Sun, Apr-14-02, 23:39
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New Member
Posts: 5
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 230/190/110
BF:
Progress: 33%
Location: Bay Area, California
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introducing.....Me!!!
Hello... I'm fairly new to this web-site and I'm am just sooo glad there is a place where I can vent and relate with people who are in the same boat as I am.... I guess I'll start off by introducing myself..my life... which ever...
My name is Analynn, I am 27 years old and live in the Bay Area.
It all started at the very young age of 3. My parents had divorced and all of a sudden I BLEW up.. by the time I went into 3rd grade I was already 120 pounds from there it was a blur but after that going into Jr. High I remember i weighed around 180. I Remember that weight because when I was in the 7th grade I had gone back to the Philippines for a vacation with my father. My 1st cousin who I havn't seen since the year before was Amazingly THIN... She had also became a model for a major clothing line company in the Philippines... I remember her asking me (Mind you I was only 12 years old) If I wanted to take this "diet drug" that she had used to lose all her weight. (she was 18) I said yes before she could finish the sentence.....stupid me... She ended up taking me to the barrio/ghetto areas of the Philippines..Keep in mind that in my 12 year old brain I'm thinking of a diet drug like the grapefruit diet drug, or dexatrim....She brings me to some scum bags house... And that was the first time I ever tried ICE... aka crank, crystal meth.. Oh yea I lost weight about 30 pounds in 1 month ... but ... that had opend up a door that brought me thru ups and downs of weight battles... depending on uppers... to lose weight.... and so forth...I have tried everything... from Jenny Craig, weight watchers, Phen-fen, everything..... Then I found the Atkins diet... I had heard about it ten years ago but Me being Filipino and Rice being almost like the Center of our Culture I laughed and thought "oh hell no" How could you not eat rice?!!
so my weight countinued to go up and down more up than down... my highest I weighed was 278, at that point I told myself I'm going to die FAT..I would just have to except that this is how my life is going to be, and thats that. I developed diabetes as well.... And for awhile I excepted that also... Then one day my co-worker brings in a picture of herself from a year prior... and there was a huge diffrence she had lost around 150 pounds and I asked her what she did .... She told me she did the Atkins diet... and from seeing her picture and seeing her now I told her I would give it a try.... that was on January 18th 2002... I started at 235 and as of April 14th, 2002 I am now down to 190 my goal weight is to go down to 110. My whole Life has changed ever since I started doing the atkins diet... Not only have I lost around 45 pounds... I no longer inject insulin!!! I used to inject about 3 to 4 times a day!!!! I'm more active than ever....Everyday someone makes a compliment on how much I have lost, a funny thing too is that I am on track with my bills!! ... Literaly my whole life has changed... Well its getting late but again I am just sooo happy that there is a place where I can relate with others!! And also seek advice from.... Sorry if my story/introduction is too long... but thanks for reading!!
Analynn (~.~)
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