Lowcarbfriend

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highest wt 263

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now wt 235

Just came in from outside raking the yard and as I was bending over and stood up, I realized my pants didn’t come with me

Thank goodness I was in the part of the yard where not too many can see but still ~ I suppose this is a good sign

Yippee! woo- hoo! Down 4 pounds this morning after staying the same for a week! I can’t help but be excited for every pound lost.

I should mention to those who read about my face breaking out a few days ago–it seems to be on the mend. Nothing new popping up!

And it may be entirely a coincidence, but I started drinking those delicious egg creams exactly three days ago. YUMMY!

Whatever the case, I’m so happy today.

I posted already how a couple weeks ago I was dealing with losts of drama, got sloppy with my eating and had one cheat. Almost 2 weeks later and I am still up 5.5lbs
I had been up as high as 9lbs, got down to where I was only up 2.5 as of this past Monday but for some reason the scale shot back up an additional 3 lbs this week.
I am feeling all these 5.5 lbs too, physically & mentally
I am back to working out, drinking my water, using Fitday, measuring & weighing everything I take in but I am just feeling so, so down and discouraged about it
Just needing to vent & whine to you all cause I think poor DH is tired of hearing about it

Off to change my stats

i feel like so many people this week have made it to onederland, yay us!

in 2 days, i’ll be celebrating my 5 month low carbiversary, so i’m super pumped that i made this unfathomable milestone in my journey today.

today i weigh 198.6.

when i was 16, i went and took my driving test. i passed and had to fill out the form to have my license made… it asks for weight as you all know and feeling ashamed that in the future people would see it and judge me… i put down 200, even though at the time i was probably about 220. so this milestone has been a long time coming. i haven’t weighed less than 200 for 12 years, and i’m only 24 years old.

i lurk mostly and write in my journal, but thank you to lcf and all the regular posters out there… you inspire me and provide a wealth of knowledge when i’m in need.

You all can definently do it if I can. I’ve struggled for the longest with my weight especially for the last two years. A month ago before I started this diet I was in deep depression. Mainly because of my weight and stress at work and other personal issues. I finally realized that I’m still young and I still have a life ahead of me so Atkins came to mind. I remember the first time I heard of the atkins. It was before I joined the military. My aunt was telling me about how easy it was and all the other stories of the diet. Ofcourse during that time I didn’t believe her. Nor did I care. So when I joined the military I was about 154 and when I got out of bootcamp I was at 140. I loved that size. Noone could tell me anything. But after a year or so my weight started to creep up but I was always working out constantly so I managed to keep it off, but I continuously ate. I was a top notch binger. My average weight at those times was always at 153/156 not too bad, but it wasn’t where I wanted to be. So when I left Japan and moved to San Diego for surgical tech school. Life was stressful. The school was no joke so I constantly ate to fill that void. Depression started to sink in as I got bigger and bigger. I would starve myself for a couple of days and lose like 8 to 10 lbs then I was right back on a binge. My weight continuously fluctuated. Then once I graduated school and moved to Maryland to work in the hospital. Things only got worse. I was depressed and couldn’t stop eating for the life of me. I even stopped working out completely for 5 months straight. The longest I’ve gone without working out and I got to be 186-190 lbs and I was really hating life. So I thought of Atkins. Tried it just before Christmas for the first time and lost 12lbs but gained it back. Finally when I got back home from vacation it took me a while to make up in my mind to try atkins once again. So I did and hear I am. Never knew I could stay on a diet so long and be satisfied and feel great and still lose weight. Sorry this is long and a lot of you may not read it. But this is for those of you that need the motivation. Even if noone reads or responds to this thread. It will be somewhere on this forum if anyone needs it. God Bless everyone.