I had gestational diabetes while I was pregnant with my daughter ... I had absolutely no choice but to be 200% on top of my meals and snacks I had to maintain a steady blood sugar. I had to test my blood sugars 6 times a day.

After I delivered my daughter a nurse comes flying in with rice crispies milk and at least 20 packs of sugar and 2 regular cokes.. I was like Oh no I can’t have this ! She said honey your blood sugar is 30 I’m shocked your not unconscious, she dumped all that sugar on the cereal while shoving a coke at me saying down it.

Let me tell you I was seriously going to throw up, all that sugar and things I could not have at all for 6 months ??? Omg it was so disgusting tasting !!!

My grandmother bless her heart knew I was so strict with food while pregnant, I came home to pot roast all the fixings, literally an extra 12 of my favorite side dishes and a homemade angel food cake covered with a homemade icing.

Well since I had to eat 3 small portioned meals a day plus round the clock small snacks from 3 months pregnant on .... I literally had half a bite of half the things and had to quit I was stuffed and felt awful.

My daughter who is Bipolar 1 and takes straight Seroquil, Lamictal , Zoloft and gabapentin went vegetarian about 5-6 years ago has no trouble with her weight unless she’s in a depression and eating her emotions , still vegetarian stuff tho.

I did vegetarian for a month and honestly it was really simple , Hell my husband didn’t even notice until about day 15 we hadn’t had any real mea, I had done veggie burgers twice which I actually enjoy the taste .. I can not , will not , unable to tolerate ToFu I have tried it dozens of ways, (my daughter said she’s not fond of it but eats it to get in her protein)

After 30 days I had infact lost 20 lbs but I just wasn’t getting enough protein so I was losing muscle and not just fat. So that didn’t work out so well.

If only losing weight was as easy as piling it on ..

Thank you WC for such detailed information on many ways to truly lose weight