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Just starting out
Posted 10-31-2008 at 05:34 PM by anastasia3626
I am just starting this life-style change. I have tried the just plain "eatting right" along with exercise and have seen no results. My mother, who used to be overweight, looks fabulous after starting the low-carb diet. She claims to have no cravings. Although I am in a healthy weight range at 143lbs for 5'5..I don't feel healthy. I am hoping to look and feel better. I am a little weary of figuring out exactly what foods are good and which ones are bad. I know of the obvious. Pasta, bread, cereal, potatoes. I also have a friend that says carbs can be ok when eatten with a protein. Any thoughts anyone would like to share would be appreciated. 
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hi anastasia...you will get a welcome from "goddess" who runs this site, if you post in the newbies area...but i will just suggest reading the atkins book, or "protein power plan" - these are quite good at explaining things.
also - have a look at the recipe area here - a good indication of what to eat. but may i just suggest...don't bother with desserts...skip the sugar substitutes - this is a personal thing for me - others have great recipes with s-substitutes, but for me personally, i find they make me crave more; it's hard to tell what the carb-count should be; etc-etc.
take care and good luck!
tracyPosted 10-31-2008 at 09:45 PM by tracyred
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sometimes i look at the blogs, too.
glad to have you with us. i would echo tracy's fine suggestion that you get a book. i've tried this lc thing twice...once, just asking people that were doing it. lost 12 pounds and lasted 2 weeks.
the next time? decided to get serious, do my homework and got the atkins book. that was nov. 2003, over 100 pounds ago. guess which i recommended?
Posted 11-06-2008 at 11:15 PM by Goddess - Hi anastasia: I know getting started on the low carb eating life style is hard. You have to re-think and re-learn everything you've heard before. I look at carbs on the lables and ignore the fat and calories. It took me a couple of weeks of just reading the Atkins books and any low carb books I could find, and retraining my brain. I love cake and ice cream, home made mac and cheese, breads - you name it. But Now that I'm eating low carb, I realize how much junk I ate before. It's a process, and hard with a family to feed, but take it day by day. Good luck, talk soon. LisaRochelle.Posted 11-07-2008 at 07:15 AM by LisaRochelle
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