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Hello there all, ('My name's Mark and I'm a sugarholic...' 'Hi Mark')
I've been lurking for maybe two weeks, to get the feel of the board and to reacquaint myself with the basics of the plan. I found my book, so now I can start reading again. Y'see, I dropped from about 225 to 185 in a month and a half about 4 years ago and felt awesome for a few months before I crashed really hard into depression. I tried several antidepressants but they all made me tired to the point of being non-functional, so I stopped taking them. Most days I felt suicidally sad, but knew for personal reasons that I could keep myself alive.
Anyway, the major result of living like that is that I slowly went up to 268 by July 1st this year. I work as an express delivery driver and one of my feet has been aching (due to weight I'm sure) and basically I feel as if I'm carrying an extra 80 lb. box to every stop every day (picture third floor apartments and the three steps back into the truck about 120 times a day).
So for that and at least 5 other reasons, I decided I had to start Atkins again. I'm at a point where I'm de-depressed enough to get motivated, and if not now, when?
I'm a little concerned that my changed diet somehow could have triggered my depression back then, so I'm going to watch myself closely (hard to do from the inside) and that makes me glad there's a forum specifically for depression and the WOE. (Thanks!)
I guess I'll shut up now so I can have some future posts...
I weighed (and measured) myself on the 1st and started up on the 2nd so I would be weighing on Sundays, but I'm gonna update my ticker now...
I've been lurking for maybe two weeks, to get the feel of the board and to reacquaint myself with the basics of the plan. I found my book, so now I can start reading again. Y'see, I dropped from about 225 to 185 in a month and a half about 4 years ago and felt awesome for a few months before I crashed really hard into depression. I tried several antidepressants but they all made me tired to the point of being non-functional, so I stopped taking them. Most days I felt suicidally sad, but knew for personal reasons that I could keep myself alive.
Anyway, the major result of living like that is that I slowly went up to 268 by July 1st this year. I work as an express delivery driver and one of my feet has been aching (due to weight I'm sure) and basically I feel as if I'm carrying an extra 80 lb. box to every stop every day (picture third floor apartments and the three steps back into the truck about 120 times a day).
So for that and at least 5 other reasons, I decided I had to start Atkins again. I'm at a point where I'm de-depressed enough to get motivated, and if not now, when?
I'm a little concerned that my changed diet somehow could have triggered my depression back then, so I'm going to watch myself closely (hard to do from the inside) and that makes me glad there's a forum specifically for depression and the WOE. (Thanks!)
I guess I'll shut up now so I can have some future posts...
I weighed (and measured) myself on the 1st and started up on the 2nd so I would be weighing on Sundays, but I'm gonna update my ticker now...
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