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!