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My name's Lea, I'm 27 from Las Vegas (originally from Seattle)... About 6 years ago I went on Depo Provera and my weight shot up from 135 to 180 in just a few months. During that time I ate healthy and worked out every day but had no idea what was the cause of it. I eventually found out and decided that I needed to do something drastic to take the weight off... so I cut carbs & sugar out of my diet (I noticed they always made me tired and moody because my blood sugar was all over the place). At that time I had heard about Atkins but like so many people (that don't know what it is truly about) I though it was about eating meat & cheese and nothing else. So in about 5 months, cutting carbs out of my diet and walking 1-2 hours a day... I lost almost 60lbs! The weight fell off of me....
A year or so later, I met the love of my life and my low carb diet went out the window... I found the love of fast food and eating bigger portions and now I'm up to 143 (down from 146 just 4 days ago) ... I decided that I have to do something about this.... about 98% of my clothes don't fit anymore and I refuse to buy new stuff... My size 5/6 jeans are probably a stretched out size 9/10 now, which is funny and sad all rolled into one. I started browsing the internet for low carb diets (for a more set plan than my first time around) I discovered this wonderful site SugarFreeSheila.com / SFS.com - Your ULTIMATE Resource For Atkins / Low Carb Help & Information! Wow, such an inspiration to me!!! I read the whole website top to bottom. She did Atkins and I thought "this is what I'm going to do". I got the book and read it in one evening!
I didn't start it initially because I had to get myself mentally prepared, I wanted to have the right groceries as well. For me, It's really important that I plan meals and such. About 3 weeks later, on Monday.. July 14th I started. I didn't tell anyone though because I've tried to "diet" a lot of times the last few years... I did body for life a couple times (good book, I learned a lot but could never eat 6 meals a day) , I tried the zone diet (with all those crazy blocks i was so confused) and I even tried the starvation diet (though it only lasted like 1/2 the day, I was so hungry I'd binge on everything in sight)
Even though it's only been 4 days, I've lost 3 lbs! Slow and steady is what I'm going for. I like to eat just 3 meals a day plus 1 snack if I need it... I've discovered that eating 5-8 times a day does not work for me. I think about food all day long and it drives me absolutely crazy. Atkins seems a lot like the low carb/ no sugar diet I made for myself years ago except I did allow nut butters and berries (occasionally). I think this way of life is really going to work for me!
Today is my first day feeling "normal" (over the past 4 days) ... The headache that I've had nonstop has finally subsided and I'm starting to feel a little more energetic! yeah!! Sorry about this big long post!!! I mostly just wanted to say hi and introduce myself
I'm new here....
My name's Lea, I'm 27 from Las Vegas (originally from Seattle)... About 6 years ago I went on Depo Provera and my weight shot up from 135 to 180 in just a few months. During that time I ate healthy and worked out every day but had no idea what was the cause of it. I eventually found out and decided that I needed to do something drastic to take the weight off... so I cut carbs & sugar out of my diet (I noticed they always made me tired and moody because my blood sugar was all over the place). At that time I had heard about Atkins but like so many people (that don't know what it is truly about) I though it was about eating meat & cheese and nothing else. So in about 5 months, cutting carbs out of my diet and walking 1-2 hours a day... I lost almost 60lbs! The weight fell off of me....
A year or so later, I met the love of my life and my low carb diet went out the window... I found the love of fast food and eating bigger portions and now I'm up to 143 (down from 146 just 4 days ago) ... I decided that I have to do something about this.... about 98% of my clothes don't fit anymore and I refuse to buy new stuff... My size 5/6 jeans are probably a stretched out size 9/10 now, which is funny and sad all rolled into one. I started browsing the internet for low carb diets (for a more set plan than my first time around) I discovered this wonderful site SugarFreeSheila.com / SFS.com - Your ULTIMATE Resource For Atkins / Low Carb Help & Information! Wow, such an inspiration to me!!! I read the whole website top to bottom. She did Atkins and I thought "this is what I'm going to do". I got the book and read it in one evening!
I didn't start it initially because I had to get myself mentally prepared, I wanted to have the right groceries as well. For me, It's really important that I plan meals and such. About 3 weeks later, on Monday.. July 14th I started. I didn't tell anyone though because I've tried to "diet" a lot of times the last few years... I did body for life a couple times (good book, I learned a lot but could never eat 6 meals a day) , I tried the zone diet (with all those crazy blocks i was so confused) and I even tried the starvation diet (though it only lasted like 1/2 the day, I was so hungry I'd binge on everything in sight)
Even though it's only been 4 days, I've lost 3 lbs! Slow and steady is what I'm going for. I like to eat just 3 meals a day plus 1 snack if I need it... I've discovered that eating 5-8 times a day does not work for me. I think about food all day long and it drives me absolutely crazy. Atkins seems a lot like the low carb/ no sugar diet I made for myself years ago except I did allow nut butters and berries (occasionally). I think this way of life is really going to work for me!
Today is my first day feeling "normal" (over the past 4 days) ... The headache that I've had nonstop has finally subsided and I'm starting to feel a little more energetic! yeah!! Sorry about this big long post!!! I mostly just wanted to say hi and introduce myself
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