timwhoa Member

great to have you on board here!

I would be happy to be on board with this journey, I still have over 100 pounds to lose and being active in the atkins groups here has been a real insperation that I keep coming back too,, great to see you here

it appears the person who started this thread has deactivated her account?,,, sad to see her go,

it sounds like you have the "New" atkins book, I personally use the OLD atkins books, but I also feel that any low carb diet is way better than traditional calorie counting, not sure what phase 1 looks like in the new atkins books, with all the "Net carbs" and vegies, I know in the old book 20 grams per day was all that…

day 3 of induction started, IT FEELS SO GOOD AGAIN!!,, i just love how empowering it feels to be in ketosis, you get strength from the inside out, you dont need will power on induction, will power FINDS YOU!,,

There are ladies here who are master Fat Fasters, they make the recipies on the web site http://www.carbsmart.com/fatfast.html I always take the easy road out on the fat fast,, and eat only cream cheese or butter all day, maybe a couple ounces of tuna with full fat mayo,, talk about hard core fat fasting,, but it sure…

Dang 154 pounds,, your an inspiration!

Just checking in, I feel off the wagon for 3 days, kinda fun to eat anything i wanted, at the same time i saw the blood sugars start to rise,, had to stop it, back on induction today, its nice to take a pit stop along lifes road, but for my heatlh I have to go back to what keeps me healthy, I never want to put the weight…

Nice to meet you, I to have been doing atkins for long term, since February of this year, I do it for my type 2 diabties , its sure has been helping with that, SO happy to hear its helping with your health, keep it up

i have tools available to me that most people do not, being a type 2 diabetic, and having test strips and meters, I can see readily after I eat something how it effect my blood sugar, so if a product claims to be low carb then 2 hours or less after eating it my blood sugar should not go up by much, and I can tell you that…

wow, sure going to miss you in the Keto stages,, I have a book on my shelf its title is "life without bread" (not sure why its called that because bread is allowed),, but the whole premise of the book is living on 100 grams or less per day of carbs, and I personally wish that had I known or practiced the low carb lifestyle…

how do you know your in induction?, are you using Keto strips?, are you using the new atkins approach? or the old atkins books, I find the new books with thier "net carb" approach to not work for me!!! there is nothing wrong with net carb way of eating its certainly better than not doing it at all,, but for me, I was so…

I seriously thought I would be under 300 back in sept, the my body and the scale had differant plans, I eat and perform pretty much as I have for the past 8 months, i have a hard time calling this a platue , but whats happening and I can see it is my skin is tightening, there are inches shrinking especially about my mid…

i have the very same weaknesses, those foods are exactly what got me into the obesity trap, saying no to them has gotten me to health,

add me to everyone, I sent a few requests to people here as well,, Keto, atkins, low carb friends, I belong to all 3 groups, down close to 80 pounds since Februrary of this year doing the Keto diets

one year we did have a "low carb" thanksgiving with mock mashed taters, pumpkin pie ( almond crust), stuff like that, this year I have a goal of staying in Ketosis right up till thanksgiving and taking the day off, then back onto atkins induction on Friday

dont do the banana if you want to Keto diet, you will bump out of ketosis for sure, you would be better off to calorie count if fruit is something you desire, the other suggestions here for the cramps are the same as I would suggeset

I have been very strong today, so happy I was able to move past yesterday without bumping myself out of ketosis, ,, good to hear from all of you

i have been doing atkins since feb of this year,, down close to 80 pounds now, i stay on induction as much as I can, would love to have you as friends

I am glad you picked up the slack for the month of October, I am with ya! doing day 5 of induction, well i guess I am always on induction, ( I had a carb meal last friday night for dinner), so that broke the old streak, good to be here

well the month is over, I hope everyone had a good month, I made some headway, but did not make the lofty goals I had set forth to make, I am happy with the pace of things, I think by not going to fast it will be permanant weight loss, see you all in October!

today I almost caved into some carb temptations but I DIDNT!!! HAHA take that you lousy carbs,, I went down another notch on the belt this morning, and got some pants out of the storage that are another size smaller,, oh this is fun

On Sunday I tool a half day off, 2 meals and some snacks, weighed today and the scale is moving down this week, carb up meals while on atkins work well, but you have to make sure your in control and not the carbs, sometimes I make a list of things I would like to have when i get around to a carb up meal, so its like a…

Cereal, Cake, Pie, Ice Cream, Banana pudding, Potato salad, mashed potatos, all potatoes,, lol,, can you tell I was addicted to carbs,

When I am not hungry, I dont eat, pretty simple, but when am I not hungry,, lol, hunger is greatly reduced on Keto/atkins for me, thankfully

Most of us in the atkins groups use the FAT FAST to break off of stalls / platues , it works wonderful and weight lose happens everytime on it, atkins put this tool in his older books, have you tried this ?,, here is a good web page about it, with simple recipies, http://www.carbsmart.com/fatfast.html hope this thelps

having a carb up meal or half day is something I have used as a useful tool all along, make sure its something you plan on after a great week on the scale, so its a reward of sorts, no guilt no pain, and back on the program you go, so its actually part of the program

I lost 4 more pounds this week,I can all of a sudden feel my "older" self reappearing and it feels marvelous

Great job semifrido its a good tool to use when we have too, cookiing for family members is something many of just have to do, being able to seperate what they eat from what we eat is something that has to be mastered to be successful

its funny ,, I am a stay at home Dad, so I do all the cooking, Wife had a bunko girls party last night, SO i backed home made cinamin rolls, and home made desserts and potato soup and more, i look at and smell this stuff, and bake this stuff, and now, I just dont care, it doesnt bother me, with 75 pounds down and how great…