Hello,

I'm a newbie to Atkins and have a lot of weight to lose. I am 45 years old and have found myself isolated and eating myself to death. About 10 days ago, I was browsing this web site and decided to do the diet. I am trying to save myself - to get moving again and to only put the right foods in my body. I have had a great week and have started exercising slowly - getting in slow 1 mile walks daily. I wish I had someone to go walk with - I think going out to eat was my only real social contact.

I'm excited to have found this chat and hope to make some friends here and lose a lot of weight. There are so many encouraging stories - it is very uplifting.

Is there a way to find others in my area that visit this site that might want to walk or exercise?

Do you have to pay fees to send private messages? I can't get that feature to work.

Thanks for reading.

I count too!