Oh my God! (Meant to sound like the girl from Clueless). I need to give you a good idea of my exact mood for this post to be meaningful.
I have started the diet, also known as Atkins, also known as: hell, torture, and I am pretty sure the exact opposite of the big man upstairs.
Day 1, not so bad, felt pretty upbeat and sure of myself. Hey, this is a woman who can conquer anything! I have quit smoking, quit biting my nails, and given up soda all in the past year. I am queen of my own body. Fast forward.........................................Day 3, today is the worst day of my life, I am dying. I am laying around in a state of despair, I swear I have begun to hallucinate. I imagine the doorbell ringing and it is none other than the Pillsbury Doughboy with a huge congratulations sign and a years supply of biscuits! My lucky day! Oh, reality again, hungry, o.k., let's have another egg or perhaps some more vienna sausages. Yummy! Fast forward 5 minutes............Hungry?, o.k., lets have some sardines. Yummy!
Tonight as I end my first day of looking at the pure and bitter truth that I am truly addicted, I think of everyone else here and no longer feel alone, except for the Doughboy, who is now offering me a butter crescent which he absolutely knows I cannot have, what a cruel thing to do. Anyways, if I make it to day 4 and am alive and kicking I will tell more about myself, until then I am off to bed with a hungry stomach, a raging headache, and a never ending supply of eggs and bacon awaiting my return to the kitchen better known as "The former place where I was trapped in my sugar, bread, cookie, cake bliss and perfectly happy there, thank you!".

Hi Tinala. I am new to this forum and new to the LC woe. So I am not full of wisdom and can't give wordly advice. But I know it is hard in the beginning. I myself found the beginning to be a shocker to say the least. My best advice that I can think of is water and lots of it. Also what you're eating may not be enough to fill your stomach. Once again, I must mention I am new to this low carb eating but I would like to share with you what my day of eating would consist of...

As soon as I get up I get a glass of water...I hear it is to break the fast. ??? I do it anyway.

Br: 2 eggs scrambled, 2 sausage patties, tall glass of cold water

Lu: 2 hamburger patties with melted cheese mustard for dipping, pickles, either a diet soda or a flavored water

Di: 1 chicken breast baked sliced, lettuce a little bit of tomato, and ranch dressing, again either a diet soda, water, or a flavored water

Now, in between I get plenty of water. I have lots of temptations chasing me throughout my day. I work in a office where there are lots of snacks. I have four children who require plenty of snacks. I am also a college student which means meals on the go. When I am rushed in the mornings and don't have time to make myself breakfast I stop at the taco stand and pick up two chicken fajita taquitos hold the tortillas and they are sweet enough to honor my request. Another thing I know that eggs and bacon after a while can drive anyone insane...you can have leftover meat for breakfast. I know it sounds crazy to have "dinner" for breakfast but whatever gets the meal done faster or this way of eating easier to adjust with. I am still in my 2 week period and have alredy dropped 6.5 lbs. I was totally amazed because I was very skeptical in the beginning and yes I had a hard time adjusting but I stuck with it. I plan to continue and hope to reach my goal. I know that you can do it. It is hard but it is something I know you can find within yourself to accomplish.

Oh! BTW...I have not introduced myself to the threads but will eventually. So okay I hope you hang in there and will see you around.

Hugs & Smiles, Kina

Hi there,
Yup, sounds like a little carb withdrawal to me...but one thing I have to say, is that you do not need to be hungry....ever!!!!
There is much more than eggs and bacon out there to eat...so eat it...cook up huge steaks, porkchops, etc...have them in the fridge and eat when you need to. My first couple of weeks on th diet, I would fry up a pound of bacon and leave it on the counter, when I thought about eating, or started craving, would go and eat some of the bacon...or ate bacon rinds, or cheese and rinds...just don't go hungry.
Feel free to come and visit in my journal if you want, would love to see you.
Stay strong...and don't be hungry

Ahh! I know how you feel!!! Its awful! Awful awful awful! But think about it this way.. If you stop this WOE now.. you will have to go through it again, if you ever decide to loose weight again!! And if you stop now and try to diet again.. the carb withdrawl will be just as bad.. but the weight wont come off quite as quick!! I LOVE YOU!! Just know that because I know how you feel! I'm feeling the same way now.. going through withdrawl for my 4th time. And I can garuntee myself that it will take me a billion times longer to loose the weight that i could have already had off if i would have just stayed with it the 1st time!!!
Good Luck!!!!!!! (Email or IM me if you need me! haha I may need you one day too!!)
luv- Whitney

Hi! I am new to this too. I've looked at the site a million times and finally got the courage to test my computer skills and join. So far without too many mishaps .

Anyway, I want to say this: Last year I was at an all-time post-baby high and I managed to lose 40 pounds on Atkins. I hated every minute of it. I was a vegetarian once upon a long time ago and it was hard to go the opposite direction. I struggled with creative menus, felt like I was eating the same old boring stuff over and over. I never felt so deprived in my life, not even on calorie restricted diets.

This sounds negative but it's not . It's all leading to this-- I have experimented the last year and now I love it. I have found substitutes for all of my favorite things. I don't feel at all deprived. The food is awesome. I am on my way to losing the 20 I regained and then some. So, all of my rambling boils down to this: DON'T GIVE UP!!! THERE IS HOPE!!! Keep trying new foods (I check out the recipies every day and find something new). GOOD LUCK!

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Lord, if you can't make me thin, can you please make my friends fat?

Hi Tinala, I have only been here since April 17, and I know what you are going threw, but it is really, really, worth it. Chin up and keep on LCing. It will all pass, and one day you will wake up with lbs gone and won't have any cravings. It will be great. Just look forward not backward. I promise you will love this way of eating.
DarB was right, don't go hungry, eat some meat when you crave. That is also what I do when I get hungry at night. I do not crave, just want a snack. Best of luck to you.