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Julia · Hey!

My journey here started with calorie counting. I lost about 30lbs fairly easily. I did miss butter and fatty cuts of meat but it was livable. Then I started getting really weak. I had to nap throughout the day. I was miserable so I stopped and went back to eating how I always did (just whatever I fancied at the moment). I felt a lot better and I didn’t gain back any of the weight. Tried counting calories again about 8 months later and the same thing happened. I had absolutely no energy. I was keeping my calories around 1600 and was averaging 50% carbs 30% protein and 20% fat. I have no idea why I felt so terrible all the time. I was eating how we’re told we’re supposed to eat.

So I said screw it. I’m meant to be 190lbs. I still visit the calorie counting forum I had joined (lots of funny broads) and came across a post about Good Calories, Bad Calories. Then someone posted a link to Dean’s MAM experiment. Holy crap! So I started researching no carb diets. Found a few forums, read through people’s experiences, read all the articles I could find, read the epic Bear thread (he’s quite a character eh?), and finally decided that zero carb, or damn near zero carb, is worth a shot.

So here I am. *Waves* I chose this forum above the other zc forums cuz yous guys are the coolest zc kids around.

Nice to “meat” you all. Ha ha, I’m punny. Wink

Bobi

Julia,
Yes we are a great group. Read all the topics and you will learn what people have tried and what works for us. Ask any questions you want...you'll always get an answer!!