MEG

My computer crashed on me last week so I couldn’t read blogs or send any…it was awful. I didn’t realize how much I looked forward to reading about all your successes and yes even the struggles we all have. It all keeps me motivated. I am was still plugging away on my Adkins diet losing fairly steadily until on the weekend we ate out and something I had threw me out of ketosis and I can’t seem to get back in again, so I have gone to the SB and since it allows a few more good carb items I am quite happy and back on track again. Well just wanted to say Hi and tell you all I missed your blogs!!! Happy Sunday!

Hello,

I blog as Meg but my buddy name is under Brenda from Carthagena Ohio which I am from Celina Ohio and I would really like to change my buddy name and correct my town but I can’t find a way to do it. Oh well….

It has been a week today since I joined Slimbuddy and even though I don’t post everyday I read your blogs and find inspiration, humor and sometimes the same despair I am feeling  in your words. It has helped me tremendously. I had followed the low fat low calorie diet plan for 10 days and only lost 4 lbs. I know some people think that is great but I am really overweight and I know usually the first few pounds I lose is water weight so I found it discouraging. Plus I would be caught off guard with awful hunger if I didn’t eat right on time. In the past I had followed a low carb diet and did very well with it, only problem was I took it to the extremes and barely ate any carbs for almost a year so when I had to have a surgery and started feeling sorry for myself, I turned back to food for comfort and went way overboard with the carbs and didn’t stop until I had gained back 60 lbs of the 80 some I had lost. It was stupid, I can only blame myself. So now I am doing it the smart way. I am basically following the South Beach low carb book without some of the fruits and certain veggies that don’t agree with the medication I take for insulin resistance and I am feeling great! I am on day 3 of this eating plan and I have lost 5 lbs already. Even though when I logged my weight loss tonight and was awarded a white star for 9lbs lost and received a message that I was losing too fast…I know that is how it works for me. I lose quickly at first and then after about a month I level off to a slower weight loss which is healthier. This time I know I have to have to eventually ease into an eating plan that includes all the food groups and will be a healthy one for the rest of my life. I know what going to extremes can do and how they can undo all your hard work and put you back where you started…obese and unhappy. It will not happen to me again because I am experienced now and ready for the pitfalls.  So watch out world because here comes the new healthy no longer the” pretty woman if she would just lose that weight!”

Everyone have a fantastic week and keep blogging so I can keep reading!

Meg / Brenda

Well I have made it through the third day and I am so happy because I haven’t weighed myself since the first day but I can feel a difference already. I feel much better and I have been doing my therapy exercises for my knee that I had surgery on in November which makes it more flexible and I can actually walk with it instead of limping. I was so down about the whole thing with my knee and knowing my weight was going to keep me crippled, that I had stopped doing my therapy exercises and was getting stiffer and in more pain everyday. This week though I got back with them and am doing much better already. I am going to weigh myself tomorrow morning since it is Friday and hopefully I have lost some. I have been reading a lot of the blogs and find most of them very inspirational and helpful. So thank you to everyone for all the help this week and have a happy Friday!

Today I made up my mind to start a new life. With inspiration from my daughter (who told me about this site) and the sheer need to be healthy, I decided this is the day to stop dieting and to change my way of life by eating healthy low fat and low sugar foods, by adding exercise to my daily routine and to take control of my mind and body. I recently had knee surgery that has made it impossible for me to walk, sit or sleep without pain. I did a lot of reading about reasons why my knee gave out and mostly it boiled down to I have been making it carry too much weight around and when I fell and tore my ACL as well as all my cartlidge , it was the last straw and my knee said “no more”…I can’t save my knee, I will have a replacement in the future, but I can make things better by losing this extra person I carry around with me. I am determined not to diet this time, but to change my lifestyle and habits. I know how to do it and for the first time I am doing it to make my quality of life better. Not to look better or feel sexy or anything like that (although those things would be nice too) I just want to get my ability to walk back and get on with having fun in my life. I need to lose over 120 lbs and today I did so well with my eating that I feel I am on my way. I am also lucky to have a daughter who cares enough to share her energy and enthusiasm about getting started on a healthy lifestyle herself with me and to tell me about this website. I am looking forward to learning from others and sharing support. I am not sure as of yet, how to use all the tools this site offers but I will keep checking them out and putting them to use. Any help would be appreciated.