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Well it is over 2 years since I posted here. Weight back to 173lb, not very happy with that. I've tried lots of diets in the last 2 years...looking for the miracle... So I am back to Atkins as I know it works when I stick with it. Today is my 3rd day, Just need to keep with it for the next 2...

Hi well done on getting back on the plan. So hard not to drink the wine.

Well done on the loss, a lb a week adds up quite quickly. Wow 2 st since beginning of the year.

Hi all, another 2 weeks done and another 2 lb down and another inch off the waist, really pleased with that. Still enjoying the food but this weekend will be hard, out Sat night , mothers day sun and out again on Mon. So a sts would be great next week. Exercise going well hiit, spinning and...

Hi all, 2 weeks into the regime. I have lost 5 lb and 2 inches off my waist! Enjoying this way of eating and the exercise. Finding it difficult to get in the water but the meal off plan at the weekend is great. Weigh in on a Wed which I find is good. When I used to weigh in on a Fri if I had a...

Hi it's called ksfl....short for kick start fat loss. It starts with a 28 day detox, then you gradually add back in coffee tea etc and dairy. Low carb, moderate protein and fat. No processed foods. The final part, when you have reached the weight you are happy with learning how to carb cycle...

Hi, it's Susie's long term weight loss plan.

Hi Katie, enjoy your mid term break, I have subscribed to your paleo/primal thread, you seem to be enjoying the way of eating. I plan on starting on it tomorrow.

Hi Susie, I have subscribed to your new thread, you are doing so well, sw obviously suits you.

Hi all, I haven't been on here in such a long time. I did not make any headway in January, but did not put on any weight either. I am just back from a holiday and ready to start so that I am at a happy weight for the summer. I have been thinking over the last month that I need the weekly weigh...

On the way to bed the new year and new me starts tomorrow. Will update and catch up in the morning,!

Hi all, it is so long since I have been on here. Needless to say I did not behave in France or Italy! When I came back I decided to get a food allergy test done, it came back saying I shouldn't eat any grains or yeast. So for the last 2 weeks I have totally stopped all the grains, giving up...

Morning all, just a quick update, I am off the the airport in a few mins, going to visit a friend in France for a few days....Will I be able to resist the bread and croissants! When I comeback from France I am going away with oh to Italy for ten days....pasta and pizza! A loss this week of 1/2...

Well done on the loss, a great start

Any liquid will add to your weight for the first few hours after drinking it.

Morning all, another lb off in 4 days, so happy with that. oh away this weekend so I won't be tempted with the wine. Having smoothie for two meal a day over the weekend and then just meat and veg for dinner. Hope you all have a good weekend

It is so hard to stay on plan when life gets in the way. Enjoy the tastings.

Zumba sounds good, I must try it sometime.

Enjoy your week, in ever thought of adding Tabasco. My health store has flavoured nut butters, I sometimes add those to smoothies.

Lol at the carrot cake, I love it, but none of my family do

Delighted you got the result you wanted. Isn't it wonderful when kids are happy.

Welcome back, lovely photo. It is hard to keep to any plan when there are lots of visitors.

Hi, sorry to hear about gain, but if that is over a month off plan, you did well, I could gain that in a week. I find if I keep up the good fats I am not so hungry

That 88gr of carbs should read 88gr of protein:rolleyes:

Hi all, I am having problems posting to site, hopefully it will work this time. Been doing smoothies with one clean and green meal a day, I have lost 5 lb in the last ten days, but I think I could have done better on Atkins. So I have decided to go back to Atkins with one smoothie a day, if I...

Hi how is Atkins going, I akwaysfind it hard the first few days....no wine is always difficult at the start.

Hi, the photo album is a great thing, I did that when dd went to new york.

Hi, re sweet craving, I meltcocnut butter add some cocoa powder, almond essence and sweetner to taste, let harden and then eat. Atkins friendly chocolate bar and you also get in some good fats. Good luck.

3 day Juicing thing sounds good. I am following a 10 day smoothiscleanse, only 3 lb down after 8 days, I think I need to tweak it.

Hi, forget the highcsrb day, we all do it, the important thing is getting back on track

Hi, we'll done on the stay the same over the weekend. I am rubbish with the water too.

God luck with weigh in, hunger should go in a few days.

Good luck with the pt, I am starting back with pt tomorrow, just for 9 sessions, then I eillbe on my own

Hi, sorry to hear about the dog, I hope he is ok now, Good loch with lowcsrb. Once you get into it it gets easier.

Hi, catching up on diaries, I hope you are enjoying meeting up with your family.

Hi catching up on the diaries, hope you had a good summer.

Hi, catching up on the diaries, you are doing brilliant.

Hi and welcome back, I am catching up on the diaries after a few months off. I know exactly what you are feeling with your boy going away but try and embrace the next phase of life, that is what i am trying to do, after feeling sorry for myself all last year and getting nowhere with the weight...

Hi, I am catching up with the diaries after a few months off. You have done really well over the summer. i am starting back dieting again today.

Hi and good luck with low carbing, i have not heard of tim ferris but will be interested in hearing how you get on.

Hi and welcome to Atkins, you have got off to a great start, best of luck with your journey.

Hi, I have started back on the diet today, I agree with what has been said before a new month gives great focus.

Hi, you are doing great, I just wish now I had not stopped last June. Good luck with the next goal.

Hi, your goals for the month sound great, I have started back today after being absent for a few months, I am not following Atkins at the moment but I will get there soon, at the moment i am doing a green smoothie diet. Good Luck

Hi all, I can't believe it is nearly 3 months since i was on here. I have had a great summer, but all the weight is back on. Today is a new start, over the last year I have been feeling sorry for myself, my 2 eldest daughters have been away, The eldest in New York working and the middle one in...

Evening all, this week has gone well, down 2lb today after a sts last week. I am away for the next few days, back on Mon, then out for dinner tues and Wed night, so I dread to think what the scales will say next week. I know I will be off plan, so gong to try to keep carbs as low as possible and...

Hi, you know what they say, all diets work, you just have find what suits you best, certainly cc allows the most flexability. Just make sure you get enough protein, that seems to be the key to fullness. 100grs seems to be around about the amount we should all be having. That equates to 400 cals...

Hi I am glad the exams went well . You will love the HTC, I won't change from it. The new phones have an app, in the settings, I think, that allows you to connect with your old phone and everything transfers over. You just have to download the app to your old phone. It works like Bluetooth ...

Hi. Hope you are ok.

Morning all, ididntget on here over the weekend. A sts on Fri, a bit disappointed with that....ate well over the weekend, although probably too many cals. Going to do a downday today. Eggs, rhubarb and yogurt ( not altogether!) I hope you all had a good weekend

Delighted you have sorted health problem. I will be interested to hear how you get on with paleo, I look at it but have never really tried it, but I like the idea that everything is natural.

Game should have said hake!!

Morning, missing your daily updates.

Morning Susie, when are you starting with sw?

Morning all, another good day yesterday. Lots of water B bulletproof coffee L rhubarb and Greek yog D game topped with prawns, pesto and mozzarella with spinach S chilli cheese crisps Off th pt now and weigh in, nsv I put on a fitted t shirt for the gym today.... Up til now I have been wearing...

Afternoon all, Atkins went well yesterday, stuck by the plan with just a mini belle cheese added on. Today B baked eggs L wrap with ham,mayo and salad leaves D rack of lamb with parmigiana (can't wait) S baby belle and coleslaw W 1 have had 11/2ltrs, just need to drink another 1/2.

Hi cl, I did the shakes/ bars Mon to Fri during the day and a low carb dinner in the evening. I just low carved at the weekends. I only did it for about 3 weeks, but it got my head in the right place. I have got used to not picking during the day, so I am ready to do Atkins properly again. Menu...

Hi, glad you had a lovely time in Scotland

Well done on getting back to preholoday weight, I am always very bad when I get back from hols, it usually takes me a couple of weeks to get back on the diet. Carb cycling is really working for you.

Morning, I am the same weight as I was this time last year also.....will this dieting lark ever be finished. I am still 10lb above posted weight, I don't think I will ever get to target weight. Enjoy your day with son.

Morning Susie, gosh the dramas just don't go away, I hope you will enjoy sw, I think if the food suits you it is very successful.

Morning all, delighted to report a 3 lb loss on Fri, so I have lost a total of 10lb after 8 weeks watching what I eat, and 2 or 3 training sessions with pt each week. I have 2 more sessions with the pt, I think I will pay for another course, I am on hols in 8 weeks, so I would love to loose...

Great menu, I must remember to buy avocado.

Morning Susie, I am delighted you have come to a decision, I agree with CL sometimes we need to have someone else weigh us to keep us accountable. I even joined ww about 10 years ago whilst I was doing Atkins, just to keep myself accountable! I downloaded the full eating less book at the...

Evening all, well I had 1lb gain on Fri, not very happy and I turned to food at the weekend, reined it in a bit today. So back in diet properly tomorrow, if I have no loss this week I will return to Atkins and keeping cal around 1200 per day.

Sent by mistake, meant to say I am doing becks at the moment, interesting.

Glad you are feeling more like yourself... Book looks interesting, I have downloaded a sample....

Hi enjoy your weekend ...I have a callanetics tape (how old is that) unfortunately no VCR anymore, I might look to buy a DVD, it really did work. You are very brave to do it in front of your son! My recollection is that the exercise for legs/bum is quite odd.

Welcome back. That week went so fast, I hope you had a great time, 6lb will whoosh off quickly, it will be mostly water weight.

Hi, gosh I hope I don't loose my hair....enjoying this way of eating at the moment,products during the day and proper food in the evening, I just find it the easiest way to control calories. Even when I was doing Atkins properly I had to restrick calories to get a loss. I am trying to keep my...

Morning all, I got on the scales again this morning.....it is the first time in YEARS that I am the same weight on a Monday that I was on the previous friday, normally I put on a few lb over the weekend and it takes a few days to get back to the Fri weight. Really pleased, definitely the wine...

Ah Susie, don't be hard on yourself, you have had a very traumatic few months with the death of your uncle and dad. It took me 15 months after my dad's death to get my head in the right place, I still struggle. Instead of trying to loose weight try keeping off the scales,not easy I know, maybe...

Morning all, isn't it very quiet for the last few days on here. I stuck with the plan again this week and am down 1 1/2lb, so really pleased with that. Still no wine, it hasn't been as difficult as I thought it might be. I will continue with vcld products during the day and proper food in the...

Morning, I hope you had a good week....

Hi Susie I hope you are having a good weekend, all very quiet on minis this weekend.

Lol at the husband not taking up suggestions, I think they are all the same, I hope your eyes continue to improve.

Oh, well done on lbs, the great thing about Atkins is the quick initial loss, great motivation.

Morning.....Enjoy your son and doing things with him, those lbs will soon be gone.

I wold live to belly dance, I hope you enjoyed your evening.

Hi, well done: on the speech, on eating ice cream and not pigging out, on wearing a beautiful dress for the first time......all great non scale victories!!! And you also lost weight thus week....you are rocking it .

Hi I found a great website re carb cycling for women....can't find it now but basically Calories 1200 low carb, 1400 high carb Grams of Protein, should be body weight(in lb) divided by 2, this doesn't change. Grams of Carbs 50/75 low 150 high Grams of Fat should make up the rest of your...

Strange what we find flattering lol

Morning, 1 week into vlcd/ low carb and I am down 6lb. I know 4 was water weight, cos it went it the first few days, but I am very pleased with that. I am going to a wedding in 5 weeks and on hols 6 weeks after that, so if I even loose 1 lbs week I will be very pleased. Tried on some summer...

Morning Val, it must be lovely to your boy back home. Is he back for the whole Sumner? I know what you mean about worrying when they are so far away, my 2 eldest are away at the moment, France nd new York. We keep in regular contact, texting and skyping.....but I dread the text that says "can...

I know what you mean about cc, but you could still do the vlcd products for during the day and either a ready meal or your soups/slow cooker in the evening and add in the wine when you want it, up to your whatever cal you have decided on. That way some days will be low and other days higher, a...

Hi, bread, crackers and cheese....these are my major downfalls. When I add up the calories of these in a day they could come to 500 cals, so I definitely want to cut these out because 1 slice of bread always leads to another, as for crackers and cheese!!! The other thing I find hard to resist...

Welcome back, our heads just have to be in the right place, keep posting.

Hi missie, I think working out does make you heavier, other than the 4 lb this week, I had not lost anything since working out, but I have lost 4inches, 2 1/2 from my waist, I am a good size bigger on my top half, unfortunately there are no exercises to reduce bust size!! I am following nupo, I...

Hi Susie, I think the lack of choice during the day makes it quite easy to stick to, I can either have a shake or a bar, if I want to chew. Having a meal in the evening means I don't feel deprived, I am keeping the evening meal between 400/600 cals, trying to keep the evenings lowish carb, but...

Hi all I am still lurking, but haven't made much headway with the weight loss, just can't get my Atkins head on. I started a vlcd on tues, shakes and bars during the day and a low cal meal in the evening, I could do all shakes/bars, but I don't want to give my dds bad example, ( I don't really...

Morning Susie, sorry to hear about your dad, but great that you could get a DVD of ceremony. My dad died last year and I am still trying to come to terms with it. Hence a weight gain, just can't get my head around Atkins at the moment. I started a vlcd on tues, shakes and bars with one low cal...

Welcome back.... Breaks always seem so short! Your plan sounds very doable, you should also write down everything that you felt unhappy with whilst you were in Italy, and reread it anytime you are wavering. You can do this. X

Morning all...I agree with you Susie,food before exercise is not good, but pt says I should eat before ....I tell her I have! Delighted to report 2 lbs down on Sat am, decided to try a highish carb day on Sat....so Sun also a write off!! 2 lb back on...so back to original plan low carb for the...

Hi, I hope you feel better soon, I agree with Susie, where do you get the motivation from... I went high(ish) carb on Sat.....then Sun was a write off!

Morning all, another good day yesterday, lots of atkins food, I will weigh tomorrow and hopefully I will have lost something this week . Off to gym at 11, I don't plan on eating til I come home. What do you do when exercising? Eat before or wait til after, every article I read about it gives...

I know what you mean about feeling flabbier when you loose weight, sometimes the lbs go but the skin takes a while to follow, well done on keeping focused.

Oh, I wish I lived near the sea, food sounds good.

Well done on the 10s!!!! I bought that movie, in French, for my daughter when I was in France.....unfortunately I won't understand it, my French is very limited.

Those muffins sound great, I need to find my low carb receipes,especially for breakfast. Enjoy your day .

Yum, love cocktails, when is your next weigh in?

Oh, have a wonderful trip to Italy,my favourite place for a holiday.

Well done on the 6lb, great loss!

Great day foodwise yesterday, low carb and only 550 cals. Pt this morning, feeling good after the circuit training. Today's food B baked eggs L chicken, egg coleslaw and salad D Italian meatballs with tomato sauce and courgetti S babybel cheese I have to get in the water, not enough yesterday...

Burger sauce sounds good, I like a sauce on my burger, usually have coleslaw, I might give bbq sauce a go.

Great that you are feeling better and the carbs did not affect you. I read an article on internet a while ago that said 1 day a week of high carbs is good for you, something to do with leptin, apparently this reduces on low carb and we need a certain amount of it in our bodies to feel good.

Hi all, I had a wonderful time in France,feeling a bit low today as I won't see DD til the end of July. But on a good note I am still the same weight as I was before I went! So back on Atkins properly today, although I haven't eaten anything yet, so today might be a very low calorie day. I gave...

Hi, if you want something sweet o Atkins you can make chocolate using cocoa powder, coconut oil and sweetner, just melt the oil add the cocoa and sweetner and any flavouring you want, my favourite is almond, then pop in the freezer til it goes hard . Yum

Hi, I have also downloaded some mindfulness books to my kindle, another good type is NPL books, very informative.

Hi, great to see you are about 10 lb from target, you are motivating me, I have about 28 lb to loose, so great to see you have lost that in the last 12 months, hope the cranberry works.

Hi, think 5.2 is a great way to eat, even if you don't go as low as 500, that soup sounds lovely, I love coconut milk. Enjoy your day.

Hi all, haven't been in for a few days, i was down 4 lb on thurs morning, then headed to france visiting dd2, having a lovely time, trying to keep as low carb as possible, but with wine. I had a baked camembert for lunch yesterday, georgeous,but was so full after I couldn't eat any dinner. We...

Morning all, day one done and dusted, I even drank all the water. Today's menu B bacon and egg with bulletproof coffee L m&s Mexican chicken with salad and mayo D burger with cheese and coleslaw in lettuce wrap S babybel cheese I had my second workout with pt, going well, I hope to get a walk...

Hi, here to subscribe, your menus sound nice, I also have a cola addiction, Pepsi max, like you I want to be totally in ketosis before I try to kick the habit

Well done on the losses, every little adds up. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi,you are doing really well at the moment,good luck with the Atkins restart and no alcohol. I am only going to have wine once a week for the month of April, I gave been overdoing it recently. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi, poor you with the eyes, I agree with ladyf, it just might be the dpgs. Can you get a testing done by post? Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi, you are still an inspiration....I have always wanted to hire a motor home, I wil look forward to hearing how you get on. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi, you are doing so well at the moment. How many carbs do you have on the low and high days, carb cycling sounds a great way forward, I might try that when I stall. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi Lauren, glad to see you are back, I am just starting back again today, at an all time high. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi, just read the last few weeks of your diary, wow but you have had some hard knocks, I hope all that is behind you now. I was reading an article about cc and using your TDEE as a method of calculating how many calories to use. You input your goal/minigoal weight and calculate the tdee for that...

Hi all, I am back. I was quite sick with proper flu in Jan, then I totally lost the plot. I am at my heaviest ever?. Last Fri I started with a personal trainer, it is for circuit training, I am will have her for 3 days every week for 8 weeks, she has also given me a diet sheet, not too carby,but...

Hi, so sorry to hear of your sad news ( hugs).

Afternoon all, thanks for popping by. Atkins flu still around but not as bad as yesterday. Appitite gone, which is great and I don't feel as bloated. B nothing, didn't get up til late L brocolli and stilton soup...yum D not sure yet, need to do a a shop but it will be something simple, no...

Hi, love the sound of the mushroom stiltonsauce. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Well done Susie on making those changes, wine has a way of derailing lots of our lives and of causing us to make bad decisions. Giving up smokingxan only be good. Best of luck and we are always here to offer support. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Sorry pressed submit by mistake..... IVF, Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi welcome back, the hard part is getting started and you have done that. You must be so excited about the Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

I love cabbage, mist find more ways of using it.....Will google tonight. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Oh enjoy your day....i bet he is excited to go back but you will miss him dreadfully. Good idea to cc for a while until you decide which way to go. I am counting carbs but not really doing induction until i get my head around everything. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Morning food sounds great, i must buy some courgette, I love it sliced and cooked in olive oil with prawns chilli and garlic. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi all, input yesterday's food into mfp and carbs came to 19, pleasent my suprised. Car is back in the road, hopefully it stays there. Atkins flu has hit me full on today, probably because I haven't been drinking enough water, so glugging lots today. B bacon and egg L tuna mayo wrap D fish, not...

I must try the celery and peanut butter....but I won't be buying the peanut butter for a while, I find it hard to stop once I start. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi thanks for support. Food for yesterday B egg L out with family, quiche without the crust, coleslaw and cucumber salad. D bolognaise sauce,family had lasagne S nothing but water Today I was bringing dd to the airport, she is on her way back to France for college. I got her to the airport...

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Hi, I hope your dad gets better soon, well done on getting back to the diet Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Updating food from yesterday B bacon and egg L chilli cheese crisps D chicken stir fry S cheese and water Too much cheese but will do what it takes to keep cravings away. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi, your Christmas sounds wonderful, lots of great incentives to keep to the diet for the next 13 months. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Hi, popping by to subscribe, sorry to hear you are feeling poorly, I have started back to day, not looking forward to the Atkins flu in a few days. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Morning stubbsey, I hope you had a great Christmas Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Morning busy, great weight losses. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Happy New year, 3 years...Wow. good luck with clean and green, giving up the wine is always the hardest, I have decided to give up having any wine at home for the rest of the month, starting today. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Happy New year, ihopeyou are feeling better soon. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Good luck with the diet, not too sure I could cope with a vegan diet, I will be interested to see how you get on. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

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Morning, good luck with the restart, I am going to post menus also, it is the best way to try and stay on the straight and narrow. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Morning Susie, I hope the first day back to work is not too taxing, good luck with the diet. Sent from my HTC One mini using MiniMins.com mobile app

Happy New year all, I hope you all had a fab Christmas. My Christmas was strange, I just couldn't get into the festive mood, I did however eat and drink plenty. I am ready to start back today. I will be doing Atkins and when my weight sticks will go to a lowish carb dukan for a while, low carb...

Just logging on to say Hi. I subscribed to this thread a long long time ago but never got started, going to do it this year, as well as loosing the excess lbs. I did subscribe to the web site but got overwhelmed by the emails so cancelled that. I will be relying on this thread to get me going...

Morning all, well I have not logged on in the last few weeks despite my promise, but I have sorted the app on my phone, so I should get better at logging in, I usually log in through that. I am delighted to say that in the last 4 weeks I have lost 11 of the 12lbs that I put on over the last few...

Hi morning all, i cant believe it is nearly 2 months since I last posted. It is so long that I cant work out how to post on my phone, i thought you just clicked on the thread.....but that is not working, would someone please remind me how to do it! thanks. A very eventful and carb filled few...

Hi all, I am still here, thank you for your support, I am havin a real rough time at the moment. My middle DD headed to France for an eramus year last week, my eldest is heading to the new York in Oct for a year, I am absolutely dreading the next year. I will miss them so much, even though they...

Well done on falling asleep, I think I would have left and stayed with a friend...

Hi, popping in to say hello, I am trying to catch up with the diaries, you have been given lots of good advice, I hope the Dr visit went well.

Hi, mim looks great, I have to say I have never liked them but sometimes I use a mim receipe, but cook it in the oven. The texture is drier that way.

Welcome back, you will have the extra kilos off in no time.....well done on getting back to the exercise.

Hi, enjoy your time with your friends...atkins will be waiting around the corner.

Welcome back, I quite like the sound of sb, I do miss my veg and you seem.to be able to eat a larger varied with sb.

Morning all, I had a pretty awful weekend, ate way too much and everything I shouldn't, I did it as I heard some pretty awful news, I know food won't helo, so why did I do jt, trying to get back on the plan today. I heard that a someone I used to be quite friendly with a few years ago ( our...

Morning, I hope you are enjoying the wedding.

Absolutely gorgeous, so beautiful, elegant and stylish. Enjoy your day, leave the angst behind.

Hi, I went on that blog she also has cheesy bacon chips with a spicy dip...I reckon you could make them with celeriac instead.of potato.

Morning all, I had.a lively day.yesterday, long gossip and walk with friend. Catching up on the housework and shopping today. Yesterday B egg L lovely salad with lots of interesting things in it, I avoided the bread D.....nothing, not hungry after lunch. 2 ltrs of water.

Well done on the loss, I agree with Susie don't worry about the banana.

Oh salami crisps are lovely,sometimes in the evening them and also cheese crisps and have them with a glad of (shush) wine.

Hi, I'm the same as the ladies above, your menu just comes out weird, so I can't comment!!! If you have a kindle there are loads of freebie motivational books available, some better than others but they are all interesting.

You are doing so well to stay on track with all the stress, looking forward to seeing piccies.

Morning, I love the tiles. I have a steam mop and use it on everything and have had no problems. I looked at the sweets, they look scrummy.

Wow, great loss,well done, and I agree with the above, you are K, it all gets easier now.

Morning all, a lovely day yesterday, caught up on lots of gossip during my walk..:..steps thingy says I walked over 17000 during the day! I do check it when I put in on in the morning, putting it to zero and walking 100 steps and checking that that is what it says. It is actually giving me...

Morning, you have the after holiday blues.....zero motivation, I always get it. Sorry to hear about the job your experience with the company will be a great help, in this day and age of "political correctness" I think all jobs have to be advertised. Good luck

Hi, well done on cutting down to 3 a day.....could I have the brocolli bake receipe?

Glad to see you have your focus back, lol re the shopping. Carpets can wait! Enjoy your day.

Morning great post, well done on staying out of the bed! The gain will only be water weight and will be gone overnight. How many carbs do you eat a day?

Aah, we have all been there, I think all people who are overweight eat for all different reasons, if we only ate when we were actually hungry we wouldn't be overweight. Well dine in the job and house, you have come such a long distance in such a short time, to be able to do that you have to be...

Wow, well done on the t.shirt a non scale victory, I hope you get news soon on the job front.

Morning all, I had a lovely time yesterday, lots of atkins friendly food, I only caught up on one diary, on my way home, having a coffee. A stay at home day today, except for a walk with a friend this morning. Tomorrow I have another day out visiting a friend, which will involve a 5 hr round...

Wow, another great loss, lol at the spinach and coconut oil, I ate a packet of nuts yesterday....same effect.

Thanks Susie , I will get some sf squash today. Thanks moonwatcher, some days are good others days not, but I can't live my life in limbo I need to start to refocus on me and my family. I am off for a day trip to visit 2 of my dds today, really looking forward to it. Food yesterday B eggs L...

I posted twice, the first post got lost...but now it appears, weird!

Thanks Susie. Good start yesterday, it will be my last!! all food atkins friendly, but not enough water, I find drinking water so hard. Brunch. Bacon, lettuce and mayo wrap D parmesan coated chicken, fries with asparagus S cocoa bark, I had forgotten how good it is. Off to pick up DD from the...

Morning all great day yesterday, kept myself busy, my house is sparkling. I out on my step counter and did about 8000 steps, I need to up that. Food for yesterday B/L. Bacon, lettuce and mayo wrap x2 D chicken in parmesan fried with asparagus S cocoa bark, I had forgotten how good it is. Only I...

Well done on getting back to it, I started again yesterday.....my LAST restart.

Morning, great motivational post, you will do it.

Morning lisak, your menu looks good, just check the water for carbs and citric acid, citrus acid stalls some people. You are actually posting in megs diary, if you start your own diary you will probably gets lots of people popping in and giving you advice, just click on the new thread button and...

Morning Susie sandwich looks amazeballs, I will have to get some flax again. Std LOL!

Morning....exercise is def the key, I just need to do it, another type if hiit is called tabata, it only takes 4 mins with 4 mins warm up.

Morning and welcome, you sound so focused and have really thought this through, if the going gets though at any time go back and read your first post and you will get your motivation back.

Morning and welcome to atkins, just put any thoughts,questions and menus in your diary. If there is a thread that you want people to see, you go to the thread and put a reply on it, most people just put in bump, hence bumping.....

Morning sue that smoothie sounds lovely, I need to buy an avocado so I can try it. Well done on resisting the demons yesterday.

Morning tee just dropping to subscribe and say hi

Morning all, I am still here. I have had a really bad week foodwise eating all the wrong things, drinking too much wine and not tracking. Weight has gone way up, so from today I am back on atkins, I am very busy for the next few weeks so if I have to take a day off I will just stay away from the...

Morning, menu looks great, I wouldst the slow down in weight loss is just the most catching up. There is a post somewhere about this, basically every now and again the body holds on to water.....I can't remember why....and then we loose it overnight.

I hope you enjoyed your night. You are taking control of your life by going out and not making an excuse, I am sure that in 6 months you will look back and be very proud of how you have changed. Menu sounds fab

Oh Susie you are really changing your life....diet, cigs and new flat. By Christmas you will be a new person, well done on tackling the cigs, I think they are one of the hardest things to give up.

Lovely photos I am going to try the muffins, I also like the sound of the eggless min, I don't like mins, I find they are too slimy, so I might give the eggless ones a try.

Well done in the nines and measurements you are doing really well at the moment, I don't have any advice re the hairloss but I would get it checked out by the Dr.

Morning busy, you are going through a rough and stressful time at the moment, dont beat yourself up about the eating, you will get back your focus, I agree with the above, go with the flow for this week and get back with atkins when the wedding is over. Good luck.

Morning, don't worry about going off track for a night, we all do it, I have been doing it for a while now! Sorry you didn't like the bp coffee, I like them, they feel like a treat.

The curious case of the shrinking woman by kitty o'dea.....but it is no longer free, not too sure I would pay for it, nothing too new in it other than she eats anything as long as carbs are 20gr for the day. Just read my last post....so many mistakes I am suprised you could understand it!

Hi and welcome to atkins, you will love the food, once the first few days are over and the craving go, it is easy enough to stick to. Re your son, why don't you start him on pre maintenance, that way what he eats won't be too restrictive, just don't buy anything that you find hard to resist!!

Morning all, I am still trying just to stay the same weight and so far it is working. I really believe that I could stay on this woe long term, just need to get to my Target weight. Cals during the week average 1600, carbs 50 (min 20 max 70), protein 80 and I let the fat take care of itself...

Well done you, you must be delighted, it is great when someone else notices a change.

Morning you are doing great on the weight loss, wonderfully steady, but a loss every week. Don't forget to buy the butter today.

Hi, I hope this week will be better for you.

Oh that is a great age with kids everything is new and an adventure to them, a shame we don't all still look at life like that. They will jmkeep at something til they get it right....walking, putting on shoes etc but the rest of us ( well me) back down at the first hurdle, we need the children's...

Hi, I have just read the last week if your diary, you are really struggling at the moment. I hope things improve for you.....I good chat with a nice Dr will help.

Great loss Susie, I hope you feel better soon.

How awful for you. I agree with everything Susie says. I am lucky I have a great marriage but I have seen unhappy marriages, no one benefits from them, if you stay you are effectively telling your beautiful boys that it is ok to be treated like this. If you do decided to stay.for a few more...

Morning Susie, good luck with the atkins start, once you are on it a few days you will feel great, I love the sound of day 1 menu. Any news in a move date for the flat?

Morning, I haven't been on here for a few days, but so much has happened in you diary, new pup, lovely compliment from hubby, and difficult scales. You will get the nines very soon.

Morning all, I gave bookmarks that brownie receipe. Nearly all the bookmarks on my phone are for receipes, lol! I haven't posted in a few days, been away visiting a friend, unexpectantly, and I have to admit atkins got left behind at home. I ate potatoes, bread, bagels and ice cream not to...

Morning, the mct oil sounds interesting and you are getting an energy boost from it already, I might get some of that. Boo to the work scales.

Hi and welcome back to atkins. I wouldn't worry too much about the amount of fat you are eating, when you get into ketosis you will probably find you won't eat as much as your appetite will reduce. Good luck.

Hi, I hope today is good day in the busy house. I am very interested to see how you get in with dukan, my sister did it last year and lost loads, I don't know if I could keep it up for long, I enjoy my "fats" too much, but the oat bran always tempts me.

Hi.....we all have days like that, when one thing goes wrong everything goes wrong!

Agh, thanks you are both so kind.... For the fish I used thyme, parsley, garlic, zest of lemon and olive oil, whisked it all up and spread on fish. The courgette was stirfried with lemon juice and the feta crumbled in at the end. Not a great atkins day yesterday, left the house at 7 and got...

Hi busy, I did a massive post this morning about stalling and carb cycling, but it got lost and I didn't have time to repost. Basically it said, from all the reading I have done I gave discovered: 1 try decreasing protein to 80gr and increasing fat 2 when protein and fat are eaten together fat...

Hi been reading your post about stalling and thinking about carb cycling When I was on hols I downloaded every freebie to my kindle that I could find about low carbing. From various books I discovered: 1 Try reducing protein to 80 grms per day and increasing fat 2 We need leptin to...

I would avoid the bars if you can, they don't agree with lots of people, I know they make me hungry, if you want something sweet look in the receipe section, there are lots of ideas there. Good luck.

Hi, sf jelly is allowed but some people find that any sweetness can stall them, hopefully you are not one. I know I am ok with them.

Hi and welcome to atkins. The figure to use is the carb amount shown on mfp. You do not deduct the fibre or sugar from it. You must ensure when you are inputting fresh food that you get a UK supplier. So always search for veg with either tesco, or one of the other big supermarkets, in the...

I hope it helps, I am always reading these type of books.... the secret etc, but this is my favourite.

Popping in to say hi.

Morning all @ busy I use lavazza, crema e gusto, it can sometimes be hard to get and then I buy the ordinary lavazza. Went out for lunch yesterday, lots of lovely salads, one of them was a mange tout, green beans, seeds and ginger salad. Gorgeous. B bp L terraine and salads D beef rogan josh...

Hi, love the sound of that holiday, it us great to have something to look forward to. I love Italy.

Yes that's the one.

Well done on the loss, you have lost a Hugh amount in 5 weeks, atkins obviously suits you.

Morning I am glad to see weight is going in the right direction. Re stress, I have recently downloaded a book to my kindle which I find great, unfortunately not free...the ultimate intro to nlp, how to build a successful life, by Richard Bandler and others. It is really helping me, lots of...

I wouldn't worry too much what the scales say if they are giving you different readings, there must be a fault with them or maybe the battery is running low. You have lost some cm during the week, keep with the plan, the weight will come off. Maybe if you posted some menus we could've exactly...

Just had my first bp coffee.....love it, but then I do like the taste of coconut oil!

Hi all, busy day yesterday so I didn't get a chance to post. Thurs menu B crepe L cold meats and salad D herb trusted trout with stirfried courgette and feta Carbs 15 Fri B bacon egg and sausage. I was going to try the bp coffee, but was not feeling great so thought it might not be a good...

Dcs?.....dvd.

Well done on sticking with the shred, I don't even own an exercise dcs!

All this talk about bread is making me hungry.....I don't have a breadmaker but would be very interested in any bread you try that don't need a breadmaker. I don't want to buy one as I would end up making bread for the family, and freshly made bread is very hard to resist.

Hi, interesting what you said about the rice diet, although you were losing weight you were still feeling bloated........just proves that too many carbs are just not good for us.

Morning, well done for getting back on track,enjoy your weekend.

Hi, I hope you are feeling less tired today and pup and mum doing well.

Afternoon all, I walked for an hour yesterday, about 3.5 miles, so pleased with that....so is the dog! Another good day yesterday food wise B bacon egg sausage L cheese, chicken and a bit of coleslaw D shepherds pie, with cauliflour mash 2 ltrs of water (halo) Hopefully this will continue, no...

Hi I have the same problem if I eat anything with gluten in it, porridge makes me even more hungry than bread!

Well done on the shred, glad to see you are enjoying sb and it is working for you.

Afternoon, glad to hear you are feeling a bit better. There are some receipes around for cocoa bark and also buns that are ok to eat, they both only take a few mins to prepare, I will look them up and post receipes. Good luck with getting back into K.

Menu sounds great, I live a good burger. Ontario give the bp coffees a go, sometimes I find it hard to get my fats up.

Well done in the cm losses, every bit helps. I make an onion gravy to go with my roasts, I know onions aren't encouraged on atkins but it is better than using flour....it is a Jamie Oliver receipe. Fry onions, I use red, in butter or even better the juices from the roast, for 15 mins, add 5 tbs...

Afternoon all, another good day yesterday, I even managed to drink 2 ltrs of water, I always find drinking the water hard......now if it was wine... Menu B bacon , egg and sausage L just some cheese, not very hungry D chicken parmesan., cauliflour and cabbage. I did the tabata, I think I will...

Well done on doing shred, I keep thinking about buying some exercise dvds, but that is as far as I have got!

Afternoon, your enthusiasm for exercise is inspiring, I agree about eating more early in the day, when I have a good breakfast (at 11ish!) I don't feel very hungry for the rest of the day,but maybe its because of the heat?

Please go and see the Dr.....you need something to sort the park issue, don't worry about weight at the moment, your health comes first, that said I would look at the bars, I suspect they might be the problem, I really think that the less processed food taken when doing atkins the better. Good...

Afternoon, please do try the chips at the weekend and report back, they sound lovely.

Afternoon all, I had a great day yesterday B bacon, cheese, lettuce and mayo "wrap" it was so good I had it again for lunch D roast chicken, cabbage, cauliflour and onion gravy. I know onions are not strictly allowed on induction, but I love a sauce and it us better than a roux based one. Carbs...