I am a 41 yr old, wife & Mother of 3 who works full time night shift (11pm-7am) as a Certified Nurses Assistant in the Long Term Care dept. of our local hospital. I have done LC before...several times in fact and I always lose great on it, but I tend to let old habits re-invade my thoughts and actions and I end up gaining it all plus more back. I have been overweight my entire life it seems (well since puberty anyway)...but I have young kids and want to be able to keep up with them.
Interests
Reading, crocheting, cooking, Writing, being with my kids and spending time with Friends & family
Low Carb Plan
My own version (Induction levels mostly for now)
Start Date
5/23/08
Start Weight
253
Current Weight
246.5
Goal Weight
180 lbs for now...will re-evaluate when I get there!
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~Melissa~ sw-253 cw-244 (6-4-08) Losing it 10 lbs at a time 1st mini goal ~ 240 (4 more to go)
Used to be I dreaded going on vacation, especially when I had just started a diet and losing weight. I felt like I was setting myself up for failure. My mind would tell me...."hey girl you are on vacation EAT what you want"!! And of course I would oblige that voice in my head and I would come back feeling defeated and disgusting when I finally got the courage to see how much damage I had done to my body with food while away from my everyday routine. This time was so different.....Not...
Starting over is never easy, but so neccasary to keep moving forward and not backward. For me it means getting back in the Low carb mindset, which I don't really think I have ever really left. I know I have eaten all kinds of carbs, good bad and the ugly over the past couple of years being away from LCing. But the difference this time is I KNOW in my heart this is the way I must eat forever. The word CHEAT will no longer be in my vocabulary. I can't let a simple 5 letter word reduce my...