thank you for the advise. i will look at my plan.

i would be happy with a 5 pound weight loss at this point. i know i will probally loose 7-10 the first month, after that i will be happy with any loss,

Hi Butterfly, welcome, Make a journal, I am so glad you came here, and joined with us...You can do it, and I wish you all the luck in the world hugs Debbie

My goal is my bday 50th..April 3rd..so I am right there with you guys..I have 31 lbs to lose...maybe more if I get there..135 puts me in an 8..I'm happy with that. 6 wuld be nice too.LOL

Hi, Butterfly! I gained 70 pounds in two years, 23 of which came on after I quit smoking. Congrats on making the commitment to lose the weight — low-carb is an awesome WOL — and on keeping off the ciggies, of course.

Hi Butterfly!!!! welcome to this forum!!!! I have been doing Atkins for one year and seven months and I love it!!! I not only lost weight but also I am helthier than ever!! I love this WOE and this forum...I have found a lot of support here !!!

And about OA ....I am sure that OA meetings will help you a lot, you will meet people with the same problem that we have sharing their experiences and you will feel that you are not alone!!!

take care and welcome again!!

Welcome, I need to save your post so I can remember how fast the weight can come back on. I have lost 60 pounds and I don't want to be back up in weight a year from now!

Butterfly, Welcome to the forum. I also put on 50 pounds when I quit smoking, and I was already overweight to start with--but I thought I just wanted to do it "one thing at a time". Now, I'm still fighting to get it off, and my age is against me --all those raging 'old lady hormones!' Actually someone likened losing weight to quitting smoking and I tend to relate with that.. I didn't quit smoking the first time I tried either. Good luck, we can do this.

Patty --congrats on the 60 pounds lost! that's great!

Hey just take each day at a time and sooner than you know you'll have a month under your belt! (hopefully a smaller belt too!) It just takes time and I find it easier to just look at it daily -

Hang in there!! It's not easy to give up so much at one time but it all seems to go together - and I know I was also drinking Miller 64 with only 2carbs but 4 or 5 of them and it does add up! And then I usually reach for the crunchy snacks after the beer - that got me back up my 30lbs!

You can do it

Good luck, butterfly, and welcome! I'm a newbie here, too, but not to forums or LC.
I, too, am looking at my pre-preggie clothes from a mere 18 months ago, and they're so tiny they look like doll clothes!
Rather than focusing on how much it sucks that I'm 70 pounds overweight, I'm trying to focus on how much fun it will be to discover all these "new" clothes in my closet when I've reached my goal weight.
Good luck - and I'll be cheering you on!

wow gang. thanks for all the bookoos of support here. i really appreciate it. i have been sick for two days. sinus and fever. i have been taking nyquil yep with sugar. antobotics, tylenol and advil, lots of homemade veggie soup my mom made a huge batch, that is about all i have been eating, it is tomato based, not low carb but it is veggies so not to bad no crackers... i have not started induction yet. i want to but crap like getting sick or thanksgiving and now christmas in two weeks i just want to binge till christmas and then do it and that is no way to be thinking this.... again thanks for all the kind words of wisdom... it really gives me hope for tomorrow, i purchased a 5 pound bag of boneless chicken thighs ( i dont like white meat, tooo dry) from sams i am going to deep fry it in oil with parmasian cheese, a recipie i did years ago, and lemon pepper, and itialian, and russian, fat free dressings, i will have a different flavour all week, and i got three dozon eggs, do i am planning induction... went to charlies meat market and got a box of ribeyes but they did not have the thighs, only breast. i got chedar cheese, and i got three pounds of turkey breast on a one day sale for 2.39 a pound marked down from 5.99 a pound. i wanted a hoggie so bad, but passed the bread isle and said no, bye bye bread.... ok all wish me luckand i wish you luck....
thanks
god bless and have a Merry CHRISTmas

i love your avator, i had to copy it, but will not use it here, i just had to have it. i will put it on myspace where i plan to do a new lay out with faries and such

i went shopping for food supply. went to sams wholesale club and purchased a 5 pound bag of chicken filets unbreaded and skinned, flashed frozen, talapia filets, butter, cottage cheese, 3 dozen eggs, hamburger patties, heavy whipping cream, fresh brocolli, cheddar cheese, american cheese. i am fixing to go cook up a few days worth and pack up into breafast, lunch and dinners worth, boil up eggs, make some deviled, etc. i am so excited about getting all this rolling. i have not been anywhere hardly on the forum, so i guess i will venture to the newbie forums, i can not beleive there is 75,000 members in this one forum and 800 on line right now, i had no idea low carbing was soooo popular... hope to see some of you guys in the newbie section.... thanks for all your help here in the introduction forum... /\ ButterFly

Yikes... I couldn't buy that much from Sam's and keep it!

I love their tequila lime chicken wings. Only a few carbs and Sooooooooo good. I am doing good to be holding my own so far this month. I'm not so concerned about losing weight as not gaining any! Hopefully after Christmas I can get strict and lose some weight. I 'think' it will be easier over vacation. I'll have time to cook/plan and not be on autopilot so much.

Glad you joined us! It really is a great place.

zodea

Hi Butterfly,

Well done for getting on board. You *can* keep on track over Christmas by aiming to be mostly low-carb. Wouldn't it be great to lose over the Christmas period? A lot of us are aiming to do that. Take a look at the Challenges Forum section. There are quite a few challenges for people who need support to stay on track over the festive season - I joined one called "Lose Through The Holidays". It's really good to have support with whatever challenges we're facing. There's another group which is doing an induction over Christmas - I think it is called "Santa's Induction to Christmas, and there are others too. If you're interested, then read through the threads and decide which is going to help you to stay on track best.

Best of luck with your diet, and have a merry Christmas