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Hello All-
I'm excited to have found an active forum for support. I'm going to need it!
I'm 25, and my weight has been in a steady ascent since I turned 20. I started as a 122lbs girl who couldn't gain weight even if a gun was pointed at her head, and then all of a sudden - BAM - my first 20 pounds! Things just got worse when I was put on a medication, that while being the only one that ever helped me, also had a infamous reputation of causing rapid weight gain and making it extremely hard to lose it while still on the med. I went up another 25 pounds. My weight had been up and down from 160-170, and then when I recently lost my job it creeped up to 176 and I suddenly had to wear size 14s.
This was too much for me and I really decided to kick the fat's ***.
I'm a professional actress, and while things here in Canada aren't as anorexic-crazed like they are in the States, it would still be nice to feel good about myself. I've just stopped feeling sexy over the past 2 years. I have a wonderful partner, who is the most loving man imaginable, and he always tells me how gorgeous I am. It feels good, but it also doesn't connect...I want to be able to feel good about his compliments, as well as feel good about myself again.
I'm on day 11 of induction. I've lost 6 pounds, and kept them off. The ketosticks say that I'm doing just fine. I seem to have stalled, but some people on here have already said that I've lost more than what's usually expected for the first 14 days (10% of needed weight loss is usual, and I've lost about 20%). I know that I should keep off the scale and only measure every 2 weeks...but I'm kinda paranoid about this whole venture. My mother is heavy and has never been able to keep weight off. I hope being only 50% of her genetically will help me.
Anyway. I hope to lose the bulk of my weight before Yule.
Hope to make some friends here!
I'm excited to have found an active forum for support. I'm going to need it!
I'm 25, and my weight has been in a steady ascent since I turned 20. I started as a 122lbs girl who couldn't gain weight even if a gun was pointed at her head, and then all of a sudden - BAM - my first 20 pounds! Things just got worse when I was put on a medication, that while being the only one that ever helped me, also had a infamous reputation of causing rapid weight gain and making it extremely hard to lose it while still on the med. I went up another 25 pounds. My weight had been up and down from 160-170, and then when I recently lost my job it creeped up to 176 and I suddenly had to wear size 14s.
This was too much for me and I really decided to kick the fat's ***.I'm a professional actress, and while things here in Canada aren't as anorexic-crazed like they are in the States, it would still be nice to feel good about myself. I've just stopped feeling sexy over the past 2 years. I have a wonderful partner, who is the most loving man imaginable, and he always tells me how gorgeous I am. It feels good, but it also doesn't connect...I want to be able to feel good about his compliments, as well as feel good about myself again.
I'm on day 11 of induction. I've lost 6 pounds, and kept them off. The ketosticks say that I'm doing just fine. I seem to have stalled, but some people on here have already said that I've lost more than what's usually expected for the first 14 days (10% of needed weight loss is usual, and I've lost about 20%). I know that I should keep off the scale and only measure every 2 weeks...but I'm kinda paranoid about this whole venture. My mother is heavy and has never been able to keep weight off. I hope being only 50% of her genetically will help me.
Anyway. I hope to lose the bulk of my weight before Yule.
Hope to make some friends here!
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