Ok so here goes!

[itstime]

I have gotten to the point where I will not allow my picture to be taken because I am so embarrassed on how I look. I am sick of buying plus size clothes and looking like my mom in old people clothes.

I waited until the day after Easter knowing that I did not have the willpower to give up Easter food. This is the part that worries me the most if I don't have the will power to make it through a holiday will I have the will power to make it through months. I know I need to I am on blood pressure pills for the last year now and I am only 46. Luckily I don't have other health problems but this really bothers me. Well anyway its time to do something.

HOPEFULLY! I can stick with it.

[shelly808]

Oh how I can totally relate to the picture taking thing. My husband gets angry with me about that.

Last week end we went on a walk though a very hilly botanical park with my sis, mom, nephew and niece...I was huffn' and-a-puffn' with a beet red face and they were all A.O.K....husband kept trying to take pictures I was freakn uncomfortable and pissed off.

itstime, you CAN stick with it. Just make sure you have a ton of premade sackiepoos in the frig.

What has been helping me is the stuffed celery (cream cheese & olive tepinade),
salmon rollers, salami wraps (around mozzerella), boiled eggs, cut up cucumbers, and celery, and the huge container of mixed field greens all handy-dany in the frig.
Oh and the eggless quiche I made and put into snack packs.

My friend gave me the scoops....she said "Take the food list with some acceptable recipes to costco and buy your food shelly, then spend a 1/2 a day preparing go-to foods."

It's working!

Good luck.

Shell

[Sunny_0ne]

This is the part that worries me the most if I don't have the will power to make it through a holiday will I have the will power to make it through months.

One day at a time. One meal at a time. One glass of water at a time.

It's a lot easier when you take it in small chunks instead of taking it on all at once!

Welcome to ADBB!

[imagood1]

Holidays are nothing to be afraid of...you may not be able to eat candy and cookies, but that isn't the real reason for the holiday is it? You can have meat, salad, our version of "deserts" -- I made it through Super Bowl (which is a holiday to some people) and Easter without cheating - it wasn't hard.

You need the attitude that you can do this and the power within yourself to make sure you DO make it through everyday. The food is delicious, you should never be hungry and within a few days you'll start feeling much better physically and mentally.

Get the 2002 DANDR book and read it -- they are very inexpensive on Amazon. Until you can get ahold of a copy (if you don't already have one) here are some links - one is the acceptable food list -- if it's not on the list don't put it in your mouth! Another is the Rules of Induction - very important to read. The other links are recipe sites you can use to make delicious meals.

Good luck.

Rules of Induction:
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ead.php?t=6782 (What are the Rules of Induction?)
Induction Acceptable Foods:
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ead.php?t=6781 (What foods can be eaten on Induction?)

Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes - Daily Menus
Sheila's Low Carb, Atkins & Induction Friendly *ORIGINAL* Recipes Page!
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...n-recipes.html (Never ending induction recipes)
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...pes-added.html (Induction Recipe Basics--More recipes added)

[Chicklady]

Hi Itstime Well, it's time! Hang tough the first weeks and do a clean induction. This will become second nature! Make it a challenge to make your old favorites low carb and bring them to holiday events. It'll give you something to eat, and it'll show others just how good low carb can be!