Joe Congrats on your loss thus far!!

[Scooterjam]

Welcome to the board!!! Don't worry, you'll be able to have the occasional ale later on, much later on, but still there!!

Excellent job on the weight loss bro!!

Keep it up and keep us posted!!

[Dolphin]

Scooter is so right Joe, you can have that beer later on. Trust, being a big beer fan myself, it just isn't worth it...Talk about headaches and bodyaches.

[LC_Diva]

Welcome to the board! I live in northeast florida! Gotta love the heat right now.

[dotsamantha]

Yeah, there are a bunch of beer lovers around here, it's just all about priorities for me right now. I sure do love Guinness
Welcome!

[Dolphin]

Originally Posted by dotsamantha

Yeah, there are a bunch of beer lovers around here, it's just all about priorities for me right now. I sure do love Guinness
Welcome!

That's right girl!!! A beer belly isn't cute on ladies anymore (well it never was, we just blamed it on pre-menstrual bloating—@ least I did.)

[boonie stomper]

Welcome the the Board, Joe! You are not alone. BUT look at it this way - you can do induction for 2 weeks then move onto rung 1 in OWL, then you're allowed to skip rungs with a modified OWL, so you still are controlling your food choices and total carbs, but then you get to add alcohol to the list of choices. Just be sure to cout those carbs, and realize you cannot burn an ounce of fat during the time alcohol's in your system, and it will affect you differently.

[unidos]

thanks for the words of encouragement.. I have lost 10 pounds just by reading this site and notes from the Atkins site. I have the book now, gotta love ebay..

I'm going to stay on the Induction part for a bit. I find its hard for me to get at least 20 carbs a day being I get full quick. Plus all the water isn't helping. I had to adjust my portion size drasticly..

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