http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:37:41 +0000 MyBB http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=5041 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:23:22 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=5041 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=5024 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:23:43 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=5024
After having several months of rough starts I want to dedicate the next 90 days to me, my health & my low carb lifestyle.

The past month I have come home exhausted, bloated, moody & depressed. So tired of feeling this way. I know how much better I feel with this woe. I am very worried about gaining all my weight back & having my sleep apnea return.

So here is the deal...90 days...one day at a time.

Day One is done! I feel better tonight than I have in weeks. I am dreading the withdrawals & flu symptoms but will keep reminding myself it will pass.

I will check back tomorrow! Gonna make a plan & stick to it.]]>
After having several months of rough starts I want to dedicate the next 90 days to me, my health & my low carb lifestyle.

The past month I have come home exhausted, bloated, moody & depressed. So tired of feeling this way. I know how much better I feel with this woe. I am very worried about gaining all my weight back & having my sleep apnea return.

So here is the deal...90 days...one day at a time.

Day One is done! I feel better tonight than I have in weeks. I am dreading the withdrawals & flu symptoms but will keep reminding myself it will pass.

I will check back tomorrow! Gonna make a plan & stick to it.]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=5007 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:09:30 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=5007
It would be nice to wake up one day and be my former, 40lbs lighter, self..or at least something close to it. When does that moment come ... that minute when a person decides to follow through with a plan and accomplish what he/she sets out to do without reservation, without fear, without compromise?

How many times can you break a promise to yourself?]]>
It would be nice to wake up one day and be my former, 40lbs lighter, self..or at least something close to it. When does that moment come ... that minute when a person decides to follow through with a plan and accomplish what he/she sets out to do without reservation, without fear, without compromise?

How many times can you break a promise to yourself?]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=5003 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:54:18 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=5003
The bad habit I referred to is I get on a food kick and I run it into the ground. For the past two weeks it has been cream. I put it on berries. I made an incredible chorizo and mushroom cream sauce and the absolute best cream of jalapeno soup I have ever tasted. But of course, I can’t just make a recipe and leave it alone. I have to “improve” it, and in this case, my improvement actually worked. Which brings me to my first food of the day—Avocados.

I posted my latest recipe for jalapeno cream sauce under another thread, but after my initial success, I decided to tweak it a little. I did this by adding an avocado to the soup. Here is the updated version.

1 small chorizo sausage patty
3 roasted jalapenos
2 roasted Anaheim peppers (Hatch Chiles)
2 cloves roasted garlic—chopped
¼ onion—chopped
3 mushrooms—sliced
1 avocado - chopped
Salt, pepper, cilantro, oregano to taste
1 stick of butter
1 ½ cups chick broth
1 ½ cups heavy cream

Roast the peppers and garlic in the oven until the skins are black. Remove the skins and chop. Brown the sausage in some of the butter until it is done. Remove the sausage and eat it. Add some butter and sauté the onions and mushrooms for about 3 minutes. Add the peppers and sauté for 3 more minutes. Add the garlic and avocado and sauté for less than 1 minute. Add the broth and spices and cook on medium for about 15 minutes to reduce the liquid. Use an immersion blender to emulsify the mixture. Add the cream and simmer on low for about 45 minutes to reduce the mixture.

By adding the avocado before using the immersion blender, I made the soup even richer creamier than before. It turned out absolutely amazing.

I was never an avocado fan. Back in my earlier days, I wouldn’t have touched it because of the high fat content and later I didn’t touch it because frankly it looked nasty. When I ate at Mexican restaurants, I would always say, hold the guacamole. Well now I am in love with the green little fruit. It has become a great snack, soup additive and sometime meal. One avocado has about 3 net carbs, 25 grams of fat and 350 calories. I make quick guacamole by mashing one up with 2 tablespoons of salsa (adds 2 carbs), salt, pepper and a splash of lime juice. You can eat the guac with a spoon or over cucumber or bell pepper slices. Any way you do it, one avocado makes a great filling meal. I have also been known to eat it fresh out of the skin without adding anything to it.

Let me know what you think. In a few days I will post my next food of the day (I am not going to do this every day). I am not sure what it will be, but I am leaning toward hot wings.]]>
The bad habit I referred to is I get on a food kick and I run it into the ground. For the past two weeks it has been cream. I put it on berries. I made an incredible chorizo and mushroom cream sauce and the absolute best cream of jalapeno soup I have ever tasted. But of course, I can’t just make a recipe and leave it alone. I have to “improve” it, and in this case, my improvement actually worked. Which brings me to my first food of the day—Avocados.

I posted my latest recipe for jalapeno cream sauce under another thread, but after my initial success, I decided to tweak it a little. I did this by adding an avocado to the soup. Here is the updated version.

1 small chorizo sausage patty
3 roasted jalapenos
2 roasted Anaheim peppers (Hatch Chiles)
2 cloves roasted garlic—chopped
¼ onion—chopped
3 mushrooms—sliced
1 avocado - chopped
Salt, pepper, cilantro, oregano to taste
1 stick of butter
1 ½ cups chick broth
1 ½ cups heavy cream

Roast the peppers and garlic in the oven until the skins are black. Remove the skins and chop. Brown the sausage in some of the butter until it is done. Remove the sausage and eat it. Add some butter and sauté the onions and mushrooms for about 3 minutes. Add the peppers and sauté for 3 more minutes. Add the garlic and avocado and sauté for less than 1 minute. Add the broth and spices and cook on medium for about 15 minutes to reduce the liquid. Use an immersion blender to emulsify the mixture. Add the cream and simmer on low for about 45 minutes to reduce the mixture.

By adding the avocado before using the immersion blender, I made the soup even richer creamier than before. It turned out absolutely amazing.

I was never an avocado fan. Back in my earlier days, I wouldn’t have touched it because of the high fat content and later I didn’t touch it because frankly it looked nasty. When I ate at Mexican restaurants, I would always say, hold the guacamole. Well now I am in love with the green little fruit. It has become a great snack, soup additive and sometime meal. One avocado has about 3 net carbs, 25 grams of fat and 350 calories. I make quick guacamole by mashing one up with 2 tablespoons of salsa (adds 2 carbs), salt, pepper and a splash of lime juice. You can eat the guac with a spoon or over cucumber or bell pepper slices. Any way you do it, one avocado makes a great filling meal. I have also been known to eat it fresh out of the skin without adding anything to it.

Let me know what you think. In a few days I will post my next food of the day (I am not going to do this every day). I am not sure what it will be, but I am leaning toward hot wings.]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=5000 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:47:21 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=5000
Over the decades I became a very good athlete, and also steadily gained weight even though I was allegedly eating right following the food pyramid as most older athletes experience. Occasionally I would turn to a low carb plan to have a peak athletic condition visitation. Combined with the hard training and a lack of information in the pre-internet days I usually could only adhere to that way of eating for a short time; and my collegues at the schools were all into the low fat/high carb thing which was the only respectable and allowable position. Food companies regularly donated foods we were to distribute at athletic events, and though they were labeled and marketed as healthy I personally once expressed concern about how that could be considering the high fructose corn syurp, sugar, and chemicals in them and the party line was about how none of that mattered because the food fit into some % ratio that was acceptable, such as containing only 3 grams of fat per 100 calories which was the golden rule at the school. It was as if a slow brainwashing had occured.

I have practiced yoga near daily for 45 years now. I taught yoga amongst other physical disciplins for 25 years. In the yoga classes I participate in currently as well as in the past the eating message is so limited and revolves around vegan, vegetarianism, or raw food diets, all of which I have experimented with. Nothing got me fatter quicker than a vegan diet, and nothing left me feeling or looking worse, which I notice in others who adhere to that way of eating, but I suspect there are people for whom that is a correct way of eating, just as this animal based diet is correct for me.

About 6 months ago I had the blessing of a new insight that was particularly painful. I was travelling with my teen daughter, walking all day, in total body pain as usual and finding myself sitting things out. She snapped pictures of me and I started to think maybe it wasn't all muscle that had crept up on me. In my decade of denial about my declining health and increasing weight I had alot of excuses including that I had alot of muscle (which I do), that my hypothyroidsm was to blame. I trained very hard doing the things trainers are taught to promote: long cardio, weight lifting, yoga, pilates, ballet sessions for hours a day. Sure, I developed talent, but I also developed extremely sore muscles all the time that led me to over eat the wrong foods that I believed were the right foods. Somehow in my moment of insight it became clear to me, and I got mad that alot of what I had been taught and believed in as being the right way to health had in fact seemed to have left me in worse shape than I should have been in for my age.

As soon as I got home from that painful trip I started making changes at first without even thinking much because I was so angry at the condition I was in. First out was sugar. Second was wheat which turned out to be the biggest surprise in my journey. Rather quickly after stopping eating it I noticed my muscle and joint pain that had plagued me for more than a decade (and also led me to daily training sessions to relieve the pain) vanished. Not only did those pains vanish but my long standing brain fog, blurry vision and pesky skin problems vanish with stopping eating wheat.

After about two weeks of the limitation of sugar and wheat I had already dropped a few pounds and this was what led to me being able to change my mind about what might be possible for me in terms of my health. In what I call my decade of denial I had tried to loose weight and never lost much that I could maintain. I had every excuse and fatigue was my master. Fatigue that I learned was largely caused by my dietary habits which weren't supposed to be bad- always led me to overeat and over train in an effort to escape it and the pain! In a rather sudden couple of weeks without the sugar and wheat I began to feel so much better that the most important thing happened: I could actually believe I could change. This led to a series of books starting with Dr. Pescatores Thin For Good book that has alot of ideas and activities that help with emotional eating, learning changes, practicing new things and general ways to stay motivated. Never have I really "done" a book, but I did his, and I did the diet which was low carb but eventually I finished his 100 day plan and also came to believe his diet was too restrictive for me. It was at this time I became informed about Jimmy's site here, and spent alot of time listening to the podcasts, linking out, reading books and thankfully finding some scientific as well as motivational support for the changed way of eating and living I was engaging in.

From there I went to Atkins, and then to the work of Dr. Rosedale. I found the new Atkins too slow to sustain my motivation, and Rosedale while I believe his ideas, too restrictive. This led me to the Paleolithic eating style, which at this moment I think is beautiful, sustainable, and interesting as a lifestyle. Not only does this give me a framework for food choices and meals but those choices have left my energy fantastic, my weight loss maintained and still dropping, my skin tone and color greatly improved, (really about as good as a good dermatologist regiment and a skin tightening laser). As for the lifestyle elements, it brings new interest to things like polar bear swimming, my yearning to learn to fish and perhaps bow hunt (thought I'm not keen on field dressing a deer) and the Paleo plan has sparked my imagination and willingness to try the harder challenges. Taking challenges entails learning and learning is good for the brain as a muscle itself and this is an important concept for me when I consider healthy ageing. Who wants to be stuck in a bad rut?

Of course there was a dark side to this tale, and that is that I felt I had to keep it a pretty closely guarded secret how I was managing to loose 30lbs just before my 50th...and how my skin was just tightening and glowing and people were starting to ask around the gym. My yoga friends usually talking about what limited plant food they would eat that day to combat any of their usual laundry list of physical complaints would be absolutely horrified to know I was eating mostly animal fats and protiens, non starchy vegetables, little fruit, no juice but one thing was clear I was struggling in that hot Bikram yoga but I am not anymore. Of course the class itself might have helped reduce the struggle, but I believe it was the weight loss that was making it much easier. As a trainer you could loose all credibility saying things like "I switched to a high saturated fat diet..." Of course there are a few trainers awake to these kinds of ideas, but if the general public really latched on to this trainers would be out of business. Times when I did reveal how I was doing this I got the usual responses ranging from how I was going to ruin my health, get high cholestoral, have a stroke or heart attack, or that I'd eventually have some year long carb binge.

I feel confidant in saying I do not believe any of that is going to happen. I truely believe I am over the inital hurdle of change, and not really looking back with longing for things I once ate as a part of my daily life, such as corn in all forms, wheat, sugar, skim milk and low fat yogurt, fat free mayo: why did I even gag that down? I adhere to the 80% rule reccomended with the diet and exercise; that if you stick to that you will succeed and be able to have a treat without hurting yourself by trying too hard which might lead to a binge or a pulled muscle. My muscular strength is far better than it has been in a decade and I am no longer sore, nor do I work out very often, yet I am measurably more fit in strength, cardio ability and flexibility. I'm not on any wagon I'm going to fall off of, I am merely walking through my life in a far more interesting and healthful way and I don't imagine wanting to stop, for although the change was pretty easy, loosing the weight itself did involve lots of times of feeling sweaty, headachy and weird...except for my muscles and joints which felt perfect! I wouldn't want to repeat that, nor do I find how I feel after eating out of the lines too wonderful.

Sometimes I do eat out of the lines- SHOCK! This does not mean eating things I never really ate in the first place such as fast food, industrial process food, high calorie alcoholic beverages. It might mean some really fine wine, perhaps beer after a long hike or sauna. It might mean a small piece of fresh and high quality bread slathered in butter, or rarely an ice cream. Knowing I allow myself these kinds of splurges is empowering because I stop to think if the food is worth it, the time is notable, and if I want to feel inevitably a little less well afterward. A serious splurge of a meal involving all options might tip the scales up, but a couple of days back to my new normal way of eating rights the situation.

In the end, I think there is alot to be learned from the information within this website. I wish more people would seriously embrace these concepts for their children especially and that our government would allow for other opinions than the one sided ones they use to create the food pyramid. In fact I wish they would abolish the food pyramid all together for it is indoctrinating all kinds of kids and institutions into one way of eating that clearly does not fit all. The food pyramid discourages people from trying other ways of eating and I have been told repeatedly that other ways of eating are dangerous because they are not in those reccomendations. In light of all of the weight to loose out there, any experimentation be it into veganism or it's opposite an animal based diet might at least get people to thinking, learning, trying rather than just giving up into the easy seat the food pyramid turns out to lead to for alot of folks.

To those who have expressed their horror at the way I am eating, their fear for my life, and their refusal to eat the food I made because it was not industrial pre-portioned, flavored diet food cooked in margerine I can only say this. No one gets out of life alive. I'd rather feel fully alive and in perfect health as I do now, then overweight, in pain, with mobility issues and rapid ageing on the loyality to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Pyramid and American Council on Exercise guidelines. It has taken courage to try something new, especially a way of eating that while growing in acceptance has a stronger voice in rejection of something that is clearly going to impact your health bottom line. I keep trying to learn and I hope others do too.]]>
Over the decades I became a very good athlete, and also steadily gained weight even though I was allegedly eating right following the food pyramid as most older athletes experience. Occasionally I would turn to a low carb plan to have a peak athletic condition visitation. Combined with the hard training and a lack of information in the pre-internet days I usually could only adhere to that way of eating for a short time; and my collegues at the schools were all into the low fat/high carb thing which was the only respectable and allowable position. Food companies regularly donated foods we were to distribute at athletic events, and though they were labeled and marketed as healthy I personally once expressed concern about how that could be considering the high fructose corn syurp, sugar, and chemicals in them and the party line was about how none of that mattered because the food fit into some % ratio that was acceptable, such as containing only 3 grams of fat per 100 calories which was the golden rule at the school. It was as if a slow brainwashing had occured.

I have practiced yoga near daily for 45 years now. I taught yoga amongst other physical disciplins for 25 years. In the yoga classes I participate in currently as well as in the past the eating message is so limited and revolves around vegan, vegetarianism, or raw food diets, all of which I have experimented with. Nothing got me fatter quicker than a vegan diet, and nothing left me feeling or looking worse, which I notice in others who adhere to that way of eating, but I suspect there are people for whom that is a correct way of eating, just as this animal based diet is correct for me.

About 6 months ago I had the blessing of a new insight that was particularly painful. I was travelling with my teen daughter, walking all day, in total body pain as usual and finding myself sitting things out. She snapped pictures of me and I started to think maybe it wasn't all muscle that had crept up on me. In my decade of denial about my declining health and increasing weight I had alot of excuses including that I had alot of muscle (which I do), that my hypothyroidsm was to blame. I trained very hard doing the things trainers are taught to promote: long cardio, weight lifting, yoga, pilates, ballet sessions for hours a day. Sure, I developed talent, but I also developed extremely sore muscles all the time that led me to over eat the wrong foods that I believed were the right foods. Somehow in my moment of insight it became clear to me, and I got mad that alot of what I had been taught and believed in as being the right way to health had in fact seemed to have left me in worse shape than I should have been in for my age.

As soon as I got home from that painful trip I started making changes at first without even thinking much because I was so angry at the condition I was in. First out was sugar. Second was wheat which turned out to be the biggest surprise in my journey. Rather quickly after stopping eating it I noticed my muscle and joint pain that had plagued me for more than a decade (and also led me to daily training sessions to relieve the pain) vanished. Not only did those pains vanish but my long standing brain fog, blurry vision and pesky skin problems vanish with stopping eating wheat.

After about two weeks of the limitation of sugar and wheat I had already dropped a few pounds and this was what led to me being able to change my mind about what might be possible for me in terms of my health. In what I call my decade of denial I had tried to loose weight and never lost much that I could maintain. I had every excuse and fatigue was my master. Fatigue that I learned was largely caused by my dietary habits which weren't supposed to be bad- always led me to overeat and over train in an effort to escape it and the pain! In a rather sudden couple of weeks without the sugar and wheat I began to feel so much better that the most important thing happened: I could actually believe I could change. This led to a series of books starting with Dr. Pescatores Thin For Good book that has alot of ideas and activities that help with emotional eating, learning changes, practicing new things and general ways to stay motivated. Never have I really "done" a book, but I did his, and I did the diet which was low carb but eventually I finished his 100 day plan and also came to believe his diet was too restrictive for me. It was at this time I became informed about Jimmy's site here, and spent alot of time listening to the podcasts, linking out, reading books and thankfully finding some scientific as well as motivational support for the changed way of eating and living I was engaging in.

From there I went to Atkins, and then to the work of Dr. Rosedale. I found the new Atkins too slow to sustain my motivation, and Rosedale while I believe his ideas, too restrictive. This led me to the Paleolithic eating style, which at this moment I think is beautiful, sustainable, and interesting as a lifestyle. Not only does this give me a framework for food choices and meals but those choices have left my energy fantastic, my weight loss maintained and still dropping, my skin tone and color greatly improved, (really about as good as a good dermatologist regiment and a skin tightening laser). As for the lifestyle elements, it brings new interest to things like polar bear swimming, my yearning to learn to fish and perhaps bow hunt (thought I'm not keen on field dressing a deer) and the Paleo plan has sparked my imagination and willingness to try the harder challenges. Taking challenges entails learning and learning is good for the brain as a muscle itself and this is an important concept for me when I consider healthy ageing. Who wants to be stuck in a bad rut?

Of course there was a dark side to this tale, and that is that I felt I had to keep it a pretty closely guarded secret how I was managing to loose 30lbs just before my 50th...and how my skin was just tightening and glowing and people were starting to ask around the gym. My yoga friends usually talking about what limited plant food they would eat that day to combat any of their usual laundry list of physical complaints would be absolutely horrified to know I was eating mostly animal fats and protiens, non starchy vegetables, little fruit, no juice but one thing was clear I was struggling in that hot Bikram yoga but I am not anymore. Of course the class itself might have helped reduce the struggle, but I believe it was the weight loss that was making it much easier. As a trainer you could loose all credibility saying things like "I switched to a high saturated fat diet..." Of course there are a few trainers awake to these kinds of ideas, but if the general public really latched on to this trainers would be out of business. Times when I did reveal how I was doing this I got the usual responses ranging from how I was going to ruin my health, get high cholestoral, have a stroke or heart attack, or that I'd eventually have some year long carb binge.

I feel confidant in saying I do not believe any of that is going to happen. I truely believe I am over the inital hurdle of change, and not really looking back with longing for things I once ate as a part of my daily life, such as corn in all forms, wheat, sugar, skim milk and low fat yogurt, fat free mayo: why did I even gag that down? I adhere to the 80% rule reccomended with the diet and exercise; that if you stick to that you will succeed and be able to have a treat without hurting yourself by trying too hard which might lead to a binge or a pulled muscle. My muscular strength is far better than it has been in a decade and I am no longer sore, nor do I work out very often, yet I am measurably more fit in strength, cardio ability and flexibility. I'm not on any wagon I'm going to fall off of, I am merely walking through my life in a far more interesting and healthful way and I don't imagine wanting to stop, for although the change was pretty easy, loosing the weight itself did involve lots of times of feeling sweaty, headachy and weird...except for my muscles and joints which felt perfect! I wouldn't want to repeat that, nor do I find how I feel after eating out of the lines too wonderful.

Sometimes I do eat out of the lines- SHOCK! This does not mean eating things I never really ate in the first place such as fast food, industrial process food, high calorie alcoholic beverages. It might mean some really fine wine, perhaps beer after a long hike or sauna. It might mean a small piece of fresh and high quality bread slathered in butter, or rarely an ice cream. Knowing I allow myself these kinds of splurges is empowering because I stop to think if the food is worth it, the time is notable, and if I want to feel inevitably a little less well afterward. A serious splurge of a meal involving all options might tip the scales up, but a couple of days back to my new normal way of eating rights the situation.

In the end, I think there is alot to be learned from the information within this website. I wish more people would seriously embrace these concepts for their children especially and that our government would allow for other opinions than the one sided ones they use to create the food pyramid. In fact I wish they would abolish the food pyramid all together for it is indoctrinating all kinds of kids and institutions into one way of eating that clearly does not fit all. The food pyramid discourages people from trying other ways of eating and I have been told repeatedly that other ways of eating are dangerous because they are not in those reccomendations. In light of all of the weight to loose out there, any experimentation be it into veganism or it's opposite an animal based diet might at least get people to thinking, learning, trying rather than just giving up into the easy seat the food pyramid turns out to lead to for alot of folks.

To those who have expressed their horror at the way I am eating, their fear for my life, and their refusal to eat the food I made because it was not industrial pre-portioned, flavored diet food cooked in margerine I can only say this. No one gets out of life alive. I'd rather feel fully alive and in perfect health as I do now, then overweight, in pain, with mobility issues and rapid ageing on the loyality to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Pyramid and American Council on Exercise guidelines. It has taken courage to try something new, especially a way of eating that while growing in acceptance has a stronger voice in rejection of something that is clearly going to impact your health bottom line. I keep trying to learn and I hope others do too.]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4893 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:13:18 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4893 I am 28 years old and started Low-Carb on the 20st of July. My starting weight was 251 lbs. I am 6'2". I eat 30-55 gr sugars, 60-75 gr protein and 100-150 gr fat everyday. It Really Works! My weight is 218 pounds now.
Have a great day!]]> I am 28 years old and started Low-Carb on the 20st of July. My starting weight was 251 lbs. I am 6'2". I eat 30-55 gr sugars, 60-75 gr protein and 100-150 gr fat everyday. It Really Works! My weight is 218 pounds now.
Have a great day!]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4976 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:36:00 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4976
All through this time, have been employing static contraction/isometric exercises. I don't believe they're the best way to do things, but I bought an expensive machine several years back and am determined to get more than my money's worth out of it.

Starting this journal so I don't keep polluting other threads with my lil updates. Wish I started sooner.]]>
All through this time, have been employing static contraction/isometric exercises. I don't believe they're the best way to do things, but I bought an expensive machine several years back and am determined to get more than my money's worth out of it.

Starting this journal so I don't keep polluting other threads with my lil updates. Wish I started sooner.]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4938 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:14:46 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4938
Let the journey begin!

Weigh in: 248.0 (Ack!)

Food:
B-3 eggs fried in butter, coffee whc, 1l water.
L-n/a still full from late breakfast
S-chicken breast, 3 tbsp heavy alfredo, 1/2 greens, coffee whc, 1.5L water.

Exercise: Yard work.]]>
Let the journey begin!

Weigh in: 248.0 (Ack!)

Food:
B-3 eggs fried in butter, coffee whc, 1l water.
L-n/a still full from late breakfast
S-chicken breast, 3 tbsp heavy alfredo, 1/2 greens, coffee whc, 1.5L water.

Exercise: Yard work.]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4902 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:51:03 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4902 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4901 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:18:58 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4901 I have been diagnosed earlier in the year with type 2 Diabetes.Previously I was diagnosed with Glucose intolerance .Ok so I beat the intolerance by losing 26 kilo's of weight .
Now along the way and before the glucose intolerance I was diagnosed with a heart problem (thickening of 1 side and slightly less on the other) last check beat that also high BP and Cholesterol.Also have areas of Osteoarthritis(mainly my left knee and base of spine) and my readings of Ulric acid point to Gout (1 guess would be right foot) were up.Also have had a vitamin D problem something i find funny as I tend to Salt water fish in the warmer weather and stand in the sun for upto 4 hours a day .But last check was up from 32 to 60 .And my knee and heart both helped me to lose weight and then to regain weight.3 knee clean outs and never ever again.The last time the pain was the same as the first clean out second 1 I could have run a marathon after it .Thats how much difference in pain I had.I understand with the first clean out there was a smallish ulcer and third time floating tissue.
But anyway with these problems I also have allergies to certain medications and to Milk.limits what I can take .
So back to the type 2 diet and exercise (well I didnt do any after work) didn't work the first couple of weeks and May 3rd.I was prescribed Metformin.This at the start made me feel like I was on speed (never tried it).I had so much energy and my attitude improved (so I was told).Weight started to drop off in a few weeks I lost 7.3 kilo's only by diet.
So why I have found this site .I keep in my backyard chickens (chooks in slang)and was referred here by another aussie perhaps for some help!!
I recently started having light headed spells (which would last from a few seconds to an hour )and nose bleeds.Went back to the doctor had another fasting blood test (and that was the way my head felt all week like I was fasting).All he could find was yes you are Diabetic no blood problems .And I managed to get him to refer me to a specialist sometimes some GP's in Australia are not that good (like banging your head against a wall).Was told by a family members boss, who is an intensive care doctor the nose bleeds could be caused by my sugar levels fluctuating to much.
And my sugar levels in the morning while not bad are not going down to what the diabetic nurse told me they should be .I am getting confused here why are my levels normal at work at lunch time and when I get home at dinner time .But first thing in the morning I can not get them down to normal levels .Now while not overly high what ever I do normally isn't working .So I have reverted to eating dinner then fasting until morning only drinking diet drinks or black coffee.
So Firstly G'day from downunder
Secondly help !!!
What am I doing incorrectly .I am having problems after 8 plus hours of manual labor to then exercise its too much .
hopefully the above makes sense
Mickyj]]> I have been diagnosed earlier in the year with type 2 Diabetes.Previously I was diagnosed with Glucose intolerance .Ok so I beat the intolerance by losing 26 kilo's of weight .
Now along the way and before the glucose intolerance I was diagnosed with a heart problem (thickening of 1 side and slightly less on the other) last check beat that also high BP and Cholesterol.Also have areas of Osteoarthritis(mainly my left knee and base of spine) and my readings of Ulric acid point to Gout (1 guess would be right foot) were up.Also have had a vitamin D problem something i find funny as I tend to Salt water fish in the warmer weather and stand in the sun for upto 4 hours a day .But last check was up from 32 to 60 .And my knee and heart both helped me to lose weight and then to regain weight.3 knee clean outs and never ever again.The last time the pain was the same as the first clean out second 1 I could have run a marathon after it .Thats how much difference in pain I had.I understand with the first clean out there was a smallish ulcer and third time floating tissue.
But anyway with these problems I also have allergies to certain medications and to Milk.limits what I can take .
So back to the type 2 diet and exercise (well I didnt do any after work) didn't work the first couple of weeks and May 3rd.I was prescribed Metformin.This at the start made me feel like I was on speed (never tried it).I had so much energy and my attitude improved (so I was told).Weight started to drop off in a few weeks I lost 7.3 kilo's only by diet.
So why I have found this site .I keep in my backyard chickens (chooks in slang)and was referred here by another aussie perhaps for some help!!
I recently started having light headed spells (which would last from a few seconds to an hour )and nose bleeds.Went back to the doctor had another fasting blood test (and that was the way my head felt all week like I was fasting).All he could find was yes you are Diabetic no blood problems .And I managed to get him to refer me to a specialist sometimes some GP's in Australia are not that good (like banging your head against a wall).Was told by a family members boss, who is an intensive care doctor the nose bleeds could be caused by my sugar levels fluctuating to much.
And my sugar levels in the morning while not bad are not going down to what the diabetic nurse told me they should be .I am getting confused here why are my levels normal at work at lunch time and when I get home at dinner time .But first thing in the morning I can not get them down to normal levels .Now while not overly high what ever I do normally isn't working .So I have reverted to eating dinner then fasting until morning only drinking diet drinks or black coffee.
So Firstly G'day from downunder
Secondly help !!!
What am I doing incorrectly .I am having problems after 8 plus hours of manual labor to then exercise its too much .
hopefully the above makes sense
Mickyj]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4888 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:17:42 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4888
I will be turning 30 on monday and am somewhere in the neighborhood of 355-360 pounds after my highest weight of 369. In general, my health numbers are good though I would say I am borderline hypertensive if not there now. My father was only 45 when he died of brainstem hemorrhagic shock 10 years ago and quite frankly I don't desire the same fate if I can help it. I am a volunteer firefighter and full time EMT studying to become a paramedic. Not only do I want to get in better health for the sake of being a good example to those I serve, I also want to live and grow old with my wife.

The plan is after celebrating my birthday monday (one last carb blowout, lol), I will be about the business of the changes I need to make. I have conversed with Jimmy many times in the past about matters of diet and exercise. In fact, I have made two or three attempts at changing to a better lifestyle only to let myself be overcome by addictions to sugar and other carbs. But this time, with God's help and the support of this community, I will conquer my demons and be on the road to a better life.

Thanks for listening and I will stick around this time, God help us all.

Any questions feel free to ask! ("before" pics to follow later)]]>
I will be turning 30 on monday and am somewhere in the neighborhood of 355-360 pounds after my highest weight of 369. In general, my health numbers are good though I would say I am borderline hypertensive if not there now. My father was only 45 when he died of brainstem hemorrhagic shock 10 years ago and quite frankly I don't desire the same fate if I can help it. I am a volunteer firefighter and full time EMT studying to become a paramedic. Not only do I want to get in better health for the sake of being a good example to those I serve, I also want to live and grow old with my wife.

The plan is after celebrating my birthday monday (one last carb blowout, lol), I will be about the business of the changes I need to make. I have conversed with Jimmy many times in the past about matters of diet and exercise. In fact, I have made two or three attempts at changing to a better lifestyle only to let myself be overcome by addictions to sugar and other carbs. But this time, with God's help and the support of this community, I will conquer my demons and be on the road to a better life.

Thanks for listening and I will stick around this time, God help us all.

Any questions feel free to ask! ("before" pics to follow later)]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4863 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:42:15 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4863
At the start of the year I decided it was time to take charge and get healthy. I started out watching what I ate and trying to get more exercise. I counted calories but always found myself feeling hungry and deprived. Exercise was tough because I didn’t have the strength to do much more than walk and once weekly yoga. After almost four months, I had lost a measly eight pounds. Obviously this approach wasn’t working.

It was in April that I decided to go back to the low carb way of eating that had worked so well for me all those years ago. I officially started LC eating on 4/22/10. Like everyone else, I went through sugar withdrawal for about a week. After that, I began to feel better. Exercise became easier and I started looking forward to adding new activities to my life. By taking the carbs out of my diet and making sure I get enough fat, I have not once felt overwhelming hunger nor have I ever felt deprived. After 11 weeks of low carb eating I am 20 pounds closer to a healthy new me. I still have a bit of work to do …… my goal is to shed another 25 to 30 pounds. The good news is, I am halfway there.

Anyway, I wanted to post to thank everyone for the great information found in these pages. I also really enjoy reading about the experiences of other LLVLC members.

An aside ... my Mother has been a faithful (and successful) low carb eater for over 20 years ... if only I had followed her example!]]>
At the start of the year I decided it was time to take charge and get healthy. I started out watching what I ate and trying to get more exercise. I counted calories but always found myself feeling hungry and deprived. Exercise was tough because I didn’t have the strength to do much more than walk and once weekly yoga. After almost four months, I had lost a measly eight pounds. Obviously this approach wasn’t working.

It was in April that I decided to go back to the low carb way of eating that had worked so well for me all those years ago. I officially started LC eating on 4/22/10. Like everyone else, I went through sugar withdrawal for about a week. After that, I began to feel better. Exercise became easier and I started looking forward to adding new activities to my life. By taking the carbs out of my diet and making sure I get enough fat, I have not once felt overwhelming hunger nor have I ever felt deprived. After 11 weeks of low carb eating I am 20 pounds closer to a healthy new me. I still have a bit of work to do …… my goal is to shed another 25 to 30 pounds. The good news is, I am halfway there.

Anyway, I wanted to post to thank everyone for the great information found in these pages. I also really enjoy reading about the experiences of other LLVLC members.

An aside ... my Mother has been a faithful (and successful) low carb eater for over 20 years ... if only I had followed her example!]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4793 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:52:58 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4793

Coffee- lite w/coconut milk (my saving grace, 2 crbs for 1/3 cup & No gluten!) & 1 sweet'n low

B- 2 eggs & small steak

L- handful 1/2 salad w/1 tbl spn lite ceaser * 2 crbs for dressing

D- 2 egg omlet w/2-3 oz cheese & real bacon bits

Snack- Celery w/1 tbl spn natural peanut butter & a cup of tea w/1 sweet'n low.]]>

Coffee- lite w/coconut milk (my saving grace, 2 crbs for 1/3 cup & No gluten!) & 1 sweet'n low

B- 2 eggs & small steak

L- handful 1/2 salad w/1 tbl spn lite ceaser * 2 crbs for dressing

D- 2 egg omlet w/2-3 oz cheese & real bacon bits

Snack- Celery w/1 tbl spn natural peanut butter & a cup of tea w/1 sweet'n low.]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4785 Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:32:53 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4785 I'm a psychotherapist specializing in food cravings and addictions, eating disorders, and body image.
I'm also a holistic nutritionist.
And I'm also a sugar addict / vegetarian in recovery
I'm the Boulder, CO chapter leader for the Weston A Price Foundation, and I found Jimmy because he interviewed Sally Fallon, WAPF co-founder, on his podcast.
Over and over again, I work with clients who come to me on vegetarian, low fat diets, believing meat and fat are bad for them. As they introduce more and more of these "forbidden foods" into their meals, they feel better and better. Their moods stabilize and their sugar cravings reduce.
I do believe that everyone is different - some people NEED red meat, while others do best with fish and dairy - but the bottom line is that we do not function well without animal proteins.
I invite you to stop by and visit my website, www.threesistersnutrition.com, and my holistic weight loss blog, www.9weightloss.com (where fat is extolled and carbs are treated with caution!).
All the best,
Stephanie]]> I'm a psychotherapist specializing in food cravings and addictions, eating disorders, and body image.
I'm also a holistic nutritionist.
And I'm also a sugar addict / vegetarian in recovery
I'm the Boulder, CO chapter leader for the Weston A Price Foundation, and I found Jimmy because he interviewed Sally Fallon, WAPF co-founder, on his podcast.
Over and over again, I work with clients who come to me on vegetarian, low fat diets, believing meat and fat are bad for them. As they introduce more and more of these "forbidden foods" into their meals, they feel better and better. Their moods stabilize and their sugar cravings reduce.
I do believe that everyone is different - some people NEED red meat, while others do best with fish and dairy - but the bottom line is that we do not function well without animal proteins.
I invite you to stop by and visit my website, www.threesistersnutrition.com, and my holistic weight loss blog, www.9weightloss.com (where fat is extolled and carbs are treated with caution!).
All the best,
Stephanie]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4782 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 09:23:37 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4782
Weigh-In Date/Weight/Total Pounds Lost:
4-12-2010/230/0
4-19-2010/226/4
4-26-2010/223/7
5-3-2010/214/16
5-10-2010/212/18
5-17-2010/209/21
5-24-2010/210/20 (I increased my weights this week, thus the mild "gain" from muscle growth)
5-31-2010/208/22
6-7-2010/205/25
6-14-2010/202/28
6-21-2010/198/32
6-28-2010/196/34
7-5-2010/194/36
7-12-2010/192/38
7-19-2010/194/36* Gained 2 pounds by going "off plan" for 2 days of my 10 day vacation
7-26-2010/190/40
8-2-2010/189/41
8-9-2010/188/42
8-16-2010/187/43
8-23-2010/186/44
8-30-2010/185/45
9-6-2010/185/45

**Short Term Goal for September 13th: 184 lbs, 46 lbs total loss**
**Mid Term Goal for October 4th: 180 lbs, 50 lbs total loss**
**Long Term Goal for Monday, Feb. 14th, 2010: 160 lbs, 70 lbs total loss**

"We never repent of having eaten too little" -Thomas Jefferson]]>
Weigh-In Date/Weight/Total Pounds Lost:
4-12-2010/230/0
4-19-2010/226/4
4-26-2010/223/7
5-3-2010/214/16
5-10-2010/212/18
5-17-2010/209/21
5-24-2010/210/20 (I increased my weights this week, thus the mild "gain" from muscle growth)
5-31-2010/208/22
6-7-2010/205/25
6-14-2010/202/28
6-21-2010/198/32
6-28-2010/196/34
7-5-2010/194/36
7-12-2010/192/38
7-19-2010/194/36* Gained 2 pounds by going "off plan" for 2 days of my 10 day vacation
7-26-2010/190/40
8-2-2010/189/41
8-9-2010/188/42
8-16-2010/187/43
8-23-2010/186/44
8-30-2010/185/45
9-6-2010/185/45

**Short Term Goal for September 13th: 184 lbs, 46 lbs total loss**
**Mid Term Goal for October 4th: 180 lbs, 50 lbs total loss**
**Long Term Goal for Monday, Feb. 14th, 2010: 160 lbs, 70 lbs total loss**

"We never repent of having eaten too little" -Thomas Jefferson]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4780 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 08:47:42 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4780
I'm 33 5'6 & a size 12/13. I am having a really hard time losing that last 25 lbs! I lost 20lbs in the last 2 mths or so cutting out gluten & dairy, I also cut drinking soda even though it was diet. After dropping that last 20 lbs, I feel I'm at a standstill again & wonder if my body will respond to the atkins diet again, minus gluten & dairy. I really want to drop 20lbs at the very least by the first week in July! Has anybody who is very familiar w/Atkins, have any problems losing weight due to the on & off cycle of Atkins, built a tolerance you could say. Or problems losing the wieght after a couple of yrs ofter having kids & perhaps with getting older? If so how did you get past it? I think this is what my problem is & any help would be greatly appreciated Thank you all ]]>
I'm 33 5'6 & a size 12/13. I am having a really hard time losing that last 25 lbs! I lost 20lbs in the last 2 mths or so cutting out gluten & dairy, I also cut drinking soda even though it was diet. After dropping that last 20 lbs, I feel I'm at a standstill again & wonder if my body will respond to the atkins diet again, minus gluten & dairy. I really want to drop 20lbs at the very least by the first week in July! Has anybody who is very familiar w/Atkins, have any problems losing weight due to the on & off cycle of Atkins, built a tolerance you could say. Or problems losing the wieght after a couple of yrs ofter having kids & perhaps with getting older? If so how did you get past it? I think this is what my problem is & any help would be greatly appreciated Thank you all ]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4760 Mon, 31 May 2010 08:19:52 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4760




Eaten today
Breakfast - Bacon and eggs + green tea
Lunch - Creamy coffe with double cream
Dinner - Chicken + green salad, olives, olive oil + pesto dressing
Supplements - omega 3 fish oil cap Vit B complex + C, calcium, magnesium & zinc, vit D]]>




Eaten today
Breakfast - Bacon and eggs + green tea
Lunch - Creamy coffe with double cream
Dinner - Chicken + green salad, olives, olive oil + pesto dressing
Supplements - omega 3 fish oil cap Vit B complex + C, calcium, magnesium & zinc, vit D]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4698 Fri, 14 May 2010 19:07:48 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4698
I have migrated here from celiac.com, which has been an enormous help to me in getting the gluten out of my life (and along the way all the main plant-based lectins - fortunately I am not intolerant of dairy lectins ; this means I do not eat wheat, oats, rye, barley, corn, soy, legumes, nightshades, peanuts, very little citric acid).

I was a celiac weight-gainer, not loser, and although I initially lost weight after I stopped eating gluten, it has returned. I weigh now what I weighed in 2001 (217 lbs), but I am twice as fat as I was then Part of this is a loss of muscle tone, but there is something else going on. Could it be the carbs? I have never been a believer in a low fat diet, but by the same token I have never believed in Dr. Atkins either. I hope it is not heresy to say this here.

I am here looking for answers to my weight loss dilemma. Although I have just recently started losing a little since getting rid of all the lectins, and am a great believer in what veggienft (a member here and what brought me to this site) has to say about lectins, I can't find enough information to support that it is the lectin connection that is causing my cells to keep packing in the fat. But it does seem like I am in permanent weight-gainer mode because I eat far less than most people I know. I should say that I have a very large frame and that my probable ideal weight is 150-160 lbs, (I looked positively skinny at 140) so I am almost 80 lbs overweight (I weighed 160 lbs in 1989 before a head-on auto accident that triggered a lot of disability, and I have developed rheumatoid arthritis which also limits my exercise.

Now, I should also admit that I do love carbs. It was not that hard for me to give up gluten because there are still a lot of wonderful carbs out there to love And I love chocolate. I have also become a very good gluten free baker out of necessity because of all the horrible commercial gluten free foods sold.

So far in my life I have given up:
smoking
gluten
lectins

Now must I give up my beloved carbs too? I know that the response from everyone is going to be yes, but I need to know more before I do this. So I am looking for help in my decision-making because I am not quite that committed yet.....

mushroom]]>
I have migrated here from celiac.com, which has been an enormous help to me in getting the gluten out of my life (and along the way all the main plant-based lectins - fortunately I am not intolerant of dairy lectins ; this means I do not eat wheat, oats, rye, barley, corn, soy, legumes, nightshades, peanuts, very little citric acid).

I was a celiac weight-gainer, not loser, and although I initially lost weight after I stopped eating gluten, it has returned. I weigh now what I weighed in 2001 (217 lbs), but I am twice as fat as I was then Part of this is a loss of muscle tone, but there is something else going on. Could it be the carbs? I have never been a believer in a low fat diet, but by the same token I have never believed in Dr. Atkins either. I hope it is not heresy to say this here.

I am here looking for answers to my weight loss dilemma. Although I have just recently started losing a little since getting rid of all the lectins, and am a great believer in what veggienft (a member here and what brought me to this site) has to say about lectins, I can't find enough information to support that it is the lectin connection that is causing my cells to keep packing in the fat. But it does seem like I am in permanent weight-gainer mode because I eat far less than most people I know. I should say that I have a very large frame and that my probable ideal weight is 150-160 lbs, (I looked positively skinny at 140) so I am almost 80 lbs overweight (I weighed 160 lbs in 1989 before a head-on auto accident that triggered a lot of disability, and I have developed rheumatoid arthritis which also limits my exercise.

Now, I should also admit that I do love carbs. It was not that hard for me to give up gluten because there are still a lot of wonderful carbs out there to love And I love chocolate. I have also become a very good gluten free baker out of necessity because of all the horrible commercial gluten free foods sold.

So far in my life I have given up:
smoking
gluten
lectins

Now must I give up my beloved carbs too? I know that the response from everyone is going to be yes, but I need to know more before I do this. So I am looking for help in my decision-making because I am not quite that committed yet.....

mushroom]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4690 Wed, 12 May 2010 18:28:46 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4690
I wanted to use this thread to record my low carb success, encourage others, and answer any quesions that you might have.

First some backround, I am 42 years old and started low carb on the 1st of Feb. My starting weight was 220.1 pounds. I am 5'7". So you can see I was over weight. My pants size was a tight 38" and I wore a tight 44S jacket.

I am following Atkins (I did purchase the updated book) and have read "Good Calories Bad Calories"

I use 2 Apple Touch programs to assist me. The first is "ifitness". It tracks my cardio & weight training and my weight. I do weight myself daily first thing in the morning every day. The other program I use is called "Lose It". I use this program to keep track of what I eat including fat, protein, and of course carb counts. This program also keeps a calorie count and calories used with different weight & cardio training programs.

I have gone back to the induction phase as my carb numbers were drifting and my weight loss was slowing. I eat 3 meals a day, and if I snack it is either some cheese or 1-2 ounces of meat. I also take a daily multi.

My training consist of 4-5 days of treadmill. 3.5-5.0 MPH at a 1.5 degree incline. I will also weight train twice a week using slower reps and doing the whole body with this work out.

So let me conclude by letting you know where I am as of this morning. My weight is currently 183.7. I have loss 36.4 pounds since Feb 1st. Most of my clothes are to big, so I recently did some shopping, and purchased 32" jeans and medium shirts. I also purchased 2 new suits, the pants were 1 32" and the jacket size was a 42S a rare 10" drop).

In 2 weeks I will be playing in a charity touch football game with my old highschool teammates. 25 years ago my playing weight was 180. My old coach (who is still the head coach) e-mailed asking if we were in shape, and I replied "coach, I'm at my playing weight". I can't wait.

Thats all for now, let me know what you think and I will keep on "threading"]]>
I wanted to use this thread to record my low carb success, encourage others, and answer any quesions that you might have.

First some backround, I am 42 years old and started low carb on the 1st of Feb. My starting weight was 220.1 pounds. I am 5'7". So you can see I was over weight. My pants size was a tight 38" and I wore a tight 44S jacket.

I am following Atkins (I did purchase the updated book) and have read "Good Calories Bad Calories"

I use 2 Apple Touch programs to assist me. The first is "ifitness". It tracks my cardio & weight training and my weight. I do weight myself daily first thing in the morning every day. The other program I use is called "Lose It". I use this program to keep track of what I eat including fat, protein, and of course carb counts. This program also keeps a calorie count and calories used with different weight & cardio training programs.

I have gone back to the induction phase as my carb numbers were drifting and my weight loss was slowing. I eat 3 meals a day, and if I snack it is either some cheese or 1-2 ounces of meat. I also take a daily multi.

My training consist of 4-5 days of treadmill. 3.5-5.0 MPH at a 1.5 degree incline. I will also weight train twice a week using slower reps and doing the whole body with this work out.

So let me conclude by letting you know where I am as of this morning. My weight is currently 183.7. I have loss 36.4 pounds since Feb 1st. Most of my clothes are to big, so I recently did some shopping, and purchased 32" jeans and medium shirts. I also purchased 2 new suits, the pants were 1 32" and the jacket size was a 42S a rare 10" drop).

In 2 weeks I will be playing in a charity touch football game with my old highschool teammates. 25 years ago my playing weight was 180. My old coach (who is still the head coach) e-mailed asking if we were in shape, and I replied "coach, I'm at my playing weight". I can't wait.

Thats all for now, let me know what you think and I will keep on "threading"]]> http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4665 Tue, 04 May 2010 02:25:43 -0600 http://www.livinlowcarbdiscussion.com/showthread.php?tid=4665

I wasn't overweight as a child, but when I hit 16 crazy mind tricks happened to me. I thought I was fat, when I wasn't. Had a bit of anorexia and bulimia, more bulimia, if I'm honest. Lost loads of weight, looked supper skinny. and sick. This went on for about 6 years or so. Messed up my teeth. Then another weird thing happened. I stopped seeing myself as fat, and started seeing myself as skinny. At first, this was good thing. I needed to gain weight, but then I couldn't stop eating. Flash forward 8 years and I'm over 200 pounds. 211 to be exact.

My plan: All eggs, all the time. That might sound weird, but I just read about that Eggfest thing and I'm convinced. I want to lose 30 pounds in 6 weeks, too! I'll be going on holiday in 6 weeks and 1 day. The countdown begins.

I'm also planning to exercise. Walk everyday, as well as swim everyday but Sunday, (the pool is closed.) I'm hoping for at least 2 hours a day. I would love to be fit enough to do 8 hours a day. I watched Kelli Osbourne talk about how she lost weight on Dancing with the Stars, and she said she practiced 8 hours a day. Can't do that, but 2 might be manageable.

So that is the end of the beginning. Tomorrow starts the beginning of the end, of being fat.]]>

I wasn't overweight as a child, but when I hit 16 crazy mind tricks happened to me. I thought I was fat, when I wasn't. Had a bit of anorexia and bulimia, more bulimia, if I'm honest. Lost loads of weight, looked supper skinny. and sick. This went on for about 6 years or so. Messed up my teeth. Then another weird thing happened. I stopped seeing myself as fat, and started seeing myself as skinny. At first, this was good thing. I needed to gain weight, but then I couldn't stop eating. Flash forward 8 years and I'm over 200 pounds. 211 to be exact.

My plan: All eggs, all the time. That might sound weird, but I just read about that Eggfest thing and I'm convinced. I want to lose 30 pounds in 6 weeks, too! I'll be going on holiday in 6 weeks and 1 day. The countdown begins.

I'm also planning to exercise. Walk everyday, as well as swim everyday but Sunday, (the pool is closed.) I'm hoping for at least 2 hours a day. I would love to be fit enough to do 8 hours a day. I watched Kelli Osbourne talk about how she lost weight on Dancing with the Stars, and she said she practiced 8 hours a day. Can't do that, but 2 might be manageable.

So that is the end of the beginning. Tomorrow starts the beginning of the end, of being fat.]]>