3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th time around

[applejax]

Hello, everyone! I have tried and tried this soooooo many times. I have done it successfully twice for over 2 weeks.

This past weekend I started having some pain above my left breast. I had to breath shallow or it would hurt really bad. Later I stood up and the pain left. I guess I was just slouched for too long but it scared me. I don't want to die young. My children are only 10 & 12.

Having said that I am at the point where I know I need to lose the weight and I am ready now. I'm ready for the right reasons. For myself, for my health, to be around for my children. I use to want to lose weigh to look good. Now I realize that being healthy is way more important than how I look and that slimming down will come in time with being healthy.

Tomorrow I will be at a family gathering. Everyone will be eating carby stuff and I don't want to be rude (believe me someone will notice I'm not eating garbage and say something) but I don't want to have to start all over again from day one. I am on day 4 of induction and I am to the point where I feel absolutely wonderful today. If anyone has any advice on how to handle people criticizing my new way of life please share. (BTW my DH will agree with everyone about eating. He hates the way my breath smells when I am burning fat.)

Well, thanks for listening. Hope to get to know you all better!

[kristenxo]

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Hello Miranda Sorry, I have no great advice on how to deal with (rude) people criticizing your WOE. If I were you I'd just try to ignore them although I know it'll be hard. Just stay focused and think of your ultimate goal.

Also, congrats on restarting

[ImREADYImREADY]

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Hi Miranda.
Sorry to be blunt, but it's noone else's busniess of how you decide to eat and be healthy They will soon understand when they see the weight coming off and then they will be real interested in what exacally you are doing, so they can do it!
Maybe someone will have better advice.

[Mommy2LittleMissBellaBre]

Re: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th time around

tell them to mind there own businesss and f off lol...

[applejax]

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Thanks! I will not stray today! I am going to eat before I go and take some safe snacks with me. It doesn't matter what they say. It's my life and I'm in control.

[easttexasdaisy]

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Dh really needs to be more supportive. Does he realize you are experiencing health problems? Sorry but he really needs to get his head out of the sand and jump on board and be supportive.
If it is an occasion were you can take a dish, then make something absolutely delish to take with you. So mnay of the Atkins dishes are just incredible and when you take it to dinner people compliment. I hate to say it but Meat and FAT taste good and you can make some really wonderfull dishes. Just yesterday I made a mediteranian dish called 40 cloves of garlic with chicken. So very tasty. Then you know you have something healthy that you can eat at the table.
Anyway as for everyone saying something, you can avoid it by saying you are trying to not eat bread and simple sugars. Just stop there. If you say low carb they always pick up on it.
Have a great day!

[mothette]

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Boy do I know how nosey family can be. Ugh! My family is filled with the exremes. They are either morbidly obese (like me) or skinnier than a rail but can eat more than the morbidly obese ones... and both sides can spot a diet(er) eight miles away in the dark of night. Some of my family like the low carb thing but most don't and I've heard every dismissal on it that's possible to be put into words. Last year when I started this the first time I argued the merits of this woe, won my little verbal battle against the mainstream of my family especially when I backed it up with three months on it and twenty something pound loss, but then I lost the war when I fell off the wagon and began eating carbs. I gave them a reason to say "uh huh, told you so."

Eventually I had to tell them to lay off and this time around I know enough to tell them that for health reasons I'm boycotting certain foods and then leaving it at that.

Luckily though I do have a very supportive husband.

Have you had your chest pain checked out at the doctors?