Meet Ambria

Email: ambria@imajis.com
I make my home in Seattle, WA, USA.
I visit the board daily.
My Stats: 178/154.5/120.
My Size Stats: 12-14/??/??.
I usually test trace.
I started Atkins on 10/13/99.
I restrict myself to 20-30 grams of carbs.

My exercise regime:

• When I have the time, I walk on a treadmill, use the weight machine or the stairclimber.

What I usually eat in a day:

• Breakfast:
  scambled eggs, sausage or bacon ... sometimes half a piece of french toast with cinnamon
  
• Lunch:
  string cheese and an atkins bar, sometimes a piece of ham or other meat
  
• Dinner:
  steak, chicken, or fish ... fixed one of a hundred ways, most of the time with cheese or veggies
  
• Snack:
  sugar free jello, nut crackers and borsons cheese, pepperoni or cashews.

My favorite recipe:

• Chocolate Shake (this is goooooooood!)

  1 cup of heavy cream
  2 cups of ice
  1/4 cup of splenda
  1 tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa
  1 teaspoon of vanilla

  put all in the blender and let her go! makes 3 shakes, top with cinnamon. also wonderful to add a little kamora or kaluha (little higher in carbs, but a nice treat)

My inspiration:

• Seeing people look at me twice and wonder to themselves how I'm losing so much weight ... but be scared to ask because they don't want to offend!

• Is to buy a whole new wardrobe at the faires this summer!

Have you experienced any negative effects:

• bad breath and sore joints (which we helped by taking extra potassium). also irregular TOTM.

My comments:
Thank you so much for this board! It is truely an inspiration to us all :)