Need to lose 145 lbs..started atkins 1-1-05 ~ 362 lbs, as of 2-11-05 down to 345 lbs...Went to in-laws house and ate off plan...Hope not to have gain alot of weight..will be back on plan sunday..

Bigjoe

Welcome to the best site for making the trip from where you were to where you wanna be a good one!

Welcome Joe! Sounds like you're off to a great start (dinner at IL's notwithstanding)! I'm sure you'll find these boards to be helpful, encouraging and informative!

Again, welcome!

Welcome Joe!

Good Luck on your journey. This place is the best for support!!

Welcome bigjoe!

Hey Bigjoe, and welcome.

What a great response to a wobble--get on here looking for support and for a place to contribute your experience and ideas.

You didn't mention whether this is your first time LCing, or if you're a vet, or why you chose this route, but if this is your first time through, here's a few thoughts that might be of use. Many of us have had to learn this the hard way, but some bright souls get it from other people's mistakes.

If you find LCing works for you, and that nothing else has, long term, you may need to make peace with the idea that you're not just doing this for awhile to lose weight, but that you need to change your diet for health reasons, just as you would make accommodations for high blood pressure or diabetes or heart trouble.

It helps to think of this not as a way of eating, but a way of life--you'll see that expressed around here as WOE or WOL or WOLF (forever.) That `big picture' perspective means that you don't have to look at LCing as something that you are off of if you eat off plan, but rather a bump in the road, a learning experience. Then come up with a plan for doing better next time.

If DMIL loves you and wants the best for you, enlist her help by giving her some recipes and ask her support in not serving high carb favorites until you get a little stronger and further along. If she doesn't love you and want the best for you, or can't be flexible about the food she serves, shrug your shoulders and plan on eating a good LC meal before you go to her house. We've all got our danger zones that you just have to plan for and learn to live with.

Lots of water and good food today will help you get over the cravings this may have triggered.

Welcome Big Joe, from a fellow Coloradan!

This place the the best low carb forum on the net! Everyone is very supportive, and the veterans have a ton of helpful hints they're always happy to share!

You can do this!

Welcome, you will find lots of support and info here.

Thank you everyone for the warm welcome... I have tried almost all diets and I use to be on atkins several years ago....I went off the diet because I was tired of eating meat all the time...This first time around i did loose alot of weight, but now I feel I was not doing it right.. Now I tend to eat in portions, ( 2 - 4 oz ) and if I get hungry ib-between meals i just have something. ( I do make sure i have about 2 to 4 oz of meat . ).I remember when It use to be eat as much as you want.. But I feel this was part of the problem becuase I did.. When portion control It works best for me...

Welcome to the TDC and it sounds like you are off to a good start, minor deviations not withstanding!

If you get tired of meat, try fish or chicken. I eat a lot of fish. Also, you should be eating a minimum of three cups of vegetables a day.

A lot of us find we need to watch portions as well as carbs. You're unusual in figuring that out so early on!

Hi & Welcome. There's a Terrific Group of people here, You'll find lots of support!!

Big Joe, are you going to hit your 299 goal weight tomorrow? Your stats are awful close, are they up to date?

Err the last post was 10 years ago.

Right you are.

Joe posted on my journal and I wasn't able to find a journal that he started so I posted on here. His goal is still for tomorrow though, not 10yrs ago.

Gotcha. Congrats on your progress so far.. Very inspirational.