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texasdebbie · #1 05-02-2005, 10:43 PM

I am wanting to start a journal. I am new here and is this where I start it or can someone tell me how to begin.

cynthia*lc4life · #2 05-02-2005, 10:56 PM

This is it! Folks will "visit" your journal, to see how you are doing, and to offer encouragement, and you should feel free to do the same in other journals. Many of us pop into each others journals everyday

Post how ever often you like!
Welcome!

BrattyChelle · #3 05-02-2005, 11:07 PM

You beat me to it Cynthia!!!!!!!! hehehe

Welcome Debbie...altho I know you already

So glad you posted a journal. You will find it to be a valuable tool for self exploration and to gain support and friendship quickly.

I'll be checking in on you

Kumus · #4 05-02-2005, 11:32 PM

Welcome Debbie, I think you will enjoy keeping a journal. Just like the others said, it's a valuable tool.

cynthia*lc4life · #5 05-03-2005, 12:29 PM

just "bumping" you back to page one!

BrattyChelle · #6 05-03-2005, 08:29 PM

Why haven't you posted young lady??

heykim · #7 05-03-2005, 09:12 PM

wow... great before and durings pic! welcome!

texasdebbie · #8 05-04-2005, 11:38 PM

Sorry it has been so long for me to start journal. I don't know whether to in beginning middle or end.
I have had a busy week since I made this post. We are building a deck on back of our house and have been tied up doing that.
This is my third time on atkins. In 1981 I started at 186 on feb 6 Hubbys birthday and was down to 126 by july 31 so I know I can do this. I just had to get mind set.
It took me years to slowly gain the weight back. Alot happened in my life. I went to work at day care taking care of infants and they just loved bringing Ms Debbie goodies. Then my kids grew up and I went through empty nest syndrome sitting and feeling sorry for myself. Then the wonderful world of menapause hit me . Now I think I am in right frame of mind to do again.
I started diet dec 26 2004 after seeing Christmas pictures of a horrible old fat grandma and decided I was not ready to go down that way.
I stayed stuck at 199 for long time then finally got to 193 and stuck again.
I started the meat and egg only thing for this week to try to get to 180s anyway then I will go back to the 20 carb thing.
I started in Feb walking half mile aday and now I am up to walking 1 mile and jogging 1 mile aday now. I didn't know fat could jiggle so much lol.
I am glad to have met all of you guys. Ya'll are such a wonderful inspriration to me and makes me want to keep going.
Tomorrow I am going on field trip with group of 2nd graders and was worried about blowing diet trying to decide what to take to eat for lunch. I decided make tuna salad and boiled eggs and a pickle and for snack a low carb atkins shake. What I am really dreading is saturday we are having family reunion and oh my gosh the family cooks so good. It is going to be so hard to pass up all the wonderful baking. I am going to carry me a big salad and some grilled chicken and green bean salad to pitch in. I know everyone is going to be surprised when they see me. I haven't saw most since last year. I am not going to mention atkins. That is a no no word to so many people I will just tell I dont eat fried food and white stuff and leave it at that. I hope I didn't bore you all to much. This is my first time journaling and have lots to learn.
I will see you guys tomorrow after the big train ride with all the second graders if I survivie.

edoggiee · #9 05-05-2005, 12:09 AM

Hi Deb, Nice to meet you and welcome to the boards. Your doing great with this WOL.
When people ask me how I'm loosing the weight. (80lbs in 9 months) In the past I would tell them Atkins and then spend so much time defending it. So now I just tell people I stopped eating sugar and junk food. Because to be honest that's what we're doing. The other day I told a neighbor who sees me walking everyday that I gave up eating sugar and junk food she said thats a good idea. Later on in our chat she ask how did I figure it out so I told her I read the Atkins book. She gave me the line that it's not healthy for you in the long run and there is nothing wrong with eating sugar. Most folks still don't get it and don't want to hear it.
I still eat some sugar and junk food once in a while but for the most part I eat on plan. What I'm trying to say is don't freak out on yourself if you eat off plan at your family reunion. Sure it will be a little set back but in the long run when your eating back on plan you will loose the weight.

have fun,
Ed

texasdebbie · #10 05-05-2005, 01:41 AM

Thanks 80 lbs in 9 months is great. I want so bad to be to 140 at least by christmas. I will for once be thinner than my daugter. She told me I could have all of her clothes if I do it. The reunion will be tough but I can't dare do sugar. I am what we call a self admitted addict. One taste of sugar and I go ya ya and don't know when to stop. I will carry me low carb cheese cake or something good or maybe just some nice fresh strawberries with whipping cream. Thanks for responding to my journal. I hope I get better at it as time goes by.

edoggiee · #11 05-05-2005, 02:03 AM

Don't get me wrong, I'm not telling you to eat sugar. I'm just saying if you feel it's a mistake if you did. Don't hate yourself about it and feel like you failed. Learn from it and move on with your LC WOE. Never give up.

I wanted to loose 200lbs by end of this summer. It's not going to happen. I might make it to 100 lbs lost. My goal is to be 200lbs. I started out at 400. We can't predict how much or fast we will loose. You got to have a goal, but focus on today.

texasdebbie · #12 05-06-2005, 09:32 PM

Well I survived the train ride. It was fun but has been along time since I have been on a class field trip. Nothing like 6 bus loads of 2nd graders. I was a good girl and packed my picnic lunch tuna salad and a atkins diet shake. I was so proud untillllllll the darn bus stopped at the dreaded Dairy Queen. I was determined I was not going to have ice cream. I failed when I saw all those beautiful hot fudge sudaes and dip cones and stuff. I caved and have felt like crap all day. I don't know why I can not have enough strength to just say no. The sad part was I didn't even really enjoy it because of all of the guilt. Well today is another day and I just start again. I have been wanting junk all day but thank god I don't keep any of the sugar demons in my house. Maybe if I just never leave my home I can lose weight. I am so so mad at myself right now because I had worked so hard all week doing the meat and egg thing and was in ketosis so good. I am determined to do this I just have to learn to forgive myself. I was proud of my picture though that they took after the train ride. I don't know how to post it here. I can definetly see a big improvement from last year so I have that to look forward to. Thanks for letting me vent.

heykim · #13 05-06-2005, 10:48 PM

it has been said before... and it bears repeating... forget it and move on...

or... 6 days of doing well can cover alot of sins...one trip to DQ isnt going to damage all that good work.... feeling GUILTY can..

or... caving once is only going to harm your success if YOU let it..

(heh heh.. the third choice is mine..*L*... kinda nice eh? )

choose whichever advice you need... disregard the rest :-)

BrattyChelle · #14 05-07-2005, 10:37 AM

I'm with everyone else Debbie.....learn from it and move on. I have learned a few hard lessons in this journey...mostly that I can't be successful if I beat myself up every time I slip. This journey is far too long and one only you can do....just move on

texasdebbie · #15 05-09-2005, 09:36 PM

Hey everybody, thanks for the support. I haven't had much time this week end to be able to post in my journal . The reunion went great and I did eat a bit of the peach cobbler (my bad just a tiny taste to make sure it was good since that is my speciality at the reunion) After reunion we went to our camp house at the river and had a great time. We didn't get home till 1 in the morning. Hubby got kind of snockered but it was ok he isn't a bad drunk lol and doesn't make a habit of it. Sunday morning I woke up with the crud. Nothing like green s*** pouring out of your head and thinking you are deaf so that helped the diet. Today all I have wanted is water so thirsty and have no taste buds it seems. I am going to attempt going for walk in a few then get ready to hit sack. I appreciate the advice and help. I did screw up but I got over it and moved on unlike when I use to just stop if i messed up. Today is a new day.

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