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Diet poll:
I'm a low-carber. I had great success with it a couple of years ago (30 lb loss). I had a lot of "support" from people who had done it. One lady I knew who was diagnosed as morbidly obese, lost nearly 100 lbs and her blood pressure lowered. I thought I would never make it through the first two weeks, but someone told me to stick with it, and after two weeks, it's like magic, and you don't crave the pasta, bread, potatoes etc. anymore. He was right. The cravings went away! I had way more energy.
As for the alcohol, I never chucked that from my diet like they suggest. I switched to Michelob Ultra for my beer, and Rum and Diet Pepsi, or Jim Beam and Diet Pepsi were a few of the other drinks.
The amazing thing about low carb dieting, is you can actually totally stuff yourself when you eat, you just have to eat the right stuff.
Good luck!
As for the alcohol, I never chucked that from my diet like they suggest. I switched to Michelob Ultra for my beer, and Rum and Diet Pepsi, or Jim Beam and Diet Pepsi were a few of the other drinks.
The amazing thing about low carb dieting, is you can actually totally stuff yourself when you eat, you just have to eat the right stuff.
Good luck!
"The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea." -Isak Dinesen
I agree with Joshie's diet plan.
It makes sense even more so because as we age our metabolism slows down and the body just stores the extra calories.
The saying "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper." also rings true as the biggest meal of the day should be breakfast. You will need the calories at the beginning of the day for energy plus you are coming off an eight to ten hour fast (last meal was dinner remember?). Hence the word "breakfast" .... break-fast.
A medium lunch will get you through to dinner. Then a light dinner. Light dinner because you will be going to sleep soon wherein the body's metabolism slows down again due to inactivity. So all those calories you just consumed will be stored in your belly, hips or behind (depending on your body type) for future use net of what's needed for the body's needs as you sleep.
Ideally four evenly spaced balanced meals through out the day would be best as it keeps your glycemic index a bit more regulated. But that's another ballgame.
Ok, off my soapbox now. But I did sleep good at the Holiday Inn last night.
It makes sense even more so because as we age our metabolism slows down and the body just stores the extra calories.
The saying "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper." also rings true as the biggest meal of the day should be breakfast. You will need the calories at the beginning of the day for energy plus you are coming off an eight to ten hour fast (last meal was dinner remember?). Hence the word "breakfast" .... break-fast.
A medium lunch will get you through to dinner. Then a light dinner. Light dinner because you will be going to sleep soon wherein the body's metabolism slows down again due to inactivity. So all those calories you just consumed will be stored in your belly, hips or behind (depending on your body type) for future use net of what's needed for the body's needs as you sleep.
Ideally four evenly spaced balanced meals through out the day would be best as it keeps your glycemic index a bit more regulated. But that's another ballgame.
Ok, off my soapbox now. But I did sleep good at the Holiday Inn last night.
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California Girl
Patrick's right. I followed the glycemic index for a couple of years and lost weight, had more energy and no cravings. I fell off the wagon, though, and even with gaining back some of the weight, I still keep the glycemic index in mind when I'm being "good" (however, lately I have SO NOT been "good"!) 
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sailorgirl
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Congrats Gina, one step at a time.
Hey Cypress, try not to get on the scale but once a week, same time each week. It helps, there can be lots of fluctuations within 7 days and you don't want to get discouraged. A food diary also helps it makes you more real about what you are putting in your mouth. Keep it up!
Hey Cypress, try not to get on the scale but once a week, same time each week. It helps, there can be lots of fluctuations within 7 days and you don't want to get discouraged. A food diary also helps it makes you more real about what you are putting in your mouth. Keep it up!
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Teresa_Rae
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Re: Diet poll:
Gina do you have a good doctor?GinaXOXO wrote:I have a thyroid problem and have had a little trouble lately regulating it. Last appointment it was really off and I will go back next month to check if the current med. (armour) is working.
Also, have any of you done the hormone tests and used bioidenical hormones??
TY
Gina
It took me a long time to find a doctor who actually knows how to regulate hypothyroidism…99.9% of doctors are clueless…and even my doctor agrees with that. I thought I wanted to switch from synthetic to Armour, but my doctor uses Nature-Throid because he believes it offers a more consistent dose than Armour:
http://www.nature-throid.com/
Nature-Throid is also natural and I feel a lot better on it than on synthetics (and I even tried synthetic T3 on top of T4(Synthroid)).
I supplement my Nature-Throid with a small dose of Levoxyl to get the correct T3:T4 ratio.
I also take a glandular thyroid support supplement.
Does your doctor look at Free T3, Free T4, and TSH?
I assume your hormone/bioidentical hormone question is in regards to perimenopause, not your thyroid condition?
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Boston Mike
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try it
1.Get to the Gym at 5:00 AM (45 to 60 min cardio)
2.Change from 3 meals to 5 smaller meals a day.
3. Another Gym trip at night?? It's up to you but focus more on targeting the stomach areas with a situp routine.
4. No eating after 7:00 PM.
2.Change from 3 meals to 5 smaller meals a day.
3. Another Gym trip at night?? It's up to you but focus more on targeting the stomach areas with a situp routine.
4. No eating after 7:00 PM.
Life begins where the land ends!
hubby and i both need to lose weight, change our diets & excercise. we are both failing miserably.
we both are terribly sweet-toothed, have no will power and are enablers.
we need to be locked away in one of those reality show houses with no temptations and people screaming at me to "do one more just one more...!" ugh, i think i'd end up punching the host and getting kicked off.
we both are terribly sweet-toothed, have no will power and are enablers.
we need to be locked away in one of those reality show houses with no temptations and people screaming at me to "do one more just one more...!" ugh, i think i'd end up punching the host and getting kicked off.
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Sun4MySoul
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I was just starting to lose my motivation, but perhaps this thread has brought it back!
In December, I decided to get strict with myself, hence the ridiculous year of training for 8 Tuff Miles and a half-marathon in April.
Basically, I do two days a week with my personal trainer, and do four days a week either walking or doing water aerobics. On some days, I do two of these things, it just depends on my schedule. This week I'm working a lot, which means less gym time.
I'm not as strict with my eating. I try to watch my fat percentage intake and eat small meals. I don't deprive myself of anything, though, because that just leads to getting off track.
I haven't lost lots of weight because of all the working out, but I look tons better. Things I couldn't wear a few months ago are loose now. Mostly I don't pay too much attention to the scale because there are too many fluctuations in your weight. I am just trying to go by how I feel and how my clothes fit.
Basically, I do two days a week with my personal trainer, and do four days a week either walking or doing water aerobics. On some days, I do two of these things, it just depends on my schedule. This week I'm working a lot, which means less gym time.
I'm not as strict with my eating. I try to watch my fat percentage intake and eat small meals. I don't deprive myself of anything, though, because that just leads to getting off track.
I haven't lost lots of weight because of all the working out, but I look tons better. Things I couldn't wear a few months ago are loose now. Mostly I don't pay too much attention to the scale because there are too many fluctuations in your weight. I am just trying to go by how I feel and how my clothes fit.
I think you should get on the scale everyday. In the morning before you step into the shower or just as you get out of your pjs. Reason being that you get a baseline for the day and get to make your consumption choices for the day from there. You'd also get a rough idea of which way you are going for the week.sailorgirl wrote:
Hey Cypress, try not to get on the scale but once a week, same time each week. It helps, there can be lots of fluctuations within 7 days and you don't want to get discouraged. A food diary also helps it makes you more real about what you are putting in your mouth. Keep it up!
Here's a little experiment for you to try. Get on the scale before you go to bed at night then do it again in the morning right after you go to the toilet to do number one or two. You'd be surprised at the difference.
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cypressgirl
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