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A new beginning..........
I have battled with weight issues since my mid thirties. I am tall @ 5"10.
I first used the atkins diet in 2004. I weighed 250lbs and wanted to feel better. I smoked 2-3 packs a day and was heavy.
Over that year of 2004 I lost 60 pounds. At 190lbs in March of 2005 I met the man of my dreams. We married in August of the same year. Life was good...my weight was down and I was in love.
But I felt sick all the time. I was smoking three packs everyday . So my husband and I decided to quit together. On January 1st 2006 @ 2AM in the morning we smoked a cherry flavored cigarette together and went to sleep.
Today: 5/1/2009 ? I weigh in at 354 and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I never thought I would be this heavy. But here I am. I take more pills that I care to mention.
My total Cholesterol is good @ 148. But my Triglycerides are still way too high from 2015 now down to 556 with medications. Still too high.
A visit with my doc last week was not good. He states that I may not see fifty if I don't drastically reduce my weight and get my diabetes under control.
I lost a great deal of weight with Atkins before and want to see if I can be healthy again. I'm a former nurse but a sedentary over eating housewife now.
So today I start the diet and new lifestyle. I do a modified version and up the protein with the recommended reduced carbs by the book. But I'm going to be careful with the amount and types of fats that I eat.
I'm afraid that I will die if I don't lose the weight. I am SOB most of the time and feel everything hurting especially my knees.
It is difficult for me to exercise because I am so heavy and can't do much. But I try to move more and more each day.
I know I can do this. The mistake I made was believing that when I had lost the weight I could start eating more of the forbidden foods.
Well that works for just a bit. Then the pounds creep slowly back and then come on really fast.
So here I go: I will post a pic of me when I was married in 2005 @ 190 and a pic from last summer @ 310.
My current weight is 354 and I hope to get back to 190 again.
I have hope for me and so many others out here like me.
Christine
I first used the atkins diet in 2004. I weighed 250lbs and wanted to feel better. I smoked 2-3 packs a day and was heavy.
Over that year of 2004 I lost 60 pounds. At 190lbs in March of 2005 I met the man of my dreams. We married in August of the same year. Life was good...my weight was down and I was in love.
But I felt sick all the time. I was smoking three packs everyday . So my husband and I decided to quit together. On January 1st 2006 @ 2AM in the morning we smoked a cherry flavored cigarette together and went to sleep.
Today: 5/1/2009 ? I weigh in at 354 and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I never thought I would be this heavy. But here I am. I take more pills that I care to mention.
My total Cholesterol is good @ 148. But my Triglycerides are still way too high from 2015 now down to 556 with medications. Still too high.
A visit with my doc last week was not good. He states that I may not see fifty if I don't drastically reduce my weight and get my diabetes under control.
I lost a great deal of weight with Atkins before and want to see if I can be healthy again. I'm a former nurse but a sedentary over eating housewife now.
So today I start the diet and new lifestyle. I do a modified version and up the protein with the recommended reduced carbs by the book. But I'm going to be careful with the amount and types of fats that I eat.
I'm afraid that I will die if I don't lose the weight. I am SOB most of the time and feel everything hurting especially my knees.
It is difficult for me to exercise because I am so heavy and can't do much. But I try to move more and more each day.
I know I can do this. The mistake I made was believing that when I had lost the weight I could start eating more of the forbidden foods.
Well that works for just a bit. Then the pounds creep slowly back and then come on really fast.So here I go: I will post a pic of me when I was married in 2005 @ 190 and a pic from last summer @ 310.
My current weight is 354 and I hope to get back to 190 again.
I have hope for me and so many others out here like me.
Christine
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