In The Beginning

Ok, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. But I thought after talking to several of my facebook friends about the low carb lifestyle that I have begun, I thought blogging would be a pretty good way of keeping me on track and accountable for what I'm doing.

I will probably use this blog to post how I am doing, let you know what I'm eating, and maybe post some recipies and give you links to people that are inspiring me on the internet.

First off I'll tell you a little about myself. I have been married for 22 years as of last week. I have a beautiful, tall, skinny daughter who will turn 19 in April. I will be 46 in may. I have PCOS, but thanks to God and Clomid I was able to have my only child. I'm diabetic and am currently taking 50 units of lantus, metaglip (a pill with both metformin and glipizide in one) and januvia, along with a couple of other medications.

I have never known a "normal" skinny life. I will never forget the first time I was aware I was fat. 6th grade some girls from my class and I decided at recess, we would exercise. 2 of the most popular boys in our class told me I looked like a squashed watermelon. Looking back at pictures from that time, I was not much different than the other girls, maybe a few pounds but nothing major, but that was enough for the start of my life long battle with weight. Other than the day I gave birth, my highest weight was when I was in college. At one point I was 220 lbs. The day I got married in 1988 I was 207 my 6 foot 2 inch husband was probably about 160. I have not been in the 200's in quite a while and though I'm thankful for that, I am still too much for my height and frame.

What got me started on this WOL (way of life) this time is my doctor. I have been having trouble keeping my blood sugar under control even with all the meds. I told her that I had done the low carb before and lost some weight. She said that for diabetics a sensible low carb diet can be very beneficial. So I started again 3 weeks ago. Before that, I could not get my fasting blood sugar under 200, now, this past week I have had 3 episodes of low blood sugar. So I am going to have to be very careful and make sure I am eating enough. The first week I lost 3 1/2 lbs. The second I lost 4. So last week I got my husband started with me since he had finally gained some weight over the last 22 years. He lost 4 lbs last week. But we women know that those few days each month make us gain some back so the first part of the week I gained 3 back. But I kept with what we are doing & this morning I checked & was back down 3.1. So I'm at a total of 7.1 loss for 3 weeks.

I will probably post at night before I go to bed so I can give my overview for the whole day. I hope I don't get boring. But I think if we all do this together & help each other out, we can all succeed.