B is finally going to lose it!

[BrightonBetty]

Hi everyone,

A quick introduction I am a 25 year old mummy of 2 gorgeous boys, I have a wonderful fiance and we are getting married in June 2013. I currently weigh 215lb and in an ideal world would like to be somewhere between 135-140, I will decide once I get there. I will try and take it 10lb at a time as the amount I have to lose always sounds so overwhelming which is often the reason I have quit...

As you can imagine, I have done every possible diet in the world, including WW, SW, SF, VLCD etc etc. I have briefly done Atkins before a good 5 years ago and it did work but life got in the way and I stopped.

So here I am again, I finished VLCD yesterday and moved straight onto Atkins/low carb. I don't know if it's because I was already in ketosis but I have not experienced any headaches or any other "Atkins flu" symptoms, in facy - I feel fantastic! I hated the fact on VLCD that all I could ever think about was food and how I was missing out. Now that I can eat lovely food it doesn't bother me that I can't have sweets and other sugary treats, doesn't bother me when kids and OH eat them in front of me - and that is something big! I chew and I enjoy food!

I bought a carbs counter book, the Atkins book and the FatSecret iPhone app as well as the 100 Day Challenge so I am all ready to go!

Any advice, tips, recommendations are always very welcome! (Yes, I know I need to eat more veg and greens! )

Nice to meet you everyone! x

 

[slaj]

Hi There, welcome and good luck with this lovely way of eating and losing weight,

 

[Kat1e]

Hi and welcome. Good to see your diary - keep posting and we'll all happily jump in with advice or indeed other random rubbish

 

[ladyfelsham]

Hiya Betty and welcome

Know what you mean about VLCD - I could only stick it for a day and was completely miserable, so here's to eating fat to burn fat! Read all the stickies too, there's some terrific information there.

Poeple here are a very friendly lot - it does get a little quiet on the weekends so don't worry if you don't hear back on a post straight away. I'll be a "neighbour" soon, am moving to St Leonards in a couple of months

Susie

 

[coffeelover]

Welcome Betty, Atkins is such a satisfying woe. There's always someone around for help an advice and the stickys have tons of info.

 

[emmaedes]

Hi Betty

Saw ur diary on s&s and have commented there too but I cannot wait to finish s&s I think we are quite similar I'm such a savoury person and I'm hating the shakes ATM! I force myself to eat it!! And can't stomach one at lunch so am having 100g chicken! That's all I look forward toz, and the veggies! Even finding the meal pack hard to stomach ATM I have no appetite and don't feel right! Why don't I want to eat! Soooo wierd! Am seriously rethinking it ?!

But I just wanna know what weight loss is like on Atkins!

Xxxx

 

[Jim]

Hi Betty and welcome to our Atkins threads.

 

[almostthere]

Hello Betty. Good to see you have a diary - they really do help!

Hope you have a good day today x

 

[BrightonBetty]

Hiya Betty and welcome

Know what you mean about VLCD - I could only stick it for a day and was completely miserable, so here's to eating fat to burn fat! Read all the stickies too, there's some terrific information there.

Poeple here are a very friendly lot - it does get a little quiet on the weekends so don't worry if you don't hear back on a post straight away. I'll be a "neighbour" soon, am moving to St Leonards in a couple of months

Susie

Hi Susie.

Thanks for the welcome. VLCDs are a b**** and I can't even think about them! Yes I lost 8lb but what a way to do it :-(

It's lovely down here, you'll enjoy it, I'm sure

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[BrightonBetty]

Hi Betty

Saw ur diary on s&s and have commented there too but I cannot wait to finish s&s I think we are quite similar I'm such a savoury person and I'm hating the shakes ATM! I force myself to eat it!! And can't stomach one at lunch so am having 100g chicken! That's all I look forward toz, and the veggies! Even finding the meal pack hard to stomach ATM I have no appetite and don't feel right! Why don't I want to eat! Soooo wierd! Am seriously rethinking it ?!

But I just wanna know what weight loss is like on Atkins!

Xxxx

Hi Hun,

I noticed as well that we have similarities Like you said, I could not stomach the shakes anymore, they all tasted disgusting, even the meals - the thought of having to have one made me gag and never ate any veg or chicken as that made me feel like I would have cheated. You don't wanna eat because you subconsciously think its wrong and cheating, it's awful. I remember when I was last on Atkins I lost well. This time when I started I was 223, 217 on my last day of SnS which was Thursday and on Sunday (3rd day of Atkins) I showed 215. Haven't weighed since as I don't want to do it daily but you will lose weight and it's a much enjoyable way of doing it. I was desperate to be skinny for summer but I could not stick to SnS which means I would end up on a couple of month binge so I wouldn't be skinny for the summer anyway. So I will try a more reasonable way of doing it and be at least semi slim by summer and then slim slim whenever it happens

Good luck and pm me of you ever wanna chat xxx

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[Jim]

Morning Betty, I barely lasted a day on the shakes, I was starving and would have eaten somebody, but then I was like that on every diet except Atkins.