I am a newbie and I wanted to introduce myself to others trying to change their lives, one pound at a time too.
I never struggled with my weight until after I had my first child. At that time, I developed adult onset acne and a rather large weight gain. Doctors took one look at me and told me I just needed to lose some weight and everything would be fine.
I tried weight watchers, portion control, low fat. All the things they recommend, but I simply gained and gained.
I had fertility issues, but was finally able to naturally conceive two more children. But about 18 months after my last child was born, I stopped having my monthly cycle. I have had a lot of problems in this area and would have more than one in a month, I've never skipped them altogether.
After many doctor visits telling me I'm fat and I need to lose weight, I found a caring doctor who listened to me and told me I had Poly Cystic Ovarian Disease, with Syndrome X, a metabolic disorder.
So, I tried Southbeach on her recommendation about 6 years ago. I was successfull for a coupld of months, lost about 25 pounds and then fell of the wagon when family visited.
I never looked back, just kept buying the next size up in clothes. Well...I got on the scale last week and about fell off, it showed 315 lbs! Gasp, it is true. I have gained 35 pounds since I last went to the doctor in December.
I am filled with self loathing and regret. I do believe some of the weight gain has been a result of depression issues and medications, so am working on that with my doctor right now.
All that to say I am beginning South Beach again and I am on day 2 of Phase I. Yesterday was not as hard as I thought it would be, but it did take a lot of will power to walk past the white fluffy cake in the staff lounge. I was very proud of myself. The old me would have said...oh well, I'll just start tomorrow and plowed right in. But I didn't, I had my snack of 1/2 a cheese stick with a slice of roast beef and went on my merry way. Go ME!!!
I am doing this on my own, with extended family who tends to sabotauge so that there is someone else fatter than them (makes them feel better), so I am really looking for some positive support from others who are making a go of this. I no longer want to be limited by my body, I want to be the skinny person I still see when I look in the mirror.
I understand a lot of what your story is. I have clothes in my closet from size 8 to 28. I threw my scales away a couple of years ago and that led to 30 more pounds!
I am so glad you already have a familiar program that has been successful for you. Part of my struggle this year has been finding something that works for me and I can stick to. I wish you the best and want to offer any hep you need! Glad you are here!
I didn't weigh myself for about 10 years and I went form 180 to 320 then 360, so I can feel you on that one. Be Proud you started today and not "tomorrow".
Also there is a PCOS forum I'm sure they'll have some helpful suggestions as well as support.
Welcome Becky. My close friend also has PCOD, so I can understand how hard your struggle is. I wish you the best on your weight loss journey. This is an amazing place to be.
Checking in...I weighed today and I am happy to say that I am down 10 pounds. My short term goal is to lose 6 pounds in the next 2 weeks so I am below 300...that would make me very happy. Thanks for the support that has been shown...I do appreciate it!
I also avoided the scale for a long time, and it got me up into size 20 jeans and feeling really fat and unhealthy. It was really hard to get the courage to step on the scale and face the truth, but it was the beginning of me turning things around and it sounds like it was the same for you.
Yesterday was my ROUGHEST day since starting. Started out okay, but the dinner I made was disgusting. My husband who if he doesn't like something will pull me to the side privately to tell me it "wasn't his favorite" mouthed behind his hand when the kids weren't looking..."this tastes like a**". Oh.My.WORD. It was bad, I think it did indeed taste like I imagine that would. LOL.
We now know that we do not care for Tempeh in the least. But then I didn't really have anything else prepared, so I had an egg sandwich (22 carbs) after already having a wrap for lunch (16 carbs) and then I was DIEING for something sweet so I had a low sugar hot cocoa (10 carbs). I cannot find sugar free anywhere, tried making the homemade and had a big blob of the cocoa pop in my mouth, just about retched. Feeling a little down about it, but I did not make brownies or hit the fruit loops like I wanted, so I did feel positive about that. I guess it's how we deal with the pot holes huh?
*HUGS* to you Becky, and welcome. Just keep trying and I know you'll make it. It's hard some days not to feel like the only fat chick in world full of waifs. And hard to stay motivated when nothing seems to want to cooperate. You just have to keep on trying and not give up. You can do it!
Ignoring the scale...didn't help me
to 3FC! 
Dhani 
