Inspiration

Cinshad, from Michigan, is 39, has been married for 21 years. She is the mother of four children. Cinshad has been low carbing for a year, and recently reached her goal weight of 145. In fact she has dipped below her goal weight and now weighs 138!! That is 35% of me gone through low carbing!" she declares proudly.

Marilyn, 57, is from Edmonton Alberta, Canada. She started out following Protein Power in October of 1999, and switched over to Atkins since January of 2000. She now tries to limit her carbohydrate intake to between 20 to 30 grams a day.

"Everything's bigger and better in Texas." This old adage refers to the size of things in Texas when compared with the size of things everywhere else in the world. Well, the first part of this old adage surely held true for me! Since I was a rather small and scrawny child in my first few years of life, ending up at 300 pounds what quite a feat. My mother tells me stories about taking me for regular doctor visits and voicing her concerns about me being too skinny and so I must be sick. The family doctor named her "The Mother Hen."

I have been low carbing since Aug. 27, 2000. I have never found any weight loss program that is so easy to follow - with no hunger and such rapid weight loss - in my life. This way of eating is a dream come true!

In May of 1998 my wife Margaret and I wholeheartedly adopted the low carb way of life. My weight loss since then has been about 35 pounds. Margs has lost about 25 pounds. Not only have we lost the weight but in Margaret's case, at least, have maintained the weight loss. have stayed at the Being a type II diabetic, I find it more difficult to hold on to the losses. I do lapse occasionally and have to struggle to get back to the lower weight level that I have achieved through low carbing. We are both continuing to slowly edge towards our target weights.

In 1996 I weighed 208 (or maybe more) and wore size 22 jeans. Two years ago this month I hit a body fat percentage of 24% and realized that at 137 I had reached goal. At 5'-4", I wore sizes 8 and 10.

You see, we've been programmed to think that a "DIET" (the other four letter word) is something that we do for a short time. A "DIET" is painful, something we stop and start over and over again!

Mary from Alabama is 30 years old. She has been following the Atkins diet since February 29, 2000, and has lost 56 pounds, even though she takes the Depo Provera shot, which is known to cause problems with weight gain in some women. She told me she started having a problem with her weight at the age of 12, a time when many young girls will start to struggle with extra pounds. She has a wonderful support system.

Elaine is from London. She is 43 years old, and has been on the Atkins Diet since 3/5/2000. Elaine began putting on weight following a serious illness when she 11. From then on, she has had a constant struggle with her weight.

This Low-Carb success story was submitted by Rachel during the month of June 2000. She only wanted to lose about 25 lbs. but discovered that there are other health benefits of the low carb lifestyle.

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Pam from Florida is 45. She had her first child at 17, and has struggled with her weight since she was about 20 years old. Pam has been following the Atkins Plan for a year and a half now, and has lost 62 pounds since she began low carbing in October of 1999!