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Mon, Jan-14-13, 02:44
Hi there, another new member. My name is Jessica. Quick stats are: female, 22-years-old (almost 23... *shudder*), living in Scotland UK. A very recent new mother to a 4-month-old son named Dexter. I'm Australian. What else. I used to love macaroni and cheese, ice-cream and chocolate. lol.
All my life I have been chubby and overweight, except for when I was a small child. I've struggled with losing weight over the years and have tried several different diets to no avail, or the avail was temporary, and then I'd just gain it all back. Last year I did a second round of Atkins and managed to lose roughly 2 stone (28lbs) and felt amazing. Then, I got pregnant, and I gained a whopping 50lbs or so *facepalm*. No lying here - I ate like crap and ate all the time.Pizza, pasta, ice-cream, chocolate, jellybeans, crisps, you name it.I had bouts of healthy eating in between my incredibly unhealthy eating habits and figured, "well, I'm pregnant, we're supposed to gain weight right?". Yeah.
It wasn't until 3 months post-partum that I considered altering my diet thinking that my boy might be sensitive or intolerant of dairy products I was eating (breastfeeding). So I researched going dairy free. And from there, the more I researched, I came to the conclusion that my best bet for getting off this eternal weight roller coaster that I found myself on was to go right back to basics and eat paleolithic. So I took the plunge and eliminated all dairy products and all carbohydrates, except for vegetables, from my diet. Suffice to say, it's been roughly 2 weeks and I have lost 11lbs already :thup:
So there's a brief background story in case you were curious to read. I wanted to join a forum to keep myself accountable and track my progress, and hopefully in the process meet some other people like me to talk to. I'm aiming to lose 100lbs altogether to get down to my ideal weight which is around 130lbs but I am more concerned about body fat % than that anyway.
There's my essay, thanks for reading and hope you are all well :)
All my life I have been chubby and overweight, except for when I was a small child. I've struggled with losing weight over the years and have tried several different diets to no avail, or the avail was temporary, and then I'd just gain it all back. Last year I did a second round of Atkins and managed to lose roughly 2 stone (28lbs) and felt amazing. Then, I got pregnant, and I gained a whopping 50lbs or so *facepalm*. No lying here - I ate like crap and ate all the time.Pizza, pasta, ice-cream, chocolate, jellybeans, crisps, you name it.I had bouts of healthy eating in between my incredibly unhealthy eating habits and figured, "well, I'm pregnant, we're supposed to gain weight right?". Yeah.
It wasn't until 3 months post-partum that I considered altering my diet thinking that my boy might be sensitive or intolerant of dairy products I was eating (breastfeeding). So I researched going dairy free. And from there, the more I researched, I came to the conclusion that my best bet for getting off this eternal weight roller coaster that I found myself on was to go right back to basics and eat paleolithic. So I took the plunge and eliminated all dairy products and all carbohydrates, except for vegetables, from my diet. Suffice to say, it's been roughly 2 weeks and I have lost 11lbs already :thup:
So there's a brief background story in case you were curious to read. I wanted to join a forum to keep myself accountable and track my progress, and hopefully in the process meet some other people like me to talk to. I'm aiming to lose 100lbs altogether to get down to my ideal weight which is around 130lbs but I am more concerned about body fat % than that anyway.
There's my essay, thanks for reading and hope you are all well :)