Newbie... Please help
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Formykids
New Member
Joined: 13 Aug 2008
Posts: 2
Intermix Aug 13, 2008 3: 29 pm    Post subject: Newbie... Please help
Hi Guys,
I am in need of some help! im new to this and really need to lose weight it ' s starting to affect my health now and i have two budding kids.... im sick of starting diets and then falling off the wagon... i did Atkins years ago but i heard it ' s changed... or i was doing it wrong?
I used to have 0 Carbs just meat, eggs, cheese i lost a load of weight around 3 stone i felt great... but it ' s back on over the years and i am at the end of my teather! i want to do this correct this time so i can keep it going.... im not a lover of veg but i am enthusiastic to eat anything that helps... so i know what meats i can have but im new to the ' Veg ' side of this diet at the Mo my thoughts are
Most meat
Lots of drinking water
Any ideas or tips guys? i know i will salt mines to find something for Breakfast
Thanks a million guys for any help.... i need to save my LIFE!!
Thanks
P. S Anyone know where i can get the food lists of food with little or no Carbs? thanks
tonik999
Hackneyed Member
Joined: 24 Jul 2008
Posts: 86
Locus: SW Virginia
Clasp Aug 13, 2008 3: 33 pm    Post subject:
There ' s a sticky of the foods allowed on Induction posted on the " induction " page of the site. It also lists the rules of induction.
Welcome and good luck!
KypDurron
Senior Member
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
Posts: 427
Where: Wisconsin
Lock Aug 13, 2008 3: 41 pm    Post subject:
The atkins diet always had vegetables in it, its most likely that the first time you followed it you were following a modified apologue of it based on incomplete education of what can and should be eaten on it.
As far as getting atkins to work for you, I can only suggest removing your preconceptions. if you go into this diet, or ANY diet while ballot and choosing what parts you will follow, it is a recipe for disaster.
http: / / www. lowcarbsite. com / forum / viewtopic. php? t=13975
Perhaps that thread will put it in perspective.
Tril
Senior Member
Joined: 27 May 2008
Posts: 1322
Location: ( very ) Northeastern USA
Wed Aug 13, 2008 3: 42 pm    Post subject:
Go to the library and get the book... read it. Go to the website for the newest updates... and read it. www. atkins. com You need to learn how to do this way of eating if it ' s going to be healthy, longterm and successful. There ' s much more to it than just eating low carb foods.
What are you weight loss goals? Do you have a lot or a little to lose?
Tril
bluehex
Senior Member
Joined: 03 Dec 2003
Posts: 2663
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Wed Aug 13, 2008 3: 47 pm    Post subject:
Buy ( reportedly less than $5 on Amazon ) or borrow ( free at a library ) the book " Dr Atkins New Diet Revolution " and read it. eating zero carb is dangerous and bad for you! Atkins diet has four phases, each of them with slightly broader selection of foodproducts you can eat, which take you through the weightloss to maintaining your new low weight.
Also, you are required to eat vegetables and drink water, cheese is severely limited, the book also explains really well all the underlying principles - after you understand HOW exactly it works, all the " should I or shouldn ' t I " food choices become much easier.
Good luck!
Nik@Night
Established Member
Joined: 24 Jul 2008
Posts: 165
Location: Seattle, Washington
Wed Aug 13, 2008 4: 05 pm    Post subject:
I think its interesting that a lot of us are here due to poor eating habits. And some people still think that they can modify the plan, lose a bunch of weight, and sucessfully keep it off? At least for me the whole point of what I am doing is to change the way I use food in my life. Learning to try new foods, dishes, recipies. I ' m sure there will be some things I will be like... Not so much. But I think that is an important aspect to this. If we don ' t rethink just about EVERYTHING we thought about food, how can we expect to be successful?
Nik
Tril
Senior Member
Joined: 27 May 2008
Posts: 1322
Location: ( very ) Northeastern USA
Wed Aug 13, 2008 6: 04 pm    Post subject:
In a nutshell, Nik, you hit the nail on the head... you / we can ' t expect permanent success without permanent changes. And you ' re so right, we didn ' t " get this way " by having a good relationship with food... or by overeating fruits and vegetables. Those food issues must be addressed at some point... not just WHAT we eat, but WHY we eat.
Tril
Formykids
New Member
Joined: 13 Aug 2008
Posts: 2
Thu Aug 14, 2008 9: 48 am    Post subject:
Hi guys, thanks for all the replies,
I am 6ft 1 " tall and weight 20 stone
i think i need to lose 6 stone.... OMG!! it ' s going to be hard!