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Well after traveling back on the "dark side", I have returned to the place of light! 1 1/2 year ago I reached a top weight of about 280-285, and I decided that for health reasons I needed to make a change before something happened. I'm 6'2" and I have a big bone structure, so I always felt like as long as I stayed at 250 or under, I would be ok. Needless to say that I was in shocked once I discovered that I had ballooned up past 280. I started eating differently for about 2 weeks or so and I dropped down to 275, and then I discovered Atkins. I decided to give it a shot to try and lose 25 lbs to get back to my 250lb. mark. Well after seeing how easy this WOE was for me, I was able to drop the 25lb.'s I wanted as well as another 40lb.'s, for a total of 65lb.'s lost in about a 3-4 month span. I dropped from a 42 waist to a 36-38 in my pants and 2X-3X shirts downn to a 1X. My self esteem shot through the roof with all of the comments I received from various people. I embraced this WOE and vowed that I would never let my weight get that high again. Then I started to slowly get back into my old eating habits, eating more and more carbs. as the weeks and months passed. Part of it was a conscious decision as, at 210lb.'s, I felt "too" then and really wanted to get back up to about 225. The original goal was to add the extra 15lbs in the form of muscle and not fat. Well I added a good 10lb.s successfully, but it was downhill after that. Due to work and family obligations, my workout schedule became null and void. Shortly there after I began eating more fast food as I had previously done and I completely abandoned all of the good things that this WOE initially taught me. I also stopped logging on to this website, which gave me the vast majority of my information and motivation about this WOE. Well that brings me full circle to today. A few weeks ago I started feeling really bad about my appearance, compared to how I looked a few short months ago. I decided to re-commit myself to this WOE, and this time for good. I peaked out at 245lbs. which is under my 250lb. ceiling, but still too close for comfort. It took me about 2 weeks to get mentally ready to start again, but as of Nov. 1, I am now back in induction, with the goal to lose 20-25lbs. I know this WOE works and I have no doubt that I will be successful once again with it. More importantly though, I also now know not to let myself become lazy and complacent so that I won't have to make this a regular occurrence. In any case, wish me luck, and keep an eye out for my progress.
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