Age: 26
Height: 5′ 1″
Start Weight: 226 lbs
Current Weight: 151 lbs
Total Loss: 75 lbs & counting!
Goal Weight: 130 lbs
Hi, my name is Beth. I am a 26 year old married mother of 2. I have struggled with weight most of my life.
The last straw came when my 8 year old son told his friend that we might never go swimming next season because his mom will not wear shorts. I then realized that my weight was not only affecting me.
I began to notice all the things that my 2 children had missed out on just because I was so uncomfortable and embarrassed in my own skin. I knew then that it was time to make a permanent change.
I remember as a child waiting in my bed, awake until 2 am when everyone else was asleep, to steal the last ice cream and blame it on someone else the next day.
We loved pasta and Little Debbie snack cakes, had pizza every weekend and all of our food was fried. My whole family was overweight and we never really talked about it or how it would affect me when I got older.
I didn’t even start to realize how overweight I was until I was about 14 and started taking an interest in boys. Needless to say I had no one to go to for help because my family was happy the way they were. So, I went through the next few years being quite and not really being the person I wanted to be.
I started my own family very early and from the age of 16 to the age of 20 I managed to keep my weight around 185 pounds on my 5’1″ frame.
In 2007 I moved away from my family to a state 15 hours away, where I knew no one. I rapidly ballooned to 230 pounds.
I was no stranger to low carb before I found Kimkins. In 2007 I had lost 60 pounds doing low carb, but the weight quickly returned as soon as I had stopped eating LC [low carb]. I had figured that once I lost the weight I could just go back to eating what I wanted, but in portions.
I quickly realized that the reason I am so overweight is because I have no idea how to stick to portions. And once I start eating sugar and carbs I can’t stop. From 2007-2009 I went up and down between 160-200 pounds.
November 2009 — the day I heard my son tell his friend about us not going swimming — was the first day of the rest of my life. I weighed in at 226 pounds. I went online and researched low carbs. I already knew due to having diabetes 2, PCOS, insulin resistance and high cholesterol that low carb is the only thing that works for me.
I researched for days for something that would help me lose the weight, but also help me keep it off forever. I needed something I could stick to forever. I came across Kimkins. I didn’t have to look any farther, It was a FORUM. Support during and after. Just what I needed. The Kimkins Recipe Box was just a huge plus.
To date I have lost a total of 75 pounds going from 226 to 151 pounds! I have been completely taken off ALL my meds and the doctor appointments are starting to get wider spread apart. I barely have any symptoms of the PCOS anymore.
I have more energy than I have ever had. I am a better wife and mother. My mood has done a 180 degree turn. I am always in a great mood. I still have 21 pounds to make my goal of 130. But, the great thing about Kimkins is I have the tools if I decide to make a new goal. And after I reach my goal I have the tools to maintain my goal.
There have been many slips for me. I’m only human and it is very hard to break a 26 year old habit. Without the “5 Lbs a Week” challenge group at Kimkins, I think I would have much farther to go right now.
If I followed the Kimkins WOE [way of eating] exactly the way it is written I would have been at goal long ago, but I have decided that I have to work it the way that it will work for me. I have allowed myself some time off for holidays and vacations, but have always came back and got back on plan. Losing the weight isn’t a race for me as long as I get it off.
I have never felt so good about myself! I now know that I will never be the embarrassed mom and my kids will not miss out on great summers.
I truly believe I owe it all to Kimkins, but mostly to the support I get in the forums. I joined a great group of gals that have been there for me all the way. And if I slip they are always there to put me back in my place.
