My name is Brandy. Before the birth of my first daughter I had always been small, able to eat what ever I wanted, healthy and active. What I didn't realized is after having children (and getting older) metabolism slows down. However, my eating did not and my exercise did! I tried times before to lose weight but never stuck with. My heaviest to get to was 230 lbs. It's kind of like watching your kids grow up. You don't see the changes right away because you see them everyday, where as someone else can tell right away. That's how my weight was. I just didn't see it as that bad. Or someone would find out my weight and say "Well you just don't look that heavy". So I thought I was ok! That is until December 2010 when my mother in law passed away and we had to visit family we hadn't seen in 7 yrs. I felt horrible. I looked like a blob. I saw the pictures that had been taken and I was disgusted with myself. I knew I had to do something. I tried weight watchers for awhile but no real change. I wanted to lose some serious weight! I turned to Atkins on April 26, 2011 and I haven't regretted it a day! I was one of those people that say "Oh I can't live with out my bread" lol. Now I could care less. I'm so motivated to finish now more than ever. I eat lots of great foods. I cook a lot of them, but I'm able to find a great number of things to eat out also. I eat more vegetables now than I ever have. I have given up that rush called sugar. I never thought I'd like the substitutes but now I can't stand sugar haha! Honestly I have spent most of my time in Induction just because of the results. But since I am 15 lbs from goal I am moving on to OWL! I strongly recommend Atkins to anyone that wants to get healthy! It worked for me and it still does!