Hi all low carbers !

I am new to this board ... I stumbled upon it just surfing the web being miserable about not being able to stick to my weight loss plans.

My name is Carrie, Im from Ontario, Canada and I am 19 years old. Ive been wanting to be thin since I was about 8 or 9. My mum put a lot of pressure on me because she was always big and did not want me to become big as well. I suffered from Anorexia for 4 years , but that is safely gone now. But here I am at 165 pounds .... and Im hating it.

I tried Atkins last year at about this time, and combined with daily gym routines, I lost 15 pounds in about three weeks. Then a 60 hours per week summer job made me miserable, and the need to reach for carbs became overpowering. Then University, and so on and so on. But I feel that Ive gotten HUGE and i need to stop being a carbohydrate FIEND. I want to go home and be able to show off a trim body like I did last year, and then some.

BUT, I AM GOING TO NEED A LOT OF HELP AND SUPPORT (being not as strong as I would like to be).

I think this is the perfect place for that - Ive always longed for a buddy, or a group of people that I could do this with .

dam i love these smileys . they make me feel gooooooood

Hope to hear from someone soon , for encouragement

Carrie

Hi Carrie!

Welcome to the boards. I am pretty new here myself and find these boards a GREAT place for support, food ideas, encouragement ect. I just started Atkins on April 1, and I am loving it. I was on it once before, and without this board I found myself getting pretty tired of the food choices. Now just about anything I want to make, I can do it!

Start a journal, that will really help you stay on track. Glad to see you here, hope to see more of you!

i agree - this is the best forum i've seen yet! so much nutritional information - i love the war zone, i've learned so much!

and the recipes are great. even if i don't make an entire dish, i use a lot of the techniques and have fallen in love with salmon cakes (man are they easy!)

Thank you for the warm welcome
I will most definintely be around

Carrie

Hi, I'm new here too and I have found it really helpful to have a group which can offer so much advice. It's so easy to think we are suffering alone out there. I hope you find what you need to reach your goal. Good luck.
Lane (UK)