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Hi all this is going to be long, sorry. Not sure if this is how I am supposed to introduce myself but here goes. This is my third time starting atkins. A few years back I started Atkins and I lost 36 pounds in 4 1/2 months. I didn't cheat all that time and I was really in the groove. Then I got pregnant and my ob/gyn was not a low carb person and recommended I go off low carb while pregnant. Still I did not do so bad gaining while I was pregnant. At my 4 week check up after my daughter was born I was only up 2 pounds from my pre pregnancy weight. But, I could not get back on track and back in that groove with atkins with the stress of having a new born and began to gain it back AFTER the baby was born. By the time I went back to work when she was 8 months old (I had to get a new job after being layed off while pregnant) I was up by 18 pounds and in so much pain in my hips and knees I could barely walk. At the beginning of the year I was so dedicated to getting back on track and losing 60 pounds this year. Well needless to say that didn't happen. My daughter, when she was barely a year old, was abused by her daycare provider. I picked her up one night with a busted upper lip and when we took her to the Dr. the next day we found out her arm are also fractured. I was so hurt, angry, frustrated at being so powerless to do anything about it (I wanted to go beat that ladies well you know) that I began to stuff all those feelings with food. Those feelings lingered and were harder to deal with than anything ever and most days if I think about it those feelings all come flooding back again and I still want to go kick that ladies well you know. Finally on Easter I started going to church and that gave me a place to pour out all those feelings. I think I cried everytime I went for several months, but it was helping because I was atleast letting it out and not holding it all in. And the pastor one of the first few times I spoke to him told me "Let us be your diet form now on" like he knew. And his wife said one of the first times "God knows what is in your heart" I clung to those two things until finally 4 weeks ago, on a Saturday, no less I started back on Atkins induction. Now you know you are pretty desperate to change when you start a new way of eating on SATURDAY. haha But I guess I was just ready. I made it thru induction it was hard but I made it. My scale is crazy and doesn't ever say the same thing twice even if you get off and right back on so I did it without knowing if I was losing or not. I just kept telling myself it doesn't matter how much you are losing you have a looooonnnnggg way to go. The last couple of weeks some days have been good and others I have been slipping all over the place. So I came here to try to find some support and some new recipes to try. I spent the afternoon yesterday looking up recipes and putting together a grocery list. It helps me to try new recipes for two reasons. Looking them up keeps my mind focused on atkins, and trying new things keeps me from getting bored. Soooo, I know this was long but I hope to share with you guys daily and learn from you all how to do this thing for the long haul. I put my stats below so you see I have some work to do. I haven't even started exersizing yet for as many excuses as I can make up. haha
Thanks,
Cheryl
sw334/rsw322/gw175?
Thanks,
Cheryl
sw334/rsw322/gw175?
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