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Old May 18th, 2009, 07:50 AM
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Hi everyone,

I guess my first post in a long time should be in here.

My name is Jim, I am an Atkins veteran who lost his way after a very stressful life event (a sick child). I struggled for a couple of years with multiple restarts but never found what I needed to do it again. So an 18 month, no restart tries, hiatus has again led me back to a place where I feel I am ready to do this again. Hopefully for a very long time.

A bit about me, I am a happily married father of five beautiful (and healthy, finally) children. I got laid off about 18 months ago right at the beginning of the economic downturn. So after a bunch of unsuccessful job searching I started my own business. I originally lost over 70 pounds and kept most of it off for a while but it began to creep back up. But I have never come within ten pounds of my original high weight. I am a former moderator of this very bulletin board, and I know how integrally important this board was to my original successes. I don't know how much I will be around, but I will when I can. I will attempt to motivate others with my successes as I draw motivation from other people's successes.

I'll see you around the board.
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M/41/6'2"
Original Start 348 6/14/04
Low 275.2 9/13/2005
Restart 332.4 5/18/09
Current 317.1 6/15/09
Goal 210(195?)

My avatar is not a lie I actually did lose 70 pounds, I just refound some.

"It's very hard in the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit" - George Sheehan