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crafting mom mentioned that she sometimes has chocolate cravings. There is "baking cocoa" for sale at Sam’s club, which is basically just ground cocoa. Because there are no cheap components added (dry milk and sugar) it is kind of pricey, about 8 dollars per pound. On the other hand it is a pure product. I wonder if anyone with such cravings could just make a drink with that pure cocoa and see if the craving goes away. I do not have chocolate cravings anymore, otherwise I would try to do this experiment with myself. i

I mentioned that it is chocolate ALMOND cravings.  When it’s just a chocolate craving, trust me, I eat half an UNSWEETENED chocolate baking square (I like those – I don’t need no steenkin drink) and it will satisfy the craving. However, like I already mentioned, I simply eat the chocolate covered almonds in the 4 days prior to my (irregular, unplanned) period, and on the day of my period’s arrival, the craving goes away, and I actually abhor the thought of chocolate or almonds.  Both are very high sources of magnesium, which sometimes women need more of during their period. It satisfies my craving in a way which does NOT interfere with my regular way of eating, and like I mentioned, I am starting to lose the 5 pounds I gained over these past 2 months. It’s a woman thang.  My body knows what it needs and will not shut up until it gets it, LOL. cm — Drop everything and do it my way

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crafting mom mentioned that she sometimes has chocolate cravings. There is "baking cocoa" for sale at Sam’s club, which is basically just ground cocoa. Because there are no cheap components added (dry milk and sugar) it is kind of pricey, about 8 dollars per pound. On the other hand it is a pure product.

Ig, you mean a drink like — let me think — HOT CHOCOLATE?  :-) Hot chocolate = unsweetened cocoa (about 1 tablespoon to 1 cup milk), milk, sweetener of your choice — jmk in NC

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Where do you buy unsweetened chocolate?

Bakers brand unsweetened chocolate squares.  Ingredients pure chocolate. In the baking section of my supermarket. I would like to buy some but could not find any. The "sugarfree" chocolate all has sweeteners that I do not care to take.

Yep. I often make my own unsweetened chocolate almonds.  I melt a square over some almonds, freeze to harden, and then eat.  THAT is how desperate the chocolate almond craving gets before my period.  So no, it’s not the sweet that I crave, but in a pinch, I’ll take it. cm — Drop everything and do it my way

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Pretty much, sans the sweetener. I am just interested in finding out if the craving is for sweet chocolate as opposed to just cocoa. I could finance this clinical study by giving $8 to crafting mom if she tries it.

Way ahead of you.  I like unsweetened chocolate, with no sugar, no sweeteners.  Stuff that everyone else would make a pucker face at, I actually love and enjoy.  THAT is not what I crave during *my* period. It is chocolate covered almonds. cm — Drop everything and do it my way

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Pretty much, sans the sweetener. I am just interested in finding out if the craving is for sweet chocolate as opposed to just cocoa. I could finance this clinical study by giving $8 to crafting mom if she tries it. Way ahead of you.  I like unsweetened chocolate, with no sugar, no sweeteners.  Stuff that everyone else would make a pucker face at, I actually love and enjoy.  THAT is not what I crave during *my* period. It is chocolate covered almonds. Where do you buy unsweetened chocolate?

Check the baking aisle for both unsweetened chocolate and unsweetened cocoa. — jmk in NC

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – However, like I already mentioned, I simply eat the chocolate covered almonds in the 4 days prior to my (irregular, unplanned) period, I was just wondering if you’ve ever considered getting the depo shot. I’ve been using it for years, and have only had a period maybe twice since my 6 yr old daughter was born, due to letting my shot lapse.  I LOVE DEPO. det I HATE DEPO. I had the shot for six years–the last year the side effects really caught up with me. Was not pleasant. But I loved not having my period.

Just curious – what side effects did you have?  I have none…  I guess it’s another ymmv. det

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Just curious – what side effects did you have?  I have none…  I guess it’s another ymmv. det

It took a while to catch up (or for me to notice), but I started feeling more angry/aggressive/bitchy, starving when I got my shot, and suffered–much to my DH’s chagrine–loss of libido and was as dry as the sahara. I normally wouldn’t share such info, but after talking with other woman, I found they were feeling the same things, but didn’t know why. My doc said it may have been the combo of the Depo and the inhaled steroid I take for asthma–steroids can enhance the effects of hormones. I’m now taking a BC with estrogen, and it has helped a lot–with everything. And yes-YMMV–my sis would never give up her shots, come hell or high water. Amy

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However, like I already mentioned, I simply eat the chocolate covered almonds in the 4 days prior to my (irregular, unplanned) period, I was just wondering if you’ve ever considered getting the depo shot.   I’ve been using it for years, and have only had a period maybe twice since my 6 yr old daughter was born, due to letting my shot lapse.  I LOVE DEPO. det

I HATE DEPO. I had the shot for six years–the last year the side effects really caught up with me. Was not pleasant. But I loved not having my period. Amy

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However, like I already mentioned, I simply eat the chocolate covered almonds in the 4 days prior to my (irregular, unplanned) period,

I was just wondering if you’ve ever considered getting the depo shot.  I’ve been using it for years, and have only had a period maybe twice since my 6 yr old daughter was born, due to letting my shot lapse.  I LOVE DEPO. det

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Thanks jmk and crafting mom, I will check. I saw "semisweet" chocolate and such, but that is not what I was looking for. Will check again.

Check for the blue colored box of unsweetened chocolate squares. I agree, the semisweet is not what you want. The ingredients should say simply: chocolate. cm — Drop everything and do it my way

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Bakers is the cheapest chocolate you can buy and I think it tastes like it. I prefer Valrhona, Ghiradelli or Schaffen Berger myself. I guess I am easy to please cm Once you try the better chocolate, you’ll wonder why you waited to long. : )

I’ve tasted "the better chocolate".  But I am still easy to please. The Bakers is what’s *available*, and I’ll take it. Should all those exotic kinds be equally as available, I will choose them. cm — Drop everything and do it my way

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Bakers is the cheapest chocolate you can buy and I think it tastes like it. I prefer Valrhona, Ghiradelli or Schaffen Berger myself. I guess I am easy to please cm

Once you try the better chocolate, you’ll wonder why you waited to long. : ) Martha

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Bakers is the cheapest chocolate you can buy and I think it tastes like it. I prefer Valrhona, Ghiradelli or Schaffen Berger myself.

I guess I am easy to please cm — Drop everything and do it my way

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Yep. I often make my own unsweetened chocolate almonds.  I melt a square over some almonds, freeze to harden, and then eat.  THAT is how desperate the chocolate almond craving gets before my period.  So no, it’s not the sweet that I crave, but in a pinch, I’ll take it. cm — Drop everything and do it my way

Actually that sounds good.  I put unsweetened cocoa in my coffee sometimes and don’t always use a sweetener with it.  But melting unsweetened chocolate over nuts could be a nice treat, or maybe as a dip for fruit on a special occasion or when a craving hits.  Fortunately I really haven’t had PMS for months but my cravings were always for the salty sweet combo, not necessarily chocolate. — Jenn 300/144 (HMR) in maintenance since 10/28/03 Living well is the best revenge

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However, like I already mentioned, I simply eat the chocolate covered almonds in the 4 days prior to my (irregular, unplanned) period, I was just wondering if you’ve ever considered getting the depo shot. I’ve been using it for years, and have only had a period maybe twice since my 6 yr old daughter was born, due to letting my shot lapse.  I LOVE DEPO. det

I had the shot and had my period for 3 straight months along with hormone induced anxiety attacks.  It was awful.  No thank you.  Haven’t tried it again since the weight loss and can’t take the pill because of edema (sp?) – severe water retention. Jenn (hormone free – sort of – for now)

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Where do you buy unsweetened chocolate?

A store. Bakers brand unsweetened chocolate squares.  Ingredients pure chocolate. In the baking section of my supermarket.

Bakers is the cheapest chocolate you can buy and I think it tastes like it. I prefer Valrhona, Ghiradelli or Schaffen Berger myself. Martha

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That’s the way I feel. I have a couple pieces of hard candy or chocolate before a workout; I get a sweet fix and work it off. Martha

Well, I usually indulge in my chocolate fix at night.  What I do is buy a Caffarel 72% cocoa chocolate bar.  Cost Plus World Imports has them for $2.49. There are 6 rows of 4 squares.  I eat a row of 4 squares at a time.  The bar is 3.5 ounces, so a little over half an ounce a serving.  It’s about 100 calories and about 5 grams of sugar.   I get quite a few calories a day.  (My limit is 2500 at my current weight, I try to stay around 2300 as a happy medium.) That bit of chocolate is pretty negligible.  It’s not even 5% of my total daily caloric intake.   It certainly satisfies me and I have no need for other sweet treats.  Some days I will melt it in a cup of milk and have cocoa. Most times I just savor it as is.   The same amount of cheap milk chocolate doesn’t satisfy me.   I tried chocolate with less sugar and even with no sugar, but it had a very pronounced coffee flavor to it.  Maybe not the flavor of coffee itself, but it was very coffee-ish.  And I cannot stand coffee.  Haven’t been able to enjoy it for a long time.  This is the one option that’s mellow enough to actually taste _good_ to me but be strong enough to satisfy with just a little bit. Tracy

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – The chocolate I eat does have sugar and other additives in it, but it has a proportionately high cocoa content (72%). A half of an ounce leaves me completely satisfied. It’s my compromise.  I’d rather have a half an ounce of real dark chocolate a day than several ounces of nonfat, artificially sweetened chocolate pudding or frozen dessert. Chocolate, _good_ chocolate is one of those things that is so enjoyable for me that totally giving it up was a nonissue.  Compromise and have less, sure. But give up? No. Tracy

That’s the way I feel. I have a couple pieces of hard candy or chocolate before a workout; I get a sweet fix and work it off. Martha

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The chocolate I eat does have sugar and other additives in it, but it has a proportionately high cocoa content (72%).   A half of an ounce leaves me completely satisfied. It’s my compromise.  I’d rather have a half an ounce of real dark chocolate a day than several ounces of nonfat, artificially sweetened chocolate pudding or frozen dessert.   Chocolate, _good_ chocolate is one of those things that is so enjoyable for me that totally giving it up was a nonissue.  Compromise and have less, sure.  But give up? No. Tracy

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Bakers is the cheapest chocolate you can buy and I think it tastes like it. I prefer Valrhona, Ghiradelli or Schaffen Berger myself. I guess I am easy to please cm Once you try the better chocolate, you’ll wonder why you waited to long. : ) I’ve tasted "the better chocolate".  But I am still easy to please. The Bakers is what’s *available*, and I’ll take it. Should all those exotic kinds be equally as available, I will choose them. cm

OK, cool. Sorry, sometimes I don’t stop to think that others can’t get what I can get here. Enjoy! martha

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Don’t know a better word for them, sorry ladies What’s the best fastest way to get rid of these? Taking asthma steroids at an early age put alot of extra chest fat on me. I’m going to order some Yohimburn, I know that helps, but would weight training in the chest area help these go down? THANKS!

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What’s the best fastest way to get rid of these?

Lose weight. would weight training in the chest area help these go down?

Not really.  Rather, it would build up muscle underneath the fat. —

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Why are there so many reports of failures and so few success stories? I, too, cannot lose so much as an ounce if I am not in ketosis and I run 4.5 miles 6 days a week. I’m so sick of tuna and beef I could barf!

Hey, Patty, there are lots of successes around here — just read on for a while and you’ll see. On December 26, 1998, I went on lowcarb, and haven’t looked back.  I took off 88 pounds, and went from over 49% bodyfat (didn’t measure at the beginning) to 27-28%.  My weight hasn’t varied by more than two pounds since last May.  Success enough for you?  Yes, my weight and BF% aren’t ideal, but still a heck of an improvement. Try chicken, shrimp, salmon, protein drinks.  You’ll find lots of meal ideas here if you stay around. Cheers, Kay 232/144/maintain (lowcarb since 98/12/26) for e-mail reply, remove the BABE.

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If all you’re eating is Tuna and Beef you will barf and fail.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hello LowCarbers! Why are there so many reports of failures and so few success stories? I, too, cannot lose so much as an ounce if I am not in ketosis and I run 4.5 miles 6 days a week. I’m so sick of tuna and beef I could barf! Any advice? Patty

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Hi Patty,     I have definitely been successful.  I just don’t post a lot due to a severe lack of time and I’m also kind of shy and I think that other people answer questions better than I would.  Also, a lot of the posts are made when people are having a problem and would like some help with finding an answer.  I haven’t really had any major problem with this WOL so I just read a lot to glean all the great tips. Kathy B. 2/15/00 245/143/135

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hello LowCarbers! Why are there so many reports of failures and so few success stories? I, too, cannot lose so much as an ounce if I am not in ketosis and I run 4.5 miles 6 days a week. I’m so sick of tuna and beef I could barf! Any advice? Patty

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dear kathy, you could share you success with us! — read and post,  it works! rosie

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi Patty,     I have definitely been successful.  I just don’t post a lot due to a severe lack of time and I’m also kind of shy and I think that other people answer questions better than I would.  Also, a lot of the posts are made when people are having a problem and would like some help with finding an answer.  I haven’t really had any major problem with this WOL so I just read a lot to glean all the great tips. Kathy B. 2/15/00 245/143/135 Hello LowCarbers! Why are there so many reports of failures and so few success stories? I, too, cannot lose so much as an ounce if I am not in ketosis and I run 4.5 miles 6 days a week. I’m so sick of tuna and beef I could barf! Any advice? Patty

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As for success stories, I’ve been LCing since 7/99.  My info is in my sig. My goal is a little more stringent so it’s going to take a huge effort at this point in the game.  But I’ve made it this far, I have no doubts I’ll reach my goal. Cheers, Nina

Nina, actually, I don’t see your goal in your sig; and I had been wondering how you’ve been doing on this diet. All I see is: 100% Sweat http://www.theslack.com/diet2.html Sandra 285/approx 255/145  since 1/15/01

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Try chicken, shrimp, salmon, protein drinks.  You’ll find lots of meal ideas here if you stay around.

Don’t forget eggs, cheese, and cream cheese. Cream cheese is extremely versatile – it’s savory serious food, and can be flavored to be a dessert as well! Plus all the low-carb goodies you can buy at online stores, if not your own grocery store. Amy — 283/278/155 – 123 lbs to go! Since 03/11/01

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – As for success stories, I’ve been LCing since 7/99.  My info is in my sig. My goal is a little more stringent so it’s going to take a huge effort at this point in the game.  But I’ve made it this far, I have no doubts I’ll reach my goal. Cheers, Nina Nina, actually, I don’t see your goal in your sig; and I had been wondering how you’ve been doing on this diet. All I see is: 100% Sweat http://www.theslack.com/diet2.html

Because that’s where the info is.  I don’t posts weight because I’m not worried about weight so much as bodyfat anymore, and I don’t know my beginning bodyfat so I don’t have an accurate assessment of where I started there.    I’ve gone from around 200 pounds (beginning) to 142.5.  I’m under 20% BF. Cheers, Nina — 100% Sweat http://www.theslack.com/diet2.html

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I think I am fairly successful, I’ve lost 70lb since May last year. I also know I will get there, although sometimes I am too impatient I can now wear nice shorts and dresses, I feel attractive and healthy. Tania 229/159.5/143 – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hello LowCarbers! Why are there so many reports of failures and so few success stories? I, too, cannot lose so much as an ounce if I am not in ketosis and I run 4.5 miles 6 days a week. I’m so sick of tuna and beef I could barf! Any advice? Patty

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Why are there so many reports of failures and so few success stories?

Maybe because we just don’t post about it very often…  spending time trying to help people rather than banging our own drums. Rudy, Female, 40, 5′8" 1/98 – 300 (? % BF) 3/99 – 210 (27.5% BF) 7/00 – 185 (17.5% BF) 11/00 – 186 (17.5% BF) 3/01 – 179 (?? BF) — Rudy – Remove the Z from my address to respond. Check out the a.s.d.l-c FAQ at:  http://www.grossweb.com/asdlc/faq.htm

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Rudy, Female, 40, 5′8" 1/98 – 300 (? % BF) 3/99 – 210 (27.5% BF) 7/00 – 185 (17.5% BF) 11/00 – 186 (17.5% BF)

ANother case in point. I’ve seen offseason pix of legendary female fitness maven Corey Everson in which she was at 17%, and 17% on a woman is lean as a mofo. Any woman at 17% doesn’t have a need in the world to care what the scale says, because she’s going to quite simply look GOOD. — "Wake up, Puppet Boy! And Dance! Dance! Dance!"                Devo

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I’ve gone from around 200 pounds (beginning) to 142.5.  I’m under 20% BF.

Important point here. Too many women on this ng shudder at the idea that they might never get below a weight like 142#. But to reiterate a point I made a few days ago, 20% BF on a women weighing 142 is going to look GOOD. While 142 on another woman, one say with very little lean mass, is going to look like a — "Wake up, Puppet Boy! And Dance! Dance! Dance!"                Devo

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MARY!! where ya been? Hey, I was missed!  That’s a nice feeling.  :)

Then feel it again, cause of course we miss you when your not around! Glad to have you back Tinakaye 203/127/128 http://tinabelle.tripod.com/lowcarb.html

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ANother case in point. I’ve seen offseason pix of legendary female fitness maven Corey Everson in which she was at 17%, and 17% on a woman is lean as a mofo. Any woman at 17% doesn’t have a need in the world to care what the scale says, because she’s going to quite simply look GOOD.

Although the percentages are close, I’m no where near as lean looking as she is at the same percentage.  That’s due to a few areas that fall outside of the caliper checkpoints that carry too much BF. However, a few general comments on the whole BF% and scale weight issue — 1) NO ONE ever believes me when I tell them how much I weigh, 2) When I’m at my goal BF%, my scale weight will be higher than what most women my height would ever want to weigh. — Rudy – Remove the Z from my address to respond. Check out the a.s.d.l-c FAQ at:  http://www.grossweb.com/asdlc/faq.htm

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Hello LowCarbers! Why are there so many reports of failures and so few success stories? I, too, cannot lose so much as an ounce if I am not in ketosis and I run 4.5 miles 6 days a week. I’m so sick of tuna and beef I could barf!

Patty, I think we see more successes here than failures. Sure, someone might fall off the wagon for a day or three, but getting back on is a success. Me, I lost 40lbs on low-carb several years ago. Kept it off for 2 years, and wouldn’t have gained an ounce back if I hadn’t: A) Had to go back on asthma steroids, B) Was unable to maintain my (rather low) level of exercise for same reason, and C) Took birth control which has a known effect on the women in my family —  major weight gain. I’ve been eating low-carb fully for 3 days, counting today. So far I’ve lost 5 lbs. Sure it’s water weight, but it’s WEIGHT. And I am starting to look slimmer already! I have another 123lbs to go, but I will get there and I will keep it off this time permanently — my body has adjusted to the steroids and hormones and will not make me swell up again. And in any diet, there will be many people who simply do not try hard enough — do not get back on the wagon, do not have the will power. This diet is not as easy to follow as low-fat for a true carbohydrate addict, but low-fat also would not let that person lose weight. Low-fat products are available in abundance, in the grocery store, and for a lot less than low-carb specialty products; you can eat bread, pasta, and all that good stuff on a low-fat diet. But how many people in America fail at low-fat? Hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions — or the diet industry would not be the way it is today, and everyone who is pudgy would lose all the weight they want and keep it off. The failings are not in the diet, they are in the people. It’s like riding a bicycle: if someone’s bike collapses under them and they get hurt, it is the bike’s "fault," if they just don’t know how to ride and fall off, or tries to ride with a flat tire and gets hurt, it is their "fault." You can’t blame failures on the bike (or diet) when it is strictly user error that causes the failure. Amy

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Hello LowCarbers! Why are there so many reports of failures and so few success stories? I, too, cannot lose so much as an ounce if I am not in ketosis and I run 4.5 miles 6 days a week. I’m so sick of tuna and beef I could barf! The failings are not in the diet, they are in the people. It’s like riding a bicycle: if someone’s bike collapses under them and they get hurt, it is the bike’s "fault," if they just don’t know how to ride and fall off, or tries to ride with a flat tire and gets hurt, it is their "fault." You can’t blame failures on the bike (or diet) when it is strictly user error that causes the failure.

Exactly.  This isn’t something low-carb specific: it applies to any diet.  Keeping it off entails employing some of the same strategies you used to lose the weight in the first place. As for success stories, I’ve been LCing since 7/99.  My info is in my sig. My goal is a little more stringent so it’s going to take a huge effort at this point in the game.  But I’ve made it this far, I have no doubts I’ll reach my goal. Cheers, Nina — 100% Sweat http://www.theslack.com/diet2.html

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Hello LowCarbers! Why are there so many reports of failures and so few success stories? I, too, cannot lose so much as an ounce if I am not in ketosis and I run 4.5 miles 6 days a week. I’m so sick of tuna and beef I could barf! Any advice? Patty

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I think there are successes. Its just the mindset that if you are not continuing to lose and if you are not losing fast, then you are not succeeding. I lost most of my weight in 4 months, have kept it off for 3 years! And want to lose my last 10, and I feel like a failure! But in actuality I have kept 40 pounds off for 3 years! And have eaten mostly Low Carb, but have also gone off quite often. So I am a success! My mind just keeps me focused on that that I have not lost! Not the fact that I went from a size 16 to a comfortable 8!! Maybe we all need to focus on the weight we have lost and kept off not what we want to lose! I too have gotten sick of every protein there is and when I do I have something I want that sounds good, I eat it and move back to my protein. Or I switch meats make them a different way. I had so much bar-b-qued meat when I started I gag on bar-b-que now! And I loved it. So also rotate between all the proteins. I also ate alot of macadamia nuts and now I just want to gag on them, so I keep them with me in an emergency and they take away my appetite. Any help? Andrea 170/141/128

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Success story here: I lost 45 pounds in my first 6 months of low-carb dieting. In the following 6 months I lost another 15. Slowed down, it sure did. But I am losing weight, I feel really good physically, and I know the rest of the weight is gonna come off. So I’ll continue to eat a low-carb, high protein, moderate fat diet, keep lifting weights and cycling, and keep enjoying my success. If you’re sick of what you’re eating, eat something else. Check out the online cookbooks and multiple recipe threads. Food has become pretty boring for me, which is fine. It’s no longer a focal point of my existence; it’s only food. I eat calories to provide my body with fuel. It’s got no entertainment value for me, I just eat what I need and get on with other things. —– Mal 288/228/– – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Why are there so many reports of failures and so few success stories? I, too, cannot lose so much as an ounce if I am not in ketosis and I run 4.5 miles 6 days a week. I’m so sick of tuna and beef I could barf! Any advice? Patty

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Important point here. Too many women on this ng shudder at the idea that they might never get below a weight like 142#. But to reiterate a point I made a few days ago, 20% BF on a women weighing 142 is going to look GOOD. While 142 on another woman, one say with very little lean mass, is going to look like a

Amen, brother Steve. I’m 5′7" and weigh 278 but I don’t look like I weigh almost 300lbs. My mother weighs only slightly more (runs in the family, blech!) and looks almost twice my size. The reason is two-fold: she has a slight frame when she is thin, I am bigger; and of course I am very muscled even under all the fat. This is me at 165: http://www.dailyimac.com/amy/amy1.jpg Now, I may have stood to lose another 5 – 10lbs but I wasn’t anything like fat (I did lose a little bit more weight after that, but not much). I’m setting my goal weight 10lbs less, to see if I can get there. Glad someone else out there understands it My DOCTOR didn’t (if you would believe it!) Amy — 283/278/155 – 123 lbs to go! Since 03/11/01

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Hello LowCarbers! Why are there so many reports of failures and so few success stories? I, too, cannot lose so much as an ounce if I am not in ketosis and I run 4.5 miles 6 days a week. I’m so sick of tuna and beef I could barf! Any advice? Patty

Success lets see December 1999 weight 180  B- 40 W – 30 1/4   Tummy  38 1/4  Hips  44  Thighs  26 1/4  BF% who knows June 1, 2000 Weight 159 1/2   B – 38 W – 28 3/4 Tummy 36 Hips 41 1/2 Thighs 24  BF% (tanita)  32% Now Weight 145-147  B – 36  W – 26 3/4  Tummy  33 1/2 Hips 39  Thighs 22 1/2. BF% (tanita) 28 not to shabby for a 5′6" 37 year old turkeyfarmer! — Sheila Started Atkins 12/27/99 180/145-149/140   5′6"  Check daily post for current weight. icq  6779479 http://people.atl.mediaone.net/bigt1/turkey.html – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –

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MARY!! where ya been? Hey, I was missed!  That’s a nice feeling.  :)  Spent some time visiting family… watched my mother teach her dog a long list of totally useless tricks (like "front" and "stand" and "walk to me and then walk in a little circle around me and then sit").  

Sometimes that’s useful if you want to get your dog used to training.  I know that my friend’s dogs are both search and rescue dogs and "front" and "stand" were taught as part of his training.  Although it doesn’t sound like your mom is going to searching through the rubble for survivors. Cheers, Nina — 100% Sweat http://www.theslack.com/diet2.html

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I’ve gone from around 200 pounds (beginning) to 142.5.  I’m under 20% BF. Important point here. Too many women on this ng shudder at the idea that they might never get below a weight like 142#. But to reiterate a point I made a few days ago, 20% BF on a women weighing 142 is going to look GOOD. While 142 on another woman, one say with very little lean mass, is going to look like a

And this is why I dont post my weight – because people perceive my goal weight (145 or so) as fat, and the last time at that weight my bf was under 20%. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – — "Wake up, Puppet Boy! And Dance! Dance! Dance!"                Devo

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to reiterate a point I made a few days ago, 20% BF on a women weighing 142 is going to look GOOD. While 142 on another woman, one say with very little lean mass, is going to look like a

(Raising hand.) Low weight, high fat percentage, right here.  Big flabby hips.  Going for the ratio at the moment. They say Atkins is a "muscle sparing" diet, and I lost most of my weight in ketosis, so I must not have had very much muscle to begin with. Mary S. 160+/123/ 22% — Mary Sweathe San Francisco, CA

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MARY!! where ya been? — -Beth, Pseudo usenet cop BikeE FX, AT and rans gliss Anchorage, Alaska http://home.gci.net/~dawg/

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – to reiterate a point I made a few days ago, 20% BF on a women weighing 142 is going to look GOOD. While 142 on another woman, one say with very little lean mass, is going to look like a (Raising hand.) Low weight, high fat percentage, right here.  Big flabby hips.  Going for the ratio at the moment. They say Atkins is a "muscle sparing" diet, and I lost most of my weight in ketosis, so I must not have had very much muscle to begin with. Mary S. 160+/123/ 22% — Mary Sweathe San Francisco, CA

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Welcome Amy and congratulations on your decision to get on this WOE and stick to it.   I started not long ago myself.   I was one of those who lost some weight on this WOE a few years ago, and then regained it and more.  Now I have gotten realistic and more informed about it. I wish you good luck and good losing!  :)) — Cath 275/262/130 Atkins since Jan 20, 2001 "Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment"   —  Jim Rohn,  American Businessman, Author, Speaker, Philosopher

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I keep reminding myself that life is the journey, not the destination.<<<<

Laura, you may be feeling philosophical, but this quote is inspirational enough to use as a sig line!!!!  I loved your post.   Linda M. 250/230/145 "Ignorance is the night of the mind, a night without moon or star"

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Hiya Amy and welcome to the group! Were going to ducktape your butt to the wagon and will support you along the way. Keep posting and let us know how your doing Tinakaye 203/128/128 http://tinabelle.tripod.com/lowcarb.html

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Welcome from another newbie My fiance and I are on our 3rd week.

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Were going to ducktape your butt to the wagon and will support you along the way. Keep posting and let us know how your doing

Ahh, the many uses of duct tape…

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Were going to ducktape your butt to the wagon and will support you along the way. Keep posting and let us know how your doing Ahh, the many uses of duct tape…

Well we can try the duct tape first, and if that doesn’t hold you on the wagon we will go for super glue! lol Tinakaye 203/127/128 http://tinabelle.tripod.com/lowcarb.html

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Hi, and welcome! — Jake ICQ# 104398585 Chicken Cordon Blue http://communities.msn.com/webjake Free Lowcarb Recipe Exchange! —

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Welcome, Amy! You sound really determined, and that’s the first step on the road to success. Post often — I’m routing for you! — Anne 253/169/153 — 5′5" 1st Goal: Jeans size 22/8/10 (reached 8/30/00) 2nd Goal: To reach the century mark — at 153 I’ll have lost 100 lb. 3rd Goal: BF 52%/30.5%/25% (Protein Power formula) Atkins/Protein Power since 7/99

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Hey Amy!  (see me waving?)  Welcome aboard!  This way of life works but the weight loss isn’t always dramatic and fast for everyone so don’t get discouraged if you don’t lose ; some do, some don’t.  As long as you hang in there and live it day by day, you will get your losing results.  I have a great deal to lose as well.  I’m now at 257 and need to be at 130ish… so I need to lose about half of myself.  Egads!  Daunting is not the word for it…. That is a major change and if I lose it fast (like I’d love to do), it would not be healthy for me… not physically or emotionally.  So, day by day, I’m learning how to treat myself and how to feel about myself.  I have to learn to love myself and put my health ahead of "comfort". I keep reminding myself that life is the journey, not the destination.  I’m not only building muscle, I’m building character too and respect for myself. With such a worthy task before me, how can I wish to "hurry" it along.  I gotta glean all the lessons I can from these months/years… Geez, sorry,… I’m way too philosophical today.  Must be my hormones. <grin Hugs, Laura W

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi everyone, I’m gettin back on the wagon I did the low carb thing a few years ago and dropped 40 lbs… and kept it off for a long time, until the combination of birth control, asthma steroids, and inability to exercise (asthma probs), messed me up terribly. I ended up gaining about 110lbs over a year and a half, all the while trying to stop the weight gain with low-carb eating and failing. My doctor told me that because of the combination of BC (depo, a long-term shot and not a pill I could just stop taking) and steroids, I probably couldn’t stop gaining weight, no matter what I ate, until my body had adjusted. I found this to be the case. Well, I haven’t gained a single ounce for months and so I’m readying myself to go back to weight loss with low-carb. At 282 and 5′7", I should probably lose about 120 lbs (I am very muscled so at 160, I am nice and trim). It is an extremely daunting task, especially since last time I was dieting with a roommate, and this time around my fiancee, whom I live with, does not want to do it with me. (He is also sensitive about his weight (6′3" and 260lbs) and I hope that once he starts seeing me get results, he too will be motivated to try low-carb.) Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself As Lisa mentioned in her "setback" post, everyone here is a big inspiration to me. I have a long way to go and I hope this group can help me get there Amy

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Hi Amy, I am new too.  Let’s share successes together as the new kids on the block. Good luck. Atkins and I are going to be close friends for quite some time. Grampa Doug (old geezer not so set in his ways)

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Welcome Amy ! ConnieMS

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi everyone, I’m gettin back on the wagon I did the low carb thing a few years ago and dropped 40 lbs… and kept it off for a long time, until the combination of birth control, asthma steroids, and inability to exercise (asthma probs), messed me up terribly. I ended up gaining about 110lbs over a year and a half, all the while trying to stop the weight gain with low-carb eating and failing. My doctor told me that because of the combination of BC (depo, a long-term shot and not a pill I could just stop taking) and steroids, I probably couldn’t stop gaining weight, no matter what I ate, until my body had adjusted. I found this to be the case. Well, I haven’t gained a single ounce for months and so I’m readying myself to go back to weight loss with low-carb. At 282 and 5′7", I should probably lose about 120 lbs (I am very muscled so at 160, I am nice and trim). It is an extremely daunting task, especially since last time I was dieting with a roommate, and this time around my fiancee, whom I live with, does not want to do it with me. (He is also sensitive about his weight (6′3" and 260lbs) and I hope that once he starts seeing me get results, he too will be motivated to try low-carb.) Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself As Lisa mentioned in her "setback" post, everyone here is a big inspiration to me. I have a long way to go and I hope this group can help me get there Amy

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Welcome Amy! You’ve already accomplished the hardest thing…making a decision to lose! With some commitment and some time, you’ll be on your way to accomplishing your weight lose goals (and we can call you a big loser)! suzi_cream_cheese 262/212/145 http://www.suzicreamcheese.homestead.com/

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi everyone, I’m gettin back on the wagon I did the low carb thing a few years ago and dropped 40 lbs… and kept it off for a long time, until the combination of birth control, asthma steroids, and inability to exercise (asthma probs), messed me up terribly. I ended up gaining about 110lbs over a year and a half, all the while trying to stop the weight gain with low-carb eating and failing. My doctor told me that because of the combination of BC (depo, a long-term shot and not a pill I could just stop taking) and steroids, I probably couldn’t stop gaining weight, no matter what I ate, until my body had adjusted. I found this to be the case. Well, I haven’t gained a single ounce for months and so I’m readying myself to go back to weight loss with low-carb. At 282 and 5′7", I should probably lose about 120 lbs (I am very muscled so at 160, I am nice and trim). It is an extremely daunting task, especially since last time I was dieting with a roommate, and this time around my fiancee, whom I live with, does not want to do it with me. (He is also sensitive about his weight (6′3" and 260lbs) and I hope that once he starts seeing me get results, he too will be motivated to try low-carb.) Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself As Lisa mentioned in her "setback" post, everyone here is a big inspiration to me. I have a long way to go and I hope this group can help me get there Amy

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Hi everyone, I’m gettin back on the wagon I did the low carb thing a few years ago and dropped 40 lbs… and kept it off for a long time, until the combination of birth control, asthma steroids, and inability to exercise (asthma probs), messed me up terribly. I ended up gaining about 110lbs over a year and a half, all the while trying to stop the weight gain with low-carb eating and failing. My doctor told me that because of the combination of BC (depo, a long-term shot and not a pill I could just stop taking) and steroids, I probably couldn’t stop gaining weight, no matter what I ate, until my body had adjusted. I found this to be the case. Well, I haven’t gained a single ounce for months and so I’m readying myself to go back to weight loss with low-carb. At 282 and 5′7", I should probably lose about 120 lbs (I am very muscled so at 160, I am nice and trim). It is an extremely daunting task, especially since last time I was dieting with a roommate, and this time around my fiancee, whom I live with, does not want to do it with me. (He is also sensitive about his weight (6′3" and 260lbs) and I hope that once he starts seeing me get results, he too will be motivated to try low-carb.) Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself As Lisa mentioned in her "setback" post, everyone here is a big inspiration to me. I have a long way to go and I hope this group can help me get there Amy

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