Thu, Apr-10-14, 21:39
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New Member
Posts: 14
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 316/316/125
BF:
Progress: 0%
Location: Northampton, MA
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Starting now
Hi everyone. I'm here to start on my new way of living and eating. I'm tired to death of being too fat. Years ago I lost about 50 pounds doing Atkins, quickly went off plan, quickly gained it back and just kept gaining.
My health is not good. I'm on a lot of meds--type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, reflux disease, gout, and most recent diagnosis of COPD which means I get very short of breath when I do anything. I am ready to change things, to lose weight and get off some, if not all, of these meds. Every doctor involved in my treatment says it is entirely possible that I will be able to get off the meds if I can lose the extra weight.
For the past year, since a pretty bad illness last April that was an exacerbation of my COPD, I have been trying various changes in eating and nothing has worked very well. Portion control, low fat eating, eat everything but in moderation, and some other stuff has led to a 7 pound loss over one year.
So anyway, realizing I'm going on too long here. Just wanted to say hello and that I am looking forward to reading the threads in this forum as I change my lifestyle to one of low carb eating.
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