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Hi everyone, I've decided to give the atkins a try. I officially start today but my dinner last night was a low carb test run and I woke to a 1lb weight loss
I take that as a good sign. I've been overweight since I was 7yrs old and up until then I had been very skinny and a picky eater. I started to gain weight when my mum became very ill and was extremely anxious as no was telling me anything and pretending everything was okay even though I could tell it wasn't.
My mum ended up going away to receive treatment for her tumor and that summer I started eating bread,margarine and jam sandwiches about half a loaf a day. When we went to visit my grandparents that x-mas my whole extended family was shocked because I had always been underweight until then. My parents bought a book on how to help your child lose weight and have been nagging to lose weight ever since then.
I'm very aware that my over-eating is a result of my anxiety which I'm working on. I lost 30lbs two years ago by basically starving myself and the weight came back when I had came under stress and could no longer keep up with fasting.
I've decided to try atkins because my diet consists mostly of bread, rice, pasta and anything baked, and I know for a fact that eating bread is what started my weight gain in the first place. I'm living at home right now and its a daily battle with my family about my weight. I'm the only heavy one in my family and the youngest so not a day goes by that I don't get a lecture from 3 different people about my weight. I know its not a good thing to be motivated by anger but I'm hoping that if I can shed some weight I can get some peace. I'm lucky to not have health problems, blood work and blood pressure are fine. But I know that its only because I'm young and if I don't change now I won't be so lucky further down the road.
I'm sure atkins will work because its the only program that I researched that doesn't put emphasize the foods that I can't stop myself from eating.
If you managed to read the whole thing, THANKS!
I take that as a good sign. I've been overweight since I was 7yrs old and up until then I had been very skinny and a picky eater. I started to gain weight when my mum became very ill and was extremely anxious as no was telling me anything and pretending everything was okay even though I could tell it wasn't.
My mum ended up going away to receive treatment for her tumor and that summer I started eating bread,margarine and jam sandwiches about half a loaf a day. When we went to visit my grandparents that x-mas my whole extended family was shocked because I had always been underweight until then. My parents bought a book on how to help your child lose weight and have been nagging to lose weight ever since then.
I'm very aware that my over-eating is a result of my anxiety which I'm working on. I lost 30lbs two years ago by basically starving myself and the weight came back when I had came under stress and could no longer keep up with fasting.
I've decided to try atkins because my diet consists mostly of bread, rice, pasta and anything baked, and I know for a fact that eating bread is what started my weight gain in the first place. I'm living at home right now and its a daily battle with my family about my weight. I'm the only heavy one in my family and the youngest so not a day goes by that I don't get a lecture from 3 different people about my weight. I know its not a good thing to be motivated by anger but I'm hoping that if I can shed some weight I can get some peace. I'm lucky to not have health problems, blood work and blood pressure are fine. But I know that its only because I'm young and if I don't change now I won't be so lucky further down the road.
I'm sure atkins will work because its the only program that I researched that doesn't put emphasize the foods that I can't stop myself from eating.
If you managed to read the whole thing, THANKS!
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