Seraphine
Full Member
Hi all... I'm back again!
Short story, in 2010 I lost about 4 stone, getting to 154 last November. From then to now, I've been staying primarily low carb, and have been bouncing between 155-165 without much effort. Because I haven't been doing any exercise, I figured that I'd be at this weight until I stepped up my activity, but that was okay for now.
September 2011 - went on a cruise for 2 weeks and went up to 170 lbs.
Came home, went hard-core low carb for 10 days, and got back to 160
At that point, I started "stress eating"... my father had open heart surgery, and I really ate a lot of rubbish to deal with it. Then I had a minor surgery myself last week and again, I ate to make myself feel better. The painful truth of being a sugar addict has hit me square in the face.
I've hit 172
I started back on Atkins yesterday, but am terrified that all this back-and-forth has made me insulin resistant and the magic of low-carb isn't going to work this time. I worry that I've "broken" things.
Can I have some good thoughts and ideas to keep my right? I can't exercise yet as I've still got abdominal stitches, but want to reign things in so I can at least wear my clothes (I gave away all my bigger clothes, and I'm NOT buying new ones!) I'd appreciate hearing from people who've gotten back on track from a bad patch.
Thank you
Short story, in 2010 I lost about 4 stone, getting to 154 last November. From then to now, I've been staying primarily low carb, and have been bouncing between 155-165 without much effort. Because I haven't been doing any exercise, I figured that I'd be at this weight until I stepped up my activity, but that was okay for now.
September 2011 - went on a cruise for 2 weeks and went up to 170 lbs.
Came home, went hard-core low carb for 10 days, and got back to 160
At that point, I started "stress eating"... my father had open heart surgery, and I really ate a lot of rubbish to deal with it. Then I had a minor surgery myself last week and again, I ate to make myself feel better. The painful truth of being a sugar addict has hit me square in the face.
I've hit 172
I started back on Atkins yesterday, but am terrified that all this back-and-forth has made me insulin resistant and the magic of low-carb isn't going to work this time. I worry that I've "broken" things.
Can I have some good thoughts and ideas to keep my right? I can't exercise yet as I've still got abdominal stitches, but want to reign things in so I can at least wear my clothes (I gave away all my bigger clothes, and I'm NOT buying new ones!) I'd appreciate hearing from people who've gotten back on track from a bad patch.
Thank you