This morning I had my 4-week follow up visit, after being diagnosed as T2
diabetic on December 15th.  At the time, my HBA1c was 9.  Fasting blood
glucose was 135.  She told me to not eat any fast food, follw my low-carb
diet and come back in a month. ( I had slaked off on the carbs ...

 http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/01/23/atkins.bloomberg.ap/index.html
NEW YORK (AP) -- The widow of Dr. Robert Atkins went on national television
Friday to demand that Mayor Michael Bloomberg apologize for calling the late
diet guru "fat."

Hi low-carb guys naq gals!
I've been lurking a few weeks and now I am finally ready to make my first
post! I hope I can enjoy your support, and I can support you, too!
Anyway, I have been battling my weight almost my whole life, it seems. Up

I had lunch today at TGI Fridays ... Tried the Tuscan spinach dip. YUMMY.
More vegetables than two people (one of them not a low carber) could eat.
Had the sizzling chicken with broccoli, no onions or peppers. VERY GOOD.
Now I have to go back and try the other items.

I've been recommended that I post my question here having asked it on
alt.support.thyroid.
I am just about to embark on the fourth day of the induction phase of the
Atkins diet.  I am disappointed to see no reduction in weight at all so far.

Other than Subway and its low carb wrap what other places offer foods like
that?
Does anyone has a list of MAYOR brand names such "KRAFT" that produces low
carb products?

I am looking for resources (websites, books, links) that deal with
low-carbing during pregnancy.
Making sure the mother-to-be gets all the nutrition she needs, what to
eat, what not to, everything.

I am not on Atkins, but I am on a LC diet.  It's called Lean for Life. I think
it's similar to atkins....the results are astonishing.  I hope I can keep it
up.  I am new to this site & y'all seem like really good people.  I have seen a
few that are stuck & disappointed their scale ...

Are they okay with atkins diet?

Donato's Pizza (originally a Columbus company, bought by McDonald's
and being sold back to the orginal owner, thank God) has tested and
will soon roll-out nationally, a crustless, low-carb pizza). The
toppings are put on some kind of soy-based crumb base, cooked on a

I have successfully lost over 25 pounds on the Atkins diet, from 196
to 170.
I love it and intend to continue with this WOE.
Among the other things I've noticed while on this diet is that I dont'

I am almost done with the first week of my low carb diet and I am gaining and not losing... although I think it is because I started my period and it is water retention.. I know I know.. just an excuse. But I havent had my period for over a year so I was quite suprised when I got ...

I can't speak for all locations but the IHOP in my area is horrible.
My wife and I are both on low carb diets and ate there this morning.  We
both ordered omletts which run for about 7 bucks and come with pancakes,
hashbrowns, and bread.

Hi everyone. I have been lurking here for about a month or so and you guys seem
really great and friendly!!  You have given me so much fantastic advice that I
am so thankful to all of you! We are stocked up on plenty of water, induction
veggies and vitamins! LOL! My family and I are ...

I have lost around 15lbs.I have noticed that on my thighs right above my
knees the skin looks ripply like cellulite(sp?).It looks like I also have on
each side a ripple or bump that sticks out a bit......like fat has gathered
there.I also have one on each side of my abdomen under my ...