Getting ready to start!

[Mudnuri]

My first post, and my introduction...

My story starts about a year ago, April 2005. My life changed in a way I never thought possible. I left my X, and father of my 2 daughters. I enrolled in college, and then started gaining weight. I was on Depo, for 9 years, and the 15lbs you normally gain had turned to 20. I wasn't 'overweight' for my height of 5'8, but I was feeling FAT...I could still wear size 8's, and fit into all my old clothes but my belly fat was starting to get to me. I found I was carb loading. Chips, my downfall! Bread- another.

November of 2005, I started dating again. Fell in love, and everything should have been great.... Well, to the outside world it was. I get along great with my X, and we are better friends now than we ever were. I am in school full time, and have everything anyone could 'want. However..I would wake up and feel as though something was 'missing'. Finally in March, I called my doctor. I was getting VERY short with the kids, yelling, and not dealing with them the way I should. My relationship was taking the brunt of this as well, and thankfully he is VERY understanding about what I'm dealing with...but I needed to do something. I went in, and was put on Lexapro for depression. Long story short, about 6 weeks later, we changed the meds by cutting my lexapro in half and adding wellbutrin. I am happy to report that I am feeling much better about my life, and all of that, HOWEVER this fat is still there!

I use to exercise every night...I would walk 2 miles a day. But, I was feeling crappy all the time, and even though I knew exercise would help my mood, I couldnt bring myself to do it. Heck, half the time getting out of bed was chore enough.

I started recently rollerblading with the girls on a bike path nearby. I feel good about it, and purchased some yoga and pilates tapes to use when raining.

I dug out the old Atkins book I had from years ago, and re-read it. Then I googled- and here I am.

Next Thursday, July 6th I will be starting a clean induction. My reason for starting on that date is because i will have the weekend to deal with any withdrawal symptoms i have. I am a coffee drinker- cream and sugar! I know I'll have to switch to decaf, and also splenda. I've already switched out my coffee, in hopes that I can fend off some withdrawal affects- such as the headache! So far so good with that.

I am not a veggie eater in any way, but I know that if I have them in house and ready to eat, I will snack on those. Green peppers I do like! Salads I can eat...

In reality, i'm not trying to lose weight, I'm trying to complete the change to a healthy life. I will be happy to stay where I am weight wise, if i can lose a few inches and reduce my dependency on caffeine and carbs.

I have spoken to my doc about starting this WOL and she encourages it so hopefully a week from now I'll be back to tell you, I'm starting!

Thanks for listening

Brandy

[Tired of Chub]

Brandy you sound like you are well on your way! Its awesome that your Doc supports you and this WOE that will help you a great deal in the long run. Welcome to ADBB! Dont hesitate to check out our recipes and food forum for suggestions on veggies.... we can turn veggies into some AMAZING stuff!