Hi!
After lurking in here for a couple of months, I think it's time to
come out.
I'm 24 years old, live in Denmark, and have been low-carbing (Atkins)
since August 7th (my birthday, incidentally). When I started, I was
weighing about 289 pounds, and for now I have set my goalweight at 170
pounds, as this will give a BMI of just below 25 - I know that BMI
doesn't really tell the full story, but I like to have some sort of
number to aim at. My weight this morning was 268, making 21 pounds
lost so far - yay!
Currently I'm pretty alone in doing low-carb here, but my weight loss
so far seems to have some effect, and a couple of my best friends are
about to start... eventually. Other than that, I have other friends
doing low-fat diets, which still helps in terms of support and
motivation.
So far this group has been a great source of information and such
about the low-carb lifestyle. So thank you all.
--
Stefan Holm
"The dead have risen and are voting Republican!"