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I am sitting here at home - still outta work til Monday (due to my surgery)...so obviously I'm sitting here on my computer...and I think I need to take just a few minutes out of my time to come here and say:
THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Who to?
Well - to everyone on this board who has helped me get to where I'm at right now.
I was so "desperate" back in January that I went against everything I've EVER known about diet and nutrition and "gasp" I decided to try out the Atkins diet...
And I can not express enough how happy that I am to have finally listened to my doctor! (she's the one who TOLD me to do it 2 years ago! lol)
But even though my doc was the one who kept pushing me and pushing me to "lay off the carbs" every time I'd see her - I honestly don't know if I'd have gotten this far without the support from all of you here on this board.
Everyone from the moderators that have been here forever to the newbies that come here daily - I am so thankful for this board I don't know if I have enough words to describe it.
When I'm trying to help newbies stay on the course - it helps ME to remember why I'M doing this too.
Honestly - though - once I'd gained back all the weight I'd lost on the low-fat/high-carb way of eating that I was doomed to be fat forever - since that was the only way I'd known how to lose weight - and not only did it stop working, but it started working AGAINST me and in fact went the OTHER way...no matter how much I "dieted" or worked out - I kept getting fatter.
But now I've finally learned my lesson and I know that this is truly the ONLY way for me to live/eat for the rest of my life.
There have been times in the past 7 months that I wanted to give up - times when I'd get frustrated because I wasn't losing as fast as other people - or even anything at all - but I can't. Giving up means going back to being unhappy with my body. Even when there's been WEEKS that I was the exact same weight and couldn't lose - I kept reminding myself that if I keep eating this way the weight WILL eventually start falling off again - and also eating this way I will NEVER be fat again.
It's like something has finally clicked and said, "this is what works - AND it's HEALTHY!"
I am no longer addicted to sugar like I had been in my past.
Anyways - I just wanted to thank everyone here for the support I don't know I could have gotten anywhere else.
I can now fit into EVERY SINGLE PAIR of jeans in my closet. AND my last pair of slacks - size 11 juniors - I was able to button this morning. I almost started crying. These are the pair I have had staring at me for a few years now - just BEGGING to be worn again, but were too tight...and they're not anymore. They fit and will be worn again.
This board is the absolute best support system ever - even when it's tough love that you don't want to hear - I know I need it.
(and no - this is NOT the pain pills talking - lol)
THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Who to?
Well - to everyone on this board who has helped me get to where I'm at right now.
I was so "desperate" back in January that I went against everything I've EVER known about diet and nutrition and "gasp" I decided to try out the Atkins diet...
And I can not express enough how happy that I am to have finally listened to my doctor! (she's the one who TOLD me to do it 2 years ago! lol)
But even though my doc was the one who kept pushing me and pushing me to "lay off the carbs" every time I'd see her - I honestly don't know if I'd have gotten this far without the support from all of you here on this board.
Everyone from the moderators that have been here forever to the newbies that come here daily - I am so thankful for this board I don't know if I have enough words to describe it.
When I'm trying to help newbies stay on the course - it helps ME to remember why I'M doing this too.
Honestly - though - once I'd gained back all the weight I'd lost on the low-fat/high-carb way of eating that I was doomed to be fat forever - since that was the only way I'd known how to lose weight - and not only did it stop working, but it started working AGAINST me and in fact went the OTHER way...no matter how much I "dieted" or worked out - I kept getting fatter.
But now I've finally learned my lesson and I know that this is truly the ONLY way for me to live/eat for the rest of my life.
There have been times in the past 7 months that I wanted to give up - times when I'd get frustrated because I wasn't losing as fast as other people - or even anything at all - but I can't. Giving up means going back to being unhappy with my body. Even when there's been WEEKS that I was the exact same weight and couldn't lose - I kept reminding myself that if I keep eating this way the weight WILL eventually start falling off again - and also eating this way I will NEVER be fat again.
It's like something has finally clicked and said, "this is what works - AND it's HEALTHY!"
I am no longer addicted to sugar like I had been in my past.
Anyways - I just wanted to thank everyone here for the support I don't know I could have gotten anywhere else.
I can now fit into EVERY SINGLE PAIR of jeans in my closet. AND my last pair of slacks - size 11 juniors - I was able to button this morning. I almost started crying. These are the pair I have had staring at me for a few years now - just BEGGING to be worn again, but were too tight...and they're not anymore. They fit and will be worn again.
This board is the absolute best support system ever - even when it's tough love that you don't want to hear - I know I need it.
(and no - this is NOT the pain pills talking - lol)
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