Cunningly Disguised
09-15-2009, 01:08 PM
Hi everyone,
I briefly joined these forums over a year ago, and then as I do so often once I join groups kind of "forget" to log back in for days, weeks, months.... you get the idea. So no shock if you don't remember me - I only had a dozen or so posts.
So a tiny bit about me - I'm 43, female, with a number of chronic health problems, PCOS not being the least of them. (In fact, it's probably the root of all the others.) I've been heavy ever since I was a baby. Once upon a time, I got on a high protein/ low carb diet, was starting to make good progress and then for a variety of reasons, I fell off the proverbial wagon. Over time all the weight came back. I'm sure you've all heard this a thousand times. :cry:
Since then I've made a number of other attempts, but each one has lasted less time than the one before. One could say the wagon has gone so far off on the horizon at this point I can barely even see it, let alone get back on! :eek: (I'm sure you've all heard THIS a thousand times too.)
Well, as it happens I was recently diagnosed with a severe gluten allergy, roughly the same thing as Celiac disease. In fact, my sister that I live with and I both have the same problem and didn't know it for 40+ years. Little did we both realize that too was playing a HUGE part in all of my/ our health problems.
It now seems like a brilliant flash of the obvious :idea: that I need to get back on a low carb lifestyle and stay there. When you literally can't eat pizza, doughnuts, bread, pasta, and all those wonderful bad things I crave, it does become a bit easier to avoid temptation. Little did I understand that when I did this years ago I was on the right track in many more ways than I even realized.
So I want to say hello again, that I'm "officially" rejoining the online community and asking in advance for encouragement and support because I really am a sugar and carb addict.
Thanks all!:)
Karen
("Cunningly disguised as a responsible adult")
I briefly joined these forums over a year ago, and then as I do so often once I join groups kind of "forget" to log back in for days, weeks, months.... you get the idea. So no shock if you don't remember me - I only had a dozen or so posts.
So a tiny bit about me - I'm 43, female, with a number of chronic health problems, PCOS not being the least of them. (In fact, it's probably the root of all the others.) I've been heavy ever since I was a baby. Once upon a time, I got on a high protein/ low carb diet, was starting to make good progress and then for a variety of reasons, I fell off the proverbial wagon. Over time all the weight came back. I'm sure you've all heard this a thousand times. :cry:
Since then I've made a number of other attempts, but each one has lasted less time than the one before. One could say the wagon has gone so far off on the horizon at this point I can barely even see it, let alone get back on! :eek: (I'm sure you've all heard THIS a thousand times too.)
Well, as it happens I was recently diagnosed with a severe gluten allergy, roughly the same thing as Celiac disease. In fact, my sister that I live with and I both have the same problem and didn't know it for 40+ years. Little did we both realize that too was playing a HUGE part in all of my/ our health problems.
It now seems like a brilliant flash of the obvious :idea: that I need to get back on a low carb lifestyle and stay there. When you literally can't eat pizza, doughnuts, bread, pasta, and all those wonderful bad things I crave, it does become a bit easier to avoid temptation. Little did I understand that when I did this years ago I was on the right track in many more ways than I even realized.
So I want to say hello again, that I'm "officially" rejoining the online community and asking in advance for encouragement and support because I really am a sugar and carb addict.
Thanks all!:)
Karen
("Cunningly disguised as a responsible adult")