Fri, Sep-26-03, 09:22
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90 Days at a Time
Posts: 18,731
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Plan: Glycemic Load
Stats: 426/405.2/326
BF:
Progress: 21%
Location: USofA
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4 months 4 the doubters
I am a little late in posting this due to family (the important stuff) and workload taking what little time I had.
Today I have a few minutes to post what I consider to be important. To most it may seem trivial. BUT today I count! So today I post.
I started this WOL on May 4th as big a sceptic as there is on this planet. Take a look under my Avatar...see the start weight? Let's just say that I had tried to get things under control earlier and never found anything that worked.
Well, Atkins brought me back into the world of the living over the past 4 months. In addition to losing 50 pounds in that time, I gained the following:
I regained the ability to walk.
My gut no longer touches the steering wheel of the car (lost 6 inches off my waist); the seat belt actually fits losely instead of being a trial every time I drove!
I am seldom hungry and ALWAYS in control. I eat well. Every single day. I lose weight. Every single week.
And there are so many more benefits I can never tell them all. But I will try again in the not too distant future when I hit the 33333's. And then again when I hit my 1st 100 pounds lost. And then again whenever anyone asks me for the rest of my life. Which I know will be much longer thanks to Low carbing.
It IS a big deal to be able to walk again from one who could not walk. It is a big deal to be able to enjoy life again from one who had ceased to live in any type of a social environment. It is a big deal to be able to say without any question whatsoever that I AM IN CONTROL of my eating now!
So...this is not so much for my friends who have walked with me every single step of my journey over the past 4 months, this is for those who wonder if this "diet" works; if this diet is worth the effort. Speaking for myself, as I shout from the rooftops at the top of my voice: this way of eating works for me each and every day! I know it CAN work for everyone who chooses this path to health.
Truth is this way of eating only works if you work it. But looking at where I was and where I am today, I swear on all I know to be good, that if you make the commitment and follow the program for a while this way of eating soon becomes the only way you choose to eat.
Closing the prayerbook, he simply said, "Amen!"
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