Hello,

My name is Bron? and i come from Ireland.


I joined yesterday and this is my first post. I honestly have'nt a clue about low carb, i have spent most of my life eating low fat food and getting nowhere. I have high cholestrol, i take medication for it but have found that in the past when trying to eat healthy i lowered it some by natural means, for eg, Oatmeal, Garlic and Physillium Husk, i would prefer to keep my cholestrol in check with natural things.
I bought Atkins for Life book but found that our foods here in Ireland are completely different and i think i will become confused when trying to substitute

Can you please tell me where to start, i am 70lbs overweight?
Where can i find foods and menus that i can easily convert?
Can you help me with what i should eat daily and how many carbs i should eat so that i can start loosing weight.
I have not gone around this board yet, i will have loads of time over the weekend to study posts and advice, thank you for your help.

Bron

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Welcome Brona' ! What specifically are you having trouble substituting? Atkins induction is meat and high fiber veggies and no more than 20 net carbs per day. Heavy cream is allowed as is cheese up to a limit of 4 ounces per day. If you use www.fitday.com you can get an idea whether a specific vegeatble is allowed. Just deduct thr fiber fitday lists from the carb count they list. As a rule of thumb, try to keep a vegetable serving at 5 grams of NET carbohydrate or less. Feel free to ask specific questions about ingredients and food items. There are some here who aren't metrically challenged (is Ireland metric?). so ask away.

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Hi Brona and welcome!

I'm not sure what you can get in Ireland, but if you can get the book "Dr. Atkins New Diet revolution" that one is a little more basic than "Atkins for Life". Also there is a lot of good information at www.atkins.com. Good luck!

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Renee
1/19/04
261/220/160
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Hi Rob and Renee,

Thank you for your help. I have started to read some posts and advice but will have to leave it until the weekend to let it all sink in, i'm a slow learner.

I will send in another post tonight, look forward to talking and thank you again.

Bron

:jump: :jump: welcome bronia
Bronia, it is nice to have you join us. I had 100 lbs. to lose when i joined here and have alreday lost 5 last week . Have not weighed in this week yet. I am a newbe on here to and new to low carb but am learning so much here on this board and i have been doing alot of research to on it learning what foods to eat and the ones to stay away from.
Hope to get to know you better and will see ya later.

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Welcome Bronia! Check out the NEwbie stickies...the posts at the very top of the newbie forum you will find most helpful in bridging the gap between Atkins for Life and the Original Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution.

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Lori

232/190/130
My other journal http://www.lowcarbeating.com/bb/showthread.php?t=1130

Thank you Sunny and Lori for your reply and help.

Will go have a look at Newbie Stickies.

Bron

Glad to have you here, Bron?.

Hope you'll make yourself at home.

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Hi Bron?, welcome to the forum!!

Here are some links very usefull:

The 10 rules of induction:
http://atkins.com/Archive/2004/12/27-833156.html

A list of accfeptable food during induction phase:
http://atkins.com/Archive/2001/12/15-464579.html

A site where you can find a huge variety of foods and tools to help you know how you?re eating:
http://www.nutritiondata.com/index.html

Good Luck!!!
Hugs from Brasil

Juliana

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:jump: Welcome Brona'.

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Libby

2004 174/142/138

Begin Again 2007

164/159/142

Welcome Brona....

Thank you all so much for the welcome.

I'm doing my best to read and take it in but i'm still very nervous about fat.

Through doing low fat all my life i know what carbs are good and bad, is it possible for me to work a diet based on low carbs and not too much fat and still loose weight?

Thank you,

Brona

South Beach approaches the Low Carb lifestyle from a less-fat aproach than Atkins. If you are fat-phobic, maybe you should check out that plan.

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Mary Kay 1/1/04 - 232
5/19/08 (5/23/08) - sw226/(cw222)/mg210/fg160

Welcome Brona`. You've gotten some great advice so far! I hope you will take some time to check out all areas of this board, read over the numerous plans out there and commit to one. If you have questions, feel free to do a search and/or ask. You do your part and we'll do ours! Keep us posted on what you decide to do. Later!

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Brona, just checking in to see how you are doing . we are here for you...Keep us posted ok...

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