Hello! I am new to the boards and new to Atkins. I just started today - so it's only been a few hours. A couple of years ago I was successful on Weight Watchers but lost momentum and got frustrated when my weight loss plateaued. I hope that Atkins will work better in this respect. I have heard good things about it.

I was surprised to find that the Atkins carb counter and so much literature is available online - I haven't yet read any books. Do you all think I should bother?

The concept of Atkins makes sense to me, and I figure it can't be any harder than counting weight watchers points. I am just so irrationally afraid of being hungry, though. Even for a few minutes. I hate it. Does anyone have some induction friendly snack ideas besides cheese and meat? I love vegetables, and am looking for some ways to carry snack portions around with me.

Thanks!
Stella

Thank you! I appreciate the links.

I already miss fruit.

Yesterday was hard. I was really tired by the end of the day and I had to pee every 20 minutes. But this morning I weighed myself and I was down half a pound! Water weight, but I was impressed that it actually happened as the literature said it would! That's very encouraging.

The first week or two of Atkins is hard, because you have to adjust to a different woe, but after the 2nd week, you won't have the cravings. After a while, you can start introducing fruit slowly, according to the carbs. I reintroduced blue berries this week. Strawberries come next.

Jersey is right do your research. It does get easier and I found after going into the second week of induction I didn't have any cravings and wasn't hungry..

Good luck and you can do it..

Thanks everyone! Yesterday was a lot easier. I am encouraged!

Good Stellamer just stick to it..