I started over!
 

I am glad to hear that you had your "wake up call." We all have that at sometime.Good luck to you! Stay strong and just remember that the drop in numbers on the scale will be much better than the short term satisfaction that you get from those shakes and potato chips!

Good to see you back! You can do this!

Ooooh Welcome Back Butterfly! I was wondering about you??? So glad to see you back here and ready to go again. That's what it's all about anyway...fallin' and getting right on back up again! To answer your questions...wearing excessive clothing while exercising may help you drop some water weight, which you'll probably gain back after your 1st glass of water!

As far as which foods to help speed up weight loss. My suggestion is to stick within your 20 grams of carbs and make most of those carbs from veggies, salads, etc. You'll drop that weight like a bandit! Since you gained so quickly, most of your gain is probably water weight (which is good cuz that's easy to lose). You'll probably settle down to mostly fat loss after about 2 weeks into the program. Well, stay motivated, keep moving, and enjoy your trip to the beach (wishing I were you)! Again...glad to have you back girl!

Ooooh Welcome Back Butterfly! I was wondering about you??? So glad to see you back here and ready to go again. That's what it's all about anyway...fallin' and getting right on back up again! To answer your questions...wearing excessive clothing while exercising may help you drop some water weight, which you'll probably gain back after your 1st glass of water!

As far as which foods to help speed up weight loss. My suggestion is to stick within your 20 grams of carbs and make most of those carbs from veggies, salads, etc. You'll drop that weight like a bandit! Since you gained so quickly, most of your gain is probably water weight (which is good cuz that's easy to lose). You'll probably settle down to mostly fat loss after about 2 weeks into the program. Well, stay motivated, keep moving, and enjoy your trip to the beach (wishing I were you)! Again...glad to have you back girl!

welcome back butterfly!! stick with babmi good advice. I to have had awakenings so go full bore and if you trip stick here we will help pick you up and not make you feel bad, every body trips the pint is getting back up dusting off those carbs and getting back on the wagon.

Speaking of babmi ... Girl do you gever sleep???

What Bambi said!

I'm glad to see you back, and I'm glad that you're feeling motivated again! I hope you have fun on the beach - but I'm a bit worried that you're fixating on that as your first goal, because it's SO soon. There are no quick fixes with this, love - it's a process, and it's going to take time, and it's not going to be as quick and easy a gratification-fix as opening a bag of chips.

I'm aiming to lose 100lb (or 120lb, maybe), and I'm assuming that this will take me 2 years. (Less would be awesome, and I'm hoping for less - but I'm working under the assumption that it might take 2 years.) But you know what? Those 2 years are going to pass, whether I do this thing or not - and in 2 years I can either be the same old fat slob who's 2 years older, or I can be an energetic hottie who feels 10 years younger! I know which one I want, and I know it's going to take a lot of work. But it's not actually all that DIFFICULT, I think. I just have to stick at it.

So - YAY for motivation! And now I'd say you need to assume that you're going to lose an average of 2lb per week (sure, hope for more, and at least at first you'll likely shed more for a few weeks - but regard that as gravy, and assume that you'll be losing 2lb per week).

Now work out some EASY and ACHIEVABLE goals for yourself.

I'm finding it very helpful to chart my weightloss progress before it's even happened - writing down my projected weight on every Weigh In day in my diary and calendar even before I get there, assuming that I lose 2lb per week. It really cheers me the **** up to see how quickly the weight will go down, even in these modest increments, so long as I STICK TO THE PLAN. (And in fact, since I've set my target at a reasonable rate, I have somewhat surpassed my targets. Which is REALLY encouraging!)

Conversely, if you set yourself unreasonable goals, then you're likely to see what progress you DO make as inadequate - because you haven't magically become skinny overnight. And that leads to feelings of disappointment and failure, which leads to bags of potato chips.

Much better to set yourself modest goals that you feel confident you can BEAT, and then keep on getting that buzz of achievement each week, and keep on being motivated to stick with it.

So - well done for getting back on the horse, and have a good first week of induction! And keep your sights set on your eventual goal, and on how you're going to get there. Good luck!

Butterfly-welcome back. I was wondering about you too. Here's my advice. First, decide which plan you want to do and make sure you know it inside and out. If you are going to do Atkins, Jersey Girl, recently posted a really good note on Atkins Induction basics. I would recommend reading that as well as Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution. If your going to do something else, fine. Just pick a plan and stick with it.

I also think I'm probably not unlike a lot of other people although some of you probably think I'm a little strange sometimes. When I fell off the wagon last time and had problems getting back with the program, I kept looking for some kind of short cut. I have bad news. There is no short cut. These are the things I have to do EVERY DAY to be successful at this. I have to journal my food religiously in Fitday or some similar program. I have to take my lunch to work or plan what I'm going to have ahead of time. In fact I spend a fair amount of time planning meals. I also have to check in here and/or else where on the web for support every day to help me stay accountable. It is time consuming but if I don't do those things, I won't stay on track. It's only a matter of a few days and I will be putting something in my mouth I shouldn't be. Now maybe you don't have to do all those things and if you don't, that's fantastic. But you might want to start out that way and then see which ones are really necessary and which ones aren't.

Welcome Back Christina!
 

:welcome3: Back Christina!!

Glad to see you back:)

I'm not assuming you're doing Atklns (since there are lots of other low carb plans out there)...but...in the event Atkins is the plan you'd like to do, 20 net (total carbs deducting fiber) carbs is optimal. 12-15 of those 20 carbs should be coming from veggies & salad on the acceptable foods list.

I noticed a lot of "newbies" here lately so...I posted a thread regarding Atkins Induction you might want to look at, that will hopefully be helpful to you.http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=138091

You CAN do this!!:carrot:

All the best to you!!:hug:

Wow!!! Great advice here...absolutely great advice.

Nasus - To answer your question, I'm a late nighter...I work from home alot and so sometimes I'm up late on the computer! Last night was especially late for me, but I usually don't go to bed before 1a.m...I know...bad, but I'm a bit of a workaholic! That's something I'm working on though...tee hee!

Well, Butterfly, you can't go wrong here. These ladies have been where you are and have all the recipes for success. You have the motivation sooo...recipe+motivation=SUCCESS! Joyce

Sometimes you just fall off the wagon but the important thing is that you decided to pick yourself back up on it.. Best Wishes & Good Luck

Thanks you all sooo much for the advice. Look for my new thread, I have some really good news. Bambifox you were right, it was just all water weight.