This time it's for real!

[hanalewis03]

Hi everyone. I've been on Atkins a few times here and there. The most successful time was the summer before I got married. I was on Atkins for 12 weeks and lost 18 lbs.

Now I have a crazy beautiful 3 year old son. It's time to lose the baby fat!
As I said, I've tried here and there to restart Atkins but I just came seem to stick to it for more than a month. I have a whole bag of excuses - I commute to DC on the Metro which takes up alot of time so it's hard to cook and work out with a toddler..blah, blah, blah

Anyway, I'm tired of hearing my own excuses. So, I'm looking to you guys to keep me honest!

I started on Monday. Let the games begin!!!!

[joee5]

You need to stay focused and strong enough to resist temptations. Welcome and best of luck. God Bless, Joe

[Desihue]

Welcome back and I wish you much success with Atkins.

You already know it works, we just need you to make this a way of life for yourself that's all.
As a mother of 4, the two youngest being 21 months and 4, I can tell you first hand I DO NOT have a lot of time for heavy cooking. Get yourself a cookbook with simple recipes, and make up some of your own. Plan EVERYTHING you eat ahead of time and even have some back up snacks ready in case of an emergency snack attack. if you leave things up to chance, you're setting yourself up for turbulent weight loss times. make sure to keep a bottle of water handy at all times, and get plenty of sleep each night. I hope to see a journal for you real soon!

[sallyseachange]

Warm welcome back to Atkins! That's the most important thing: that you are back.

You can do it! We'll help.