Hi there I am currently following the South Beach diet way of life. I have used it in the past with great success. I decided to start Phase 1 again to try and reach the 140's again for the first time in a while After the first two weeks, I will continue to incorporate the low carb lifestyle into my daily eating by making good carb choices and trying to stay below 60-70g a day (even 50 if I can!). I am pretty knowledgeable about what I can and cannot eat on this diet, but am always interested in recipe ideas!!! Hopefully we'll all have some things to share!

HI there, my name is Vicky from Sheffield England. I have been on the Atkins diet for about 3 weeks now. I was very discouraged at first as I didn't lose any weight at all, but in this last week it has finally kick started and I have lost 4lb! Feeling great and I think looking slimmer but who knows?

My profile picture may give away why I want to lose weight. The pretty girl in the picture is my gf, and I was suspending at the time. Its an ancient tribal practise that gives you a physical, mental and spiritual high and allows you to see life with clear and unbias eyes. I am quite a spiritual person. The pain I experienced from that was out of this world, so my goal is to lose weight, have stretchier skin and suspend again without so much pain. Plus, I have a stunningly beautiful girl that I want to look amazing for.

My goal is to reach 150lb (10.5 stone in British terms) by the summer.

Its great to have other ladies around for support!

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I'm Sara and I live on the Isle of Wight (UK). I'm 43 years old and have been with MFP since mid January. I lost 7 stone between 2002 and 2004 (just in time for our wedding!) and managed to keep it off for a couple of years. Then I suffered from a series of injuries, including an Achilles tendon rupture in 2007 (which is still giving me trouble) and snapped ligaments in the other ankle in 2009, also ongoing. In fact I had surgery again just two weeks ago. Becuase most of my injuries are ankle related, I was seriously limited to exercise, I couldn't walk more than 200yds without being in agony and I couldn't even swim. It wasn't long before I started to gain the weight back, and by Oct 2010 I had put it all back on, with another stone on top. About 15 months ago I started the new Atkins plan and lost 2 stone in 5 months, then had surgery on my achilles, followed by plaster casts, aircast boot and months of physio during which I gained half a stone back. I was able to start exercising again at the beginning of this year, and I joined MFP and since then have lost 17lbs against a daily goal of 1300 net cals.
Having been reading lots in the forums, I realise this is way too low, so I've taken the decision today to eat more and to try and increase my lean muscle whilst losing fat at the same time hopefully!

Hi everyone! My name is Bailey. I did Atkins and lost 30 pounds a few months back, went off, gained a little back, felt awful and decided it's time to get back to feeling great, and that means low carb-in it again!
I am on day 2. For 2 weeks I'm doing shakes for breakfast and lunch and eating an atkins dinner, then going to shakes for breakfast and atkins lunch and dinner.
I'm feeling great, and suprisingly, I am NOT hungry until dinnertime! I feel great! I'm so glad to have found this group. So many people look down on low carb diets. I KNOW that carbs are the devil, but feel like I can't tell people that

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Not sure where to start. I’m 41, a stay at home mom, have 5 kids ages 21, 18, 15, 6 & 2, I have 150 pounds to lose and my diet is my version of Atkins with a few things from some others and it was approved by my doctor. There is way too much to write about how and why I gained weight which you can read in my blogs. But the jist is that I was always skinny until I got pregnant and gained way too much and I had a hard time losing the weight, had an unsupportive husband and parents. I am now divorced and dis owned by my family. I have a fiancé of 8 years, he wants to be married but I have delayed it. He has some relationship issues that stem from his past which causes me stress and he’s not very supportive of anything I do…I know I could do better, but there are reasons I stay. My doctor has determined that my additional weight gain over the years is due to stress…not stress eating...I could go a week without eating and still gain weight. Other than a slightly higher blood pressure according to her I am the healthiest obese patient she ever had in fact she said I am healthier than most of her female patients my age who are skinny. As she said I am “skinny inside but not outside”…hmmm I guess there really is a skinny person inside me trying to get out…lol. I guess I also prove that old saying “you can’t judge a book by its cover”.

I have tried just about every diet, slim fast worked once but I didn’t lose as much as I would have liked but in later years did Aitkin’s and that worked really well for me but I did not exercise enough and did not do the right exercise program last time which was about 8 years ago so I didn’t “look” like I lost (more info in blog). I sorta let the stress take a hold of me and I gave up for a while but I guess I had an epiphany of sorts recently and I am going to make this work this time!!!

I am 264 as of my last weigh in, I have been here for 4 weeks and I gained 2 pounds at my first weigh in then lost 7 on my second and 5 on my third. Today is actually my weigh day but I haven’t done it yet. I love the friends I have made here so far and the support is amazing and what I needed. My goal when I started here 4 weeks ago was to lose 150 pounds which would bring me to 120 pounds. I was 90 pounds and a size 0 before I I got married and filled out to 115 pounds and a size 2-3 after I got married so of course I would LOVE to be able to fit in my jeans from then (yes I saved my favorite pieces of clothing from then) but I know that is un realistic…I think.

Well I guess that’s the jist if you want to know more read my blog and be my friend and we can message each other and support each other on this journey.


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I'm Pam, 47, insulin dependent type 2 diabetic. Had heart attack 5 years ago. So.....here I am once again losing the weight - right after my heart attack I lost 30 quickly and then blah blah I gained it back. Lost 30 again in '09 and blah blah here I sit. Believe me I am taking this serious. The blahs are too long to explain. I am currently reading the Atkins book and have already tried a low carb diet, but low fat. This one makes sense to me. My cardiologist ok's this. So, I am looking for some friends to help keep me going and I will also be encouraging to others. i usually do walking on my treadmill or the wii 6 week challenge. Also gonna look for Richrad Simmons videos - I just love those. Mix it up a little. I have about 73 more pounds to lose to be at a weight that is pretty close to what would be healthy. I will fine tune when I get there. Lost 8 so far. So glad I found a group that does low carb. Too many poo poo it. Don't need that negativity.

So here I go.......

Welcome to all the newbies!! Good luck on your adventure of low carb living! I too am relatively new to this, but the peeps here are SO helpful and supportive. I lost 6.6lbs my first week. I weigh in only once weekly and tomorrow is the big day. I'm not expecting much thanks to Mother Nature **sigh** , but next week is another week towards my goal ;-) As usual I am always looking for new low carb buddies so please add me!! ~~Candi


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Hello! My name is Heather. I have two beautiful children and I am trying to lose my baby weight and get healthy again. I have lost a total of 12 lbs since the beginning of this and 7 1/2 inches. I am happy thus far. I was following a low cal, low fat diet to begin with , but I was hungry all the time! I decided to give low carb a try, again. I have done it before and it worked well, but I stopped. I am actually finding it easier to follow this diet than the low cal/low fat.

Hello, I'm Rj. Live in Florida and have gotten old (62) and FAT. tried low carb a few years ago and loved it. got talked into eating "healthy" and gained 40 pounds. so, here I am again. Love to share recipes and ideas. It's nice to meet you all.

thanks!! can't believe it's been so long. time goes so fast now.

Hi Kelly! I hope u find Atkins easy. I think it's more staying focused and food planning. Hope it works for u - it's my 6th day and lost 2.4 so far. It's cool ur hubby is doing it 2 - maybe will b easier for u as far as meals and support. U can add me if u need a friend. But in any case good luck to u!

Hi Everyone. I'm Katrina and today marks four weeks that I've been on Atkins. I've lost 18 pounds so far and just discovered MFP about a week ago. This is my second go-round with living low carb. I lost almost 50 pounds with Atkins 10 years ago and it was so easy...until I decided that a life without potatoes and bread wasn't for me. So here I am...ten years older and 50 pounds heavier than when I started my low carb journey ten years ago. I'm happy to say that I'm over bread, potatoes and the sweets that have been so bad for my health.

I look forward to getting to know everyone as we get healthy together.

18lbs in 4 weeks? That's brilliant

Welcome to the group Katrina :flowerforyou:

hello new friends! my name is ericia i was on low carb 2 years ago, i lost 30lbs but i went back to old eating due to stress, this is the only diet/ lifestyle i can really see myself doing forever, i am back to this, its a plan i made but i don't know if its really the Atkins diet. but i am doing 30net carbs a day for a week and up them week by week till i get to a good carb level that i can stick with, i know when i do 20 or less my energy is so low, do any of you get this when you drop to that ? and what do you do?
ok hope you all have a wonderful stress free day!