J.Ettinger
Wed, Sep-01-10, 04:22
So a little about myself. My name is Jessica, I'm married and we have 3 children. My husband is in the US Navy. We are currently stationed on Okinawa which is a small island in the pacific and a Japanese prefecture.
Growing up I was never the girl that had weight issues. I was tiny, ate what I wanted and never thought twice about it. You can imagine how shocked I was when I got pregnant and all that came to a grinding stop. By the end of it I had a beautiful baby girl and 60lbs to drop.
My grandmother was actually the one who introduced me to the idea of low carb. At the time I didn't pay much attention but my stepmother did. She dropped 40lbs and that sure caught my attention! I decided to give it a go and by the time my daughter turned 1 I had dropped all the weight from having her. It wasn't something I stuck with though. I returned to eating carbs just being more conscience about them.
I didn't gain back a single pound until I got pregnant with my son. I did better during my pregnancy with him and kept my weight gain around 40lbs. After he was born I was slowly dropping weight when to my surprise I found myself pregnant AGAIN! My son was only 5 months old and we had just received our orders to Okinawa. My pregnancy with my youngest daughter was stressful, we flew from Florida to Okinawa when I was 7 months pregnant, we lived in a base hotel for nearly 2 months before getting into a house. During that time we pretty much lived off fast food and convenient snacks. After she was born I was doing okay losing the weight I gained having her. I had gained 40lbs but hadn't lost all my pregnancy weight from her brother so I was big. Bigger then I'd ever been in my life. I started getting depressed, not only from the weight but from living overseas as well. I was isolated, living off base surrounded by my Japanese neighbors, away from my family and my husband worked long hours. I just gave up for awhile and gained 20lbs. Recently I've been diagnosed with the beginning of liver disease and I'm also in the pre diabetic phase. That news has finally lit a fire under my butt and I'm returning to the only diet that's ever worked for me. I've been doing it a week now and have lost 3lbs! So anyways that's me. Nice to "meet" you, LOL.
Growing up I was never the girl that had weight issues. I was tiny, ate what I wanted and never thought twice about it. You can imagine how shocked I was when I got pregnant and all that came to a grinding stop. By the end of it I had a beautiful baby girl and 60lbs to drop.
My grandmother was actually the one who introduced me to the idea of low carb. At the time I didn't pay much attention but my stepmother did. She dropped 40lbs and that sure caught my attention! I decided to give it a go and by the time my daughter turned 1 I had dropped all the weight from having her. It wasn't something I stuck with though. I returned to eating carbs just being more conscience about them.
I didn't gain back a single pound until I got pregnant with my son. I did better during my pregnancy with him and kept my weight gain around 40lbs. After he was born I was slowly dropping weight when to my surprise I found myself pregnant AGAIN! My son was only 5 months old and we had just received our orders to Okinawa. My pregnancy with my youngest daughter was stressful, we flew from Florida to Okinawa when I was 7 months pregnant, we lived in a base hotel for nearly 2 months before getting into a house. During that time we pretty much lived off fast food and convenient snacks. After she was born I was doing okay losing the weight I gained having her. I had gained 40lbs but hadn't lost all my pregnancy weight from her brother so I was big. Bigger then I'd ever been in my life. I started getting depressed, not only from the weight but from living overseas as well. I was isolated, living off base surrounded by my Japanese neighbors, away from my family and my husband worked long hours. I just gave up for awhile and gained 20lbs. Recently I've been diagnosed with the beginning of liver disease and I'm also in the pre diabetic phase. That news has finally lit a fire under my butt and I'm returning to the only diet that's ever worked for me. I've been doing it a week now and have lost 3lbs! So anyways that's me. Nice to "meet" you, LOL.