October 2012 Moms
Clovesjellybeans
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Anyone doing Atkins?
Clovesjellybeans
member
I'm getting desperate here...I did it about 10 years ago and took of a LOT of weight, fast...and kept it off...until I got preg, of course.
I've also done ww successfully in the past, but it doesn't seem to be working for me this time...I think there's too much freedom and I end up over-doing it.
Is anyone doing Atkins right now to take of some of the PP weight?
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Re: Anyone doing Atkins?
Is that the one where you just eat veggies and meat at the beginning? If so no and I personally wouldn't b/c I feel the its off balance.
I would start with a food, drink and activity journal to see what you are really eating and drinking ect. I would then go from there and tweak your eating habits. I'm really anti diets and more into lifestyle changes. You can alway indulge occasionally and its not a big deal since you go right back to clean eating.
if you eat or drink processed foods, fast foods, ect they really need to go. I had a horrible time losing weight with DS but was doing WW also and realized I was eating a lot of processed garbage just b/c it was a ffew points. You may want to checkout Eating for your blood type. It's a little restrictive until you get used to it but its a great tool if you are eating heathy, exercising, ect and not changing in the direction you'd like. I ended up taking out a few health foods because they weren't for my type and not only didi feel better but I also started seeing positive changes.
also, are you still nursing? Some women hold onto weight with nursing. And also your hormones may not be back to normal yet. Good luck!
No...not breastfeeding. The main reason I haven;t done it yet is how restrictive it is, and I don't think that it's healthy to deprive yourself of carbs. this is why I love WW...I just find that with all the freedom, you need a TON of motivation to really track, and weigh and measure everything.
I will go get a blood test done to see if everything is back to normal...I was supposed to go 6 weeks pp, but I haven't gone yet. The day I was there, the blood test clinic was closed already, and then I never went back.. I know. bad.
I just feel like I need something to quick start me to gove me the motivation to keep it up. I'm driving myself crazy!