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For those that don't know me here's a summery...

Hi , I'm Vicki and I'm 52 years old.

I never would have believed I'd allow myself to get this large after a lifetime of struggling to keep my weight below 140 lbs. In the early 80's I weighed 249-1/2 lbs. It took me 13 months and dieting to the extreme but I lost 105 lbs and kept it off plus more until I met and married my dh in 1996. Since then it's been a constant struggle. Three years ago I was 142 lbs but then menopause hit, plus I was in a bike accident that left me unable to exercise for months. And in that length of time I've regained almost every pound I fought all these years to lose and keep off. So now I'm working to lose it once again but in a healthier manner and hopefully along the way learn I can't eat like I used to. Everything has changed. Things that didn't use to bother me does now so I'm popping rolaids all the time.
I've begun to retain fluid badly so I have to make serious changes to my eating, especially salty foods. And I'm a real carb addict but have no intention of giving them up so I have to figure out a way where I can have the foods I enjoy but make sure it's much smaller amounts.
I'm going to take it slowly so that this time around it'll stick. I can use all the support I can get.

Vicki

Hello. losing a hundred pounds is a big accomplishment! If you did it once I am sure you will be able to do it again. Although I have not hit menopause yet, my problems started after having kids. It just changed my whole body chemistry and changed everything. I think carb addiction is common. I know I am one!

I am at the same point in my life where I cannot eat what I used to, and I have been having problems with food I used to be able to eat. I have had to start a kind of south beach or atkins type diet where I do level or phase ONE and take most foods out of my diet for a week or two then slowly add new foods in a every few days. That way I can figure out what I am having reactions to. I am having problems with alot of pastas, bread, and crackers I feel kind of bloated and sick after eating them and I get migrains. I also cannot eat alot of nuts or meat anymore I get really sick. Guess that leaves veggies and fruits! For the processed food like bread and certain nuts my doc thinks it is a preservative or a food coloring that is the culprit, Because I can eat some brands of say peanuts or Peanut butter but not other brands..... Weird.

Hi ladies I too am a big carb lover! LOL

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