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Hi, have never joined a forum like this before, so by the very nature of becoming a member, means I'm serious about losing weight this time!
I've tried Atkins off and on for a few years, mainly to lose a few pounds, not a lot of weight.
About 6 years ago, when I was 19, I weighed about 250lbs, I'm 5ft 10. I'd never been a large child and was very slim up until I was about 17, but due to being unhappy rapidly put weight on living at home with my parents. Mum just fed me! I decided to lose the weight and get down to my previous (uk size) 10 (US
. I did a low fat, low calorie diet for about 7-8 months and miraculously lost all the weight rather quickly. However, I became very obsessive about my weight, what I ate and counting calories. To maintain my new figure, I went down to 4-5 calories a day - which left me cold and shivering, my periods stopped, I started to grow a fine downy of hair over my body - I had severe anorexic symptoms. HOwever, I met a lovely man and we fell in love and I started to eat more normally, we both loved cooking and the finer things in life, and gradually my weight increased, after it had been in starvation mode for so long. I moderated what I ate, and to lose weight I'd go on Atkins for 3-4 weeks, and I stayed a healthy 160-180lbs for about 5 years. However, my man and I split up last year, and since then - through drinking, eating late, eating too much, we weight has gone up to 250lbs, as it was 6 years ago. IN about 18 months. That's a lot!
I now feel, extremely unhealthy, I do get exercise and cycle everywhere, but my fitness is a fraction of what it was. I feel uncomfortable in my skin, and not only want to be healthy again and an active 25 year old, I want to be able to not feel embaressed about my weight. I've done atkins before but never longer than a month. I've been doing it 3 days. I know the foods, I know the diet, I know in the past, my downfall has been drinking alcohol so I am attempting to stay off it for 2 months. This time around I could really use support, I want to change my lifestyle, not just be a thin person again!
Thanks
I've tried Atkins off and on for a few years, mainly to lose a few pounds, not a lot of weight.
About 6 years ago, when I was 19, I weighed about 250lbs, I'm 5ft 10. I'd never been a large child and was very slim up until I was about 17, but due to being unhappy rapidly put weight on living at home with my parents. Mum just fed me! I decided to lose the weight and get down to my previous (uk size) 10 (US
. I did a low fat, low calorie diet for about 7-8 months and miraculously lost all the weight rather quickly. However, I became very obsessive about my weight, what I ate and counting calories. To maintain my new figure, I went down to 4-5 calories a day - which left me cold and shivering, my periods stopped, I started to grow a fine downy of hair over my body - I had severe anorexic symptoms. HOwever, I met a lovely man and we fell in love and I started to eat more normally, we both loved cooking and the finer things in life, and gradually my weight increased, after it had been in starvation mode for so long. I moderated what I ate, and to lose weight I'd go on Atkins for 3-4 weeks, and I stayed a healthy 160-180lbs for about 5 years. However, my man and I split up last year, and since then - through drinking, eating late, eating too much, we weight has gone up to 250lbs, as it was 6 years ago. IN about 18 months. That's a lot! I now feel, extremely unhealthy, I do get exercise and cycle everywhere, but my fitness is a fraction of what it was. I feel uncomfortable in my skin, and not only want to be healthy again and an active 25 year old, I want to be able to not feel embaressed about my weight. I've done atkins before but never longer than a month. I've been doing it 3 days. I know the foods, I know the diet, I know in the past, my downfall has been drinking alcohol so I am attempting to stay off it for 2 months. This time around I could really use support, I want to change my lifestyle, not just be a thin person again!
Thanks
/GW225!!!
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