This will be short and sweet.
Female, 50 yrs old. I have been over weight for most of the past 30 years. I did get down to 180 lbs in 1998, but moving to Louisiana and eating a different diet had weight piling on again.
I’ve tried being a vegan, precetarian, vegatarian but weight kept piling on. In 2014, I tried Atkins and lost 70lbs quickly. I ended up with surgery and gained about 30 lbs back. In 2018, my heart right started spiking, my BP was 200/100 and I was at stroke levels. My PCP told me I had to lose weight. If I did not, I would have a stroke. I again started low fat / hight protein. She finally recommended I lose weight. Well recommended is soft for what she said. She told me if I didn’t lose weight I would have a stroke or heart attack.
And that in a nutshell is how this journey began.
HeidiHTX 