Need a little extra push!!

[ashmo0710]

Hi all!!
My name is ashley, I'm 24, and live in Dallas. I have always over-indulged on carbs and somehow been able to remain physically in shape, but that all stopped when my love of southern fried foods met my love of Coors Light beer!! Over the last two years I've watched myself develop the....gasp... beer gut. I have always been a little bottom heavy, which was okay, but when I started getting the gut I knew something had to change! I have always got in the habit of yo-yo dieting and working out really hard in the gym to the point where I'm just about to meet my goals when my typical low fat diet leads me to eating a whole box of oreos. I decided to give atkins a try because I know that your body prefers to run on carbs and if I reduce the amounts I'm intaking that I can start working off this last 15lbs of stored fat. I have made it through my first week of induction losing 4lbs (despite horrible induction flu) but when I last stepped on the scale I had gained one lb back.. From reading everyone's post I think I'm going to start measuring myself and taking pictures rather than obessively weighing myself everyday. So everyone is confident that I can eat steak, cheese, and veggies everyday ( if kept under 1500 calories and 20 net carbs) and still lose weight? It's soooo hard to make myself believe that I will lose weight eating cheese and ribeyes!! lol. Any advice?

Happy to be part of such a motivated group!!

[JulieB]

Welcome to the boards. Have you read DANDR? The best advise I can give you is read the book - and follow the plan as written. You have very little to lose, so make sure you move on to OWL as soon as you have finished induction. Best Wishes,

[imagood1]

Hi and welcome ash -
There is no reason you can't have fried food - just leave the breading off when you cook. Some people use pork rinds crushed as breading for different foods - just watch the sodium in them!

Congratulations on your weight loss so far. Make sure you are eating the proper foods, exercising, drinking a minimum of 64 oz PURE water (nothing added) daily and take a good multi-vitamin.

There are plenty of wonderful recipes that help keep your meals tasting wonderul - check them out.

http://www.genaw.com/lowcarb/menus.html (Linda’s)
(Never ending induction recipes)(Never ending induction recipes)(Never ending induction recipes)http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/atkins-diet-14-day-induction/58513-never-ending-induction-recipes.html (Induction recipes)
(Induction Recipe Basics--More recipes added)(Induction Recipe Basics--More recipes added)(Induction Recipe Basics--More recipes added)http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/atkins-diet-14-day-induction/6807-induction-recipe-basics-more-recipes-added.html (Induction Recipe Basics)

If you need anything we’re here to help you!! Good luck to you!

[ashmo0710]

Thank you so much for your responses!! About to move to OWL and pretty excited about adding more veggies!! I looove zucchini!!

[kaylasgram]

Ash ~ Hello & Welcome To Atkins & The ADBB Forum!!!
Congrats on your AWESOME loss so far & Keep up the GREAT work!!!

We have have alot going on around here 24/7 it may be sharing our stories or giving & reciving information & we have a lot of fun in the process!!!

Below I have listed a Link for you with a lot of good information that I have found very helpful & I put it together all in one place to you get started along your way on your Atkins journey!!!

("Some Helpful Hints For Those New To Atkins" {revised})http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.com/forums/atkins-diet-14-day-induction/77935-some-helpful-hints-those-new-atkins-revised.html

Please feel free to join~in with us any time & post away with questions, comments, your stories or anything at all & most important keep us posted of your progress!!!

~Cindi~