Damsel > wrote in
:

> Andy <Q> said:
>
>> I did Atkins for a year and lost 30 pounds, it was something about
>> being too anal about the whole regimen that made it hard to stick to
>> it.
>
> Exactly. I'm OCD to start out with. I went into conniptions every
> time I ate 10 extra carbs.
>
>> It actually all fell apart when I started revisiting this newsgroup!
>
> Have you kept any/all of the weight off?

No, I bought a kitchen-aid stand mixer at the thought of making my own
pasta and with pasta comes poundage. I'm back to 225-230.


>> There. I SAID IT!
>>
>> Groups like rfc make diet failing so much less MY fault!!!
>
> ROFL! Did you participate in the low-carb group? That JC is such an
> inspiration to us all. It was hard to tear myself away from that guy.

I didn't know about that newsgroup (?) at that time.

That's, like I said, the problem with "groups", imho. Everybody can fall
into a trap of blaming the group instead of themselves.

After 30 years, I quit smoking last year, Wednesday, September 1, 2004,
10am, cold turkey. I didn't join any group, didn't discuss it with
anybody and that's over and done. I can't wait to celebrate my first
anniversary.

I think we all have power at our disposal. Sometimes just keeping it
private makes it simple. Maybe, imho?!

I don't know, Carol. Sorry for going so deep.

Andy