~Whatever It Takes Bio Weigh Day~

Peskie · 10-04-2005, 04:18 AM

Whatever It Takes
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Rules:

1) there are no hard and fast rules, we do "whatever it takes"
2) we have mini-challenges, none of which are required, but we encourage participation (see our siggys at any given time)
3) for those in loss mode, our goal is 2 lbs per week, doing "whatever it takes" and maintaining for those in maintenance
4) YOU tell US what you need to succeed and we provide it (encouragement, buttkicking, a true beating....) and vice versa
5) All welcome! Come on in!

It's very comparable to Calvinball. (in otherwords, anything goes!)

Peskie · 10-04-2005, 04:19 AM

ONLY 12 MORE WEEKS (and 12 more pounds?) TIL CHRISTMAS!!!

What will YOU be wearing on Christmas? OR....
HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT?!

Okay team! Let's MAKE IT HAPPEN!!

Peskie · 10-04-2005, 04:24 AM

Okay, Robin wants to get to know us better, and we have a few others that are new enough to where we should share.....let's post bios today (and by the way, peskie is GROUCHY this morning--the carb ladder added a pound to my morning weight, so I'm exactly what I was last Tuesdays weigh in--grrrr!)

My bio: I turned 35 in March (eek--did I say "mid-thirties"?). I've been married, uummm, 16 years as of this past August. We have 2 furkids, Sam & Blitz, the American Eskimos and no human kids yet.

I'm a district manager of a large financial institution and stay really really busy. I also am in college part time (1-2 classes a semester) At this rate I should graduate by the time I'm 40 (??!) I'm majoring in Business Management with specialization in International Business. I'm taking Spanish right now, with my husband. Needless to say, it makes for entertaining classes. And although I will not graduate until at least 40, I plan to retire by 50.

(so obviously, I'm wanting to get LOTS of use out of the degree

)

Hobbies: NASCAR, (and that's even more fun with a penguin!!) playing with my pups, swimming (I put in a pool Spring '04), play here of course! gardening, photography, reading, antiques and eating. And my recent addictions seem to lean to buying more clothes and exercising.

I've finally done something about my weight. I gained alot of weight in 1998-2002. I would not have stuck with it so well without a good support group here! It allows me to be obssessive without being obssessive (if that makes sense) I'm getting close to goal now. (adjusted goal) I've been low carbing since the holidays in 2003 and I'm down quite a few sizes and pounds (see stats)

Late 2003….I was lying in my bed just about to drift off to sleep and thinking about my family and what we’d be through over the past year with my mothers aneurysm and extended care. I was NOT comfortable AT ALL in my body. It was tiring to do anything and I had NO energy and I was in denial about why. In addition, I had heartburn regularly and pressure in my chest at night. It scared me while I was thinking of my family and wondering “Who would take care of my mother if I was gone?” I knew my husband would genuinely have a hard time if he lost me and that wasn’t fair to either of them. I didn’t like the picture in my mind. And I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, at the rate I was going, I’d be dead by the time I hit 40. Death itself didn’t scare me into it. It took realizing how selfish it would be to the survivors to do anything about it.

I was a binge eater and hid it pretty well. Nobody knew how much I really ate. I ate in the car frequently and would stop to clean my car out, so nobody would see the wrappers. I’d eat steak and potatoes for dinner and then after dinner, sneak crackers with A1 sauce on them. I had a full size bag of cheese doodles on the way home from work in the evenings, hid crackers and chips in the end tables and rarely stayed in the same room with hubby in the evenings (couldn't sneak food that way

) Now, every night I'm here posting in the same room he's playing games and posting on politics boards.

So, on November 12, 2003, I decided I would at least try Atkins up to Christmas. I figured that would get the risk pounds off and then I could go back to eating how I ate before (only less of it) and maybe I’d be okay. I’d be fat, but not morbidly obese. No, I did not see this as a way of life.

I was pleased with the results, but even more pleased with how I felt.
My initial goal was to just lose enough to not be at risk. Then I changed my goal to size 12. Once I hit 12’s, I realized I was doing EXACTLY what Dr Atkins warned us about in his books. He tells us to give serious consideration to what we want to be. He said, we probably don’t expect to be models, however, “you may be looking to the other extreme, towards goals that are too modest, like less fat and relatively healthy” (thinking it’s more than we can hope for). He says we should set our sights higher than that, shooting for ideal weight, excellent health, etc. It’s realistic AND satisfying. I genuinely believe that’s why I didn’t post my stats with start and goal until after I hit the size 12 mark and came to this realization. I KNEW I wasn’t doing it right, but the “ideal” me –well, the journey seemed WAY too formidable to ever achieve that again.

How did I set my weight goal? From the formula in Protein Power, combined with my lucky number. I’m there now. I need to tone up a little bit. My body is still not what I see as “ideal” but I’m getting close---I just need to tone up. The number on the scale isn’t as important as the clothes on my body. I'm in 8's and that THRILLS ME!! (maybe I can actually get in 6's one day?) I want to look and feel good and right now I’m happy with myself.

For those just starting~~~It is worth the time and effort! Once you get through the first few days, it gets easier, you feel better and it’s not an option to not continue. Yes, it’s taken me over a year and a half, but what is the amount of time that it will take, compared to the REST of your life? Every day on plan puts you one day closer to goal. Every day off plan puts you 3-4 days away further from goal. You’re definitely NOT getting to goal by continuing what has never worked and what made you gain weight to begin with.

You can do it. Don't focus on what you are not having. Focus on what you CAN have! The choices with low carb are so much more succulent. Yum!!

Has it ever been hard? Have I ever wanted potato chips? Have I ever wanted to go back to eating the way I did before? Have I ever caved and ate things not on plan? Yep, of course! But deep down, the determination, the reasons and the success kept me on track for the long haul, getting back on plan with the very next meal, not to mention the differences in how I feel. I weigh daily. I know it doesn’t work for some (counterproductive), but it’s required for me—I gain too quickly when I do gain and the daily affirmations are required for me to succeed.

This did eventually become a way of life for me, although it didn’t start that way. Last summer, I realized I found what works to maintain and thought to myself, “I never have to diet again when I hit goal. All I have to do is find out my level of maintenance and stick to it”.

Then it hit me---THIS is what Dr Atkins refers to in his book. It REALLY IS a way of life!

Woman Typing Badly · 10-04-2005, 05:44 AM

Wow Peskie-Now I feel like I know you way lots better. I hope everyone posts a bio so I can know them better too!

Me,

Am 37 years old, married to 2nd hubby, have a daughter 13 w/first hubby and son 9 w/current hubby. DH is a Boat Captain in the Gulf of Mexico oil fields. He works out of Port Fourchon, LA, is gone 4 weeks and home 2 weeks, and we live in Panama City Fl.

I am on a leave of absence from a job at the local affiliate of NPR, on staff at our church (where I am responsible for the food bank, a women’s prayer group, a street ministry, and handle all public relations and publicity for the many community events we either sponsor or support) and a Publicist for Black Swans Books. I am lacking about 15 credits from having my BS in Communications. I may never finish because I don’t have the time. I love to write and had a local Christian Column for almost 3 years. I still contribute occasionally to the online version of the paper. I have a very warped and wicked sense of humor. DH does also. I once did a personality test and DH was an introvert and I was a flaming extrovert who scored higher than the test allowed. Heh..

Sounds about right to me….

I started Atkins the first time in the late 90’s. In the last 6-7 years I have been as low as 160 and as high as 230 +. I am 5’1. I could not seem to accept that this cannot be a diet-it has to be a change of lifestyle. I have hovered between 210 and 200 for almost a year now and a few weeks ago I had 2 different people ask me if I was pregnant.

That sorta took care of the last bit of resistance to making a lifetime commitment.

I love to cook and am well known for my cooking in the circles I frequent. I was really interested in Pam because I, too, have a little cooking business on the side. I do home baked gift baskets w/items like banana bread, cake, cookies etc in them. I deliver too, lol. The only thing that will make this stick for me is if I can take my ability to make fabulous high carb foods and parlay that into fabulous low carb foods. I collect cookbooks and LC recipes online. I am constantly converting my HC recipes into LC ones. So far am doing very well.

Questions? Go to WWW oops

no , just ask, I will gladly answer!

Weigh in-am down to 200.5, down another .5lbs. My next mini goal is actually 199 so I am 1.5 away! Can’t wait.

The End~

landis · 10-04-2005, 05:56 AM

Hey good morning! Off to try to see if they can upload a pic. Won't be me and Pam, they're at home

BRB

landis · 10-04-2005, 06:27 AM

Okay it seems to be working now. I will try later to download the ones from home of Pam, me and our DHs

No REALLY!

Wow, the bio thing, where do I start? I was born in a big place with lots of people in white clothes. It was called a hospital. They spanked me on the butt and I had a rude taste of the real world

Oh you don't want me to go back that far

Okay now REALLY, I was born and raised in good old East Tennessee and they will have to drag me kicking and screaming to get me to move anywhere else in the world! I am 45 years old but I feel oh about 25 I guess. I am married to the most WONDERFUL man on the whole entire planet

and we have been married for about 4 1/2 years. Had 2 pretty bad marriages before so we won't go there except that my DS who is almost 20 now

was born out of my first marriage and he is the most precious thing, loves God with all his heart and wants to be a Worship leader

See pics of DH and DS in gallery

I am an accountant but don't really LOVE it though it pays good and I have lots of time off, work for a small organization and have lots of great benefits. I have been in a variety of jobs including Police work, was a police officer on the street for 2 years, now THAT was an experience you don't forget! But my lifelong passion has and is to be a counselor and since I have turned over my life to Christ (1992) want to be a Christian counselor. I have recently gone back to school full-time to get my BS in Leadership and Ministry and hope to go on to get a Masters degree in counsling if God makes a way. So as you can see I am very busy but have lots of free time here so that is why I am labeled a "Big Yapper"

I have never been way overweight (I have good genes from my mother's side) but I did let my weight creep up to 1 almost 180 (size 16!) a couple of times, one when in a very unhappy marriage (second one). I lost it all when we divorced (the wrong way, couldn't eat) but then it started creeping back up when I married current DH and we started eating out ALL the time! Why do we think we can eat as much as our 230 pound husbands?

Soooooooooo, I finally got fed up as I neared 175 AGAIN in December 2003 and when I heard about Atkins I thought, hmmmmmm I LOVE meat and eggs and I can't eat fruit anyway cuz I am allergic and the doctor had a sneaking suspicion that wheat gluten was causing me problems too so I gave it a try. I couldn't BELIEVE the difference almost right away! For some reason I stayed extremely fatigued the first few months but I didn't give up. My skin was beautiful and my awful facial excema had totally cleared up. My allergies overall were better than they had EVER been in my life (now almost TOTALLY gone!). I had always had terrible problems and the last few years had quite a few really scary attacks of swelling around the face, mouth, throat and eyes. It was honestly a MIRACLE! The weight was coming off and I was able to eat what I LOVED!

Soooooooooooooo, here I am. I think my original goal was 145 (I am 5'8") but I got down to a low of 135 or so last Thanksgiving. I felt really good at that size but it was hard to maintain and I usually stay at around 140-145. I really want to get to 135 again though and learn how to stay there if possible (hence the 1 pound a week until the holidays is PERFECT for me) I have cheated along the way too a lot esp. on vacations

but I have made this a WOL and believe me I could honestly not have done it without my best friends here on the WIT board and I mean that with all of my

Oh Peskie, I heard that about getting lower than landis and Yep it got me goin!!!

Happy?

I am going to have to hang around more at night if you are gonna talk about me

Rhine Girl · 10-04-2005, 07:00 AM

My turn?

Started LC last July when I had reached 162. My highest weight ever. I was really afraid that I couldn't control food. I had always maintained my weight at 140-145 without dieting my whole adult life. Ate whatever, whenever and never had issues. I'm good on this WOE 99% of the time and have even seen 145 a few times but I self sabotage or my body likes 148. (I'm 5'7).

My parents are first generation Americans and all my family lives through out Europe. So here I am, in Germany, working in the computer field. I am a shift worker with a crazy schedule. We operate 24/7 365 days a year. I love it. It will be very hard for me to go back to 9-5. Just can't imagine working 5 days in a row.

I also need to work on my BS. I am 5 classes shy for a degree in social psychology. Wanted to do that years ago and just lost interest in the field. So now I am studying for certifications from Microsoft. Now I'm going for network security and have been getting ready to take the Security + exam.

I am divorced with no children and no desire to EVER be married again. I have been close twice and that is scarry.

I love all WIT's

Did I miss something?

HaleysNana · 10-04-2005, 07:15 AM

Good morning Chickies!!!

Wt today is 127.4. For Friday my goal is to be at 127.0. That will allow me to bust out of the 120s by Christmas.....

now that will be unchartered territory!!!

Sharon...you can't possibly be married to the most wonderful man in the world cause I am!!!

Okay, I'm 46, married for 28 yrs to my only sweetheart ever. We have 3 wonderful kids who are all married and each have a child of their own....so I'm incredibly blessed with 3 precious grandbabies whom I adore!!

By day, I manage a law firm (and most days hate every minute of it). My 2nd job is choir director and pianist at our church (my DH is the part-time worship leader). My dream job that I'm trying to build into a part-time business is to offer cakes (wedding, birthday, showers, etc), pies, cookie baskets and any other baked goods anyone wants to pay me to make for them. I can do regular or sugar-free (with some exceptions). I could easily spend 8 hrs a day in my kitchen and can't imagine anything that would make me happier!

I hit my all-time high weight a few years ago at 182...which on my short body was not pretty, let me tell you!!

I did Body for Life and lost some, gained it back and finally got serious about getting rid of the bad carbs in my diet a little over a year ago. I lost down to 150 but had the hardest time getting under that.....until I was diagnosed with a liver condition which prohibits me from eating sugar or red meat. And since most bad carbs convert to sugar...I get very sick if I eat them. Now you might think that would make the l/c lifestyle easier....you would be wrong! I still crave the carbs...I just don't have the option of eating them unless I want to pay the piper!

Anywhoooo....I absolutely love this group of girls and can't imagine getting through life without all of you!!!!

landis · 10-04-2005, 07:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhine Girl

Did I miss something?

You forgot to say how much you have LOVED getting to know me and what a terrific friend I am

landis · 10-04-2005, 07:18 AM

Pam you forgot too about adding that I am your most terrific friend in the whole world

I LOVE this! It is so great getting to know one another again

Rhine Girl · 10-04-2005, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by landis

You forgot to say how much you have LOVED getting to know me and what a terrific friend I am

landis · 10-04-2005, 07:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhine Girl

backatcha

Rhine Girl · 10-04-2005, 07:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by landis

Pam you forgot too about adding that I am your most terrific friend in the whole world

I LOVE this! It is so great getting to know one another again

Landis you are a shameless WIT!

HaleysNana · 10-04-2005, 07:25 AM

Apparently I also forgot to mention how very HUMBLE the WITs are!!!! ahahahahaha

landis · 10-04-2005, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HaleysNana

Apparently I also forgot to mention how very HUMBLE the WITs are!!!! ahahahahaha

Ain't it the truth! Ain't it the truth!

landis · 10-04-2005, 07:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhine Girl

Landis you are a shameless WIT!

Thank you thank you

Rhine Girl · 10-04-2005, 07:38 AM

Anyone seen Nell lurking?? Or Lensie??

HaleysNana · 10-04-2005, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhine Girl

Anyone seen Nell lurking?? Or Lensie??

No, and I'm beginning to feel a little ignored!!!

Woman Typing Badly · 10-04-2005, 07:44 AM

what an honor to be a part of such a humble group of women

landis · 10-04-2005, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhine Girl

Anyone seen Nell lurking?? Or Lensie??

No

landis · 10-04-2005, 07:50 AM

I just realized I will be 131 by Christmas if I make this challenge!

I will have to buy new clothes

landis · 10-04-2005, 07:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LowCarbInFL

what an honor to be a part of such a humble group of women

Rhine Girl · 10-04-2005, 07:52 AM

[quote=LowCarbInFL]what an honor to be a part of such a humble group of women

Robin the "honor" is ours!

Peskie hurry up with that contract!

10-04-2005, 04:18 AM	#1
Peskie princess peskironi WIT Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: stealing lucys paci so I can have 2! Posts: 53,882 Gallery: Peskie Stats: I'm not perfect, but close enough to scare me WOE: waiting on the stork to sprinkle quint dust on me Start Date: 11/12/2003, maintainence since 7/10/05	~Whatever It Takes Bio Weigh Day~ Whatever It Takes -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rules: 1) there are no hard and fast rules, we do "whatever it takes" 2) we have mini-challenges, none of which are required, but we encourage participation (see our siggys at any given time) 3) for those in loss mode, our goal is 2 lbs per week, doing "whatever it takes" and maintaining for those in maintenance 4) YOU tell US what you need to succeed and we provide it (encouragement, buttkicking, a true beating....) and vice versa 5) All welcome! Come on in! It's very comparable to Calvinball. (in otherwords, anything goes!)

10-04-2005, 04:24 AM	#3
Peskie princess peskironi WIT Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: stealing lucys paci so I can have 2! Posts: 53,882 Gallery: Peskie Stats: I'm not perfect, but close enough to scare me WOE: waiting on the stork to sprinkle quint dust on me Start Date: 11/12/2003, maintainence since 7/10/05	Okay, Robin wants to get to know us better, and we have a few others that are new enough to where we should share.....let's post bios today (and by the way, peskie is GROUCHY this morning--the carb ladder added a pound to my morning weight, so I'm exactly what I was last Tuesdays weigh in--grrrr!) My bio: I turned 35 in March (eek--did I say "mid-thirties"?). I've been married, uummm, 16 years as of this past August. We have 2 furkids, Sam & Blitz, the American Eskimos and no human kids yet. I'm a district manager of a large financial institution and stay really really busy. I also am in college part time (1-2 classes a semester) At this rate I should graduate by the time I'm 40 (??!) I'm majoring in Business Management with specialization in International Business. I'm taking Spanish right now, with my husband. Needless to say, it makes for entertaining classes. And although I will not graduate until at least 40, I plan to retire by 50. (so obviously, I'm wanting to get LOTS of use out of the degree ) Hobbies: NASCAR, (and that's even more fun with a penguin!!) playing with my pups, swimming (I put in a pool Spring '04), play here of course! gardening, photography, reading, antiques and eating. And my recent addictions seem to lean to buying more clothes and exercising. I've finally done something about my weight. I gained alot of weight in 1998-2002. I would not have stuck with it so well without a good support group here! It allows me to be obssessive without being obssessive (if that makes sense) I'm getting close to goal now. (adjusted goal) I've been low carbing since the holidays in 2003 and I'm down quite a few sizes and pounds (see stats) Late 2003….I was lying in my bed just about to drift off to sleep and thinking about my family and what we’d be through over the past year with my mothers aneurysm and extended care. I was NOT comfortable AT ALL in my body. It was tiring to do anything and I had NO energy and I was in denial about why. In addition, I had heartburn regularly and pressure in my chest at night. It scared me while I was thinking of my family and wondering “Who would take care of my mother if I was gone?” I knew my husband would genuinely have a hard time if he lost me and that wasn’t fair to either of them. I didn’t like the picture in my mind. And I knew, beyond a shadow of a doubt, at the rate I was going, I’d be dead by the time I hit 40. Death itself didn’t scare me into it. It took realizing how selfish it would be to the survivors to do anything about it. I was a binge eater and hid it pretty well. Nobody knew how much I really ate. I ate in the car frequently and would stop to clean my car out, so nobody would see the wrappers. I’d eat steak and potatoes for dinner and then after dinner, sneak crackers with A1 sauce on them. I had a full size bag of cheese doodles on the way home from work in the evenings, hid crackers and chips in the end tables and rarely stayed in the same room with hubby in the evenings (couldn't sneak food that way ) Now, every night I'm here posting in the same room he's playing games and posting on politics boards. So, on November 12, 2003, I decided I would at least try Atkins up to Christmas. I figured that would get the risk pounds off and then I could go back to eating how I ate before (only less of it) and maybe I’d be okay. I’d be fat, but not morbidly obese. No, I did not see this as a way of life. I was pleased with the results, but even more pleased with how I felt. My initial goal was to just lose enough to not be at risk. Then I changed my goal to size 12. Once I hit 12’s, I realized I was doing EXACTLY what Dr Atkins warned us about in his books. He tells us to give serious consideration to what we want to be. He said, we probably don’t expect to be models, however, “you may be looking to the other extreme, towards goals that are too modest, like less fat and relatively healthy” (thinking it’s more than we can hope for). He says we should set our sights higher than that, shooting for ideal weight, excellent health, etc. It’s realistic AND satisfying. I genuinely believe that’s why I didn’t post my stats with start and goal until after I hit the size 12 mark and came to this realization. I KNEW I wasn’t doing it right, but the “ideal” me –well, the journey seemed WAY too formidable to ever achieve that again. How did I set my weight goal? From the formula in Protein Power, combined with my lucky number. I’m there now. I need to tone up a little bit. My body is still not what I see as “ideal” but I’m getting close---I just need to tone up. The number on the scale isn’t as important as the clothes on my body. I'm in 8's and that THRILLS ME!! (maybe I can actually get in 6's one day?) I want to look and feel good and right now I’m happy with myself. For those just starting~~~It is worth the time and effort! Once you get through the first few days, it gets easier, you feel better and it’s not an option to not continue. Yes, it’s taken me over a year and a half, but what is the amount of time that it will take, compared to the REST of your life? Every day on plan puts you one day closer to goal. Every day off plan puts you 3-4 days away further from goal. You’re definitely NOT getting to goal by continuing what has never worked and what made you gain weight to begin with. You can do it. Don't focus on what you are not having. Focus on what you CAN have! The choices with low carb are so much more succulent. Yum!! Has it ever been hard? Have I ever wanted potato chips? Have I ever wanted to go back to eating the way I did before? Have I ever caved and ate things not on plan? Yep, of course! But deep down, the determination, the reasons and the success kept me on track for the long haul, getting back on plan with the very next meal, not to mention the differences in how I feel. I weigh daily. I know it doesn’t work for some (counterproductive), but it’s required for me—I gain too quickly when I do gain and the daily affirmations are required for me to succeed. This did eventually become a way of life for me, although it didn’t start that way. Last summer, I realized I found what works to maintain and thought to myself, “I never have to diet again when I hit goal. All I have to do is find out my level of maintenance and stick to it”. Then it hit me---THIS is what Dr Atkins refers to in his book. It REALLY IS a way of life! __________________ ~~WHATEVER IT TAKES CHALLENGE~~ Be the difference that you want to see and the difference you want to be in the world Death is not the greatest loss in life.The greatest loss is what dies within us while we live Last edited by Peskie : 10-04-2005 at 04:48 AM.

10-04-2005, 06:27 AM	#6
landis Boss of Me Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the shelter of His arms Posts: 30,267 Gallery: landis Stats: Not where I'd like to be..yet. WOE: God's Start Date: Jan 2004	Okay it seems to be working now. I will try later to download the ones from home of Pam, me and our DHs No REALLY! Wow, the bio thing, where do I start? I was born in a big place with lots of people in white clothes. It was called a hospital. They spanked me on the butt and I had a rude taste of the real world Oh you don't want me to go back that far Okay now REALLY, I was born and raised in good old East Tennessee and they will have to drag me kicking and screaming to get me to move anywhere else in the world! I am 45 years old but I feel oh about 25 I guess. I am married to the most WONDERFUL man on the whole entire planet and we have been married for about 4 1/2 years. Had 2 pretty bad marriages before so we won't go there except that my DS who is almost 20 now was born out of my first marriage and he is the most precious thing, loves God with all his heart and wants to be a Worship leader See pics of DH and DS in gallery I am an accountant but don't really LOVE it though it pays good and I have lots of time off, work for a small organization and have lots of great benefits. I have been in a variety of jobs including Police work, was a police officer on the street for 2 years, now THAT was an experience you don't forget! But my lifelong passion has and is to be a counselor and since I have turned over my life to Christ (1992) want to be a Christian counselor. I have recently gone back to school full-time to get my BS in Leadership and Ministry and hope to go on to get a Masters degree in counsling if God makes a way. So as you can see I am very busy but have lots of free time here so that is why I am labeled a "Big Yapper" I have never been way overweight (I have good genes from my mother's side) but I did let my weight creep up to 1 almost 180 (size 16!) a couple of times, one when in a very unhappy marriage (second one). I lost it all when we divorced (the wrong way, couldn't eat) but then it started creeping back up when I married current DH and we started eating out ALL the time! Why do we think we can eat as much as our 230 pound husbands? Soooooooooo, I finally got fed up as I neared 175 AGAIN in December 2003 and when I heard about Atkins I thought, hmmmmmm I LOVE meat and eggs and I can't eat fruit anyway cuz I am allergic and the doctor had a sneaking suspicion that wheat gluten was causing me problems too so I gave it a try. I couldn't BELIEVE the difference almost right away! For some reason I stayed extremely fatigued the first few months but I didn't give up. My skin was beautiful and my awful facial excema had totally cleared up. My allergies overall were better than they had EVER been in my life (now almost TOTALLY gone!). I had always had terrible problems and the last few years had quite a few really scary attacks of swelling around the face, mouth, throat and eyes. It was honestly a MIRACLE! The weight was coming off and I was able to eat what I LOVED! Soooooooooooooo, here I am. I think my original goal was 145 (I am 5'8") but I got down to a low of 135 or so last Thanksgiving. I felt really good at that size but it was hard to maintain and I usually stay at around 140-145. I really want to get to 135 again though and learn how to stay there if possible (hence the 1 pound a week until the holidays is PERFECT for me) I have cheated along the way too a lot esp. on vacations but I have made this a WOL and believe me I could honestly not have done it without my best friends here on the WIT board and I mean that with all of my Oh Peskie, I heard that about getting lower than landis and Yep it got me goin!!! Happy? I am going to have to hang around more at night if you are gonna talk about me __________________ JUST GIVE ME JESUS WORD OF THE DAY: PEACE Last edited by landis : 10-04-2005 at 06:36 AM.

10-04-2005, 07:00 AM	#7
Rhine Girl Resident WIT Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,175 Gallery: Rhine Girl Stats: 162/139.6/138 5'7	My turn? Started LC last July when I had reached 162. My highest weight ever. I was really afraid that I couldn't control food. I had always maintained my weight at 140-145 without dieting my whole adult life. Ate whatever, whenever and never had issues. I'm good on this WOE 99% of the time and have even seen 145 a few times but I self sabotage or my body likes 148. (I'm 5'7). My parents are first generation Americans and all my family lives through out Europe. So here I am, in Germany, working in the computer field. I am a shift worker with a crazy schedule. We operate 24/7 365 days a year. I love it. It will be very hard for me to go back to 9-5. Just can't imagine working 5 days in a row. I also need to work on my BS. I am 5 classes shy for a degree in social psychology. Wanted to do that years ago and just lost interest in the field. So now I am studying for certifications from Microsoft. Now I'm going for network security and have been getting ready to take the Security + exam. I am divorced with no children and no desire to EVER be married again. I have been close twice and that is scarry. I love all WIT's Did I miss something? Last edited by Rhine Girl : 10-04-2005 at 07:01 AM.

10-04-2005, 07:15 AM	#8
HaleysNana The Cute WIT Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the Land of Detox! Posts: 8,669 Gallery: HaleysNana WOE: Sugar Free...one day at a time! Start Date: 4/12/04	Good morning Chickies!!! Wt today is 127.4. For Friday my goal is to be at 127.0. That will allow me to bust out of the 120s by Christmas..... now that will be unchartered territory!!! Sharon...you can't possibly be married to the most wonderful man in the world cause I am!!! Okay, I'm 46, married for 28 yrs to my only sweetheart ever. We have 3 wonderful kids who are all married and each have a child of their own....so I'm incredibly blessed with 3 precious grandbabies whom I adore!! By day, I manage a law firm (and most days hate every minute of it). My 2nd job is choir director and pianist at our church (my DH is the part-time worship leader). My dream job that I'm trying to build into a part-time business is to offer cakes (wedding, birthday, showers, etc), pies, cookie baskets and any other baked goods anyone wants to pay me to make for them. I can do regular or sugar-free (with some exceptions). I could easily spend 8 hrs a day in my kitchen and can't imagine anything that would make me happier! I hit my all-time high weight a few years ago at 182...which on my short body was not pretty, let me tell you!! I did Body for Life and lost some, gained it back and finally got serious about getting rid of the bad carbs in my diet a little over a year ago. I lost down to 150 but had the hardest time getting under that.....until I was diagnosed with a liver condition which prohibits me from eating sugar or red meat. And since most bad carbs convert to sugar...I get very sick if I eat them. Now you might think that would make the l/c lifestyle easier....you would be wrong! I still crave the carbs...I just don't have the option of eating them unless I want to pay the piper! Anywhoooo....I absolutely love this group of girls and can't imagine getting through life without all of you!!!! __________________ Pam 157.0/152.8/130 Fitness is not a destination....it's a journey!! Root Beer - the New Energy Drink! http://fitday.com/fitness/PublicJour...l?Owner=pamr40

10-04-2005, 04:19 AM	#2
Peskie princess peskironi WIT Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: stealing lucys paci so I can have 2! Posts: 53,882 Gallery: Peskie Stats: I'm not perfect, but close enough to scare me WOE: waiting on the stork to sprinkle quint dust on me Start Date: 11/12/2003, maintainence since 7/10/05	ONLY 12 MORE WEEKS (and 12 more pounds?) TIL CHRISTMAS!!! What will YOU be wearing on Christmas? OR.... HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT?! Okay team! Let's MAKE IT HAPPEN!!

10-04-2005, 05:44 AM	#4
Woman Typing Badly Typos, Typos, As Far As The Eye Can See... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Life of the POTTY! Posts: 11,609 Blog Entries: 20 Gallery: Woman Typing Badly Stats: 236.6/230.4/110ish WOE: is up for eval Dec 9th Start Date: Sept 9 2008	Wow Peskie-Now I feel like I know you way lots better. I hope everyone posts a bio so I can know them better too! Me, Am 37 years old, married to 2nd hubby, have a daughter 13 w/first hubby and son 9 w/current hubby. DH is a Boat Captain in the Gulf of Mexico oil fields. He works out of Port Fourchon, LA, is gone 4 weeks and home 2 weeks, and we live in Panama City Fl. I am on a leave of absence from a job at the local affiliate of NPR, on staff at our church (where I am responsible for the food bank, a women’s prayer group, a street ministry, and handle all public relations and publicity for the many community events we either sponsor or support) and a Publicist for Black Swans Books. I am lacking about 15 credits from having my BS in Communications. I may never finish because I don’t have the time. I love to write and had a local Christian Column for almost 3 years. I still contribute occasionally to the online version of the paper. I have a very warped and wicked sense of humor. DH does also. I once did a personality test and DH was an introvert and I was a flaming extrovert who scored higher than the test allowed. Heh.. Sounds about right to me…. I started Atkins the first time in the late 90’s. In the last 6-7 years I have been as low as 160 and as high as 230 +. I am 5’1. I could not seem to accept that this cannot be a diet-it has to be a change of lifestyle. I have hovered between 210 and 200 for almost a year now and a few weeks ago I had 2 different people ask me if I was pregnant. That sorta took care of the last bit of resistance to making a lifetime commitment. I love to cook and am well known for my cooking in the circles I frequent. I was really interested in Pam because I, too, have a little cooking business on the side. I do home baked gift baskets w/items like banana bread, cake, cookies etc in them. I deliver too, lol. The only thing that will make this stick for me is if I can take my ability to make fabulous high carb foods and parlay that into fabulous low carb foods. I collect cookbooks and LC recipes online. I am constantly converting my HC recipes into LC ones. So far am doing very well. Questions? Go to WWW oops no , just ask, I will gladly answer! Weigh in-am down to 200.5, down another .5lbs. My next mini goal is actually 199 so I am 1.5 away! Can’t wait. The End~

10-04-2005, 05:56 AM	#5
landis Boss of Me Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the shelter of His arms Posts: 30,267 Gallery: landis Stats: Not where I'd like to be..yet. WOE: God's Start Date: Jan 2004	Hey good morning! Off to try to see if they can upload a pic. Won't be me and Pam, they're at home BRB

10-04-2005, 07:18 AM	#10
landis Boss of Me Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the shelter of His arms Posts: 30,267 Gallery: landis Stats: Not where I'd like to be..yet. WOE: God's Start Date: Jan 2004	Pam you forgot too about adding that I am your most terrific friend in the whole world I LOVE this! It is so great getting to know one another again

10-04-2005, 07:25 AM	#14
HaleysNana The Cute WIT Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the Land of Detox! Posts: 8,669 Gallery: HaleysNana WOE: Sugar Free...one day at a time! Start Date: 4/12/04	Apparently I also forgot to mention how very HUMBLE the WITs are!!!! ahahahahaha

10-04-2005, 07:38 AM	#17
Rhine Girl Resident WIT Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,175 Gallery: Rhine Girl Stats: 162/139.6/138 5'7	Anyone seen Nell lurking?? Or Lensie??

10-04-2005, 07:44 AM	#19
Woman Typing Badly Typos, Typos, As Far As The Eye Can See... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Life of the POTTY! Posts: 11,609 Blog Entries: 20 Gallery: Woman Typing Badly Stats: 236.6/230.4/110ish WOE: is up for eval Dec 9th Start Date: Sept 9 2008	what an honor to be a part of such a humble group of women

10-04-2005, 07:50 AM	#21
landis Boss of Me Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the shelter of His arms Posts: 30,267 Gallery: landis Stats: Not where I'd like to be..yet. WOE: God's Start Date: Jan 2004	I just realized I will be 131 by Christmas if I make this challenge! I will have to buy new clothes

10-04-2005, 07:52 AM	#23
Rhine Girl Resident WIT Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,175 Gallery: Rhine Girl Stats: 162/139.6/138 5'7	[quote=LowCarbInFL]what an honor to be a part of such a humble group of women Robin the "honor" is ours! Peskie hurry up with that contract!

10-04-2005, 07:53 AM	#24
Woman Typing Badly Typos, Typos, As Far As The Eye Can See... Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Life of the POTTY!