Hello all,
Started Atkins last October 2013, but switched to Primal around New Years but still low carb and will not be going back to grains in my diet;

Real Name: Roland
Height: 5' 10.5"
HW: 260ish
CW: 205
GW: Under 185
UGW: 175 (healthy BMI)
Location: Beaverton Oregon USA
Age: 56
Sex: M
3 children, all over 30
Married 34 years

Real Name: Darlene
Height: 5'7"
HW: 289 lbs
CW: 203.8 lbs
GW: under 160 lbs
UGW: 145-150 lbs
Location-Arkansas
Age: 33
Sex: F
2 children
Divorced, Living with my partner of 2 years (it'll be legal here someday)

In 2005 I had Gastric Bypass Surgery. I was 25 and I was done having kids and I was sick. I had GERD, I was on a CPAP machine (not for apnea, but for upper airway restriction and lack of REM sleep) and I had been on SSRI anti-depression medications for nearly 8 years. I was the star patient for WLS. I lost quickly and healed quickly. Within two weeks I had lost 26lbs and was off both the CPAP and the GERD medications. I finally felt hopeful. The weight came off so easily it was like a fairy tale. I didn't even have to try. (RED FLAG RED FLAG) by the spring of the following year, I had gotten down to 234 lbs. That august my husband and I separated and I was still sitting at 234 lbs. I hadn't learned the lessons I needed to in regards to exercise and persistence. I was deeply depressed (even though I was the one leaving the marriage.) With the divorce came the loss of the free gym and free medical insurance ( Military.) After 2008, and our final divorce hearing (two years after we separated) I was still in the low 230's. I wasn't where I thought I would be as someone 3 years out from WLS. I was supposed to be skinny and hot.

In 2010 I went back to school and I also went through a heart wrenching break up. I went to Europe for the spring semester of 2011 in order to just be away and because studying abroad sped my graduation up by three semesters. When I got back I met my girlfriend. She had been told to lose weight or die, basically. her blood pressure was so high she should have been dead and her glucose levels were borderline diabetic. She had been doing Low Carb and having awesome success for months prior to me meeting her. We became official in August and I started doing low carb then also. It wasn't easy, but I saw amazing success. My low after a couple years was 177lbs.

Sadly, as seems to happen, I fell off the wagon after I graduated and then moved here to Arkansas for a job. WHen my kitchen was all packed up I used it as an excuse to eat out and to not eat out well. So, I am starting out again this week at 203.8 and I am committed to being to my goal weight before the 1st of 2015.

Weakness: Toast, Peanut M&M's, and Cake w/out icing (especially if I am nearing the girly time)

Debbie, Quitting smoking is AWESOME!! If you can do that, you CAN do anything! They say quitting cigarettes is harder than quitting heroin. What a fantastic first step towards a new healthy you!

Hello! I'm new to this forum, I've just started back on Atkins, I'm currently in the induction phase and loving seeing the scale going down each morning :-)

Real Name: Louise
Height: 5'2"
HW: 182 this time
CW: 176
GW: 160
UGW: 140
Location: Manchester, UK
Age: 35
Sex: F
2 kids, age 8 + 10
Married

Diet Plan: Atkins

I've lost weight well on Atkins before (it's the only diet that's ever worked for me), and I'm back to lose it again, as I've let myself slip in the last few years. Longer term I intend to switch to a modified Paleo plan, as I do spend a lot of time exercising in some form or another, but for now I am trying to kick-start the weight loss.

Real Name: Deborah
Height: 5'7"
SW: 211
CW: 202
GW: 155
Location- Minneapolis, Minnesota
Age: 56
Sex: F
2 children - girls
1 grandchild - boy
Married

I'm on the Keto plan and liking it very much. I've low-carbed a lot since 2002. At that time I lived the life for two years with great success! I don't want to be seduced by bad/empty carbs again.

Hello!

Real Name: Georgia
Height: 5'7"
SW: 278
CW: 247
GW: 160
Location- Aurora, CO
Age: 58
Sex: F
No children

Single

This isn't my first low-carb go-round. I did the original Atkins in 1972. I'm doing Weight Watchers right now, but I'm limiting the carbs to just fruits and vegetables.

Hello Everyone!

Real Name: Rachael
Height: 5'8"
HW: 226
CW: 212
GW: 160 (anything that puts me in the "normal weight" category!)
Location- Norwich, UK
Age: 24
Sex: F
No children, but hopefully one day soon!
A very supportive fiance!

Hello everyone. I am now in my second week of induction phase of atkins. I have tried low carbs before, several years ago. I was successful both times but didn't follow the diet through properly and ended putting it back on.

This time I have done my research and am trying to do things by the book. I find it so much fun learning new things and new recipes. I would love some more friends to support and exchange thoughts and recipe ideas with so please feel free to add me

Good luck everyone!

Rachael xx

Hi everyone!

Real Name: Ro
Height: 5'5"
HW: 358
CW: 343
GW: 150 (-ish, I'll know when I get there!)
Location: Malaysia
Age: 49
Sex: Female
No children

Recently diagnosed type II diabetic. Did some reading and found out about paleo/primal/LCHF.

For the last month have been putting much of what I learned into practice, and have lost 10 lbs

Good luck everyone :happy: I'm looking forward to reading your success stories!

Real Name: Shannon
Height: 5'3"
Highest Weight: 215
Current Weight: 206?? I will be weighing in tomorrow
Goal Weight: 150
Ultimate Goal Weight: 125??
Location: Los Angeles, California
Age: 25
Sex: Female
Children: 2 fur babies
And a wonderful fiance!


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Hello! I’m Shannon -aka- TheFutureMrsM2015 (getting married September of 2015).

Earlier this year I made a commitment to get healthy, not skinny. I was to be turning 25 in March and I felt like I lived my life on the side lines, never actually living. I wanted to give myself another day to live with the love of my life. I researched and researched until my head exploded, so much information on the damn internet. But, you know what happened. Another round of fad diets, weight loss gimmicks and no weight loss.

I lived a not so great childhood, adopted into a family that seemed loving on the outside but riddled with mental and emotional abuse. 25 years of it and the only thing I felt I could control was my food. Last week, I was forced to cut off all contact with them due to threats and hateful messages. So much so, that I had to change contact information. It wasn’t what I wanted to happen, but it needed to. My idealized thought of the perfect family shattered. My daddy no longer there to walk me down the aisle. I was heart broken. But, then I realized my excuse of why I was fat and unhealthy was gone. I was scared. Now what? Now what if I try again and I fail? Worse yet, what if I succeed? I haven’t had much success in life…I’m scared of it. I self sabotage like the best.

But, now I’m feeling determined. I will succeed, it will take time though. It won’t happen overnight like I want. It won’t happen with pills, shakes or wraps. It won’t happen by binging then purging. It WILL happen with hard work, sweat, tears and determination.

I've been diagnosed, recently, with a plethora of medical issues (PCOS, Pre-Diabetes, Hypothyroidism) and because of that, my doctor has recently put me on a very low carb, moderate protein and high fat diet. I got a lot of information, took classes and read up on this form of my new LIFESTYLE and will be starting it TOMORROW (6.25.14). Please note this when you look at my diary.

Hello! I am coming back to MFP and looking for new friends! I have had long term success with lower carb and higher calorie diets, something I know I can sustain for life. I have gained and lost over and over and dealt with binging and other EDs. I try to be aware of the calories I consume but I no longer make myself crazy with numbers. FR please!
Height: 5'7"
Highest Weight: 265
Starting Weight: 265
Current Weight: 225
Goal Weight: 160
Ultimate Goal Weight: 155
Location: Michigan
Age: 26
Sex: Female
Marital Status: engaged
Children: someday soon!