Atkins diet blog

Well, I’m in a quandry here. I contacted the Atkins Center by email,
telling them I’d heard on this list that there needed to be a MINIMUM amount
of carbs per day as well as the maximum 20. I told them I had a 2002
edition of the book and it wasn’t in there and was there a more updated
book. I asked for the new information.
This is their reply:
“No there is no other updated book other than the book you are
following. You are allowed up to 20 carbs daily. You can not exceed 20 carbs
and most of those carbs must be in the form of salad vegetables or salad and
other vegetables.
This information can be found under the Rules of Induction and the
Acceptable Foods List.”
So now, for obvious reasons, I am TOTALLY confused! Could the person
who said she had it right there in her book that a MINIMUM number of carbs
must be eaten and gave page numbers, maybe give us some quotes from the book
on exactly what was said? Thank you.
Sherry

I have been doing Atkins since 7/8/03…and the weight came off
really fast…20lbs…then 25lbs..which I stayed at for I am going
to say a good month or two..I never got discouraged because I knew
almost everyone hits a plateau..and even though the scales weren’t
moving my clothes were getting loser and my “fat”clothes were hughe
on me..even the clothes I could not even get ON and around my waist
(WHAT WAIST?LOL)are now big..well Sunday I went to birthday party
for my grandson…I made mock potatoe salad out of cauliflower(very
good)
lots of people liked it..and I had a piece of baked ham some shrimp
andd cheese..Of course there was a birthday cake homemade brownies
and chocolate chip cookies…Now my roommate called from work and
ask me to bring her home a large piece of cake and all the other
pastrys….now since I began nothing white has passed my lips..there
have been small slips and I just get back right away I don’t make a
big deal out of them or dwell on what I ate….
SO this is my BIG CONFESSION Sunday night I lost it..I have
no rhyme nor reason for it…Except I love frosted cake…I ate a
huge piece..followed by brownies and cookies……..did I feel
guilty NO..I figured why ruin the moment enjoy it and move on…
The next day was weigh in for the group I belong to and I weighed
187lbs a 3lb weight loss…GO FIGURE and today I got on and I am at
186..no longer stuck at 190…NOW geeeeeeesh don’t run out and do
what I did..I am very forunate.that I lost could have gone the other
way
MY POINT is even if you have a bad day DON”T GET DISCOURAGED,
just start right back on again…I talked to a young girl(I am 66)
and she gave up doing it because she had a bad cold for a week and
jut wanted soup and crackers..Now when I get sinus or migraine I
crave salty foods chips crackers etc…if I ate them for a day I
would just start over when I felt better..so I have talked her into
going back on..”ONE DAY AT A TIME” Thats all we have anyway…
I hope this has helped someone..and also I had a
huge stomach..it is just now starting to go down..YAY!
I am finally having my baby at 66…220/186/150
Have a wonder-filled day
Barbara From Massachusetts

hi all..
well i totally blew it. i mean i just bout ate in in my eyesight today. so
much that i feel sick. mostly of my lack of self control persay..
im a stress eater.. and i had a whole bunch of things pile up and i just
started to “nibble ” and i am just feeling so ready to give up..
thanks for listening. i am really feeling very upset with myself
caroline

I have unscribed as the instruction showed, but for some reason I am still
receiving mail. I received 16 messages today. Agin, please remove me from your
e-mail
Elva

Sorry, ad is not online. We are talking about a small town Texas newspaper. Virg

Ok for a week and a half, I have been up one pound! Today I weighed and
finailly back down to 166!~!~!~! I wasn’t getting frustrated. Not only have I
not lost in a week and a half but I gained a pound! But I am back down today
and I am hoping I will begin losing again!! I am so excited!! Sharon
180/166/145

hi everyone.
i too am a nursing mom.. my baby gets formula during the day .. and i nurse
before and after work.. i must do at LEAST 30 carbs. this is all under a
doctors care. and i get them from veggies like Kale/Collards and other dark
leafy
green..
caroline
148-128- goal 110

In a message dated 9/23/2003 5:36:44 PM Central Daylight Time,
virgwid@… writes:
My brother owns about 24 sonics!! But I didn’t know that they would do that!
Sharon

please remove my name/e-mail address from your message list
Elva

For those of you with Sonic Drive Ins near you - our local paper here
in Texas has a quarter page ad from Sonic announcing its Atkins
friendly menu. They will serve you thier number 1 and 2 burgers with
no bun, the grilled chicken sandwich with no bun, the burrito with no
tortilla, (that I would like to see - interested visual isn’t it?),
etc. They also have a separate section for those on maintainence or
OWL (whatever that is). Interesting… Virg.