Holly's Story

My name is Holly.  I'm 32 years old and have been Low Carbing since 10/19/99.  I'm married to a wonderfully supportive husband and have 2 beautiful daughters (8 & 11).  I am a Reading Recovery teacher and a librarian in an elementary school.

I suppose I have always been a carb addict - I just didn't know it until 1999!  When I think about what I ate growing up and especially as a
teenager, I'm surprised that I didn't have a weight problem.  The weight didn't start piling on until after I lost all the weight from my first baby - then it just started coming back despite all my efforts.  The summer of 1999 saw me at my highest weight - 199 pounds.  I lost 7# starving myself on low-fat and then began the Atkins plan at 192 the day after my birthday. By my birthday in 2000, I had lost 30 pounds.  I have taken 2 steps forward and 1 step back since then and regained 10 of those pounds.  Boy old habits are hard to break!  But, thanks to Low Carb, there is a light at the end of the  tunnel - and, this time, I don't think its a speeding train!
 


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