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I feel kinda weird writing this down, but here goes nothing!
Growing up I never had problems with my weight. I ate pretty much anything and was always at a normal weight. This caused me to develop very bad eating habits, especially a sugar addiction. Things didn't get bad until I got pregnant with my daughter a little over 4 years ago. While pregnant I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I was put on the ADA diabetic diet, which made me rather unhappy as a sugar addict. I quickly stopped the diet post-pregnancy.
While pregnant I gained about 40 lbs. Since I breastfed the 1st year, I lost about half the weight. Then unhealthy eating habits and a negative reaction to my new form of birth control lead me to put the weight back on, with even more on top of that. I tried a to go on calorie restrictions a few times, but never had the willpower and true desire to stop.
Finally I got the wakeup call I needed to change my life. I am currently in my second year of pharmacy school. While learning about diabetes we had to check our blood sugar values three times a day. I noticed my blood glucose levels were a little high so I asked my doctor for a blood test. As I suspected, I was diabetic. Thankfully my before meals value was only 130, and my other readings were normal. My doctor decided to forgo putting me on medications to see if I could control it with diet and exercise. So here I am, trying atkins. I have been on it for four days. Last time I weighed myself I lost 2 lbs, but I decided that my weight will be a secondary goal. My health is much more important then how cute I look in a pair of jeans!
I feel that with this new motivation, I can stick to this diet. So far I have resisted the multiple offers of candy I have received. I even made my daughter popcorn without taking a single bit. I am taking it one day at a time.
Growing up I never had problems with my weight. I ate pretty much anything and was always at a normal weight. This caused me to develop very bad eating habits, especially a sugar addiction. Things didn't get bad until I got pregnant with my daughter a little over 4 years ago. While pregnant I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I was put on the ADA diabetic diet, which made me rather unhappy as a sugar addict. I quickly stopped the diet post-pregnancy.
While pregnant I gained about 40 lbs. Since I breastfed the 1st year, I lost about half the weight. Then unhealthy eating habits and a negative reaction to my new form of birth control lead me to put the weight back on, with even more on top of that. I tried a to go on calorie restrictions a few times, but never had the willpower and true desire to stop.
Finally I got the wakeup call I needed to change my life. I am currently in my second year of pharmacy school. While learning about diabetes we had to check our blood sugar values three times a day. I noticed my blood glucose levels were a little high so I asked my doctor for a blood test. As I suspected, I was diabetic. Thankfully my before meals value was only 130, and my other readings were normal. My doctor decided to forgo putting me on medications to see if I could control it with diet and exercise. So here I am, trying atkins. I have been on it for four days. Last time I weighed myself I lost 2 lbs, but I decided that my weight will be a secondary goal. My health is much more important then how cute I look in a pair of jeans!
I feel that with this new motivation, I can stick to this diet. So far I have resisted the multiple offers of candy I have received. I even made my daughter popcorn without taking a single bit. I am taking it one day at a time.
I am new also and looking forward to my journey...good luck to you 
Everyone is very helpful, spend some time reading the forums and you will find tons of information. AND do check out the before/after posts...they are very inspirational.
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