Originally Posted by StephanieM:
187.0 today. Doctors appointment went well, got a perscription for seroquel and yaz. I've been on yaz for a month already trying it out and the pharmacist mentioned it would make me retain a lot of water for the first month or so. That explains why my weight has been bouncing around, also the impending TOM (I hope!)

Husband went out of town this morning to go on a little vacation with a friend, MIL is taking my daughter tonight and I'm going to go drinking at a gay bar with the SIL I get along with :)

Have fun! I am looking forward to be past induction phase and into the "alcohol is permitted" phase.

Originally Posted by StephanieM:
187.0 today. Doctors appointment went well, got a perscription for seroquel and yaz. I've been on yaz for a month already trying it out and the pharmacist mentioned it would make me retain a lot of water for the first month or so. That explains why my weight has been bouncing around, also the impending TOM (I hope!)

Husband went out of town this morning to go on a little vacation with a friend, MIL is taking my daughter tonight and I'm going to go drinking at a gay bar with the SIL I get along with :)

Have you seen the warnings for YAZ? I thought they took it off the market. Not trying to scare ya just wanting to make sure you knew there was issues with it, I mean I guess there is for all BC but this one I always see crazy commercials about it (lawsuits and such) I havent done any research on it because I have my tubes tied but just thought I would mention it.

Originally Posted by carvinmom:
hi,
Ive been busy going to doctor appointments and have been slacking in keeping up with my checking in. Im not doing to bad with the low carbing but im sure missing my Cheetos!!!!!!!!!!! Im hungry most of the time but find im not eating enough carbs. I went and joined fitnesspal.com and thanks whoever mentioned the site. I really like it and its so computer friendly..
Gonna try to find some more good recipes for low carbing, im bored with the same old same old pattern. So i got some smoothie fixens today and promise myself to get more protein in..
thanks for the challenge,, linda

I'm a potato chip person.. I've been strong as I know I have a goal I want to reach. I've told myself it's not like I can never eat potato chips again, but first I need to reach my goal and get my body stable at my goal weight then allow myself 1 day to have a cheat day :)

Hi Buck, are you near TOM? I know put on .8 pounds and today when I got on scale I've lost .2 pounds. TOM is here so I know that is the changes in my weigh. I weighed myself during TOM to have an idea of how my weight will change now that I'm on Atkins. I've stayed on the diet thus far and no cheating so I'm going to wait and get on the scale on Monday and see what it says. I know with my body it often will like lose weigh overnight with the scale. I do feel lighter if that makes sense and I feel as if I've lost weight. I know atkins work and I have faith in it so I'm not going to get frustrated especially with TOM hanging around.

I'm hoping to make the 20 lbs goal by Easter and I'm definitely going to work my butt off to make it. I'm going to start walking 3 days a week..

Brooklyn, I asked my doctor about that because I heard all this bad stuff too. She said the things they are trying to sue over are normal possible side effects of birth control like blood clots. She said that whenever there is a new birth control out this happens (Yaz being the newest one right now). I'm not too concerned.

186.0 today. Got my TOM finally last night! Right as I'm about to go out to the bar. Everyone is right about how the first one after a baby is intense. I feel so huge right now but relieved I'm getting it over with.

The gay bar had like no gay people, I got tired and wanted to go home at 1 am and my SIL still wanted to party. I cabbed to her house to get my stuff before going home and on the way out her door I slipped on her steps. I crashed down on them hard, the step hitting me in the back. The cab driver helped me up, but man am I sore today! And a little hung over... It's hard to eat because nothing sounds good. Almost caved and had some toast. Can't wait until my MIL brings my daughter back so her and I can take a nap together, haha.

Happy Saturday!

I hope that the Wendy's Chicken bacon cobb salad is acceptable in Phase 1, cause I just had a small one (which is big enough) and it was delicious.:)

Tomorrow is my Week 1 weigh in, I think I am going to be happy. :)

Keep on doing it!

Didn't loose any lbs this week, but I did loose 4.75 inches over all... YAY

Originally Posted by carvinmom:
hi,
Ive been busy going to doctor appointments and have been slacking in keeping up with my checking in. Im not doing to bad with the low carbing but im sure missing my Cheetos!!!!!!!!!!! Im hungry most of the time but find im not eating enough carbs. I went and joined fitnesspal.com and thanks whoever mentioned the site. I really like it and its so computer friendly..
Gonna try to find some more good recipes for low carbing, im bored with the same old same old pattern. So i got some smoothie fixens today and promise myself to get more protein in..
thanks for the challenge,, linda

I found a recipe for CHEETOS, yes CHEETOS. I haven't tried it out just yet, but remembered someone saying they missed their cheetos! She's on Pinterest as Jamie VonBacon, she has a blog called blog.yourlighterside.com and she's on facebook. On her blog she has over 300 low carb recipes, bread sticks and pizza dough made from minced chicken breast! I'm stoked!!! Thought i'd share :)

Stephane is sounds like you enjoyed yourself :) I hope you aren't too sore but the important thing is at least you had a night out. I can imagine being a mom sometimes you need a break.

So you went down a pound when TOM came.. I'm trying not to get frustrated as I weighed myself and I'm up 1.2 pounds overnight :?: the day before 1.2 pounds less :?: :shrug: I don't remember how it was when I did atkins years ago and when TOM came. It can be a bit discouraging when you are eating exactly on plan and doing everything right and you go up in weight :mad:

Then I know I shouldn't weigh myself everyday :o , I really need to go to scales addiction group, but I want to keep an eye on my weight so I can know how my weight changes during TOM. I'm hoping to be at least 145 or lower by the end of the week. TOM is still here but very light so I feel tomorrow it should be completely gone. I know my body is funny at times as once before when I was calorie counting I got on the scale one day and 5 days later I was almost 5 pounds lighter and this was the same scale and it's a digital one and I weigh at the same time every day and it was around TOM.

I'm trying to stay positive and this afternoon I will do 45 mins of aerobics and I will cut out the cheese or leave it to 2 slices of the kraft cheese a day and stick only to the meats, eggs, and green veggies..I'm going to be even stricter from now on out. I want to make my 20 pound goal for Easter and if I can reach 130 by Easter I'll be :carrot: my goal is 125..

Congrats to those out there who have lost weight this week.. you guys keep me going.. as when I see that you all are doing it I tell myself so can I..

First week of induction done. 6lbs gone.:carrot:
Not bad since I'm 53 years old.;)

I ran out of vegetables and salads before yesterday and didn't have time to go grocery shopping, that's why I had to eat the Wendy's salad. This week I won't be caught empty.

Cupcakegirl, congrats on the inches lost. Let us know how those recipes turn out.

Globetrotter, I admire your willpower. I think adding exercising is something I need to commit to also if I want to continue losing at a good pace.

Enjoy your Sunday. Keep on doing it.

WOW congrats Serenity and I hope you are dancing like that carrot LOL :carrot:

I will keep on going.. I'm not going to let the scale get the best of me. I'm going to get to my goal weight! I think exercising will help for sure and I also do believe TOM is playing a factor in this too, but I'm not going to stop..

You too keep up the good work!!!

by the way does anyone know how you put the scale at the bottom of your posts? It could be somewhere in a thread but I'm being honest, I'm too lazy to search :^:

Congrats Cupcake girl!
Serenity I don't know if it's ok on induction but I've gotten it a couple of times, usually when I don't have a chance to eat before work so I run by Wendy's and order it though I'm doing much better at bringing lots of food to work :)
Globetrotter I'm also a scale addict, I did a good job the first couple of weeks on Atkins but now I usually catch myself weighing myself daily (except the days I don't sleep much because of work). Weighing myself daily helps me figure out what works foodwise and doesn't work. If I gain or the scale doesn't budge for a couple of days I look over what I eat and try to figure out what's causing it so to me it's helpful.

airomatic you are right.. I'm writing down everything I put in my mouth to see if it's maybe the kraft cheese slices or TOM. Put I'm sure I'll have a whoosh sometime this week.

globetrotter, click on 'user cp' at the top right hand side of the screen, that will take you to where you can edit and change stuff about your profile and signature. You want to edit your signature to put a ticker code in there.

To get a ticker, you can either make one at tickerfactory.com or you can make a 3fc ticker. The link is in the forum help section under the thread titled 'one stop ticker and signature thread' or something like that.

184.8 today :) Finally dropping again! And holy crap. This is the heaviest freaking TOM I have ever had. I feel exhausted too. I don't remember it being like this, but it has been a year haha. I used to have really light flows but this one is insane. Let's just say I had to wash all our sheets and blankets yesterday :S It was THAT bad. (Hope I'm not being too gross, but holy sh*t!) That has NEVER happened before.

Today also marks 1 month that I have been on Atkins, 12 lbs lost. I bet it would have been a lot more if it weren't for the fact that I enjoy rye and diet coke, my in laws changing dinner at the last minute, the wine I had one night, or this crazy first period.

Best of luck to everyone!

Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL week!!