Hi Stephanie! I am new to this site, but I would like to add you to my groups...I love Atkins and have done it off/on for years! (am an old hand at it, so to speak! :-) So I can help you if you would like any of my views, etc. or of course my support! Currently my goal is to lose 15 stubborn pounds and I am currently counting calories and stepping up my cardio, but do like to keep it pretty low carb! (with chicken breasts, vegetables, eggbeaters, hard boil eggs, tuna, lots of salads...) in fact I am back on strict low carb today thru the weekend becuz I am staying with my daughter for a few days and we will be doing a lot of eating out. If I try to stick to low carb then I won't come home Sunday night with gaining the usual 5 lbs I usually do from eating whatever I want. The low carb keeps me in check, it's pretty easy to follow. You eat those allowed foods, and that's it!! Back in the early days when I was doing Atkins it helped me to pick up one of the Atkins Diet Revolution paperbook books, it really explained a lot about how it all works. Or find one of the low carb sites; they have a lot of good recipes, hints, etc. Anyway, have a great weekend and good luck!

She is right about the fats! This diet doesn't work for me if I try to cut the fats too low; I still eat butter and mayo and can lose weight.

I also have always had success on this diet. First time I lost 20 lbs. in less than a month. That was a few years ago and since I've cut out carbs for the most part. But since hitting menopause even this diet doesn't work so well for me. What I am finding that works best is the counting calories on this site. If I record everything I eat for the day and keep it just below my calorie allowance I steadily lose the weight. This is also watching my carb intake. Good luck on your journey!

Hi, I'm Lynne... new to this group. I have been following a low carb diet since February, and have had success. I really love the way I get to eat and it fits in really well with my lifestyle. I've hit a plateau and asked my doctor for some advice to climb out of it. He suggested I go with an "old school Atkins" approach. He also suggested I stay on the induction phase until I get half my weight off. Forget the shakes and bars and stick to real food with real fats. I'm hoping to have much more success, I really feel this is the answer for me.

I would extra support....... I would love to give support to others!

Hi everyone,
I have just completed my two week induction and started at 226 and I am now 213.
Lost 9lb in week one and 4lb in week two.
Love atkins, having only just discovered how great low carb can be, always listened to the nay sayers before and was put off trying.
I cannot imagine me eating any other way now.

Would love to be friends and help and recieve support each other throughout our journeys!
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Hi lovelies! Well let's see I was following Atkins (so so) for 2 months and lost 25lbs...now just this week I began induction! I drink tons of water eat my veggies exercise even if its just walk I usually do kickboxing 30 day shred Zumba jogging boxing or something else a couple times a week...lately 30 day shred and jogging this "way" of life makes me feel amazing I have more energy my tummy is flatter and my skin is glowing!

Wish u guys the best!
Sw 200
1st weigh in after two months175

Hi everyone. I am starting my induction phase as of TODAY!! I have done atkins before and lost weight very well but gave up due to the energy drag. I am ready for that and I am motivated to push through it. I can use all the help I can get, my main issues with this diet is breakfast, cause lets face it eggs get old!! So any other ideas would be great (im not the best cook, lol) Ive been doing low carb since starting dieting again but need to get more focused and controlled and I have alot to lose so will be in induction for a while!

Hi there! I started Atkins on Jan. 9th and so far I'm down 29lbs, but still have alot to go!. The first few weeks went pretty well but the last 3-4 weeks have been tough - the scale hasnt moved much but i do feel like I am losing inches. New to MFP and would love some low carbin friends to connect with so please feel free to add me and we can encourage each other.

I'm just starting Atkins induction today (after *gaining* every single time I have tried to "diet" in the past 5 years...... yeah, THAT feels good lol) but I do have some experience with Atkins. Years ago I did Atkins successfully and lost at least 40 pounds, probably more (it was so easy at that point that I stopped even weighing myself at one point!) and I don't remember how fast the weight came off, but it was certainly fast enough that I was motivated to not only keep it up but also not care anymore (which is REALLY rare for me)

Of course, I tried Atkins 5 years ago (approx) and I gained weight. I think I was relying too heavily on bars etc though which, in retrospect, may have been the problem. I know some people use them easy sailing, but this time I will give it a fair shot without them first, and maybe only use them in emergencies. My doctor tells me my hormones are out of whack (used to have PCOS also), thyroid is sluggish, and apparently am insulin resistant she thinks, so this low-carb way of life makes sense for more than just weight loss. I of course, would just rather look good in shorts than be able to say I wasn't insulin resistant, but if it makes my doctor and myself happy, so be it =D

Best of luck!

I also have PCOS, and this is the only way I will ever lose weight! I used to workout and eat right constantly and still gained weight because of PCOS...lol it was a ridiculous time of my life...I thought I was crazy. Then I finally got diagnosed. Good luck to yoU!

Low carb breakfast - full fat Greek plain yoghurt with tablespoon of chia seeds or milled flax / linseed, 10 almonds and/or raspberries

I also have both books and the one in the middle..... I think the new one is way too hard, with all the 'net grams'. I was eating way too many carbs that way. because vegies have so much fibre, I ended up eating HEAPS! (soemtimes half a cauliflower a day + more) So i dont think I ever got to fat burning eating that way. And when I introduced nuts, omg, I couldn't stop and my calories went through the roof. I have restarted (last week) with the middle version which is ample amounts of eggs, meat, fats - some cheese 4 oz a day - 3 tblspoons of cream - 2 x 1 cup lettuce salads with olive oil dressings and 1 cup low carb vegies measured raw because they shrink when cooked and thats cheating. Its working again and I think its cause I cant cheat. I was eating like, a bag of lettuce a day, with tomatoes, cucumber, the whole bit and because you subtract fibre (and your supposed to eat 12-15g per day salad/vegies), i would eat more and more, and not enough fat so I think it messed with my blood sugar levels. You can only eat so much salad dressing!! Now I have just the 1 cup serving drenched in dressing and that is more satisfying than forcing lettuce leaf after lettuce leaf, lol, and I feel fine. I lost 3 pounds last week and i only weighed 145 and had lost the water weight weeks ago so I'm happy. Honestly, I think the new one is a bit of a scam to gt you buying and eating 2 x atkins products a day. The one before that written by Dr.Atkins in 2000, is the best I think. He had worked out what works by then. Hope the weight keeps falling off anyway!

im doing extended atkins induction and after the 1st week my weight just would not budge...( lost 7 first week, then nothing).it was weird! I just started week 5 on monday, and suddenly woosh! 3 lbs off! stick with it and no bars/ shakes/ cheats! it worksz!

Hi all, I am starting induction today and quite excited. I did Atkins before i had my 2 boys. about 8 yrs ago and lost a ton of weight, so after years of trying to lose baby weight by WW, slimming pills. calorie counting, fat counting and maple syrup diet i am hoping to repeat the success again. Luckily my weight stays pretty constant when not on a diet as I am quite active but I just wanna shed it all now! I have 42lbs to lose....here goes!