Soon to be short and curvy!!!

[Lillywight]

Hello Everybody! My best friend (who weighs all of 130 pounds) started Atkins 3 weeks ago. After 2 weeks, she was down 9 pounds. She begged me to try the plan, but I said "no way" -- feigning happiness in my 5', 194.5 pound frame. UGH. To be honest, it was my daughter, Sienna, who gave me the motivation to begin. In 5th grade, Sienna weighed 170 pounds -- and today, 140! On her own, she learned about eating right and exercising and put it to use!! I've been so proud of her -- but, I never thought I had the time or motivation to do it. Yeah, I've joined the gym (twice) and lost a few pounds, and I even tried a few "diets", but again . . . a few pounds and I went back to eating "normally". Sienna's been working hard to break 140 for about 3 months but it hasn't happened. We looked at the Plan and thought we'd give it a try, so last Sunday, 10/14/2007, we started!!!

I'm happy to say that today, one week later, Sienna is down to 136!!! And me, I'm down to 188.5 (6 pounds the first week).

I'm a forum board addict, and when I found this Board, I knew that it would help keep me interested and motivated! I've been reading, and reading, and reading!!!! There's so much information here! Thanks everybody for posting and providing insights, guidance, assistance!

[Laurenfra]

Hi Lilly
I am glad you found us, in addition to great support there are awesome people here. Let us know if you need help finding your way around!

[TIME2SHINE4-08]

Hi! Welcome! You'll love it here and the two of you will do terrific!

[sallyseachange]

Lilly! That's wonderful! Six lbs gone forever! Congratulations to you and Sienna, and warm welcome to ADBB!
I see you already like it here, and I'm sure you'll find there's all the knowledge, friendliness and inspiration you could want.

Keep us posted, and happy losing!

[LC_Diva]

Yay for 6 pounds! Welcome to the boards!

[Lillywight]

Thanks for the warm welcome, Everybody! Today begins my 2nd week of induction. I never thought I'd make it this far . . . but, now I'm excited and can't wait to keep going!

[sillygirl]

Hi Lilly! Welcome and congrats on your loss so far! You've got a great 130 Lb friend there for steering you to us! it's nice to be doing this with a real live friend as well. Continued success be yours!