Hello Everyone,

My friend Ken encouraged me to post my journal entry today here in Milestones. I truly hope this helps anyone considering Low Carb. It has changed my life, and it has probably has lengthened it. So here goes...(fair warning, long post)

This has been a HUGE day for me!! In a good way, not a bad weigh.

First I'm in a new decade...279.6 mini-goal met. On to the 260's!!
And I'm .2 from losing 50 pounds!

I had two doc appointments today. The first one was with my PC. Here is what happened:

Of course, first I saw the nurse for weigh in, blood pressure, fbs, and A1C. The nurse kept saying she has never been so amazed at anyone's 3 month checkup! She hugged me and wanted to know what I had been doing. Of course I told her.
The A1C wasn't quite ready when I was taken to the exam room to wait for the DR to see me. She closed the door and a few seconds later...I hear yelling, "Oh my God!!, Oh my God!! Can you believe this!!" Not even exaggerating.
The Dr. opened the door and just stood there, shaking her head in disbelief, and grinning. She asked me to stand up. I did...and she hugged me. (This is not a normal practice for her btw.)
When she pulled back she had tears in her eyes. (So did I) We both sat down and she asked me how I had done this in just 3 months. I explained that she had basically scared the crap out of me; (by handing me the living will, and then telling me my family will need it, if I continued to abuse my body this way),
She said, "Well, I'm really sorry I scared you."
I said, "I'm not, it is what I needed."
Then she said, "Not only is your weight loss just unbelievable, but your A1C is 5.3; and that is just unheard of! Never, in all my year's of practice, have I had a patient, that not only listened to me, but came back with these amazing results! You don't know how happy you have made me. I am so proud of you. Now, please, tell me exactly what you have done. Because this doesn't happen with just medicine. (You're darn tootin' it doesn't, is what I was thinking )
So, of course I told her, "I am a Dr. Atkins Low Carb Lifer." And I preceded to give her my meals, what I absolutely will never eat again, and what exercise I have been able to do. (Of course I haven't done as much as I wanted because of wound care doc's request.)
I told her there is a whole forum full of success stories, support, and cheerleading. I also told her the ADA is not doing diabetics any favors with what they are suggesting as a "diet". I said, "I, and thousands of others have been able to not only lose weight, but bring down their A1C, cholesterol, and bp levels. And so many are maintaining these low numbers, years later. All of this was accomplished, not by meds, not by surgery, not by following the ADA, not by eating the SAD way, and certainly not by following the "food pyramid"...but by getting rid of all sugar, grains, and processed foods. Yes...I was on a roll. I had the ear of a doctor, who is not only a pc, but specializes in treating diabetics...for 40 minutes; I was not going to waste it.

These are my numbers from 7/10 appt. and todays:

Here are the results:

Appt. on 07/10/15: weight: 329.4 FBS: 255 A1C: 10.4 BP: 175/105
Appt. on 10/13/15: weight: 279.6 FBS: 113 A1C: 05.3 BP: 139/84

No re-test for Cholesterol though, since she didn't think it is a problem for me.

And now for the second Doc trip. He again stressed how proud of me he has been, and...HE...brought up Low Carb, we had talked about that in an earlier appt. So while he was examining my toe, I told him the results from my PC. He high fived me. Again saying he was so proud of me, and then asked me which low carb was I following. So there me and my big mouth go again spouting my love of low carb and eating the way we do. I also told him it is not my diet, it is my WOL. I gave him the information on how to get to this forum and he took it down. The nurse then asked for the note to copy for herself. Now drum roll please...I was released!! I can now be free to swim and exercise as much as I want. As I was leaving a got a hug from the doc and nurse (I have never had so much love from the medical community )
This day has been almost overwhelming...I have not one, but two doctors that sincerely want to learn about low carb, and their nurses too! If they end up helping even one patient turn around his/her life...it will all be so worth it.

To celebrate Hubby took me to the Pier at 2nd Ave...we ate, (of course I ate lc), and walked the pier, enjoying the sun, sand, and sea. Then we got into our convertible, turned up the radio, blasting 70's rock and beach music, and cruised Ocean Blvd. This has got to be one of my best day's ever!