Hi Morgan, thanks for your kind words. It is just nice to know that there are others who are in the same place with this diet.
No, I am on no medication whatsoever, just vitamins, minerals (love that Potassium - stops those leg cramps!) and Glucosimine/Condroitin to make sure my knees and joints keep working.
I have emailed the Atkins people a lot and they were the ones who encouraged me to try that fat fast. I said that it didn't help and it didn't help me lose weight, but it sure did one thing for me - I made me sooooo Happy to be back on induction which was like a dream to me after being on that Fat Fast!
Yes, I am under a Doctor's care. I have had a complete blood workup. One of the main reasons I chose Atkins was that my Mother and Grandmother both have diabetes. I don't want to have to deal with that, so I opted for eating right now and making it a life time thing before I get diabetes and have to do it because of that.
Atkins assures me that although Exercise is really great and recommended, the Atkins plan should work whether you exercise or not. You might lose weight and not be toned, but you WILL lose weight.
I am just hoping that my back injury will get better and allow me to do more than just lurching around behind a shopping cart and sitting on my rump at the office.
Thanks so much for your reply. Hold a kind thoght for me and my thighs - I don't want them to catch afire from rubbing together one day while I am hiking up the stairs!
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