Hello All!

[Wrecky]

Hi everyone! I just wanted to check in and introduce myself! I am starting Atkins Monday morning. I've been pretty much doing it during the week for the last 2 weeks to see how I could handle it. Its been pretty good, although I have not excercised and I ate carbs like mad on the weekends. Now I mean business, I think this can work. I have a long journey ahead of me ( I have 83 pounds to lose) BUT I found this forum excellent to get some ideas and some support. This is the one for me, I want it so bad I can taste it! So here we go!

C

[tofi]

Hi wrecky and welcome.

I am glad that you are going to start 'for real' on Monday. This way of eating causes chemical changes in your body which use up stored fat, instead of storing more. So carby weekends just change you back to storing fat. then it will take about 2.5 days to get the changeover done again. So you lose 2.5 days there plus the 2 weekend days and have only 2.5 days of actual losing: a recipe for failure, frustration and discouragement.

Do read the book carefully and follow the plan fully. Then you will succeed. If you want encouragement, visit the Triple Digits Club here to see people who have far more to lose than you. And the Success Stories to meet people who have done it.

All the best. :wave:

[ltlbirdie]

Hey Wrecky! I'm starting tomorrow too. I haven't tried LCing at all yet, my strategy was to eat every carb in sight for the past week so I'd be sick of them. I think it may have worked! I've got a long way to go too--100 lbs. (probably about 5 more after the way I've eaten this week).

Good luck LCing!

[ladybugvv]

Hello and Welcome aboard! This is a great site with lots of positive info. Wishin' you luck!