Atkins Diet: The Beginning

ABeltwayBandit23

Hello:

I am going to start this message board topic, which may turn into a blog to follow my journey on the Atkins Diet. I really made a decision this year to stick to a healthier lifestyle and love me. After researching several lifestyles plans and diets, I found that Atkins would be best for me. I have done quite a bit of research and found that this diet is more than just meat-loading! It will help curb my insatiable carb-addiction. Thus far, I have been on the plan for two days and I am loving it.

Beginning Weight: 185.4 lbs
Height: 5'8
Waist: size 10-12
Age: 26.8 (almost 27)
Problem Areas: Hips and small tummy pouch
Goal Weight: 155 lbs
Goal Caloric Intake/Day: 1100 calories

Day 0:
Weigh in: 185.4
What I Ate: Cannot remember but I eased myself onto the diet by limiting carbs
Notes: None

Day 1(Sunday, Janaury 5, 2014):
Weigh in: N/A
What I Ate (following Atkins Protocol):
2 Atkins Bars (170 calories *2)
3 Yogurts (50 cals *3)
5 slices bacon (60 cals *5)
4 eggs (70 cals *4)
Notes: I did not weigh myself Day 1. I threw up mid-day and woke up with a pounding headache. They call this Atkins Induction flu. I felt better by the end of the day.

Day 2 (Monday, January 6, 2014):
Weigh in: N/A
What I Ate (following Atkins Protocol):
2 Atkins Bars (170*2)
2 Yogurts (50*2)
6 slices bacon (250 calories)
1 egg omelet with cheese (200 calories)
Notes: I am seriously under my calories intake. However, I am not hungry at all. I had to force myself to eat lunch. I feel very full all the time. I think I also began having symptoms of the "carb-crash". I was walking down the hallway at work, and stumbled a few times. I do not see myself eating dinner tonight. I am too full. I will weigh myself in the morning. I hope to have lost 1.5-2 lbs.

ABeltwayBandit23

Day 3-5

I am really proud that I have stuck to the protocol. However, I have gone above the amount of calories that I feel comfortable with (1150). The past two days I have eaten between 1400 and 1650 calories.

I am trying to ease my calories back down.

Tomorrow, I weigh myself. I must say my jeans, blouses, and blazers are fitting me better than I expected them to at this point. I would like to see a 2-4 pound drop in weight.

Starting weight: 185.4

FungusGirl

Hi! How is it going?

riginthering

You can't really ease into the Atkins diet. Unless you're following it to the milligram, you're not really doing Atkins, because you have to do that hardcore two-week introductory period to get your body to flip the switch.

I *LOVED* Atkins when I was on it. I was happier and more energetic than I had ever been in my life, even in the two-week period where most people get grumpy.