MessyJ
Member
Hello all! Having spent a couple of weeks stalking all you guys through your diaries, I'm taking the plunge and starting my own! You all seem so friendly and helpful that I'm hoping you'll help me keep on track. I'm a complete newbie to the world of forums so I hope I'm doing this right...
So, first, a bit of background blurb... I first did the Atkins diet about ten years ago when I came back to live with my parents for a year after university. I had finished uni a good few stone heavier than when I started and was single and miserable and determined to do something about it. So my Dad and I decided to give Atkins a try. We bought the DANDR book and my mum, bless her, started cooking the recipes and, within about six months, both Dad and I had lost around three stone each. Result! I felt great.
So cut to eight years later and about four stone heavier... Having kept the weight off for a good few years, I had then met and moved in with my boyfriend and settled into a routine of huge plates of carb heavy food, takeaways and dinners out and it showed! So, along with a friend, I joined Slimming World and managed to lose a stone and a half before I fell off the wagon and just couldn't get back on.
So here I am now, back on the Atkins wagon, hoping to replicate my previous success. To be honest, I'm not sure why it's taken me this long to remember that Atkins was the only diet I've ever really been successful on. I think Slimming World's carb-fest attracted me and kept me interested for a few months. It felt so great to be able to eat all that food. However, that quickly turned into no holds barred eating with the Slimming World rules out the window! I can't be trusted to eat one slice of bread, I'll inhale four and tell myself "I'll just use flexible syns and make it up tomorrow" - yeah right! I think Atkins worked for me before because I find it easier to have a list of things I can eat and a list that I can't and just know that if I stick to it, I'll lose weight. Keep it simple.
So anyway, apologies for wittering on... I've now been back on Atkins for a week and so far, so good. I've lost four pounds and am nearly back to my post Slimming World weight of 13st 12lbs. My overall goal is to get back to the 11st 7lbs (size 12 to 14 on me) I weighed after doing Atkins the first time. Wish me luck...!
So, first, a bit of background blurb... I first did the Atkins diet about ten years ago when I came back to live with my parents for a year after university. I had finished uni a good few stone heavier than when I started and was single and miserable and determined to do something about it. So my Dad and I decided to give Atkins a try. We bought the DANDR book and my mum, bless her, started cooking the recipes and, within about six months, both Dad and I had lost around three stone each. Result! I felt great.
So cut to eight years later and about four stone heavier... Having kept the weight off for a good few years, I had then met and moved in with my boyfriend and settled into a routine of huge plates of carb heavy food, takeaways and dinners out and it showed! So, along with a friend, I joined Slimming World and managed to lose a stone and a half before I fell off the wagon and just couldn't get back on.
So here I am now, back on the Atkins wagon, hoping to replicate my previous success. To be honest, I'm not sure why it's taken me this long to remember that Atkins was the only diet I've ever really been successful on. I think Slimming World's carb-fest attracted me and kept me interested for a few months. It felt so great to be able to eat all that food. However, that quickly turned into no holds barred eating with the Slimming World rules out the window! I can't be trusted to eat one slice of bread, I'll inhale four and tell myself "I'll just use flexible syns and make it up tomorrow" - yeah right! I think Atkins worked for me before because I find it easier to have a list of things I can eat and a list that I can't and just know that if I stick to it, I'll lose weight. Keep it simple.
So anyway, apologies for wittering on... I've now been back on Atkins for a week and so far, so good. I've lost four pounds and am nearly back to my post Slimming World weight of 13st 12lbs. My overall goal is to get back to the 11st 7lbs (size 12 to 14 on me) I weighed after doing Atkins the first time. Wish me luck...!