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[snookie]

I really need to lose weight. I have just gone through 12 years of every day really bad stress and the beginning of May left it. Since then, I have gained 30 pounds!!!! I know a lot of my hunger is emotional but I also know that there are times I'm really hungry and I shouldn't be. For example, after eating a bowl of cereal i'm still starved. I need to know which book I need to buy to get started. I guess that's the first place huh? Anyway, my name is Deanna and I look forward to getting to know all of you!!

[sugarsack]

welcome, you can do it - just keep coming here and read everyting you can, ask any question and get answers, encouragment, help, i have found it really helps to at least check in here every day, read, read, read -

[chinadoll]

This board uses the 2002 version of Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution. You are absolutely right to get the book. It explains so much. With regards to the cereal, when you ingest a lot of carbs in a short time (like cereal with low fat milk) you send your sugar soaring. Then your body kicks in with Insulin to regulate the sugar in your bloodstream. When you are overweight and insulin sensitive, it sends way too much--a kind of knee jerk response-- which results in hunger shortly afterwards. It can also show up as fatigue or sleepiness an hour or so after you eat. Atkins lowers your carbs and spreads them out so your blood sugar does not have these peaks and valleys that cause hunger and insulin overproduction. Once you get through the Induction phase you will be more energetic and have far less hunger. Then it becomes a focus on habits and reasons why you eat other than hunger (that's the hard part. LOL)

I have never been healthier and although I am not shedding pounds rapidly, I am shedding pounds. Wishing you a clean Induction and a great start. But DO read the book.