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A good written diet plan is essential. There will be days when you DON'T follow your plan, however, FORGIVE YOURSELF and move on to the next day.
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Darcy's Success Story

Darcy's big smile after NS 		I have had several ups and down with my weight in my life. When I was in grade school, I always felt fatter than other girls my age. Looking back, it really was not that bad, but even the tiniest of differences stand out when you're that age. When I got into junior high, my weight continued to escalate so I decided to do something about it. I followed a teen diet plan where I cut back to 1500 calories a day and exercised for an hour a day just about every day of the week. Well, that worked great for me for awhile. I got down to 119 pounds and looked and felt great. However, one Christmas I let myself go and started packing on the pounds again.

When I turned 16, I got a job working at a fast food restaurant and my weight really started to skyrocket. I think I weighed about 220 pounds when I graduated high school. It got even worse when I went to college. I have always been a stress eater, and the extra stress of college really took its toll. I knew I had gained weight but really had no idea how bad it had gotten until I stepped on a scale at my dad's house. His scale had a 300-pound limit, and as I saw the needle spinning past that and back to 0, I almost had a heart attack! I thought there must be something wrong with the scale, so when I got home I bought a newer, more accurate scale. When I got on that, I weighed in at a whopping 311 pounds!

This scared me so much I went on a crash diet of 750 calories per day. I figured if I lost weight before on 1500 calories a day, I ought to lose twice as fast with half that, right? Well, I did manage to lose 50 pounds in just a few months, but I also lost my gallbladder. I had to have emergency surgery because I had developed hundreds of gallstones, a consequence of rapid weight loss. Furthermore, I was at a near complete lack of energy, my hair was falling out, and I was itchy all the time. This again scared me, so I started eating normally again and packed back on 25 pounds.

Darcy before NutriSystem

That is when I decided to turn to NutriSystem for help. Since joining NutriSystem, I am eating healthier than I ever have, and I am feeling better than I ever have! I have lost over 105 pounds on NutriSystem, bring my total weight loss to over 130 pounds. I still have 40 more pounds to go before I reach goal. However, with everything I have learned and with all the amazing people I have met on NS that are here to support me, I know I will make goal, and I know they will continue to support me once I start the grueling task of maintenance as well.

Thanks,
Darcy (carmenbee)
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