heyang
Mon, May-16-05, 10:53
Hi Everyone, I am new to the forum, but definitely not to dieting! In my 20s when I started to gain weight I believed the food pyramid, and my snacks of carrots and bagels and primarily carb high diet has led to 30 extra pounds in my late 30s. On the way I picked up PCOS (which is caused primarily b/c of weight gain), hypothyroidism, metablolic resistance (again, b/c of weight gain/carbs). I've tried Weight Watchers, South Beach, LA Weight Loss .... I read them all - inlcuding Protein Power, Carbohydrates Addict and Atkins. I know all about diet and exercise...but that didn't matter. My will or iron was done in by a bowl of cereal, oatmeal, bread, rice, sushi, soy sauce.... as soon as I had one, I wanted 20 more (blood sugar high) - then I'd be starving in 30 minutes. I finally got out all the books are re-read them again. I have settled on Atkin's b/c the info is sound, but I had to wrap my mind around it. In the first three weeks of induction I lost seven pounds - unheard of, but what was most important is that I WASN'T EATING OUT OF CONTROL - not one piece of chocolate (became a whole bag), french fry (became whole dinner), rice (became three more eggrolls). My weight loss is slow, that first seven pounds came the first ten days, then one pound, but the freedom from starving is worth it. Reading the posts I learned invaluable info! Can you tell I'm excited! I've bookmarked the page, now I've got some work to do............ I'll keep you posted.
Heyang
Heyang