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[duke2loss]

Been on Atkins for 7 days lost so far 5 pounds :wiggle: And I working at staying under that 20 grams of carbs. How much protein should I eat?
My weight when I started was 390 pounds. What give me hope is all the wouderful pic of people who have loss and thoses who are working on lossing. Being 54 years old and a Dieabic this will be hard but I so what to do it and look and feel better.

Thanks for being here and I will look around the sight to learn as much as I can from all of you.

[Lesle]

Welcome, duke2loss, and congrats on those first 5 pounds!
:yay:
Atkins is more a high-fat diet than a high-protein diet, so you don't have to worry too much about that. Just add lots of oils, mayo, and butter to your meals, and that should easily get your fat percentages up to where you want them to be.
Good luck on your weight loss journey!!
Lesle

[mem2]

Welcome and great going to be rid of that 5 pounds. We're glad you are here.

[Mystique]

Hey Duke,
congrats on your 1st 5 lbs. The best help that I have had so far is to go to fitday.com and put all my foods in there. It counts everything for you, so you don't make a mistake unless you choose to. hehehe.
Best of luck!
Mystique

[CindyG]

Hi Duke,

That's great news about the 5# loss! Congrats and Welcome :dazzle:

I totally agree with the fitday recommendation. It's very helpful on tracking fat/protien/carbs.

Cheers!

Cindy

[Zuleikaa]

Congrats and welcome to the board!!!

[sfdebchat]

Hi and Welcome to the forum!

Congrats on the first 5 pounds gone forever! It is so much fun to watch the pounds melt away, huh? I know how amazed I was when I first started my plan. Good success to you!

Deb