I'm TrishZ a 33 year old mom of 2 from the Buffalo, NY area. I have a wonderful hubby, Andy that I couldnt imagine not spending the rest of my life with, he is the most amazing man I have ever known and I love him more and more every day and I thank him for getting me to try Atkin's way life, you can say he saved my life.
I have been on Atkin's Diet since 7-14-99. The reason I start was that on day I woke with chest pains & a night in the hospital showed at 29 yrs old I had a heart attack, my weight was its highest...320LBS, my cholesterol wasn't far behind at 270. I had been dieting all my life and tried every diet, pill, potion or spell out there with no success. Yes I could loose the weight with much hard work, but I couldn't keep it off.
I was very much against the Atkin's when Andy, who also needed to loose about 30lbs suggested it, some of his co-workers had great success with it. We argued, he won, I agreed to try it for 2 weeks Well I could not believe the results after 4 days I was down 10lbs. I had more energy than ever in my life. For the first time I was able to come home from work, play with my kids & take care of the house instead of needing a 2-hour nap while cooking dinner. One night my 7 year old at the time told me, Thanks for playing with me & it broke my heart, I realized that I had been neglecting him due to my weight & I vowed never to go back to my old way of eating.
3 1/2 years later I am still low carbing, I have lost 101 pounds, my cholesterol is 137, my LDL is 35 and my HDL is 102 and I feel better than I ever have in my life and I will be low-carbing for the rest of my life.
I want to thank Dr. Atkins & all of my wonderful friends on www.atkinsfriends.com for all of the support & friendship I have received since discovering this way of eating, my dear hubby Andy for suggesting this way of eating and my children for understanding and loving me through my times when I was unable to pay them as much attention as they deserved, for without everyone I would have no life today. |
