Starting Over
 

Hello All,

I finally won the battle and convinced my hubby to let me go grocery
shopping so we could get started on Atkins again. Small tangent, he
was kind of cute. He offered to do this with me for support, but every
time I mentioned it, he brought home ice cream or pizzas or other no-
no's. Anyway, I have done Atkins before, with success and I'm hoping
to do so again. The first time we did it, we did Induction and then
went on vacation and blew it completely; the two weeks of Induction
were highly successful for me, though, so I tried it again. The next
few attempts I was lured in to all the hype on the bars and candy and
other low carb products and stalled every time. I now know better, I
hope, and am in for the long haul. I am 5'3" and 225lbs, which is
10lbs higher than my previous highest and is what caused me to insist
on starting over.

Anyway, this speel is really just to say, I'm starting over. Today,
2pm, is the beginning of Induction for me. I plan on staying on
Induction, possibly extreme lowcarb OWL for a few months to get the
bulk of the weight off.

Just wanted to get this out there. Thanks for reading.

Amanda

225/225/130

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Ignoramus14193 wrote in
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Welcome. You should rethink your whole attitude towards food.
Those bars that stalled you, are not food.

i



Thank you for the welcome. And I have rethought the whole bars and
candy thing. Hence the "I now know better" from my original post. I'm
planning on sticking to Induction to the letter and doing this right
this time.

Amanda

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Ignoramus14193 wrote in
:

In article ,
Amanda wrote:
Ignoramus14193 wrote in
:

Welcome. You should rethink your whole attitude towards food.
Those bars that stalled you, are not food.

i



Thank you for the welcome. And I have rethought the whole bars
and candy thing. Hence the "I now know better" from my original
post. I'm planning on sticking to Induction to the letter and
doing this right this time.

Don't let the fact that your husband is not low carbing, as an
excuse for you to give up.

i


I'm not going to let that get in my way. In fact, the last time I
did this, about three months ago, he wasn't doing it and I did
great, for a bit. I lost 13lbs in the first week. Unfortunately,
he tried to help and brought me low carb ice cream and bars and I
stupidly ate them. Then he brought home low carb bread and, even
under normal conditions, wheat and I don't get along except in very
small amounts. So I stalled for 3 weeks, got frustrated and gave
up. He offered to do it with me this time and to do it right.
He'll cheat at work but he won't bring anything home unless I tell
him it's OK. He works at a grocery store and they're getting in
lots of low-carb stuff right now. I tell him not to bring any of it
home unless I have looked at it and specifically OK'd it. He won't
read the book, so I'm in charge of the menus and stuff. It just
helps that he'll stick with me on it.

Amanda

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Starting Over
 

In article ,
says...

Anyway, this speel is really just to say, I'm starting over. Today,
2pm, is the beginning of Induction for me. I plan on staying on
Induction, possibly extreme lowcarb OWL for a few months to get the
bulk of the weight off.

Welcome back to the fold, Amanda!

--
Saffire
205/175/125
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

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Amanda wrote:

I'm not going to let that get in my way. In fact, the last time I
did this, about three months ago, he wasn't doing it and I did
great, for a bit. I lost 13lbs in the first week. Unfortunately,
he tried to help and brought me low carb ice cream and bars and I
stupidly ate them. Then he brought home low carb bread and, even
under normal conditions, wheat and I don't get along except in very
small amounts. So I stalled for 3 weeks, got frustrated and gave
up. He offered to do it with me this time and to do it right.
He'll cheat at work but he won't bring anything home unless I tell
him it's OK. He works at a grocery store and they're getting in
lots of low-carb stuff right now. I tell him not to bring any of it
home unless I have looked at it and specifically OK'd it. He won't
read the book, so I'm in charge of the menus and stuff. It just
helps that he'll stick with me on it.

Since you already know that some sugar-free have a negative effect,
you should consciously add anything that is not-natural. After strict
induction, add one type of thing for a week, if your weight loss
stops, remove it after the week. People stop losing weight when they
introdcue diet colas too, either because their body reacts to the
artificial sweetners (some people get an insulin response) or because
it triggers cravings, overeating, etc.Don't assuming low-carb branded
products are the only thing that might trip you up.


DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email)

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Then he brought home low carb bread and, even
under normal conditions, wheat and I don't get along except in very
small amounts. So I stalled for 3 weeks, got frustrated and gave
up.

It's kind of normal to stall for a while after induction, bread aside. Keep
that in mind this time so you can keep at it and get through to the other side
of your hesitation/stall.

LCing since 12/01/03-
Me- 265/235/140
& hubby- 310/262/180