Hello all, I'm really glad to have found a busy UK Low Carbing forum, so many of them are pretty much all Americans with a few token Brits.

I'm Elizabeth, I'm 36 and have been overweight since I was a teenager, no conventional diets ever worked and I gave up on them years ago. Excercise had minimal effect, it took me two years going to the gym 3 times a week to lose half a stone, which I quickly gained back. I've been doing Atkins since 22nd November 2003 and so far have lost 30 pounds. I'm feeling really great about myself and the WOE, I find it really easy to stick to and love how much better I feel physically.

I've been browsing the board for a couple of weeks and have already picked up some great tips and advice so I'll be sticking around for more.

Glad to be here!

Oh, and I called myself Gollum because there I was, watching Return of the King, (which I'd been obsessivly waiting for for months) and I almost laughed out loud when Gollum said "and we forgot the taste of bread", immediately thinking, "me too!"

Elizabeth