Hi everyone, .
I'm new to the plan, today is my third day. I thought it would be a great idea to have a single thread to post all of my thoughts, successes, struggles and whatever else. I'm a 38 year old wife and mom to 2 awesome little boys, ages 5 and 9. I've had a weight problem most all my life, and have been on most diets known to woman. I'm always on one thing or another. I've lost 20-50 pounds and gained it all back plus some through the years.
In April of this year, I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. This diagnosis came after months of being unnaturally thirsty, jittery and nauseous all the time, and suffering with unbelievable fatigue. After finding out what my problem was, I knew that I needed to do something about it, other than taking the metformin my doctor prescribed. But I kept eating all the things that got me to this point. I guess I've been in denial, I didn't want to believe that I had this disease. Well, after finding out, my fasting numbers were usually between 130 and 140. The worse I ate, the worse that fasting number became. The morning before I began this plan, it was 168. So I said no more, this has to stop, or my children will be without a mom.
I was thinking about doing the Atkins diet because I had had the most success on it than any other diet. I remembered feeling terribly deprived on that diet, and dreaded doing it again, until I came across a post on another low carb forum about Fat to Skinny. I immediately googled it and downloaded the ebook. The very next day, I started the plan. I've been so satisfied at every meal, I'm never hungry, and the insane urge to binge that I constantly had seems to be under control. I'm very excited about this plan and I think I've just found the thing that will free me from Type 2 and this prison of fat!
