I began low carbing after finding out that I had Polycystic ovary disease. I had gained 85 pounds in 7 years and was having difficulty becoming pregnant. With activity I painfully lost 10 pounds and amazing became pregnant.

During my pregnancy I had gestational diabetes. I am certain this was from the weight gain and poor lifestyle choice of eating too many carbs. When my son was about 3 months old, I began reading a book by Dr. Atkins and thought--this makes sense for someone with insulin resistance. Heck, nothing else I had tried ever worked. I was eating very little, nursing like mad, and was 5 pounds heavier than when I was 9 months pregnant.

I began low carbing and lost like 8 pounds the first week, five the next.

hello i'm new to the forum and i just wantted to say your doing a great job so far.keep up the hard work and its very nice to meet you...

Hey Shana - Congrats on your success!!!

Way to go - glad you found us - we can always use another smiling face - the thinner we get the broader the smile

Welcome!

Hey Shana,

Welcome to the forum. Congrats. on the weight loss so far There is a lot of good information and encouragement to be found here.

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Hi Shana and welcome. I too had gestational diabetes when I was pregnant with my last (seems like a million years ago, but really only 18). That's my reason for following lowcarb today.

I've been through the insulin route and the daily blood tests and I perfer to watch my food intake.

Sounds like you're doing great. Keep us posted on your progress.