So sick and tired of being fat and tired!! I've struggled with weight most of my life. I would have been just fine but I didn't have a good body image as a teenager as I developed earlier than my peers. In the 6th grade I was 5'5" and weighed 135 out weighing my friends 20 to 30 pounds. So I began to crash diet when I began crash diet in Jr. High and then began a roller coaster. I've been at a healthy weight many times as an adult but before long the weight would begin to creep up. I am now 56 years old and my weight has climbed to 280. I found Atkins on line yesterday and decided today is the day to get back to health and good looks.