Wed, Jan-18-06, 09:44
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Registered Member
Posts: 32
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Plan: Atkins Diet
Stats: 142/137/122
BF:
Progress: 25%
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New here.. got diabetes?
Hey, I'm new. :] Currently 136lbs, lost 4lbs so far from atkins & hoping to get down to about 115/119lbs for my father's wedding come may. Don't panic - I'm petite! I'm 5ft 3 with a small body frame & have been this weight before & I look just right. Not too thin, not too large. I was wondering if anybody on this forum had diabetes type 1 - I do - & I was wondering whether the atkins/any other low carb diet had helped them control their blood sugars at all. I'd love to "buddy up" with anyone in this situation - it can be a bit of a job figuring out what levels of insulin & such to take on your own, & unlike others without diabetes, you can't go overboard with the food like atkins says you can.. even when staying under the 20g cut off! Although I am managing well so far & I'm very happy with the food i'm eating. I suffer with bulimia with a bad past of anorexic traits [according to my therapist i still have the anorexia mentality] but atkins is helping me control my eating both ways - i haven't starved, purged, manipulated insulin (i was recently in hospital for this and have been about 12 times the past year, for a few days each time) or binged since I started atkins.. it's a godsend! I feel emotionally stable for the first time in years - this ed has been with me since i was tweve years old and with a stable diet & intenstive CBT i'm hoping to kick this monster!
Or hey, even if you don't have diabetes, feel free to just post to say hi!
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