Hello everyone my name is Heather. I am 27 years old and have a 2 1/2 year old son and an 8 month old daughter. I weigh 265 lbs currently (down from about 274) and was doing south beach diet until just last night. Finally I decided I have way too much weight to lose to do something that restricts so many things for such a long time. What I do today I need to feel that I can be doing tomorrow, and a month from now, and a year from and ten years from now because weight is something I'm always going to have to keep on top of. I have PCOS and hypothyroid (on synthroid for thyroid so that is being treated), which is why south beach stood out to me. Carbs are NOT my friend. That said, I just think I need to make better decisions about the quantities and quality of the carbs I consume.
I've been counting calories the whole time I was doing south beach anyway, over at sparkpeople and have been doing really well at it. So I just decided that I'm "skipping" to phase 3 type foods of south beach and counting calories...so here I am.
My doctor wants me at 1200 calories, but I have 2 small children, a house and a part time job taking care of 11 18-20 month olds two days a week (I work at a mothers day out program on mondays and fridays)....1200 cals a day simply doesn't give me the energy to function let alone EXERCISE!!!!
So I have done all the calorie counters on the planet and am getting anywhere from 1800-2200 calories for weight loss. Seems a bit high, but that's probably because lately I've barely been getting 1300. Yesterday I got 1600 and bam, down 2 lbs this morning. So an increase in calories is probably a good idea. I just don't see me losing at 2000 calories a day though...
Anyway, any advice, success stories, kick in the pants, whatever you have for me...send it this way! I need it all