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[stephonice]

Hello Everyone

My name is Lynne, I was 50 two days ago and am determined to be at my goal weight by the time I am 51 so I have exactly 363 days to get my act together :lol:

I am married for 19 years nearly, have a 17 year old daughter at college. I work away from home every week so spend half my week in East Yorkshire where I live and half the week in Tamworth in Staffordshire where I work - I live in hotels when I am away so I do have tough challenges with my food choices.

Looking forward to meeting everyone ;)

[Kirsteen]

Hi there - good luck with the diet. At least you get a nice big cooked breakfast in UK hotels - a great start to a low carb day. I'm in Edinburgh.

Your goal of being at target in a year is a wee bit optimistic, but you should certainly be looking a lot more trim by then. People lose between 1-2lb a week if they are lucky, but some take longer to lose, and some extremely overweight men do experience plummeting weights, but they are a small minority. The rest of us have to slog it out ounce by ounce. Atkins diet is great though. The food is wonderful and so tasty.

Good luck.

[becky7474]

Welcome!! :wave:

[mviesprite]

Hello across the pond!
You will find wonderful support here! I am sure there are many people who end up eating out a lot who are successfully low carbing - this site is full of information.
Good luck!
Kat

[dmoffett]

Hi Lynne.
I'm 57 now. I've been living the low carb lifestyle for 2 years now. I've lost 155 pounds. I've learned that you don't want to lose too fast. No more than 2 to 3 pounds a week. Anymore and you have the problem of lose skin. Take it easy. Check out my before and now pics. It can be done, just takes time.

Welcome.

Dan