Posted by Atkins (216.166.228.231) on August 13, 2003 at 13:36:01:
In Reply to: Too Late to Take It Back? posted by The4Blob (12.108.99.30) on August 13, 2003 at 13:00:02:
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> I emailed becca almost immediately after I posted it to delete that post, because it wasn't right for me to insult anyone's weight -- but it didn't get deleted yet.
> I apologize, and I did see a weight chart that had 122lbs as the bottom weight for a small-frame 5'8" female, so I wasn't even accurate -- again, apologies.
> When I was 30, my weight dropped to between 99 -- 105 lbs (I'm 5'4", medium framed) and I looked AWFUL. That might be why I'm overly skittish about being on the thin side.
Well that was nice of you. But she's not mad at you so it doesn't really matter.
Interestingly, my female co-worker who lost 40 lbs on Atkins had been anorexic when she was an undergrad and then had gone the opposite direction and had become obese. She was very leery of dieting of any sort as she was concerned she might get sucked back into anorexia. But since she could eat all she wanted on Atkins (just avoiding certain foods) she didn't have a problem and has been very happy with the results. Now she eats pretty normally, but mostly avoids starchy and refined carbs; her weight has stabilized and now she is focusing on exercising to build up her muscle tone. She seems to be interested in being more attractive, but not fixated or obsessed about it as I guess she was when she was anorexic.