Why This Fat Black Chick???
I ran into a brick wall online the other day. Yeah, I know IMPOSSIBLE! I was searching for a blog or website by a fat black chick like myself that was working on improving herself inside and out. Bam!!! Brick wall!!! The lovely Google genies failed me. I found lots of blogs and sites geared towards weight loss but time after time the face staring back did not reflect my own. Now I know that weight loss is rarely looked at from a racial perspective as far as approach, but I have learned it needs to be sometimes. For mainly one reason, the worse four letter word in regards to shedding pounds FOOD!!!
Growing up on fried chicken, collard greens, corn bread, mac & cheese, peach cobbler, and sweet tea makes dieting a bit hard. Our taste buds have been conditioned to love lots of flavor. Well NEWS FLASH: most diets are full of tasteless menus. BLAH!!! I want to see someone dieting without the torture of constant bland food. I want to see someone getting healthy not to be a size 4 but a shapely women proud of her curves. I want to see someone constantly learning and challenging who they are. Hell, I want to see ME!
Watch me tackle life and dun… dun… dun… LOW CARB!!! (my way of course)
1Shannon
wrote on 20 October 2009 at 1:29
So happy to have found you here! I googled “African American Low Carb Lifestyle” and you popped up. Looking forward to reading your blog and trying you recipes!
2admin
wrote on 12 November 2009 at 1:45
Hi I am very happy you were looking for the same thing I was hence the creation of this site… unfortunately last month was crazy so I didn’t really add anything but I hope to make up for it this month. Stay posted and thanx for the support.
3lynn
wrote on 24 January 2010 at 2:52
Good evening Miss Fat Black Chick…I really enjoyed reading your website and the recipes. It was good to see a black female, doing atkins and showing that it can be done. I will continue to watch u…I am a fat black chick as well who gained alot of weight after the birth of my child. I am beginning the induction stage on tommorow…jan 24th. How long did it take you to lose 50 pounds? You have to be proud of yourself. What is your goal weight? Take care and be Encouraged!!!!
4admin
wrote on 25 January 2010 at 13:40
Thanx so much for your encouragement and support. I’m here to help you along the way however I can don’t hesitate to ask. I’ll even make over a recipe if you have a craving for something. As far as how long it took to shed the 50 I believe about 5 months but I really don’t have a start date to go by. Since January 4, 2010 I have shed an additional 12 lbs. I want to be 160lbs so I have 80lbs to go. You’ll be amazed at how quickly it comes off.
Remember the importance of doing Atkins is to follow the steps in how to introduce new foods. You’ll break dependencies you never knew you had and find the exact amount of carbs you can eat to shed weight and maintain your weight. Atkins is a lifestyle change. The first 2 weeks can be a little hard but once you come out of it the way you feel will be amazing.
Sign up for fatsecret and you can track exactly what you eat, and find more people doing Atkins.
Best Wishes
This Fat Black Chick