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AMR = Active Metabolic Rate
AS = Artificial Sweetener
BDK = Benign Dietary Ketosis
BF = Boyfriend
BFI = Body Fat Index
BMR = Basal Metabolic Rate
BTW = By The Way
CCLL = Critical Carbohydrate Level for Losing
CCLM = Critical Carbohydrate Level for Maintenance
DANDR = Reference to the Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution book
DD = Dear Daughter
DH = Dear Husband
DS = Dear Son
DRD = Diet Related Disorder
EFA = Essential Fatty Acids
FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions
FMS = Fat Mobilizing Substance
FWIW = For What It's Worth
FYA = For your amusement
FYI = For Your Information
GTF = Glucose Tolerance Factor
GTT = Glucose Tolerance Test
HDL = High Density Lipoprotein
HTH = Hope This Helps
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
IMO = In My Opinion
JLSBP = Just Like Stuffed Baked Potatoes
LC = Low Carb
LDL = Low Density Lipoprotein
LOL = Laugh Out Loud
LTS = Lipolysis Testing Strips
NT = No Text
OWL = Ongoing Weight Loss
ROTFL = Rolling On The Floor Laughing
SF = Sugar Free
SO = Significant Other
TOM = Time Of Month
WATP = Walk Away the Pounds (exercise tapes by Leslie Sansone)
Whoosh = After a stall, the pounds that all of a sudden drop off.
Whoosh Fairy = The "make believe" fairy that takes the pounds away.
WOE = Way Of Eating
WOL = Way Of Living

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Started Atkin's - January 9th/04


279.5/190.75/175.0
88.75 lbs down
first goal - 205lbs - April 2/09
Onederland hit..April 23/09
second goal - 193lbs

Thanks for this Gina. When I first started, a year ago, I didn't know some of these abbreviations, and was too embarrassed to ask. It took awhile to figure them out. I'm sure the newbies that have just joined appreciate you!

It's kinda funny that we need an acronym for the just like stuffed baked potatoes.

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KEEP IT PURE TO KEEP IT HEALTHY!!
28 F

Yes Allie has us that addicted

Gina

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Started Atkin's - January 9th/04


279.5/190.75/175.0
88.75 lbs down
first goal - 205lbs - April 2/09
Onederland hit..April 23/09
second goal - 193lbs