Greetings from Sunny Florida

[*Wendy*]

Hi everyone! I've been viewing this website so often over the past few weeks that I thought it was time I joined!

My name is Wendy and I just turned 38 years old. I am married and have a little girl who is 5. Up until my early thirties I was relatively slim and would occasionally follow the rules of the original Atkins book to bring my weight back in line when I needed to, but low carb was not my general lifestyle.

After my daughter was born I started gaining weight steadily even though I hardly ate at all. Over the past year I piled on at least 25 pounds of this extra weight. I finally went to the doctor a few months ago because of a bronchitis infection and he scolded me for not having a checkup in over four years. So he ran my bloodwork and lo and behold we discovered that by thyroid gland had completely stopped working. It's taken a few months of adjusting the dosages for my medicine, but finally on June 5th by blood tests came back normal.

That's when he gave me the all-clear to start dieting. When I asked him what he would recommend I was thrilled to hear him say "Atkins. That's the only one I recommend. It works. You can eat."

So, three weeks later I'm down 9 pounds. I hate to admit it but I should have lost several more - if I had followed the rules about no alcohol! It was a big deal to give up my glass of wine while I cooked dinner everynight, but at least I replaced it with Rum and CokeZero. I also had a few glasses of that at my birthday dinner. But now, I've put that behind me because the pleasure of one drink isn't worth the "postponing" of fat burning!

[robinfl]

congrats!!!! you will get the weight off with this program its really the easiest plan out there and what a way to live meat and veggies! i live in fl also.its so cool to see people from everywhere on this board.

[Sherri]

Welcome Wendy! I too have hypothyroidism, and my doctor recommended atkins for me three years ago and have been doing it ever since. YOU WILL LOVE IT! Post often to let us know how you're doing. Again Welcome!

[GaynorA]

Hello there. Welcome to you. Wishing you all the best hon. Lotsa luv to you.

[sallyseachange]

Warm welcome aboard Wendy! Good to have you here.

[sillygirl]

Hi Wendy! Welcome. Sounds to me like you're doing great so far! This is not a quick fix, in fact, the slower the better! Try to watch the alcohol, it can stall you. You're not exactly at the "alcohol rung" yet, but stick with this and you will be soon enough!

[*Wendy*]

Thank you all so much for the welcome. Posting for the first time kind of feels like walking in to party all by yourself- kind of scary in case nobody will talk to you, etc.! (Am having flashbacks to high school!)

I think it's amazing that so many of us can gather together like this for support - I see so many people that are just getting started, many that are well on their way, and what is really cool is those of you that are already at your goal weight but continue to post here - that is so inspirational!

Thank you all!

[sillygirl]

Originally Posted by *Wendy*

Thank you all so much for the welcome. Posting for the first time kind of feels like walking in to party all by yourself- kind of scary in case nobody will talk to you, etc.! (Am having flashbacks to high school!)

LOL! All you have to do is post, and voila! You're the popular girl!

[bradybunch]

Welcome Wendy, I am glad you decided to join us. We have the best support site available for the Atkins lifestyle. Our moderators and administrators are the best and the members are a wealth of knowledge on this way of eating. Good luck and post away. ttyl, brady

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