30 days have past. end result: 22 pound loss and a bunch more energy. I am gonna stick with this. So I guess now it will be called "Sam's (over)30 Day Atkins Blog" from now on.

Sam

:kick ing: I finnaly lost 10 pounds . I have been very good eating what I am suposed to got rid of that cool whip . I think thats why I wasnt losing for a while . Im still not going . Kinda freaky though . I started taking that magnesium so I hope that works . Its been so long . Jeez didnt even think it was possible to not go for this long . I have been excersising alot so that cant be it. Really confused but I want to lose more for this month . My goal was 20 pounds the first month and Im behind on that . So have to kick it up a notch !!! LOL !!!!...

Hawaiigirl

People who struggle with dieting get hungry and feel hunger pains more intensely. It can feel like an emergency.........all the attention gets focused on how uncomfortable it feels, and when and where to get food.

Tomorrows task is to practice hunger tolerance. She recommends skipping lunch, just eating breakfast and not lunch, then supper. That is not practical for me, since we eat supper at 8:00pm (tonite it was 9). I am always hungriest at 3:30-4:00, I don't know if I am hungrier then, or just think that is when I need to eat, so tomorrow I am going to go without food from...

laurihill

So my workout of choice has become swimming. It doesn't hurt my body, and I can go a lot longer than with any other workout.

I am swimming at my local YMCA. They have a 25 yard pool. I used to swim a lot, and my mom had medals from the jr olympics for swimming, so I am kindof a fish But it is depressing because I am so out of shape and I don't have the stamina for a long swim like I used to. So I am doing 500 yard swims (which is 10 laps in this 25 yard pool).

I think some people are confused about a lap and a legnth. A lap is all the way down and back, like...

TiffJake

..being " only" 43 and having been fighting my appetites for the last 40 years (or so it seems) I am so incredibly impressed with what You achieved and how You go about it!

WOW!!!!!!!

Best regards

Josuanna

Josuanna