Greetings all!
This is my first ever blog so forgive me but I am really excited. So, a little about me - I am a 32 yo wife, mother and 2nd year PA student. Like many of you my goal is far greater than just to lose weight, I want to not only be healthy but I also want to be a healthy example to my patients and family. I am about 100 lbs overweight and hate it! I have finally begun to feel the effects of my weight that I never noticed in my twenties. It began with my knees -they're killing me, they creak moan and groan more than the stairs I climb every day and hurt constantly. My energy is at it's lowest, I am so drained by the end of the day that I have no energy for my family and often come home and sit on the couch like a zombie staring at the TV for 2 hrs before I can motivate myself to do anything. Finally, I feel like a hipocrate as I talk to patients about their weight, diabetes, hypertension and high cholesterol when I know that I am in the very same boat or will be very soon if I don't change something. How do you tell someone they need to lose weight when they too can obviously see that so do you? I can easily empathize with my patients about their weight and the struggles they endure but I know I will be more effective in helping others if I actually set the goal and achieve it. I want to show them that they can do it too!! So, my absolute mission is to lose the weight, track my progress, reach out for support and inspire my patients to do the same. Sound reasonable?
Well, I have tried every diet in the book over the years but what I know always works for me is the Low-Carb way and with all the new options & substitutions out there combined with the great support of forums like this and all of you, I know I can do it

I feel Great! Posted 01-20-2008 at 07:33 PM by SlimmerPA OK, I've always heard about how after the first few weeks of induction your energy not only comes back but will increase ... Well, I wasn't sure if that would work for me - I've done so many diets and never quite got there in the last few years. I didn't know If I could ever get there again. Well, what a surprise when about 1 week ago I woke up and oddly enough felt really well rested - something I haven't experienced in a few years. My daily backache was gone, my headache gone and the strange foggy... Continue reading... SlimmerPA LCE Newbie

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Week 1 a success Posted 01-05-2008 at 10:02 PM by SlimmerPA Well, I made it through week one and it really wasn't bad at all. The last time I followed Atkins/LC my daughter was 2 years old and I was a stay-at-home mom on a limited budget. I think It was a lot harder then because I deprived myself of variety due to the budget and lacked the support I'm finding now. It's funny though because all I could remember about lC dieting was feeling really deprived - certainly enough to make me avoid repeating it for the next 8 years! Well forget that! So, here's... Continue reading... SlimmerPA LCE Newbie

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Here we go! Posted 12-30-2007 at 12:23 PM by SlimmerPA Today is day 2 of my new low carb lifestyle. So far so good (I'm sure those of you on day 100 are chuckling right now). I felt slightly mournful last night when I skipped my nightly dessert ritual and had 3 pickle spears with a sprinkle of feta cheese instead, hmmm - not bad. I know the first week is the toughest but I also know I can do it just like all of you. So, here's to a new start in a soon to be New Year!! Send me your comments and support as I know I'll need it.... Continue reading... SlimmerPA LCE Newbie

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