[VanDerSmok]

Hi Merlot and everyone out there...my name is Maheen and i am 30 years old,,,,mom of one 6 month of cute baby boy...Gained so much during pregnancy,,,i m 170 pounds and i used to be 140 before the oregnancy...A family wedding is coming in May and i hope that by that time i have achieved atleast 140 pounds again...i can only hope...i was trying to do other diets but aaah what a pain,,,cant stay hungry all the time so now finally i found this forum and saw the profile of people,,including u MERLOT,,,and i swear ii was soo impressed,,thats the only reason i wanna try my luck too....I hope i succeed,,,
Anyway tomrrow the 25th jan is going ot be my first day...my hubby already did the grocery for my diet,,,,i ll try to stick on 20 g of carbs..i wil do it..now iam going to take my measurement and merlot advised me to do...so hopefull i ll come back again in a day or two and post how am i doing and how m i feeling...
wish me luck...i hate being so fat,,,i feel ugly,i have a pretty face and an ugly shapeless body...Yukhhhhhhhhh.......

[Stoniaanapy]

GOOD LUCK!!!

Set a reasonable time frame for your goal...only 4 months until May MIGHT be a little ambitious to get to goal, but when you lose 20-25 you are going to feel SO good and look SO good, that would be a tremendous accomplishment in that short time! Could you be happy to achieve that?

It took me 108 days for 25 pounds but the change was truly motivating! So do NOT be too hard on yourself if after the first couple of weeks the fast weight loss slows down...your inches WILL shrink!!

So glad you are here, and you are starting out JUST RIGHT, groceries for your plan and sounds like a supportive hubby...you have all the right attitudes to be a great success!

My best to you!

Toni

[Andrius]

Welcome, Maheen! Atkins WILL work for you--just remember that moderation is key!

You're gonna do GREAT! Let us know if we can help!

ChaCha

[VanDerSmok]

thank u soo soo soo much Merlot and Cha cha for the words of kidness and encouragement...
well i ll defintely want u guys to be there for me for supporting me and i know i need ur help to lose weight....I m completely new to atkins and now have started trying it....
today i had
Br fast.....2 egg,1/4 cup mushrooms,,,half cup raw spinach,1 tbsp cream cheese...
Lunch....4 oz salmon cooked in 1 tbsp olive oil with 1 cup loosely packed lettuce leaves,,1 tbsp mayyonese...
Dinner,,,two chicken legs and some steamed broccoli...
I told u this menu cuz i really wanna make sure if this is the right way to do induction...do u guys think,,,this is the right amount and the rigth stuff i should be eating to lose weight on atkins or is this too much or too less...
Plzzzz help...

[VanDerSmok]

for got to metion i had a mug of tea with 1 tbs whole cream...no sugar though...

[VanDerSmok]

does any one help anyone here ? Is Merlot only the kind person who always help people in need or somebody else has the guts too ???

[Opinion_counts]

does any one help anyone here ? Is Merlot only the kind person who always help people in need or somebody else has the guts too ???

Whoa... THAT doesn't exactly make anyone feel warm and fuzzy about helping now, does it?

There aren't a lot of active members here right now (as in THIS WEEK). But all you need to do is READ THE FORUM to see that there are caring people here. Your post is awful... and uncalled for... and immature.

Tril

[Unakjyfk]

sigh, maheen, maheen....naughty naughty.....

meanwhile, there are plenty of people to help... one of the things aobut helping though, is that when someone hasn't read the book (which i think you haven't) - those helpful posts take a loong time to type. not all of us have that time to tell you the entire program, which you would learn if you'd just read the book. you have been told to read the information here, from which you would have learned, had you read it, that the above menu is not enough food, not enough veggies, and not enough fats...oh, and probably not enough protein either. generally, yes, that is the right way to do induction, but you can and should be eating lots more, at least for now. also make sure to get half you body weight in ounces of water - so 170 pounds divided by 2 is 85 oz of water a day.

there, that's from me - but an apology would probably encourage others to help as well - oh, and a better attitude would be nicer....

t

[VanDerSmok]

thanks Tracy for all the help....u r so nice...didnt men to hurt anyone....yeah i am sorry if i sounded rude...aaah just irritated on my own self for being so fat and on the failure i face everytime when i try to loose weight...i hate my self for being fat....

[Unakjyfk]

well, it's easy to be rude on a forum, but you need to remember that we are actually people..

anyway regarding hating yourself...you need to wrok this out for yourself. clinging on to us as your last hope is nonsense. this way of life is actually easy, and you can do it - just need to learn it, and keep at it. as for your self-hatred, we can;'t help with that, except i would say look to the Lord for that sort of help, but hating yourself won't help with anything...

gotta go - that was disjointed i know, but it's been a hard day...
t

[Stoniaanapy]

One day at a time, Maheen...look for the small successes, as this process takes time.

My best...

Toni

[tussinelde]

How is it going, Maheen?

I have found that I was unable to lose weight until I was happy with who I was as a person, even while obese.

God loves you even if you feel like a failure. He will never turn against you. His measurement of your worth is your heart, not your body weight.

Once you realize this in the depths of your heart, you can hold your head high even while weighing more than you should. And it will give you the strength to tackle it.

[Unakjyfk]

hi daffodyllady - very true words!


hope maheen and everyone are going well - we lost the site for a bit and a lot of people have dropped off...including our dear TONI _ WHERE ARE YOU TONES???

tracy

[zuhraliyana]

Maheen...
Just a quick thought...you mentioned a family wedding coming up in May
and wanting to lose weight before then...IF it's a dress size that's your goal, then you need to be aware than on this WOE...sometimes you lose inches without necessarily losing all that many pounds...
I, for one, have lost only 39 pounds...so far.....BUT....have gone from
2x pants to size mediums....that's a loss of THREE sizes in just four short months...
Taking your measurements when you're first starting out, is as important as weighing ....especially since there are weeks where the actual pound losses are either minimal or non-existant...but the tape measure shows a loss...
Lynn

[Stoniaanapy]

Lynn has good advice. Hope you are doing well.

Toni

[freddystone]

dont starve your self eat lots, and make sure you eat veg and salad,
i have been on for 2 weeks and lost weight