This is my up hill battle!!

[cmcgrew299]

Hi to every one. My name is candace and i am 28 years old. I live in north Louisiana and i am married with two wonderful children. I am currently a stay at home wife and mom and i really do love it.
I have currently reached my highest weight of 198 and i am so upset with that. I do know that my husband loves me no matter what i weigh but i need to do this for me. The way i feel about my self and my health are two things that need to change. I did do adkins last year along with taking adipex. I lost a lot of weight but i also almost lost my life. I developed SJS. (STEVEN JOHNSON SYNDROME) After taking adipex for 3 weeks my skin and body began to burn itself from the inside out. I had over 100 burns on my body and now have scars from that on my neck and back. After loosing 30 pounds i had to recover from that and i gained it all back in the process. So here i am, willing to try just the diet this time and see how that goes. I just am going to need a lot of daily help and friends to get me there. Hope to fell motivated soon, very soon.

[Adena]

Re: This is my up hill battle!!

Welcome, mcgrew. Sounds like you went through quite an ordeal... I've never heard of SJS, but will certainly look it up. Sounds very scary. So glad you've recovered and come back to Atkins... The great thing about Atkins is that you don't need appetite supressants or any other diet aid. It's all built right in.

Best of luck to you -- this is an awesome board for support. I would have never achieved the success I've had on Atkins without the great folks here.

Take care!