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Hi, everyone,
I lost quite a bit of weight on Atkins/low carb a few years ago (about 30-35 pounds?). Unfortunately, I've had quite a bit of carb creep in the last couple of years and am finding myself gaining the weight back. November was pretty bad because I didn't exercise due to being busy and injured from jogging this past summer. I kept baking cookies and eating crackers and chips. Diabetes runs in my family, and I had gestational diabetes twice, and I know that my body just can't handle a lot of carbs.
On Thursday, I decided to get strict with myself and go back on Atkins. I'm not quite on induction, more like early OWL, except that I'm eating small amounts of carrots and white wine.
The nice thing about this go-round is that I know exactly what to eat. The first time my husband and I went on Atkins, we had to learn how to eat vegetables! The challenge about this time is that I have children, and so there is some tempting food in the house but not too much. It doesn't bother me like I used to, and I don't feel deprived, although I do miss sweet tastes. I feel a lot better already without my blood sugar bouncing around, and it seems I've shed some water. It's also nice to be able to control myself around food. I can't seem to eat bread products or sweets without overindulging!
My goal is to fit comfortably into size 8 pants. I'm currently squeezing into 12's.
Signs I needed to get back on track:
What really got me though was that I had to be weighed at my son's 2-year well child visit. He refused to stand on the scale for reasons known only to him, and so he had to be weighed by me holding him and then subtracting my weight! So, I was forced to see how much I weigh, and I've gained about 10 pounds since June.
It's funny to me because a pant splitting incident and a dislike of photos of myself are what got me started on Atkins back in 2003! Here I go again, and I'm at least thankful I didn't let myself get quite up to the level I was at before.
I lost quite a bit of weight on Atkins/low carb a few years ago (about 30-35 pounds?). Unfortunately, I've had quite a bit of carb creep in the last couple of years and am finding myself gaining the weight back. November was pretty bad because I didn't exercise due to being busy and injured from jogging this past summer. I kept baking cookies and eating crackers and chips. Diabetes runs in my family, and I had gestational diabetes twice, and I know that my body just can't handle a lot of carbs.
On Thursday, I decided to get strict with myself and go back on Atkins. I'm not quite on induction, more like early OWL, except that I'm eating small amounts of carrots and white wine.
The nice thing about this go-round is that I know exactly what to eat. The first time my husband and I went on Atkins, we had to learn how to eat vegetables! The challenge about this time is that I have children, and so there is some tempting food in the house but not too much. It doesn't bother me like I used to, and I don't feel deprived, although I do miss sweet tastes. I feel a lot better already without my blood sugar bouncing around, and it seems I've shed some water. It's also nice to be able to control myself around food. I can't seem to eat bread products or sweets without overindulging!
My goal is to fit comfortably into size 8 pants. I'm currently squeezing into 12's.
Signs I needed to get back on track:
- khaki pants split
- had stopped weighing myself (denial)
- kept cropping most of my body out of photos
- shoes not fitting (this happens when I reach a certain weight)
What really got me though was that I had to be weighed at my son's 2-year well child visit. He refused to stand on the scale for reasons known only to him, and so he had to be weighed by me holding him and then subtracting my weight! So, I was forced to see how much I weigh, and I've gained about 10 pounds since June.
It's funny to me because a pant splitting incident and a dislike of photos of myself are what got me started on Atkins back in 2003! Here I go again, and I'm at least thankful I didn't let myself get quite up to the level I was at before.
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