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I've started atkins on January 1, 2004. Here's my profile:

- 28 years old male
- 6'2" tall
- 225 lb
- my goal is to be below 200 lb which is where I was back in 2000.

In 1999 I was 230lb, and I lost over 30lb in 6 months doing
the Scarsdale Medical diet, which is a form of low calorie atkins.

Here's what I ate all this time.  Mind you I NEVER EVER EVER
cheated.. NOT ONCE!

Breakfest:
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- 2 hard boiled eggs

Lunch:
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- a cup of romaine lettace
- either: - 4 small regular mushrooms
         - 3-4oz of celeray sticks
         - 3-4oz of cucumber
- about a table spoon of regular ceaser dressing
 (0.1g carb per serving!)
- MEAT*

Dinner:
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- Same as lunch

MEAT*:  Either:
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- a pork sausage
- 0g carb hamburger
- 1/4 or 1/2 seasoned rotissary chicken

SNACK: (Only in the evenings) - either:
- 3 oz of low carb cheese
- a few shrimps from a shrimp ring

NOTE: I never add any saunces, no fruits, no dairy products,
no ketcup, no mustard, NOTHING above what's listed above!! PLAIN!
(Yes.. I'm that serious about loosing weight!)

DRINKS:
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- I drank about 10-12 glasses of water per day. A total of ~4 liters
(a gallon!)
- In the first week I drank diet coke, and I even dropped that. No
coffee, no tea. JUST WATER.

During the last 30 days, the following occured:

- my birthday - I didn't eat the cake nor anything beyond what's listed
above.
- company events - drank only water while everyone around be endulged in
free food galore!

At no time in 30 days did I cheat... NOT ONCE!

BODY CHANGES:
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- I go to the washroom (#2) about twice per week. Grose.. but it's a sign
it's working. right? (very little to almost nothing comes out!)
- I'm never tired anymore after food.
- I'm never hungry after a few hours of eating.
- I don't snack anymore.
- 1.5 weeks ago, I decided to increase my fat intake.. and now eat bacon
for breakfest, and
added it to the snack list. I also changed from hardboiled eggs to fried
eggs. In butter.
- I've tried using ketonstix, and it shows me that when I wake up, I'm
low. Most of the day
at trace. When I started eating more fatty foods, it went up to the
middle line.

RESULTS:
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In 30 days, I haven't lost a single lb. I weight myself every friday to
the same results. I also didn't gain a lb. I have no medical conditions
that I'm aware of, and have lost weight before on other diets (scarsdale
medical diet.. which is an atkins like  diet.. except with highly
restricted calorie count).

All my friends that lost 20+ lbs in less than 6 months are shocked.  They
even called me an extreamest for not cheating and counting every last
gram. In many  cases, I've been sticking to less than 10g.

As you can imagine, I'm at the boiling point. I'm getting married to a
wonderful person in July, and I'm tired of being fat.

Today I had my first diet coke (hated it! water tastes so much better!!)
and went with my coworkers out for chinease food (didn't touch the rice..
not used to carbs..)  So technically speaking, oday's the first time in a
month that I probably went over the 20g.

PLEASE HELP. WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME!?!???

Leon K
(leonki@yahoo.com)