Hello!

[musicaldreamer]

Hello! I am happy to be here. I began Atkins on 12/29/06 and have been using this site as a reference all along. I actually would have been a member sooner but I had some registration issues. I am 26, 5'10'', and when I started I weighed about 350lbs. This is my estimation, as I did not weigh myself at the beginning or much at all at first (the last time I had been weighed was at the doctor before the holidays and the scale said 348 ). I do weigh weekly now and I am down to 285 as off this morning. I am so excited about the effectiveness of this way of eating. It is just so scientifically reasonable! I feel great and I am free of cravings. I love it and I talk to people about it all the time. I am doing extended induction and I do it to the book, I am hyper-vigilent. The only exception, as far as being totally "clean", is that I eat bars. I just started excercising this past week and, it's crazy, but with so much weight off now I am really enjoying the movement.

In my regular visits here before I was a member I learned so much from all of you and have been inspired by your stories. I am so excited to be part of his community!

[JMarsa202]

Welcome, Musical!

I agree with you: this WOL makes sense once you research it. In my experience, the people who disagree with it only feel that way because they only know bits and pieces, and go with what someone else told them. We'll show them though!

Congratulations on your success so far!

I like the question in your signature. It made me stop and think for a moment.

[sallyseachange]

Warm welcome to you Musical... and congrats on your success so far.

Glad you're enjoying this way of eating and can see how it makes sense scientifically. Sounds like you're in for the duration and fully intend to reach goal and go on to maintain. Wonderful!

So far you've done really well...despite the bars. If you ever run into difficulties (and I hope you don't), my advice would be for you to ditch those first off.

Post often and keep us in the know. We're all behind you 100%!

[Scooterjam]

Yo Musical Buddy!!

Glad to have you here with us. Watch those Atkins Bars man, they're addictive and can cause your weight loss to stall. That being said, congrats on the weight loss to date!! Don't be a stranger, make some posts and let us hear more about your success!!

Best of luck to you!

[musicaldreamer]

Thank you all for you warm welcome! Nice to meet you!

[sillygirl]

Hi musicaldreamer! Welcome. I'm happy to hear your cravings are gone, gone gone! that sure makes following this WOE (way of eating) easy peasy!

[musicaldreamer]

Thanks for the welcome, sillygirl! It is amazing to live without cravings, I'm loving it!

Who's your cute little dog?

[sillygirl]

Originally Posted by musicaldreamer

Who's your cute little dog?

Meet DJ!

[Stargirl]

Hej Musicaldreamer!

Nice to have you here. Great that you lost that much weight! Well done! Hope to hear more of you.

Regards
Stargirl

[musicaldreamer]

Hi DJ!!

Hi Stargirl! Thanks for the compliment on my loss, I am still totally shocked by it. This really works! Congrats on your loss as well!

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