[interbaoui]

Hi. I'm forty-five, female, fat. That last one has to change. I was a slender fit person until about ten years ago. Atkins worked for me in the middle of this fat period, but I stressed out and went off it. I know what I did wrong. I stayed in a "support group" that was rabidly hostile to the diet that works. I learn from my mistakes.

It was much easier to maintain being a slim person than it is to become one again.

It's all good, and I'm ready to take this on. I do dread the carbohydrate withdrawal. I'm not in Induction yet, but sort of easing into it, having a small salad with protein for each meal, but drinking coffee and eating nuts and chickpeas on my salads.

Glad to be here and hope to hear many words of encouragement. It's a tough thing to start, but so worth it.