Newbie

Hello all. I've been lurking a while and have just decided to join the fun.
I'm starting my low-carb diet (WOL?) today. I've read Atkins Essentials,
Protien Power, and Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. I'm armed with a
bunch of recipes and ready to go. I'm not going to a clinic or signing up
with a diet company, but I am under a doctor's care to make sure I don't
mess up too much. My doctor is OK with the idea, but not sure how well it
will work. I'm a type 2 diabetic (12 years or so) and I have a cholesterol
problem, in addition to being overweight. I don't exercise regularly, but I
have started again today. I just hope I can maintain the excitement level
or at least the determination to stay with both diet and exercise.

I don't have any specific question, but will watch the threads for good
advice. Just letting you know I'm here, hoping for some comeraderie and
support.

I have noticed a lot of flamers out there. You guyz can be pretty brutal
sometimes. Be gentle with me, it's my first time.

Greg 222/222/180

On Wed, 26 May 2004 13:38:05 -0600, A Friend wrote:

Hello all. I've been lurking a while and have just decided to join the
fun.
I'm starting my low-carb diet (WOL?) today. I've read Atkins Essentials,
Protien Power, and Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. I'm armed with a
bunch of recipes and ready to go. I'm not going to a clinic or signing
up
with a diet company, but I am under a doctor's care to make sure I don't
mess up too much. My doctor is OK with the idea, but not sure how well
it
will work. I'm a type 2 diabetic (12 years or so) and I have a
cholesterol
problem, in addition to being overweight. I don't exercise regularly,
but I
have started again today. I just hope I can maintain the excitement
level
or at least the determination to stay with both diet and exercise.

I don't have any specific question, but will watch the threads for good
advice. Just letting you know I'm here, hoping for some comeraderie and
support.

I have noticed a lot of flamers out there. You guyz can be pretty brutal
sometimes. Be gentle with me, it's my first time.

Greg 222/222/180



Actually, we aren't brutal to too many people. I highly recommend
exercise. Well, except jogging -- I can't handle jogging.

--
Bob in CT
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Welcome Greg!

The only truly nasty flamer is JC...I'm in the process of keeping him
diverted for a while - hopefully you can slip under his radar

Regards,

Deb
260/211/135


A Friend wrote:
Hello all. I've been lurking a while and have just decided to join the fun.
I'm starting my low-carb diet (WOL?) today. I've read Atkins Essentials,
Protien Power, and Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. I'm armed with a
bunch of recipes and ready to go. I'm not going to a clinic or signing up
with a diet company, but I am under a doctor's care to make sure I don't
mess up too much. My doctor is OK with the idea, but not sure how well it
will work. I'm a type 2 diabetic (12 years or so) and I have a cholesterol
problem, in addition to being overweight. I don't exercise regularly, but I
have started again today. I just hope I can maintain the excitement level
or at least the determination to stay with both diet and exercise.

I don't have any specific question, but will watch the threads for good
advice. Just letting you know I'm here, hoping for some comeraderie and
support.

I have noticed a lot of flamers out there. You guyz can be pretty brutal
sometimes. Be gentle with me, it's my first time.

Greg 222/222/180

On Wed, 26 May 2004 13:38:05 -0600, "A Friend" wrote:

Welcome,Greg! And best wishes on your diabetes control and weight loss!

Carol
--
Fasting BG 144
227/227/150 (official weigh-day: Thursday)
Bernstein 5/25/2004
Diabetes Dx 5/15/2001
Diet, Exercise, Oral Medication

One bit of advice, if you want to keep the flames to a minimum, is to avoid
using words that are bigger than you know how to spell when a smaller word
would do just as well. For example: you don't know how to spell camaraderie,
so use friendship or amity instead.

--
You take stupid to a new level. -- MFW


"A Friend" wrote in message
...

I don't have any specific question, but will watch the threads for good
advice. Just letting you know I'm here, hoping for some comeraderie and
support.

I have noticed a lot of flamers out there. You guyz can be pretty brutal
sometimes. Be gentle with me, it's my first time.

Greg 222/222/180

"JC Der Koenig" wrote:

One bit of advice, if you want to keep the flames to a minimum, is to avoid
using words that are bigger than you know how to spell when a smaller word
would do just as well. For example: you don't know how to spell camaraderie,
so use friendship or amity instead.

Oh! I see! light on

IOW, avoid pretentiousness and K.I.S.S. You just had to put it into
more words for *me*, JC.

(I do tend to overcomplicate simple things, at times...) G

Sh0rtcircuit (Deb)

"A Friend" wrote:

Be gentle with me, it's my first time.

Greg 222/222/180

Maybe you should have called yourself a virgin then? G

Just kidding, Greg! Welcome to the group. Some of us will try not to
be *too* hard on you, but you seem to be a good sport and so are most
of the 'players' here. Look forward to getting to know you.

Sh0rtcircuit (Deb)

"A Friend" wrote in message

Hello all. I've been lurking a while and have just decided to join
the fun. I'm starting my low-carb diet (WOL?) today. I've read
Atkins Essentials, Protien Power, and Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes
Solution. I'm armed with a bunch of recipes and ready to go. I'm
not going to a clinic or signing up with a diet company, but I am
under a doctor's care to make sure I don't mess up too much. My
doctor is OK with the idea, but not sure how well it will work. I'm
a type 2 diabetic (12 years or so) and I have a cholesterol problem,
in addition to being overweight. I don't exercise regularly, but I
have started again today. I just hope I can maintain the excitement
level or at least the determination to stay with both diet and
exercise.

I don't have any specific question, but will watch the threads for
good advice. Just letting you know I'm here, hoping for some
comeraderie and support.

I have noticed a lot of flamers out there. You guyz can be pretty
brutal sometimes. Be gentle with me, it's my first time.

Greg 222/222/180

Hi Greg,
Welcome to low carb and ASDLC. Since you've read not only one book but three
you're safe from my 'browbeating'. lol
Believe me, you're going to be amazed at how good you feel once you get past
the first few days.
Best of luck to you! )
--
Jeri
"Change is inevitable, except from vending machines."

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"A Friend" wrote:

Hello all. I've been lurking a while and have just decided to join the fun.
I'm starting my low-carb diet (WOL?) today. I've read Atkins Essentials,
Protien Power, and Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. I'm armed with a
bunch of recipes and ready to go. I'm not going to a clinic or signing up
with a diet company, but I am under a doctor's care to make sure I don't
mess up too much. My doctor is OK with the idea, but not sure how well it
will work. I'm a type 2 diabetic (12 years or so) and I have a cholesterol
problem, in addition to being overweight. I don't exercise regularly, but I
have started again today. I just hope I can maintain the excitement level
or at least the determination to stay with both diet and exercise.

I don't have any specific question, but will watch the threads for good
advice. Just letting you know I'm here, hoping for some comeraderie and
support.

I have noticed a lot of flamers out there. You guyz can be pretty brutal
sometimes. Be gentle with me, it's my first time.

Greg 222/222/180



Hi and welcome! You don't have to have excitement and determination to keep
up a diet and exercise plan. Well, you need those things in the beginning,
and you need to have them in reserve for the difficult times, but on a day
to day basis what really makes for lifelong change is just habit. I don't
wake up every day "excited" that I get to go the gym and eat healthy foods,
it's just what I do. Sometimes it's pleasurable, sometimes it isn't, but I
do it anyway because it's my life now. I don't skip getting an oil change
because I'm not excited about it, I go do it anyway. I don't fill my gas
tank with soda, and I don't fill my body with it either. Both of those
look equally ridiculous to me now.

--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

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Hello all. I've been lurking a while and have just decided to join the fun.

Hi Greg, welcome to the group!

--
Saffire
205/157/125 - 5'2.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333