pinkydink

Hi all, Yvonne (pinkydink) here in Australia. Just to give you my background....I had a gastric band in 2009, which had to be removed in 2011 due to severe infection and erosion through my stomach wall. It was only in for 18 months in which time I only lost 12 kg, taking me down to 105kg. After the band was removed, try though I might, I could never crack the 100! (so basically, I ended up giving up) I ate and drank my way to 130kg at Christmas 2014, when I knew something had to be done, as I had been diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes to go with my already high blood pressure. I did some research on the internet, as over the years every time I dieted, I would lose and then put on more than I lost. I was always hungry and had no energy to exercise.... I ended up finding Dr Andreas Einfeldt (www.dietdoctor.com) from Sweden, then Professor Tim Noakes from South Africa and a new lifestyle eating plan called Low Carb High Fat. I did lots of reading about this way of eating and discovered lots of people who were doing very very well eating this way. By eating LCHF (aka 'Banting' after Dr William Banting), I managed to lose 20kg, prior to my surgery on 16 September this year. I weighed 108kg on surgery day, was in hospital for 3 days and, strangely, weighed 116kg on discharge (Great!.... another 8kg to lose!). I've just started week 7 and as of this morning weighed 99.5kg! YES!! I have broken the 100! There's no going back from here! Cheers to all our success from here on in!