Hi i am from blacksburg sc aimie

I am another Rock Hill person. Do we have enough for a meeting?

i dont know. where is south carolina? are we the only ones. well! it looks like we will be the skinniest south carolinians. that is ok.
if theres any more out there let us know.

I'm here in Columbia. Hi, Yall.

Vicki

Hello from Greeville, SC

Hi All,

Windsor SC here just outside of Aiken. Been L/C'ing for 2 1/2 months now second time around.

Howdy lol

Joanie

NE Columbia here. I am going strong, but would love to find someone in the area for support and encouragement. Suzanne

We go up to Bates S.C. some, my husbands sisiter lives there and his brother lives in Aiken S.C.
Am not sure how far it is from you in Columbia but I don't think its far.
I will let you know when we go up there again and give you a call.

Hey! I'm from Rock Hill too!

Suzanne,
I was wondering it your still around? I also live in NE Columbia.

I've LC'ed on and off a few times over the past several years. I've decided today that I need to get back to eating better and I'm about to start induction again. It's always good to have support and encouragement.

Deana

Deana,
I am still here. I just moved to the North Springs subdivision. I love it here because I can walk to practically anything. I am a SAHM. Where do you live and what do you do?
Suzanne

Wow a lot of support for columbia people!!

Carly, I had the dreaded diarhea for about a week straight when I satrted induction. Fat was going right through me it seemed. I really think if you want to be in ketosis and get that true inductin start you need to avoid eating over 20 carbs a day. I'd forgo the fruit the first two weeks. If the dreaded 'd' is too bad, do what I did and try and cut down the fat for a day to give yourself a break by eating lowfat meats mostly but fat is good for you on the plan. Good luck

I know where that is, your over at Village at Sandhill.
I'm not too far down the road from you. I'm in a older subdivision called Clearsprings(Brickyard and Hardscrabble).

I'm married no kids. We moved up here a little over 2 years ago from Florida. After going through 3 hurricanes we decided it was time to leave. His family is up here so that's why we moved here. I work for a home builder as a production assistant.

You have done great on your progress. What got you started with lc'ing? and how many children do you have?

Deana

Deana,
I have 4 kiddos. A step daughter(18), a daughter(6), and 2 sons(15yrs and 18 months).
I have done low carb a couple of times in my life, and it has always worked for me. The previous times, though, I have treated it as a "diet" and not a lifetime way of eating. This time, I have done much better on it. I have committed to doing Atkins "by the book" which includes working up my healthy carbs. Before, I always just did induction until I just gave up. This time, I am working my way up and I feel so free. I feel like I could really eat this way forever.
How long have you been LCing and what got you started? Are you working your way up the ladder, or are you sticking to induction levels? I hope that you are having a wonderful week. ttfn.

I first started LC'ing in 2003. While on vacation with my husbands family his aunt had lost over 20lbs and I started talking to her about how. Well of course she was eating LC. She explained what she got to eat and how great she felt. So when I got home I bought the Atkins book and read up for myself how to do it. I started soon after and loved it. I was very good for about a year. After the stress of going through 3 hurricans within a few months time I fell and hard. Took me several years later to try it again that was almost a year ago. I only stayed true for about 3 months. (I can't even remember what happened to make me fall). So here I am back at it again. This is my first day of induction. I know what to do and how to do it. It's the staying with it part that is hard. Now I've reached a point in my life that I know at my age if I don't start making a change in my health I'm going to really regret it. Each day I feel worse and worse. When I look back at how much more energy I have and less aches and pain when I eat this way I know it's so much better for me.

You mentioned before you just ate induction levels of carbs. I can't even imagine not adding more carbs, no way could I have or would I have stayed with it that way. I hope by adding certain good carbs back into what you eat helps you to continue to enjoy and not think of it as a diet. There really are so many good things that we can eat. Have you been to the "Kitchen" section to get some recipes? There is no way I could have stayed with it so long the first time without this board and the wonderful recipes people share on here.

How about your husband and kids, are they supportive of you?

Deana