Clients' success guides woman toward surgery

Date published: 1/22/2006

By BECKY PIEDEL

Pick a diet--any diet. There's a good chance
Margaret Fernandez has tried it.

When she was a pudgy 13-year-old, her mom
signed her up for Weight Watchers.

She gained weight.

She then went on a long list of other diets, exercised
and even took dieting pills. But Fernandez said while
she'd take off 20 pounds here and there, she'd later
put on 60.

"You just get to a point where you're like 'What the
heck? What do I do?'" she said.

Fernandez suffers from many conditions common in
overweight people: high blood pressure, sleep apnea
and type 2 diabetes. She also has Polycystic Ovarian
Syndrome, a disease in women that blocks
menstruation and can cause weight gain.

She had trouble finding the sugar-free, low-carb
foods she knew she needed. So Fernandez started her
own business, carb way.com and Carbway Low Carb
Foods in Fredericksburg. It sells vitamins, supplements,
and foods that are high in protein, low in carbohydrates
and sugar-free.

At first, Fernandez says she was excited at the prospect
of helping diabetics such as herself. Then gastric-bypass
patients started coming in.

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