Hello!

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-23-2004
Hello!
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Mon, 02-23-2004 - 1:05am
I thought I'd better introduce myself to you all. My name is Amy.

I'm a 32 y.o. recent college grad and newly married. We live in San

Diego, CA right now but are moving back home to Oahu in April.

Hubby's in the Navy and we met years ago when I was in the Navy as

well.

I haven't officially started the SBD yet. I'm using this weekend to

prepare the kitchen and the mind. I'm jumping ship from Atkins. I've

been on Atkins since the beginning of the year and am just not

getting the results I want. I love the low carb (controlled carb,

low glycemic, etc.) lifestyle. I feel better than I have in a long

time. I'm off antidepressants. I have energy that I never had

before. But something just wasn't jiving right with Atkins for me or

hubby. We were actually putting on weight. We talked about it and

decided it was probably the sat fats we were eating and had already

decided to cut back on those when I ran into a friend who's been

doing SBD since August of last year and lost 40lbs. She had been on

Atkins before getting pregnant and after the baby came realized

there was just too many alarm bells going off to resume Atkins again.

This way of eating makes so much sense to me. I must admit I'm a

little worried about transitioning from Atkins to this. It seems a

bit more restrictive, but we are telling ourselves we are just doing

an induction type thing again...without the bad fats. It's going to

be strange not having to count carbs, though. I'll still be keeping

track of what I eat every day because I'm anal like that and am

trying to determine if I have a thyroid problem. I'm kind of pre-

freaked about Phase II as well. My head understands the reason

behind adding in those low GI carbs, but I'll be darned if my heart

isn't scared silly.

I can't tell you all how grateful I am to have places like this to

come to for help, support, advice and whatever else. I tried doing

the Protein Power program about 8 years ago and there just wasn't

any readily available support out there. That's probably part of the

reason why I didn't stick to it.

Well, I've bent your ears (eyes?) enough for now. :) I look forward

to being on this journey with you all!

Much Aloha,

Amy

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-01-2003
In reply to: acey417
Mon, 02-23-2004 - 6:25am

Aloha Amy,


Welcome.

       

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-19-2002
In reply to: acey417
Mon, 02-23-2004 - 3:29pm

Hi Amy, welcome!

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-06-2004
In reply to: acey417
Mon, 02-23-2004 - 10:42pm
Hi, Amy.....we're glad to have you here.

I'm almost finished with my second week of Phase 2. I understand the Atkins diet....my husband is on it and has been for years. But it's not for me.

I think that as you read the information on this board and become more familiar with the thinking behind this diet, you will become more comfortable with it. I chose this diet on the recommendation of my doctor. When I bought the book and started reading it, I realized that finally I had found a "putting together" of a lot of the healthy eating practices I had read about for years. We can never hurt anything by giving up sugar. As for every other kind of food, the best has been included and the worst, limited.

Good luck,

Judy