Hi All,

I am once again starting my journey for a thinner, better me. I did the atkins back in '99 from nov.1st to march 1st and lost 80lbs. I broke my foot, and that was that. No more exercise, and no more atkins. I was told to stay off that foot for 4 months, so by the time i was allowed to start, i had no desire. So, i lost 80 lbs, and have since found 85lbs. The first time i started i was at 275lbs., now i started at about 280lbs. I started in the middle of feb. and have already dropped 15 lbs. So it seems i'm back into the swing of things, i'm walking 4 miles a day, and have TONS of energy. I found this site one day when i was looking for atkins products and research, i lent my book out, and never got it back. So when i discovered this site, i was excited to say the least. There is everything i need here:recipes, exercise tips, and most of all support. I'm looking forward to spending A LOT of time with all of you.

chris

Hi, Chris! Welcome. There are a lot of (older, wiser ) restarters here, so you're in good company.

You're off to a very good restart and you know you've had success with this WOL before, so I hope it will be easy for you this time as well.

Good luck, and please let us know how things are going.

Don't be too hard on yourself - we've all fallen "off the wagon" so to speak - the important thing is we dust our selves off, forgive ourselves and move on - looking forward the whole time.

You're going to do it again, I just know it and wish you well, too!

Welcome!

Did you find the Atkins website? It's www.atkinscenter.com in case you didn't. It's got all the basic info there, too!

4 miles a day....that's great!!! Keep us posted and congratulations on making a commitment to your health!

Teri

Welcome aboard!

Real glad to hear that you're back and that things are going well so far.

Why did a broken foot end your Atkins way of eating? It's a question worth asking yourself so that you can identify potential chinks in your armor and either strengthen them or at least protect yourself there against future trials and tribulations.

I highly recommend starting a journal here to track your progress and make it easy to interact with everyone.

You'll love the site.

Keep the Faith!

Thanks to the three of you for welcoming me, its good to have support from people. That is actually not a problem for me, everyone around me is VERY supportive of what i'm doing. My girlfriend helps me plan and cook meals, my family is a great help in that department too. So, i have no one to pass the blame on except me.

Bill, first off i wanna say i think what your doing is great and very inspiring. I checked out your journal yesterday, very impressive. You reminded me of me when i first took on the BATTLE OF THE BULGE...keep up the good work



You asked why i stopped the atkins diet after i hurt my foot?. I'm the type of person who doesn't have a lot of patience. If i am dieting, i need to exercise along with it. I can't have one, without the other. I realized also, that i was listening to everyone when they were telling me how good i looked, and what an inspiration i was. Now i have the guilt of letting people down on my shoulders from last time. But i'm back, and i'm ready to go. I think i will start a journal.