Lowcarbfriend

I am looking forward to making friends and learning more about the low carb diet.

i joint LCB last week but i just found this forum TODAY! i think that ( I ) eat the way you all do… im almost 49 – started at 270 – 5′7" – and i try to keep it at 60-70% FAT – 10-15% CARBS and 20-25% PROTEIN – isnt this about what y’all do? i LOVE to eat FAT… Yumm Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm… but i have started doing Low Carb again after years because im going to be 50 next year and this is the last year i have to do something about my weight! i want to be down to at least 200lbs by February 2010 and Low Carb is the Only Thing that works for ME… just wanted to pop in and say Hello!

Hi everyone!

I’m new on here, and spent about an hour reading through posts and decided to sign up. I def need the support, as most people I know are anti-Atkins, or don’t think I "need" a diet.

Let’s see… I started Atkins (induction) on February 1, 2009. Weighing in at 142, I’m 5′3. I’m currently 129.5/130. My goal is around 117-120. I’ve not been this size (130) since high school.

Today has by far, been my most difficult day since starting Atkins. It’s been exactly a month, and for some reason, I’m struggling today with cravings. I’ve been downing ice water, and a diet cherry 7up. And so far so good… I just keep telling myself if I cheat, I’ll jerk my body out of ketosis!

Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself, and now off to read some posts to keep myself on track, and motivated

Hello. I’m very new to all of this, just started last Tuesday with my husband. We’ve been wanting to make a change for a while now, but when the doctor told my husband last Tuesday that he was obese and needed to lose 20 pounds in 3 months, we put our foot down, stopped talking about losing weight and started actually doing it. We’ve chosen the Atkins diet after a lot of research. I’ve had 3 children over the last 6 years. After my first, I did WW, hated it. Every moment of it. I was hungry all of the time, and it took a long 7 months to lose 30 pounds. So far after 1 week, he has lost 13 pounds (men) and I am down 6. Feeling pretty good, but I’m finding that I am getting dehydrated a lot. Is that normal? I’m probably drinking about 100oz of water a day. Anyway, just wanted to say hi, introduce myself and also say thank you for all of the great advice and recipes that I’ve found on here-they are lifesavers, literally.

Hello everyone! I am excited to be here. A lady at the hair salon yesterday, whom I got into wonderful conversation with, told me about this forum, so I decided to join. I could definitely use some guidance!

A little background about myself:

My name is Kris, I live in metro Atlanta, Georgia with my husband of almost 3.5 years. We have 2 cats and 2 dogs. I am a student and homemaker. I keep a very clean, organized home! Due to PCOS, we’ve struggled with Infertility since 2006. I went through treatments, procedures, etc. That brings me here (& we are on a TTC break!):

I started a new way of healthy eating in December. (nearly 3 years recovered from ED) Since January 16th I’ve lost a total of 11lbs, but have been at this new current weight for 2 weeks. It is incredibly frustrating. I am ready to learn how to manage symptoms and lose the weight! I still get confused time to time on what I *should* be consuming due to the syndrome, so that is why I joined. I also exercise 4 times a week doing HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training) and I love it!!

I look very forward to meeting all of you & being apart of this site. I do warn ahead of time that I tend to ask a lot of questions, so please bare with me. lol

and so far i feel alot lighter, i weighed myself and lost about three pounds so far, i have alot more energy feel great..i had to cut out whip cream because this seems to be a trigger for me and i overindulge in it and i noticed it makes me stall. well here is a sample and i was wondering if anyone can tell me if im doing something wrong so far. this is kind of what i eat on a daily basis now and i was also wondering if coffee is bad? will it make me stall if its the regular coffee with sugar free french vanila creamer which has 1 carb per tbsp. if anyone knows ur advice is welcome let me know what you think if i could use some tweaking on my plan i dont really cook elaborate recipes usually simple meals. Well hope everyone is doing good so far just wanted to check in …

breakfast: egg with cream cheese and a packet of splenda * mock danish recipe i got off the atkins site one time.

or bacon

lunch: cottage cheese 1/2 cup or salad with 1 tbsp dressing

dinner..cabbage, cooked in stir fry manner with 1 piece of steak cooked in butter or cabbage soup..

snacks..jello no whip cream
diet root beet minus the whip cream

nite time coffee as well

maybe a handful of sunflower seeds the ones without the shell

and water

thats about it any help wouldbe appreciated. thanks.