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Hello everyone! My name is Courtney. I found this website when I was googed Atkins's success stories. I was really inspired when I read some of the success stories on here. I am not new to Atkin's. In some way Atkin's has been calling me for a long time. When I was 16 I was given the book. I didn't read it. It wasn't until it was given to me again in 2001 (I was 21) that I sat down and read it and did extensive research about the diet. My best friend and I started a low carb lifestyle and the pounds melted off. I lost 40 pounds in 3 months and never felt better. I would sleep until 4pm but on the Atkins I woke up at 6am because I wasn't bogged down by the vicious cycle of carb eating I was in. Well there was a chapter in the book (if i remember correctly) that talked about other medical issues that happens from being a carb addict and one of those I related to was the Yeast Complex in the intestines. I followed the suggestions and got so sick (which it said I would from the yeast dying) that I gave up and ate some cookies. The only thing I could think of that would make me feel better was sugar. I ate a whole package of Chips ahoy. I was off to the races. It took a whole year to gain the 40 pounds I lost but it came back.
My second attempt at the Atkins was when I had my first son. I had gained 70 pounds in pregnancy so when my son was 2 months I started a half assed version of Atkin's. I lost all my baby weight plus some more. It melted off me. Then I had to get my gall bladder out. I was having problems with it pre-pregnancy, during pregnancy, and now after but the carb addict I am I told myself it was the diet and stopped. It wasn't , I know that now because even my cardiologist suggest low carb.The weight came back slowly but then I got pregnant with my 2nd son and gained another 70 pounds. 2 3/4 years later I gained another 50 pounds. My last weigh in was 393 but I am rounding off at 400 because I am sure I gained and my scale says ERROR when I get on it.
I am going to start the Atkin's again Nov 1st. I have give myself one week to prepare myself and my family. I have to do this and I need support and motivation. There is something seriously wrong with my relationship with food on top of the fact that i am driven by this carb cycle. I have always been big but I have never let it get me down, now I don't want to go nowhere, meet anybody, or try new things. I went to buy clothes and cant' find nothing to fit. Its pretty bad when the fat store has to special order for you. On top of that I am going down physically. I have never had medical repercussions before but I am now.
Well thats all for now. Sorry about the long post but I wanted to let you know about me so I can be accountable to you guys because being accountable to myself is not working. I want to be here to see my kids grow up. I want to play with them and take them places. I don't want them to be ashamed of me. My four year old laughs and jokes in a loving way (my big fat mommy) but I know one day he will suffer for my weight. Thank you.I added some pics of what I look like now
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My second attempt at the Atkins was when I had my first son. I had gained 70 pounds in pregnancy so when my son was 2 months I started a half assed version of Atkin's. I lost all my baby weight plus some more. It melted off me. Then I had to get my gall bladder out. I was having problems with it pre-pregnancy, during pregnancy, and now after but the carb addict I am I told myself it was the diet and stopped. It wasn't , I know that now because even my cardiologist suggest low carb.The weight came back slowly but then I got pregnant with my 2nd son and gained another 70 pounds. 2 3/4 years later I gained another 50 pounds. My last weigh in was 393 but I am rounding off at 400 because I am sure I gained and my scale says ERROR when I get on it.
I am going to start the Atkin's again Nov 1st. I have give myself one week to prepare myself and my family. I have to do this and I need support and motivation. There is something seriously wrong with my relationship with food on top of the fact that i am driven by this carb cycle. I have always been big but I have never let it get me down, now I don't want to go nowhere, meet anybody, or try new things. I went to buy clothes and cant' find nothing to fit. Its pretty bad when the fat store has to special order for you. On top of that I am going down physically. I have never had medical repercussions before but I am now.
Well thats all for now. Sorry about the long post but I wanted to let you know about me so I can be accountable to you guys because being accountable to myself is not working. I want to be here to see my kids grow up. I want to play with them and take them places. I don't want them to be ashamed of me. My four year old laughs and jokes in a loving way (my big fat mommy) but I know one day he will suffer for my weight. Thank you.I added some pics of what I look like now
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