Back at it need help?!

Another post about low carb diet at forum.lowcarber.org where I have commented on

Krista said:

Hello all!
So I was convinced that it was so unhealthy to do low carb about a yeat ago that I decided to conform and switch it up to about a 100g a day carbs, that was a mistake because I ended up gaining 30 lbs in no time… So now I have to start all over again. I never really followed a certain diet, but I guess it was pretty close to atkins, My goal is to lose 30lbs, but is it possible that I cant to do LC again? That it wont work for me any more? Because I have have not lost any weight, i actually gained a coulpe lbs in my first 2 weeks, and I havent felt the flu like symptons that I had the first time around….
Thanks!

My response:

Hi Krista! Yes a warm welcome to you as well.

It is entirely possible that you can do low carb again and succeed. However the fact that you’ve gained a couple of pounds over the last couple of weeks does make me think that perhaps  you haven’t found the best low carb system for you.

I would suggest that you follow the Atkins low carb protocols but to the letter, don’t be tempted to start to play around with them until you’ve proven that they work for you as they have done for so many thousands and thousands of other people.

As Lindsay061 has said, keep in touch; find your recipes, but most of all get excited about the new you that you’ll see in the mirror in just a few months’ time. Get excited about the days full of energy, being able to do the things that you so long to do but maybe put off for a reason or another. Get excited about the comments people are going to make on how good you look and how happy you seem having got your life and body in order. But most of all get excited because you deserve this. Find yourself a great reason; a great WHY you want to be fit and healthy and that too will help carry you through to get the body that you want.

Hope that helps,

Mark