Maddy89
Tue, Jun-05-12, 11:46
Hey everyone,
I can't stress enough how happy I am to have found this forum! I found two others, but both were rather negative. I failed one day, and asked how to get over it, and the immediate reply was so negative, it didn't feel right! I browsed through the forum and absolutely love the atmosphere :)
A little bit about me, I'm a 22 years old woman from the Netherlands. I am about to finish my Bachelor degree in Sociology and will continue with a Master degree after the summer, very excited! Being a student, for the past four years there were many 'opportunities' to drink a lot of alcohol and dine with friends almost every day. It has been great, but it has also made me a little bit too fat ;) I'm not an exceriser, although I recently started to enjoy (power) yoga. I am quite flexible, so I enjoy it better than running etc.
About my weight. I started weighing 185 lbs, in a week time I'm now at 180. Probably mostly water. After about 5 days I fell of the diet for about 1,5 days. I had apple pie, and a sandwich the day after. Not good, I know, but back on track! I find it especially hard to eat right with others, who have prepared a meal for me.
I want to slim down from 185 to 165. Maybe a little less, but 165 would be a healthy weight and should be achievable I think. Mainly, the fat is stored around my belly and love handles. That's the part that annoys me the most and is most visual.
I read Atkin's Diet Revolution and enjoy the plan. I have some sort of a IBS, not sure though, but belly pains have gotten a lot better when I started to cut down on carbs. It was when I googled 'low carb diet' when I found out I could actually lose weight with it, and chose Atkins. I love meat and veggies, it's not that hard for me in the evenings. Breakfast I find a bit boring with all the eggs, and lunch is difficult because I'm at university a lot and they offer barely any veggies. Just fruit and bread. I try to take my own though, or lunch at home.
OK. I have to stop now, haha! I'm definitely going to start a journal and hopefully will receive feedback on it.
I would love a reply from anyone :wave:
I can't stress enough how happy I am to have found this forum! I found two others, but both were rather negative. I failed one day, and asked how to get over it, and the immediate reply was so negative, it didn't feel right! I browsed through the forum and absolutely love the atmosphere :)
A little bit about me, I'm a 22 years old woman from the Netherlands. I am about to finish my Bachelor degree in Sociology and will continue with a Master degree after the summer, very excited! Being a student, for the past four years there were many 'opportunities' to drink a lot of alcohol and dine with friends almost every day. It has been great, but it has also made me a little bit too fat ;) I'm not an exceriser, although I recently started to enjoy (power) yoga. I am quite flexible, so I enjoy it better than running etc.
About my weight. I started weighing 185 lbs, in a week time I'm now at 180. Probably mostly water. After about 5 days I fell of the diet for about 1,5 days. I had apple pie, and a sandwich the day after. Not good, I know, but back on track! I find it especially hard to eat right with others, who have prepared a meal for me.
I want to slim down from 185 to 165. Maybe a little less, but 165 would be a healthy weight and should be achievable I think. Mainly, the fat is stored around my belly and love handles. That's the part that annoys me the most and is most visual.
I read Atkin's Diet Revolution and enjoy the plan. I have some sort of a IBS, not sure though, but belly pains have gotten a lot better when I started to cut down on carbs. It was when I googled 'low carb diet' when I found out I could actually lose weight with it, and chose Atkins. I love meat and veggies, it's not that hard for me in the evenings. Breakfast I find a bit boring with all the eggs, and lunch is difficult because I'm at university a lot and they offer barely any veggies. Just fruit and bread. I try to take my own though, or lunch at home.
OK. I have to stop now, haha! I'm definitely going to start a journal and hopefully will receive feedback on it.
I would love a reply from anyone :wave: