3 weeks into atkins

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Janis, you are my new role model! Laurie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I have never felt as alive and as good as I feel right now. Before the diet I would take sleeping pills (antihistamines) every nite, and sudafed every nite for my allergies. I was not a morning person, very moody, and on weekends I didn’t want to do anything because I was too tired,and I’d get headaches several times a week. I was a sugar alcoholic, there were times I had to have sugar. So far I haven’t had sugar in 3 weeks. The first three days were extremely hard, I kept thinking sugar..sugar sugar. After that it became very easy. I didn’t have headaches, no nauseua or fatigue or cramping. Only one day did I ever have a headache and that was becasue I pushed off eating till 11. I won’t make that mistake again. Today I woke up and realised how great I feel, I have lost 18 lbs, I have a long way to go, I want to lose 80 lbs. I wonder what I will look like after. Honestly this diet seems like the easiest thing in the world. eating steaks for dinner..gee thats tough. Usually on weekends when I wake up I just want to go back to sleep or read, today I woke up and I wanted to do stuff. I wanted to get out. I had all this energy. Its been like that for the last few weeks. In teh past after work I was too tired to do anything, not anymore. I have tons of energy. I used to be a grouch in teh morning not anymore. I feel great. For years I have been a troubled sleeper from insomnia to restless sleeping. Not anymore. I now go to sleep natuarlly…no pills, and wake up in the morning. Its pretty great. I can see myself doing this forever. Sugar is not even something I want anymore because it obviously made me so miserable. I wish someone had told me about this diet yrs ago. I have wasted alot of yrs. Suppliments wise, I have tried atkins #3, someone needs to tell him it smells gross. But otherwise I take it with every meal. I have tried the dieters advantage, it didnt seem to do anything for me. So I have stopped. My apetite is fine so I figure I don’t need it. I wanted to say this forum has been great. I got alot of inspiration from here, alot of questions answered, and alot of web link resources. Anyways I just wanted to share my hapiness with everyone. -B 200/182/125 Thanks for writing this, and I’m here to tell you, the wonderful feeling this WOL gives you does not go away. I’ve been on Atkins for 9 months now, and have literally dropped 94 pounds, and have never felt better in my life!! During the second week of this, I was very weak, but only for that week, then I got a burst of energy that has never left me. I was like many of you, found it hard to get up in the mornings, now I not only get up feeling great and ready to go, I need a lot less sleep than when I was obese. My back and feet always hurt after work, sometimes to the point of limping in pain, well no more! Nothing, nada, no pain! I too had to take pain pills for the back, my doctor used to hint that if I’d lose weight, my back wouldn’t hurt as much, lol, but he didn’t tell me weight loss would cure it! No more pain meds, that’s wonderful. And this WOL is easy, I have never been hungry a single day and the weight has literally dropped off me. I did start working out after the first 6 weeks, but that was because I dropped 50 pounds so fast, my skin was hanging off me like I was 90, lol, and I’m 41. But working out toned me up fast and now I am thin, thin, THIN, for the first time in 20 years!! My clothes have gone from size 20/22 to a 10 in 9 months of eating foods I love and never being hungry! My goal is to be a size 8, and with my height of 5′4", I think that would be ideal, even though everyone tells me I’ve lost enough, I can sure see 20 more pounds that need to go. I think people just tell me I’ve lost enough because there is a huge difference, but it’s not quite enough for me You said you wonder what you’ll look like after…..:)) a million bucks, that’s what!! You’ll have more fun buying new clothes! That will be a new joy for you, I’m sure, it sure is for me, still. I have let out screams in dressing rooms more than once, and who cares? Lol, if anyone asks why, I tell them, they’re always amazed and understand the scream. YESSSSSSSSSSSS It FITS!!!!! It’s so GREAT to put on clothes, NOT a plus size and I actually look good! It’s been many years since I felt I looked good in anything. This WOL is positively the greatest thing I have ever done for myself, my life has changed for the better in ways I never dreamed it could I wish everyone would feel this great! Janis 248/154/130 Atkins since 6/99 and for life!!

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How inspiring!!!! I’m so glad I found this group. I’m 5′4" too, and remember the days of size 8’s. I want to get back there and have my own ‘yes!’ moments in the dressing room. *G* Phoebe 188/184/140 * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!

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Janis, I am printing your post to send to a friend who is wondering if she should low-carb or not