Hey all!

I had salmon patties and tomato/pepper/curry soup for dinner last night.

Oh... I guess I should do a li'l intro. I'm 29, I'm a military reservist, and I live with my SO, who works in software design. I started PP in March of 2002. That's about all I can think of; I've only had one cuppa cawfee today.

I think I'm a bit unusual as I tend NOT to get bored with limited food choices, in fact I find it comforting.


Hi 4beans, I always wondered what your name meant!

Liz

Liz, get your spider figured out? I would have died as well.

<passes K another cup-o-joe, and makes self another>

Ever since seeing my first DS on an ultrasound, looking like a kidney bean, I've always called my kiddos my *beans*.

Hi--Can I join too?

I am 47 and after 25 years or so working in the outside world I now stay at home and sell books and small collectibles on eBay. A fun job since I'm pretty much addicted to auctions, flea markets and garage sales. I have three children of which only one is still at home. He's a senior this year and will be graduating in the spring. We live in a rural area in Idaho and my husband is a teacher and horseshoer (hence the "shoer" name.)

Have been on maintenance for a couple of months now and am surprised that it's going this well. I pretty much stick to low carb foods but have been cautiously treating myself every now and then to high carb/sugar foods and so far so good. I guess on that red light, green light, yellow light thing I could be all three--depends on the day and what's being offered.

Am looking forward to this chat board as, like others have mentioned, I miss the daily check-in on the regular Atkins board. Not too much there of interest any more.

Hi Shoer! Congrats on your wonderful success! I'm so glad to be able to chat daily with maintainers as well!

Hiya mind if I join? I'm semi-maint. I haven't really decided yet where I want my weight loss to stop but at any rate I'm getting close to the end of the journey. A little about myself.. I'm 32 years old, stay at home mom, have 4 great kids (3 when the teenager is pmsing. hehe) I guess I'm in a minority when it comes to my weight. I was underweight my whole life. Prior to children the most I had ever weighed was 90lbs. Then I had children! Each pregnancy I gained WAY over what I should weigh. The highest I reached was with my second child, at the end of that pregnancy I weighed 192 lbs. Strangely the weight problems came with becoming a vegetarian. At the beginning of that second pregnancy I became vegetarian.. followed by being vegan. I was never able to get my weight down below 160's after that pregnancy until I started doing Atkins.

I tried starting Atkins in July of last year. Then after reading the book I started with a proper induction on August 1 and have never looked back. I set a short term goal of 125 for Christmas of last year and made it! January brought a big suprize... Baby on the way! So I went into panic mode ate horrible foods for 2 weeks, put on over 5 lbs. During that two weeks I read everything I could and decided that yes, I could stay on Atkins while pregnant. So I stayed on Atkins during my entire pregnancy and gained 20 lbs.. had a huge baby boy. and now (6 weeks later) I am down to 120. I got pretty accustomed to keeping 100 net carbs during pregnancy and I'm in the process of trying to cut it back some so that I can maintain and even lose a few more lbs. It's hard to cut back though. I seem to have cravings that I never had while in the induction/owl phases.

Jenn

Glad you joined us over here Jenn!!

hehe... I always thought it was your last name!!

Mike

Goof ball.

Hi

I get really bored with the choices as well. I should plan out my meals like you have, Beans. Sounds easier that way.

I am fairly bored with food in general (isn't that great!), I couldn't be bothered eating. I am lucky I make my LC-SO's lunch, so I snack on various lunch bits, like pork souvlaki and celery (with cream cheese, yum).

For those Canadians out there, I bought a BIG TIM mug from time hortons'. It holds six cups of coffee, it was for an event in Toronto (Shania Twain was there), and we had 25 volunteers, so I thought a nice BIIIIIG coffee was in order. Of course, I have no idea where to store it now...

Cheers
Mary

OK guys I am so not in maintenance but I couldn't keep away. i am determined to be there soon though so I hope you guys don't mind if I poke my head in here. Hey Kristen have you tried your salmon patty recipe with caned crab meat? I did that a couple weeks ago and it was great. Becki I too have been trying one new recipe a week. Mostly from the 500 LC recipe book. My problem is I find things I like and I eat it a lot until I'm tired of it LOL.

Hiya Gab Exactly why I eat it for a day or 2 and freeze the rest.

Hi everybody! I'm very excited to see some activity in this forum!!
A little about me...
I am 20 years old and a college senior at Indiana University, majoring in Marketing (watch out all you so-called "low carb" companies...I'm onto your scheming ploys!!)
I've been on maintenance since June of this year and I love it. No more religious food journaling and carb tracking...i just kinda go with the flow! And I'm having a great time experimenting with new foods and recipes because i LOVE to cook Also, it seems as though the minor increase in carbs has gotten me a few pounds below my goal weight, so now i have a little wiggle room But, unlike the limbo, this is as low as i want to go. I look forward to chatting with you all, celebrating our arrival to maintenance, and learning from each other. Cheers

Wow, how am I ever going to keep up with all these posts????? Happy maintaining!