i'm back again

[fricker02]

Hi everyone...i've been on this site before butttttt...it didn't work out. ill be 23 july 14th. im currently around 230lbs 5 4 tall. I'm from NJ and i'm going on vacation the last week of august with like 20 of my boyfriends friends...soooo i gotta lose some weight. my goal is to be 190. any support would be amazing. the more support i have, the better i do. good luck to everyone! i'll be posting before pics up soon

[fricker02]

I would also like to know...if i stay on induction from today (june 30, 200 until August 23rd....how much am I likely to lose....(this includes exercise every night...atleast 30 mins of cardio)

[joee5]

It depends on how true you are to yourself and how motivated you are as well. Whatever you get down just remember, it still is a victory. Oh and you may gain some muscle so you'll lose inches more than the weight. Stay focused and you'll do fine. First 3 days are the hardest, after that it's smooth sailing. Keep us posted. God Bless, Joe

[coribazz]

I've just started the diet yesterday and so far, so good. Reading the forums is really keeping me focused. This a a great community for support.

[joee5]

Lotsa support here as well as knowledge. Got a question, simply ask and someone will definately have an answer for you. God Bless, Joe

[Greeneggs&ham]

I read your post and was thinking it sounded like something out of my diary (if I kept one). I started two weeks ago and my immediate motivation was that I am heading to the beach at the end of July and I've been procrastinating up until now about shrinking the waistline thinking I had all the time in the world to worry about it "later."

Losing 40 pounds in 60 days on Atkin's isn't impossible, but I can tell you from past experience that if you're going in only thinking about a 60 day deadline with every intention of going back to your old eating habits on 8/23 then you're already setting yourself up to fail. I realized that for myself about 12 days ago, and am now trying to figure out how to stay low carb DURING my time at the beach. I'm also getting in good with the ADBB crowd so that they can harass me when I return from the beach and have no other immediate reasons to continue towards my goal!

Hopefully over the next 8 weeks, you can work on changing your "get thin quick" mindset to a "wanna be healthy for good" attitude. In the long run you (and I) will be much better off!

[gman]

Hello-
You can lose 20+ lbs. by then if you are strict, and as Eric said you need to take a longer view as well. In both cases, you will feel better and be healthier.
Welcome and good luck.
Glenn

[fricker02]

thanks you guys. your absolutly right and maybe thats why i've failed. I need someone to stay on top of me and yell at me if i've done bad. so far i'm doing fantastic...theres a big tray of moist brownies on the stove top...and i did not touch them. instead i made my eggs and bacon, came in here , filled out my diet diary, and posted a couple times . yay me!! I also posted a pic...I'm trying to figure out all that snazzy jazz but thank you guys so much for the support. It really does help. I will not get on the scale for 2 weeks (as hard as that may be for me since im a scale watcher ) but i will look towards the future and not just august. I am devoted and motivated so we'll see what happens. I did this diet the summer before I started my freshman year of highschool and I looked amazing! I was probably down to 170 (which for some reason is light for me) but i'd love to be back at that point. So I hope you guys keep up the good work too and My IM s/n is in my profile if any of you need extra support as well thanks.