AFTER - 106 pounds, after 3½+ years at goal
Tuesday, May 24th, 2005
BEFORE - 140+ pounds, size 10
Fall 1999
NYC - top photo, in front of the WTC
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October 4th, 2005 - Oklahoma City
Another sweaty session of treadmill-walking!
(Cardio is 20-25 min. a day, 3 days a week;
Weights 40 min. a day, 2-3x/week.)
April 27th, 2004 - Dallas, Texas
April 29th, 2005
Visiting a friend in Edmond, Oklahoma
July 30th, 2004
Dallas, Texas
June 2, 2006 - Plano, Texas
After a lovely dinner at a friend's
wedding reception
June 18th, 2006
Coming out of church!
August 16th, 2006
Florida
Labor Day 2006 - Dallas
A little difficult to find restaurants to get out
of the rain - hmph, they were all closed!
September 2006
Chuck's in Plano, Texas
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March 21st, 2007
On a Caribbean cruise, heading
towards Montego Bay ...
Spring 2007
Mexico - 110 lbs
July 4th, 2007 - Frisco, Texas
(both no seasoning), and the Wedge Salad with bleu
cheese dressing on the side to start.  I wasn't too
crazy about the awful high-noon shadows, but
decided to include this one anyway!
September 3rd, 2007 - NYC
On the Staten Island Ferry
I bought this dress at a street fair in the
Village the day before. You can't try anything
on, so you have to really eyeball everything!
August 3rd, 2008
Though it was 107º and I hadn't planned
on taking photos this day, I changed my
mind when I passed this quaint little spot.
Summer 2006
Florida - 110 lbs
October 2008
Curaçao - 109 lbs
November 25th, 2008 - Barcelona, Spain
In Montjuïc
November 28th, 2008 - Casablanca, Morocco
At the Hassan II Mosque  
December 2008 - Roseau, Dominica
About to board the Rainforest Aerial Tram in
Morne Trois Pitons National Park
February 15th, 2009
In front of Barnes & Noble in Addison, Texas
After eating at my favorite restaurant, Houston's,
& my bag is full of loot from a really impressive
Ulta haul (I never leave with a plastic bag!).
June 5th, 2009
For her 11th birthday, I took Sassy to a
quaint little gazebo for a few pictures, but the
camera went dead after the very first shot of
us, right after this one was taken.  
Fortunately, it turned out halfway decent, &
can be found elsewhere on the website.
July 17th, 2009
January 2010 - Cairo, Egypt
Atop the Salah El-Din (Saladin)
Citadel, outside the Mohamed Ali
Alabaster Mosque.
MY STATS & ATKINS STORY - AT AN IDEAL-WEIGHT GOAL SINCE LATE 2001
Before - Summer 2001                                     Now - March 2010
Height:  5'3" (1.6m)                                             Height:  5'3" (1.6m)
Dress size:  10 (a U.K. 14)                                 Dress size:  0's or 1's (a U.K. 4-6 or Euro 34) - or anywhere from a 0, 1, or 2 in jeans
Measurements:  39-30-39 (99-76.2-99 cm)   Measurements:  36-23½-35½ (or 90-60-90 cm)                                   
Weight:  141 (63.9kg / 10 stone)                         Weight:  110 (49.9 kg / 7.86 stone)
Shoe Size:  6 (Euro 36 / 3½ U.K.)                       Shoe Size:  4½-5  (Euro 35 / U.K. 2-2½)
Body Fat:  Not measured until making goal.       Body fat:  13.92%   
BMI Before:  25 ("Overweight" Range)            BMI After:  19 ("Normal" Range)

My name is Sheila - otherwise known in the low-carb world as "Sugar Free Sheila."  You've heard about what I do, and here is where you can
read a bit about who I am and what I'm about.  I've been at this SFS.com thing for close to a decade!

After living in NYC (Manhattan's Upper-West Side) for a while and graduating university there with honors and Phi Beta Kappa, I relocated back
to my hometown of Dallas, Texas where I have lived ever since.

Never was I able to lose weight by restricting calories and/or fat grams - even with regular treadmill-walking exercise, which I have done
consistently since the age of 10.  I had attempted a multitude of programs, each for months at a time; every possible variation of calories
under 2,000 with every possible variation of cardio yielded no results for me.  I gave SlimFast a shot, as well as the Blood Type Diet (which
recommended vegetarian, high-carbohydrate eating for my blood type of A positive), and even tried the vague "everything in
moderation"/portion-control method.  None of these programs or techniques took an ounce or an inch off my medium-boned 5'3" frame (my
doctor refers to me as "moderately petite") - and even with all of my struggling and dedication, I never had anything to show for my stringent
efforts.  In fact, I was almost envious of the yo-yo dieters ... because at least they had a taste of weight loss success to begin with!  Having
said this, I must illustrate here that motivation has never been something I lacked - I possess drive and ambition in all areas of my life like no
one else I know.  But up until 2001, I didn't find what worked for me.  As I entered the second decade of my life, I felt  that I was doomed to
carry around extra weight forever:  maybe I was just meant to be this way.

Though I had maintained a weight of approximately 130 & a size 8 (still a bit too heavy for someone so short), I settled at around 140 by
2001.  I was suddenly up to a size 10!  Well, since I'd discovered through the years that pasta rather bloated me, it suddenly occurred to me
to start eliminating it, along with bread with dinner, crackers, and to eat mostly vegetables with the same amount of meat I had always
consumed (I've never been a big meat eater).  By as soon as the very next morning, I immediately felt better & more energetic.  I ran out &
bought the book, read it from cover to cover, and started Atkins that very night.  It must have been a sign from God Himself, because I was a
half a pound lighter by the next morning, and I couldn't believe my eyes when I stepped on the scale.  That was over 30 pounds ago!  
Amazingly enough, I found on Atkins that I actually almost doubled my caloric intake - while keeping the same treadmill-walking exercise regime
I had always done - and that it ultimately took only the elimination of unhealthy starches and sugars to finally get the 30+ pounds and 5 dress
sizes off 5 months later that inflicted me with stubborn drumstick arms, back fat, upper-inner-thigh rub, those loathsome tummy rolls, and kept
me forever in one-piece swimsuits.  After a trip to Century 21 in downtown Manhattan January 2002, I wore my first bikini ever on a cruise in
Aruba.  So emancipating that was to have finally found my ace in the hole through Atkins.

I love eating this way - and most importantly?  My mission in life 8½ years ago became sharing my story about Atkins and showing others
looking for a way to get healthy and slim that losing weight successfully, safely, and keeping it off permanently can be done without the
nuisance of calorie and fat-restriction.  So, if you are attempting Atkins, and have read the Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution book as well as
through my Atkins FAQ & User Agreement, I am happy to help you in whatever way I can.  As always, everything I do through my website, as
well as the assistance I offer to people who contact me via e-mail, IM's, and phone/text messages (972-999-5237) from around the world, is
free.  !NOTE!:  If you also have a BlackBerry, did you know that you can text me unlimited via BlackBerry Messenger?  This is great if you
are in the U.S. but do not have an Unlimited text plan, or - and this is even cooler - are outside the U.S. and wish to text me without any
insane fees.  I most recently added someone from South Africa, for example.  So, how to do this?  Well, we need each other's BlackBerry
Messenger PIN.  More info here.  Feel free to e-mail me and introduce yourself should this be of interest.

I have no affiliations, I have no endorsements, and I am not paid a red cent by any organization or company.  SFS.com is my way of paying it
forward.  Every aspect of this website is courtesy of me and me alone.  No contributors, no webmaster, I have no HTML savvy - which
explains why SFS.com doesn't look like the Apple website.  It shouldn't!  Additionally, I cannot put into words the thrill I get when hearing
from all of you from all around the world - the Commonwealth Realm, Africa, Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada - and I love
hearing from all over the U.S., too.  But wherever you are around the globe:  if you need help with anything this website covers, scroll down
to the form at the bottom of this page or e-mail me: sheila@sugarfreesheila.com  All I ask is that you are already sold on the program,
have read Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution, as well as my full Atkins FAQ, and User Agreement.  I've been helping people on the
house via my website since late 2001 - that's where we start.

BUT . . . IS ATKINS UNHEALTHY?
Thrilled you asked.  Check out my cholesterol profile.  Now have I gotten your attention?

Believe it or not, I used to be adamantly anti-Atkins.  Like most people who have not read the book, I foolishly assumed it was all about not
exercising and eating nothing but meats and cheeses - and boy, am I eating my words now!  Because YES, you eat tons of vegetables (just
not starchy ones like peas, corn, and potatoes), YES, you do eat low-glycemic fruits, and YES, you even eat some whole grains (just be
choosy and eat the most fibrous ones)!  As far as the tired - and most importantly, unfounded - "kidney disease" & "elevated cholesterol"
arguments and accusations go, this only applies to those who go about the way of eating incorrectly - and if one is not following Atkins, then
it is essential to acknowledge the fact that Atkins could not possibly be to blame for their folly.  What many unfortunately do not
understand about Atkins is that it is not a high-protein diet, but a low-carbohydrate way of life.  Those who gorge on protein do so
entirely of their own accord. (I consume meat only once or twice a day, and vegetables are the mainstay of my diet.)  Just being able to
eat at any restaurant with complete ease and comfort is such a delight with the Atkins lifestyle. As you inch closer toward your personal goal
weight, you will find that there are all sorts of vitamin-enriched, low-carb shake mixes to enjoy on the run, low-carb cheesecakes and desserts
to bake, low-carb pastas (e.g., Shirataki noodles) . . . the list of goodies to enjoy on occasion is endless.  The truth is:  anything and
everything can be duplicated into low carb!

Interested in losing weight by doing low-carb, but don't know where to start?  Well, click here to check out my extensive Atkins FAQ, which
covers a lot of preliminary issues which might be keeping you on the fence.  Also, feel free to examine some food staples via a handy printout
low-carb grocery list I have compiled.  Consider also trying out a few of my original low-carb recipes I created myself along the way;
check out my daily-updated low-carb / Atkins news, and a whole lot more.  Allow me be a relatable guide to get you started - I'll help you
out!  Once you have already read the book and through my FAQ, feel free to e-mail me anytime.