Hey all,


I am now 1 week in on induction and I lost 8.5 lbs! :carrot: I hope week 2 brings good results as well.. this week will be VERY stressful for me though with a move and a job interview, etc... I hope hope hope to just focus on this moreso than stress.

Sizz, glad to hear your mom is out of the hospital! You must be relieved.

Ana - nice, good luck!! You have a have a degree to teach preschool?

Gapeach - way to hang in there!

Hi to the latest joiners!

Sound like a true scale addict :lol: join the club Step :lol: this is what I tell myself as well :lol:

Sizzlingina, I'm so glad to hear that your mother is doing better. You and Globetrotter have the right idea, it's more than likely just water weight that you're carrying. There's no shame in not eating perfectly on plan anyway. It's so easy to make our own health less of a priority when a loved one is having a medical crisis.

Thanks for the support, Globe, Ana. I was pretty much horrified up until the point they knocked me out, but everything went smoothly after that. They only made 4 small incisions, 3 of which went straight to my gallbladder. Now I just have to rest. This morning I ate some cheese and I haven't had any digestive issues, so it's lookin' good! http://i1116.photobucket.com/albums/...t_20120607.jpg

Slimmer, good luck with your job interview! You've lost a ton of weight in just 1 week! That should give you some new found confidence during your interview. You're gonna rock it. :D

Ramra :hug: glad to see that you are on your way to a great recovery.. I can imagine being scared etc.. I cringe when I have to go to the dentist or those yearly female exams... take it easy and take care of yourself

slimmer wow congrats on the weight loss I'm doing the :carrot: with you.. way to go..

Ramra, glad your surgery went well! Slimmer, nice loss! Globe, I'm the good kind of scale addict ;)

Ugh, so I hurt my neck and back yesterday, don't ask me how. I was sitting on the couch, moved and I was in pain all over. I'm even worse today, I cried this morning. I have some muscle relaxers from when I sprained my back in the past, and some T3's they gave me when I was in labour (what a joke, they sent me home at 4cm with T3's and they did nothing). I feel a little loopy and they make me nauseated but it's the only way I can function because I'm in so much pain. I ate some toast this morning to help with the nausea. Oddly enough my husband hurt his back at work yesterday so we were too very gibbled parents. For him it was his lower back and me it's upper.

174.6 today. I'll probably stall as I heal, and I'm sure the toast won't help but I needed something heavy in my stomach.

hmm what's a good scale addict Step :lol: I believe you are a good one ;)

sorry to hear about your upper back... it sounds painfully.. take care of yourself :hug:

So after a lot of thought I have decided to mix things up and am going to go on a calorie counting type diet. I am going to keep in mind though that high carbs are NOT good for me. Anyway, I think it's best that I try something new....I can always come back right?lol I hope you all have a great month...and I hope you don't mind me still dropping by occasionally!

THanks for all the support you all gave me!!

gapeach please stay in the group you don't have to leave because you aren't doing atkins.. I'm doing more of the GI Diet than atkins myself... You have to do what is best for you and if that works for you then I'm happy for ya..atkins isn't the best diet in the world but I've met some who thinks that t is and honestly I stay away from them they are way too fanatics for me :lol: not one diet is the best in the world

Thanks for the support guys. <3

Stephanie, that really sucks! I guess all you can do is get as much rest as you can, which I would imagine is difficult with a little one around. Maybe a warm bath would soothe your muscles?

Gapeach, stay a while! I'm a calorie counter too. I tend to overindulge on Atkins so I count my carbs and calories together. I stick with the basic principles of Atkins and try to consume a fair bit of fat and veggetables, but I like to keep my calories around 1300 a day.

Such good news Sizz!:carrot:

Haven't had time to pop in or catch up was glad to see that good news here at the top . . . I'm doing great on my resolutions . . . all except checkin' here:dizzy:

Dropped the bloat . . .feeling great on Induction . . .ready for the whoosh!:cool:

TGITH!lol

Catch up soon - keep rockin' all!:D

Thanks guys! I know I was a part of another board with WW and anytime someone wasn't on the exact plan they were attacked...glad it's not like that here!

Ramra- I had my gallbladder out about 4 yrs ago....took me a few weeks to heal but I have to say I think it helped stablize my weight (so thats something to look forward too!) haha

Sizz- so happy to hear your mom is doing better!

Steph- hope you feel better soon..and your husband too!

Slimmer- Awesome job your first week!

Wheeeeew... another day down, just grilled some fish and made a cucumber salad (was good... with onions, vinegar, and mayo). I am feeling really bloated though... any tips?

Ram - hope you're feeling better soon!

Steph - I have chronic back pain, and I totally understand how bad it can be.. to the point you can't even walk. I go to a chiropractor and it helps A LOT.. be sure to find a good one if you're interested in going, there are certainly bad ones out there. Try taking an epsom salt bath - that helps too... put at least 2 cups in there!

Gapeach, Globe is right.. all here to support each other, so stick around and share your successes and frustrations!! :)

Globe, I'm the good kind because I can handle seeing my weight daily and use it to my advantage ;) Some people just can't look at their weight daily and don't want to know until the end of the week. The way I see it, I wouldn't know about these new lows if I just weighed once a week.

Ramra, luckily for me she's teething and wanting to cuddle and sleep more lately. I had like three naps today with her haha.

Gapeach, I calorie count and carb count because with Atkins I find I can either go way too high or way too low with calories. Why not try both for awhile and see how you are doing?

Aud, sounds like you are doing awesome!

SDN, I love having a bath with epsom salts but I just ran out! I took them after giving birth to help with healing.

i'm pretty excited for this.. i'll shoot for 15 pounds

164lbs today! Hooray.

congrats ultra :carrot:


gapeach glad you are going to stick around.. I have no idea why someone would be upset that you aren't doing their diet and posting there :rolleyes: it defeats the purpose of the forum to support each other. Maybe if someone was posting how great a diet is and trying to convince them to change etc. but jeez some people are just up tight.. like I said there is no best diet in the world. people have to choose a plan that it right for them whether its, atkins, ww or whatever..

Step good point about not knowing the low points if you didn't weight everyday..

everyone is doing good and Ramra hope you are feeling and getting better

Hey everybody! Can I join you guys? I'm in induction (day 7!) and the scale already dropped 10lbs (Water weight?) so I'm not sure what is a reasonable goal for the rest of the month. I'd say my goal is to lose another 10lbs, but I'll be happy with only 5 considering I've already dropped 10lbs.

Temple, welcome, great losses!

Steph- I like to weigh daily too because I want to know how certain foods affect me. For instance I know from the scales that even if the calories are low mexican food does NOT sit well with me. I am guessing sodium...also most soups do the same thing for me!

Globe I agree on the uptight thing...I am pretty laidback go with the flow kind of person. Plus the idea is to get healthy right?lol

Utra- yay!

Welcome MK, you can do it!

So I spent the last week bouncing from 145-146...this week apparently I am supposed to bounce between 144-145...ha! I actually think I didn't eat enough yesterday because my calories were at 1093, I did aerobics for about 40 minutes and I gained .4....its really not possible so I am thinking not enough, shooting for 1200-1300 calories today and see what happens. I just gotta find my sweet spot...when I get there I am not leaving-lol. Oh btw, I decided not to really count carbs but no complex carbs for me....I think thats the plan for now!

Welcome Temple..

gapeach I swear I stayed at 143 for like 1 month 1/2 before scale finally moved.. I think you probably retain a lot of water. I can tell you I weigh more in the mornings than what I weigh in the evenings after exercising and eating go figure I think it has to do with my digestion and definitely sodium..

nahh gapeach I'm a very laidback person as well and just don't get uptight people..

Well that was fun, decided I wanted a 110 calorie iced coffee...walked there, drank it and walked back. About 2 miles total round trip. Hope I worked off my treat-lol, but either way I was going to have the coffee! I don't know why but I have a feeling I am going to have a drop tomorrow, sure hope so!

Globe if I am stuck here for a month I will lose my mind! Ha I might even opt for lypo just to get some lbs off (kidding) (kindasorta)

:lol: @gapeach the scale will move eventually it may drive you crazy but it will go down and when it went down for me I had a small whoosh.. for me trying on clothes that were too tight made me realized that I was going in the right direction not to mention how my body has changed..

nice work out walking to get ice coffee and walking back.. I hope the scale moves for you tomorrow

Yesterday I was bad, with my back hurting and the fact that I was starting to get sick I really couldn't cook or anything. I gave in and had my husband get me sushi for dinner. I'm up to 176.4 so I know it's water weight from the soy sauce and the bit of rice and the toast I had for breakfast.

My back is feeling better today but still sore, but I am eating on plan. Hopefully this will help drop me down from where I was getting stuck as it has done in the past.

Congrats on those that lost, welcome to those that are new!

Hey everybody. :wave: I have been crazy busy this week, haven't had much time to post or read. Welcome to all the new losers. I agree this is a great board, and a very laid back board too. We are all doing Atkins sorta kinda. The most important thing to remember is think of your eating as a way of life, not a diet. If you don't think you will be able to limit your carbs significantly after you lose the weight, then another plan might be better for you.

Hopefully, I will have good news to report after my WI tomorrow a.m.

If the scale is not moving, watch your cheese, nuts and salt. Those always throw a whammy into my losing.

xxoo

40 minutes of step aerobics in addition to my 2 mile walk today, if I can't diet it off I'm going to sweat it off...and I hate exercise-lol. BUT I will not be beat, this weight is coming off one way or another!

:broc: Yay another lb down! That was with a wedding with lots of vodka, going out to lunch, and an end term party where I drank two real Cosmos. The Cosmos were the only thing that I ate that was off plan. I basically stay away from bread/ pasta/ potatoes and sugar.

I am so glad I had that loss, because I proved to myself that I could "have a life" and still lose.

Peach, I hate to exercise too. But I'm working on it.:bike2:

ttfn xxoo

Steph, it's funny that your "binge-food" is still considered very healthy! Most people would rather go for McDonald's. You're definitely not going to gain weight form this, at worst you'll be stalled a day or however long it takes to get into ketosis. I'm sure your body will appreciate the little break anyway.

Gapeach, thanks! I can't wait to see what I can do once I'm healed.

And way to go Serenity! :)

I've come to complain. :P With surgery I can't really go out and do much, so I've been laying around most of the day. The meds I'm taking constipate me, which adds to the belly bloat I have from swelling.

I bought a couple loose-fitted dresses to make myself feel better, and they look frumpy with my boob-shrinking sports bras and my belly wanting to stick out a mile.

I'm curious what I weight, but even though I'm on plan I feel like I weight a billion pounds.

sounds like a good group to join,

sw 188
cw 179
gw 170
fgw 130

aww Ramra remember you just had surgery so take it easy.. once you start to recover the belly bloat will go away.. what's important is that you get better first :hug:

Steph I agree with Ramra at least it was sushi and not a box of doughnuts rsomething like that.. I found it hard to stay on plan when I was sick as I had strep throat and all I could eat was soup or yogurt and definitely not meat or anything.. I stalled but after a few days the scale went down like 3 pounds so hang in there and get better..

Serenity congrats on the weight loss :carrot: I agree that once you have reached your goal and if you feel atkins isn't a lifetime diet for you because it wasn't for me not a full atkins then I would suggest to lose 5 pounds below your goal weight and switch to a plan that will work for you. I'm transitioning to GI Diet and I still watch my carbs and calories and I've stalled but after a few days the scale did move.. so I'm proof that you can switch over..

welcome losingweight

Hey all, just checking in. I'm home studying and it's coooold! I had a big pity party for myself the other day about this woe but now I'm all good :) I have no idea what I weigh, that would require taking off way too many clothes and it's too cold, lol. The second I get out of the show I'm rugged up again.

Where's Rho? I haven't seen her in ages.

Weekend drive by-lol

On plan, but I had mexican tonight (within my allotment of calories) BUT I know from the past I am usually up the next day due to sodium so I have to keep telling myself I will not panick tomorrow when I weigh-lol. I am going to workout tonight to hopefully lesson that and am drinking extra water tonight!

Ana, where are you that it is so cold? It's rainy here and kinda yucky but still upper 70's (atlanta never really gets cold-lol)

Ramra- seriously take it easy while you recover, if all you do is maintain (or not gain a lot) don't stress, you will be able to get back to things quickly but only if you allow yourself to heal first! Honestly, it took me several weeks before I could do any exercise...just make sure you are drinking plenty of water and don't stress!

Serenity- good loss!

Hi Guys! Can't believe another weekend has gone by. I still haven't gotten to Costco to buy the Bob Harper book, but I wanted to write one piece of the article here. Like I said his skinny rules seem very similar to Dr. A., or there is a new Dr. on PBS with another name Sugar something or other. . .very similar to what we all are doing.

So this is what I like what Bob said in the Costco Connection article. (I'll try to paraphrase a bit)
<<<<<Q: What about when you hit that wall?
Bob: "I think people lose motivation. They might see the number on the scale not change and think "What's the point? I've been working so hard. Last week, I lost this, and this week I lost nothing". When you get pushed to the edge like that that is where your real strength has to come in.>>>>

So, let's make a pact that we are not going to lose motivation just because the scale is not our friend. We know when we are on plan and when we eat a box of cookies.:dizzy: Either way, we can't give up.
Hope everyone has a great week ahead.

I guess I've been lurking and never posted. I've been reading and thought I posted last week. I'm starting induction tomorrow and my end goal is about 47 lbs, but realistic will be happy goal is 27 lbs. :) I'm turning 40 this summer and going to NYC and really want to be in the 130s by the time we go. I know that's pushing it as I'm at 162 right now, but I think with this plan and a lot of will power I can do it. I'm inspired by all the great perseverance I'm seeing here!

Serenity, thank you I needed to hear that!

Welcome Rocki!

Welcome Rocki! Your kids are so cute.

Ramra, I didn't say before, but I am glad you are doing well after your surgery. The bloat etc will go away soon, you take care of yourself now :)

Peach, I'm in Sydney :) It's winter here and while we don't get winters that are cold by northern hemisphere standards, we also don't have central heating. The 57F and pouring rain outside translates to 63 in my apartment and that's with a heater in the living room (I'm keeping the doors to my bedroom and the bathroom closed, it'll be way colder in there. I also wouldn't stand on my kitchen floor without socks on unless you paid me quite a bit :)). Brrrrr! It'd be ok if I were out and about but I've been sitting on my butt all weekend studying.

Welcome Rocki and your kids are cute :) when are going to NYC in which month? I know I lost the most weight in my 1st week of induction then it start to slow down.. so maybe in your first week you'll have a 6 or 7 pound loss then it will start to slow down but a loss is a loss and nothing wrong with aiming for 130s may reach that goal by the time you go to NYC

Ana wow it sounds cold.. I said I will get to sydney one day .. my name says it all I've travelled all over the world but not as far as Sydney because I would like to stay for 1 month when I get there but I will get there..

Serenity congrats on the weight loss and thanks for that quote, sometimes we need to hear things like that.. Also for everyone out there try on clothes that couldn't fit for me to see my clothes hanging off me I was dancing like this :carrot: being a scale addict I will admit it has helped me.. I don't weigh everyday like I used to but every other day and have went 2 days without weighing for me that is good..

gapeach lol don't have a panic attack. you sound like me I retain a lot of water and I mean a lot.. so if you see a 2 pound gain it definitely is water..

Welcome Rocki!

The scale thing is driving me a bit crackers. It goes up and down by half a lb or more sometimes and I can't trust it anymore. What I do to see if I'm losing weight now is run my hands down my sides and if the curvy bits feel less curvy, I know I'm doing right LOL.

Thank you everybody..Had an egg and sausages and echinacea tea for breakfast (my throat is killing me). Getting ready to plug into myfitness pal. Do you all use that? If so, is there a way to make it know you're doing Atkins? LOL..

AnaBee and Globe..thanks for the comments on my girls.. This is an old pic (from when I got to the 120s before), and they were 1.5 & 5.5. They are 5 & 9 now :)..

Globe..I'm going to NYC in exactly 2 months (well, exactly from yesterday). August 10 we are leaving. Staying for a week.

I can't catch up on everything going on but I see Ramra had surgery, so I hope recovery goes well!

Anabee..63 inside would be cold to me too! Our house is at 80 and while it feels warm at times, it's mostly comfortable between 77 & 80. I can't handle the cold. Born and raised in Florida. I have a penpal who I've been writing to for 30 years who lives in Wahroonga. She works at Royal North Shore Hospital as a nurse.

PS..When in induction do you all stay within a calorie range, or do you just make sure you're only eating foods on the induction list? I want to do a strict 2 week induction and want to do it right.

Hi Rocki I don't use fitnesspal but it sounds like a good thing to have. I write down things in my food journal and keep track of my carbs and calories there.. when I started induction I focused more on counting carbs than the calories but I keep an eye on them as well.

I lost 6 pounds the first week then 1 pound the following week so around 7 pounds for the month.. I have been losing weight about 6/7 pounds a month so steady and slow..I will say I didn't exerices as much in the beginning as I do now.. I'm now switching over to the GI Diet and preparing for a little water gain due to adding back some carbs but so far very good no gain at all but just a stall so I'm maintaining which is good but I have 4 pounds to go to goal and I'm going to get there..

Good luck and in 2 months you could lose 20 pounds.. it depends on your body maybe you lose weight quick and everybody is different :D

Globe, i hope you make it out here some day and when you do you'll have to let me know :)

Rocki, so funny about your friend, Royal North Shore is the nearest hospital to me and I may well have seen her there.

Atkins says not to count calories, but that calories do count. I think on induction it's good to eat whenever you are hungry, even if the amount of calories kind of freaks you out. It's a big change likely from people's regular way of eating and he wants them to lose the mindset of weightloss requiring hunger. And in induction the loss is mostly the big water loss you get by lowering your carbs so much. Ongoing though, lots of people do find they have to keep an eye on calories. But at the same time, it's much easier because eating so low carb makes you less hungry. I am planning on keeping a much closer eye on my calories this time round.

Welcome Rocki! You have joined a great group. If you need any tips on your upcoming NYC trip pm me. I am a NYC born and bred girl.

Dr. A said no need to count calories, but if you read the book closely, certain foods are limited. Cheese is limited to 4 ozs a day, and meat is limited to not more than a 6 oz portion per meal for women. I think butter and cream is limited also. So what else is left to eat? lol