Jenny!

Ok, so I thought I was losing weight. I decided to see just how much I had
lost. I stepped on the scale and was devistated.

I have never done any dieting.. when I saw my weight I decided I had better
do something. I was at 195, I'm 5'4.

I started looking around about diets and read about Atkins and some others.
Then I found this newsgroup.

Jenny, I read your little website... you are now my inspiration! You look
incredible! I wanna be like you!

So, I figure I will read and learn all I can about how to manage my weight
the way you managed yours.. and see what happens.

I am starting the first of January.. only because I am on a limited income
and recieve foodstamps... I'll need to sorta empty the stuff in my
cupboards over the next couple weeks and when I shop for food this time buy
things that will help me loss weight. I want to get down to 135.

Any help you can offer me, anyone, would be great!

Thanks,
Cyndi

(I'm a widowed single mom with a 2 year old and a 13 year old. My husband
took his own life in April and I think the depression of that event has alot
to do with my weight now. I'm a size 16 and would like to be a size 9).

In article vJmDb.358892$Dw6.1173869@attbi_s02, says...
I have never done any dieting.. when I saw my weight I decided I had better
do something. I was at 195, I'm 5'4.

I started looking around about diets and read about Atkins and some others.
Then I found this newsgroup.

Hi Cyndi, welcome to the group! Keep reading here -- you can find LOADS of
support, info and inspiration!

--
Saffire
205/179/125
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Cyndi,

I'm so sorry to hear that you have had to suffer such a tragedy in your
life.

Here are a few suggestions to help you succeed in your special
circumstances.

1. Read this board every day and post when you have questions or feel down.
There are a lot of very supportive people here and a few negative, hostile
jerks. It's easy to tell who's who. Ignore the jerks and tap into the people
who want to help.

2. You don't have to spend a fortune to eat low carb. Chicken has gotten
quite cheap. I always buy whatever meat is on sale and have been avoiding
beef because it is too expensive. Hamburger is costing more than loin pork
roast where I live right now!

3. If there's a Trader Joe's near you, buy their low carb cereals and
cheeses. They're much less expensive than any others I've found.

4. Don't buy any of the "low carb foods" besides stalling dieters, they are
very, very expensive. Follow the links in the newsgroup FAQ to find recipes
from the "Good old days" of low carbing when there were no prepared foods
and we cooked stuff up ourselves.

5. Buy frozen veggies rather than fresh if money is tight. The nutriants are
the same.

6. Eat as many low carb veggies as possible.

7. Once you get the hang of low carbing, you'll be eating a lot less than
before and so the money should work out okay.

8. Give yourself a pat on the back every day for still being there for your
kids no matter how sad you might feel. It isn't depression when you are
grieving a real loss. It is the normal reaction to a great life-changing
sorrow. It takes a year or more until it starts to ebb. People who urge you
to move on or want to drug you into feeling good have probably never
experienced something like what you are going through. You will move on,
when it is time, but the wound has to heal. Numbing yourself only postpones
dealing with the sadness. So give yourself a lot of love, and appreciate
your strength and goodness, while that healing is taking place.

You're going to get through this, and the weight loss will happen too . . .

--Jenny

Cut the carbs to respond to my new email address!
New photo: http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/jennypics.htm
Weight: 168.5/137
Diabetes Type II diagnosed 8/1998 -
HBa1c 5.2 10/03
Low Carb 9/1998 - 8/2001 and 11/10/02 - Now

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month * Water Weight Gain & Loss * The "Two Gram Cure" for Hunger Cravings
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"Cyndi" wrote in message
news:vJmDb.358892$Dw6.1173869@attbi_s02...
Ok, so I thought I was losing weight. I decided to see just how much I
had
lost. I stepped on the scale and was devistated.

I have never done any dieting.. when I saw my weight I decided I had
better
do something. I was at 195, I'm 5'4.

I started looking around about diets and read about Atkins and some
others.
Then I found this newsgroup.

Jenny, I read your little website... you are now my inspiration! You look
incredible! I wanna be like you!

So, I figure I will read and learn all I can about how to manage my weight
the way you managed yours.. and see what happens.

I am starting the first of January.. only because I am on a limited income
and recieve foodstamps... I'll need to sorta empty the stuff in my
cupboards over the next couple weeks and when I shop for food this time
buy
things that will help me loss weight. I want to get down to 135.

Any help you can offer me, anyone, would be great!

Thanks,
Cyndi

(I'm a widowed single mom with a 2 year old and a 13 year old. My husband
took his own life in April and I think the depression of that event has
alot
to do with my weight now. I'm a size 16 and would like to be a size 9).