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Another Atkins Newbie.....Hi I'm Liss from Las Vegas! =)
Hello everyone! My name is Mellissa, but most people call me Liss. I will be 26 years old on October 3rd, and I’m happily married with 2 children. My son, Jacob, is 8. My daughter, Ashlynn, is 4.We live in Las Vegas Nevada, where I was raised, but we are hoping to be moving out of state within the next two to three years.
I’ve been struggling with my weight in a major way for about 6 years, but I’ve always had a weight problem. Meaning, I was a bit of a chunky child from about 2nd / 3rd grade tell about the age of 14. From 14 to 17 I was a bit on the anorexic side and used meth =( . When I was 17 I married and my son was born, therefore that meant I had to eat and use NO drugs because I had people to live for now….When I met my husband I weighed about 155 pounds, I got married at 175 pounds, by my second anniversary I weighed about 200-210 pounds. When I got pregnant with my daughter (almost 4 years into marriage) I weighed about 260, and after I had my daughter I weighed over 300 pounds. I know, gross hu?!?!
Now I’ve had a lot of “life style” changes. I’ve taken nutrition classes, I’ve learned a lot…. But I’m still fat. Diets I’ve done are: Suzanne Sommers, LA Weight Loss (they just took my money and ran), Weight Watchers (I enjoyed), Cabbage Soup, Fit For Life, Phentramine Pills (that worked, but reminded me too much of speed, so I quit)…just to name a few.
Just a bit of medical background. I do have a low thyroid that is connected with my body making too much insulin. But not enough insulin to make me diabetic. The abundance of insulin that is exposed to my ovaries cause me to have Poly Cystic Ovarian Disease…and that is a bit painful at times. Why am I not on meds to get rid of these you ask? Because I also have a benign tumor on the back of my left lung. Hormones and certain medications will help the tumor grow, and if it grows too much more they will have to remove it. They have not removed it yet because it is behind a rib, and they will have to remove the rib and that is NOT good. Soooooo….blah.
I’m also having surgery on November 6th to do an arthroscopy and proximal tibial osteotomy on my right knee. Ouch! Because of this I can’t work out my legs at this time =( This sucks big because my husband just bought me an elliptical not too long ago that I LOVE using. So if any of you have any suggestions on exercising I can do without bending my right knee that would be awesome!
On September 8th of this year I started a detox deal while I read and researched the Atkins Diet. On September 17th I started the diet at 314 pounds. As of this morning, 4 days into the diet, I weighed in at 307.4 pounds!
I’m sorry that this is turning into a bit of a novel. But I really am very excited to be a new part of your group.
Oh, and I’m 5’10…..So here are my mini goals
299 pounds – Saying Good-by to the 300’s FOREVER
275 pounds – The least I’ve weighed in the past 2 years
260 pounds – The least I’ve weighed in nearly 5 years
224 pounds – This would be 100 pounds lost
199 pounds – Saying Good-by to the 200’s FOREVER
175 pounds - Weight I was at when I got married
160 pounds – My ULTIMATE goal weight. Truly I’d like to be at 150, but my doctors feel that 150 pounds would be under weight for my height and build.
My only concern is that the Ketostix say that my levels are only at trace =( So I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong, but it’s working I think so I’m not complaining =)
They are motivating. You may be only showing a trace because your body is just now flipping the switch from sugar burn to fat burn. The body stores 2 days worth of glucose and wont start burning fat until the 3rd day. You may also feel pretty sleepy today as your body starts to make that switch. You may also only show a trace of fat burn if you are getting hidden sugars from places like gum or mints.
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Hope all of your health conditions get better. You are on the right track in starting Atkins. Don't worry about those keytone strips. They will come around. You are obviously doing a good job as apparent by the scales, so I wouldn't worry to much about a color on a stick. 
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