I've just started reading some of the Turtle Club posts! I guess I fit in! lol... But I'm accepting it much better than I did before. And I keep sticking with it because I know if I go back to carbs, I will just gain weight and I don't want to bounce back and forth with the LC because then it won't work at all for me and I'm too disciplined for that and I would put myself into a guilt trip!
I do want to share some of the health benefits I've been enjoying. I started Atkins January 26th of this year. I have hip problems and had torquing of the hip along with bursitis. The torquing is much better after chiropractic therapy, but I was still having the bursitis pain and I didn't want the cortizone shots. After 5 days on Atkins, the pain stopped! I very rarely feel it now. My chiropractor couldn't believe it when I told him a couple of weeks later, but he has encouraged me to keep it up.
Also, after a week or so, my complexion started to clear up and has remained much better than I ever remember it. I had suffered for years with a pain that 2 different gynecologists and a sonogram could not figure out. I would get pain in my lower abdomen(ovary)area and ended up having to drink witch hazel tea every day to keep the pain away. I stopped drinking the tea after I started Atkins and the pain has been gone ever since!
And, I also sleep better as a general rule. I still have nights where I wake up and can't get right back to sleep, but that is rare. Most nights I sleep pretty soundly.
So, I know LC is the way to go even if the weight loss is slow. My hubby keeps complaining about his knee aching and I keep telling him to try LC and it will ease up. So far, he hasn't taken me up on it, but maybe one day he'll realize I'm right!