Thread: First day today:)

I just started Atkins today and I feel a little overwhelmed at all the information there is to take in. Please tell me it will get better

Yes it does get better. I am on day 6 and I am feeling better everyday about this woe. This is the best place to come if you have a question or just need the support. Hang in there. We are all in this together.

LOL, yes it gets better, but there is always more to learn! Keep reading up on everything you can get your hands on. The more you know the easier it gets...

222/215/150
Started Atkins 8/19/2003

hi, today is also my first day, and my first post!!! I am so excited that are so many people here to encourage each other!!

This is my first post, and I'm thrilled to have found such a great community. I'm almost done with induction, and it's time I reach out and stop trying to do this alone. It's just now beginning to sink in that I'm changing my whole WOE, not just a 'food hobby' I've taken up for a couple of weeks. I feel great.

I just wanted to say hello and thanks for making such a supportive, informative, and welcoming group

I am on day 6 today, I have lost 5 lbs so far, I had the shakes and the nausea pretty bad for the first 3 days, but now I already feel better, I feel lighter too, less puffiness. Hang in there it just gets better and better every day!!

Thanks for the encouragement So far I'm having most difficulty drinking all the water. I'm not a big drinker unless I'm really thirsty so that's going to be one of the hardest things to stick at. I'm determined, though

It may help to know the more water you drink the more you seem to want it, at least it works that way for me! I made a deal with myself, If I drink the water I need throughout the day after my morning coffee....I can have all the diet mountain dew I want,[it usually works out that I dont want it after all that water] and that seems to get me through!

To get to the rainbow you must first pass through the rain!

I also just joined this site today, and I am going to begin Induction either tomorrow or the next day, after I collect all the information I need. This site is awesome for that.

It gets better. As with any new undertaking, the more informed you are, the better.

April
352 / 202 / 180
5'10", large frame, size 13 shoe
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Long Island!!!...

Used to call it home a millenium ago...move to Pennsylvania 17yrs ago....Sure miss the ocean breeze this time of year....But I digress...I started on the first of Sept and did experience some sugar withdrawal symptoms I think that's what it was...started second or third day and lasted a day or two...and bad headaches (which may have been sinus)...but since yesterday afternoon all symptoms seem to have disappeared and I feel great!...I "deleted" 5 lbs to date...I say deleted because I do not wish to get them back...If I say lost they may be returned!..Stick with it Long Island...you're worth it!...Good luck!...Sue