Dragonfly76
09-16-2006, 01:21 PM
Hi everyone! It's very nice to meet you all!
I'm just getting started with my program (Gold) right now - in fact, today is my first day of doing the Take it Off juice and the low carb/low sugar/low fat/low everything two days *laughing* (It's not that bad, I'm exaggerating).
I've been dieting (unsuccessfully) for the last 11 years, since my oldest son was born. I never had a weight problem prior to having children (weighed 105 in high school), and bounced around between 130-170 lbs for 10 years. Then last year, inexplicably (okay, yes, I turned 30) I started putting on pounds and no matter what I did it didn't seem to help. Even my old standby, the low carb diet, wasn't working. I started running, got up to 10 miles a week (and hurt my knee, otherwise I'd still be running). Still nary a pound, my clothes still fit the same.
I went to the dr. to see whether maybe I had a thyroid issue - I had made so many lifestyle changes I just refused to believe that just because I turned 30 meant I had to be "overweight". I realized that I was only two chart squares away from obese (I'm 5'8"). I freaked. The doctor told me to "try weight watchers or something". I burst into tears. Here I was, working so hard, and all I was told was that I wasn't trying hard enough - that obviously the answer was something else. While weight watchers, I'm sure, is a worthy program, I have met many people on weight watchers and none of them seemed to really have made a life change.
I drove around town, alternating yelling (at the medical institution for being given the brush off) and crying. Okay yes, I was in my car with the windows up - I'm not that crazy :) I came around the corner and came to an LA Weight loss center. I decided to sign up.
So, that's my "entrance" story. Thanks for reading! I'm here to learn from all of you and be able to keep my motivation high.
I'm just getting started with my program (Gold) right now - in fact, today is my first day of doing the Take it Off juice and the low carb/low sugar/low fat/low everything two days *laughing* (It's not that bad, I'm exaggerating).
I've been dieting (unsuccessfully) for the last 11 years, since my oldest son was born. I never had a weight problem prior to having children (weighed 105 in high school), and bounced around between 130-170 lbs for 10 years. Then last year, inexplicably (okay, yes, I turned 30) I started putting on pounds and no matter what I did it didn't seem to help. Even my old standby, the low carb diet, wasn't working. I started running, got up to 10 miles a week (and hurt my knee, otherwise I'd still be running). Still nary a pound, my clothes still fit the same.
I went to the dr. to see whether maybe I had a thyroid issue - I had made so many lifestyle changes I just refused to believe that just because I turned 30 meant I had to be "overweight". I realized that I was only two chart squares away from obese (I'm 5'8"). I freaked. The doctor told me to "try weight watchers or something". I burst into tears. Here I was, working so hard, and all I was told was that I wasn't trying hard enough - that obviously the answer was something else. While weight watchers, I'm sure, is a worthy program, I have met many people on weight watchers and none of them seemed to really have made a life change.
I drove around town, alternating yelling (at the medical institution for being given the brush off) and crying. Okay yes, I was in my car with the windows up - I'm not that crazy :) I came around the corner and came to an LA Weight loss center. I decided to sign up.
So, that's my "entrance" story. Thanks for reading! I'm here to learn from all of you and be able to keep my motivation high.