Hi! My second child is due 2/3/11, and immediately afterward I plan to do Atkins. So, I'm currently 9 months pregnant. I have just started lowering my carb intake, and am hoping that by minimizing them now, the transition will be easier to induction after birth.

Reasons I'm starting again: I'm enormous, fatigued, old-looking, and peeing large amounts of glucose in my urine (glycosuria). My husband just put together a website of all our family photos over the last 6 years, and I have gained an incredible amounts of weight over the years. I have become so hefty, and honestly, ugly. Bloated looking, old. In those periods where I did follow Atkins here and there over the last 6 years, my photos look so much better. So I FINALLY am convinced that yes, I am a fat person, and yes, Atkins (or general low carb) really does work. I don't want my sons to look back at their childhood photos and only see their mom as a fat person. Also, it has seriously limited my activity level -- my husband plays soccer or bikes w/ my 6 yo kid, and I have consistently refrained. I'm missing out on fun w/ my kid, and so is he, for we don't get to share these fun activities together. I'm so ashamed of myself.

Anyway, thanks for letting me purge. I'm going to continue eating as low-carb as possible now, and will come to these boards almost daily. Thanks for the support!