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Sylphide
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Posted: 12 August 2006 03:22 pm |
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Yes, I have a small head. Thirty extra pounds don't make it seem any larger. I'm hoping a little online confession and accountability will help me get rid of those pounds and bring about the symmetry that big hair just isn't achieving for me anymore.
Short, long term history. I was a normal sized girl until, one day in high school, we were all weighed for some reason and I found out, that at 120lbs, I was the heaviest of my small group of skinny little friends. I went on a diet and forever after, my normal, healthy, eat-when-hungry, self -- became a food obsessed, binge and fast, permanantly messed up, all American woman.
It's my firm belief that it is dieting, not fast food or sedentary lifestyles or large portions, but simply that first diet, that has made so many, Americans, and our UK, Aussie, Canadian siblings, the overweight people we've become. It's diets that mess up our metabolism, turn food from a vital life source into a forbidden fruit and life long obsession.
So I try to tell young people who have never gone on the first diet to try joining the track team instead. But it's too late for me. My relationship with food is screwed up for all time and I've gained and lost and gained again so often that my brain no longer has the slightest idea when I'm sincerely hungry or when I'm full. So I must count calories and let the numbers tell me when I've had enough.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 12 August 2006 03:56 pm |
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 Short, short term history. After struggling with my weight during my teens, I reached a sort of truce during my twenties and maintained 110 lbs for years. Unfortunately, it all centered around a pact with the tobacco devil. When I finally managed to kick the habit I gained over sixty pounds in six months. Frightening myself and all my friends. I've now lost and gained that sixty pounds several times, adding more along the way.
Jan 1, 2005: I made a New Year's resolution to exercise 6 days per week and give up all sugar. To my surprise I stuck to this and lost 60 pounds. From 205 to 145.
The bad news. I'm still sticking to the plan, but beginning Jan 2006, I started to gain about one pound per month. I now weigh 154 while still exercising and avoiding sugar.
Obviously two things have happened. My metabolism has slowed a bit and I've gradually compensated for the lost donut/cake/cookie calories with more calories from other sources.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 12 August 2006 10:43 pm |
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 The Numbers
Highest weight: 205
Current weight: 154
Goal weight: 125
Calories to maintain 154 -- 1800
Calories to maintain 125 -- 1600
To lose one pound per week; strive for 1200 calories per day.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 12 August 2006 10:51 pm |
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 The Workout Schedule
Monday: Leslie Sansone Walking video -- 30 minutes -- 2 miles
Tuesday: Leslie Sansone Walking video -- 45 minutes -- 3 miles
Wednesday: LSW video -- 30 minutes -- 2 miles
Thursday: LSW video -- 45 minutes -- 3 miles
Friday: LSW video -- 30 minutes -- 2 miles
Saturday: LSW video -- 45 minutes -- 3 miles
Sunday: Rest
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Nir
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Posted: 12 August 2006 11:59 pm |
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Hi. If you do require 1800 to maintain your current weight, do you really think you should be eating 1200? that's a 33% calorie deficit (and possibly more, depending on additional exercise?). We generally recommend a calorie deficit of 15%. Maybe 20% if you're impatient. And never less than your RMR.
May I ask what your Height and Age are?
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Sylphide
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Posted: 13 August 2006 08:51 pm |
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Hi Nir, thanks for your interest. I'm 5'5", extremely small boned (thumb and finger encircling wrist, overlap to the first knuckle crease) and I'm sedentary -- so that seemed to be the calculation. I didn't want to eat to maintain my current weight (because I want to lose) so that's why I factored in the amount of calories I would need to maintain my goal weight of 125. After that I subtracted 500 calories because I hoped to lose one pound per week. I thought that was the standard formula. I'll try working out the percentages you gave me and see what I get.
Here's what I get from the tables on this site using my current weight of 154:
Factor
Category
BMR
RMR
1.2
Bed Rest
1,616
1,523
1.3
Sedentary
1,751
1,650
So if I take 15% of 1751, I get 262. That would allow me 1489 calories per day but I guess I would only lose about a half pound a week. If I don't go below the RMR I would be eating 1650 and that would be an even slower loss of about one pound per month. I don't think I'm terribly impatient but that does seem pretty slow to me. Still, I suppose it would be better than gaining a pound a month as I'm doing now.
I'm not counting my exercise calories because I've been doing that work out schedule for a year and a half and I'm gaining, so I don't have much faith in it as a calorie burner.
Last edited on 13 August 2006 09:25 pm by Sylphide
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zenobia
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Posted: 13 August 2006 09:48 pm |
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"So if I take 15% of 1751, I get 262. That would allow me 1489 calories per day but I guess I would only lose about a half pound a week. If I don't go below the RMR I would be eating 1650 and that would be an even slower loss of about one pound per month. I don't think I'm terribly impatient but that does seem pretty slow to me. Still, I suppose it would be better than gaining a pound a month as I'm doing now. "
well, those are the numbers if you are sedentary. i would suggest factoring in your work outs as well. if you eat too little, you are not going to lose anything, become very frustrated, and be worse off than you are. i am struggling with this now and i wish that i hadn't cut m calories solow in the first place. trust me on this. even try to work out exactly how many calroies you burn by using the activity calculator. a number of people have said that those numbers worked out perfectly and lost wieght right on schedule.
i dunno, it's just a suggestion.
good luck to you!
zenobia
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Nir
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Posted: 13 August 2006 10:18 pm |
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Sylphide wrote: I factored [maintainance calories for] my goal weight of 125. After that I subtracted 500 calories because I hoped to lose one pound per week.
So if I take 15% of 1751, I get 262. That would allow me 1489 calories per day but I guess I would only lose about a half pound a week. If I don't go below the RMR I would be eating 1650 and that would be an even slower loss of about one pound per month. I don't think I'm terribly impatient but that does seem pretty slow to me.
1. the technique of looking at your 'how many calories would I need at my goal weight is a valid one, but you don't then subtract 500 from that...
2. the "don't eat below your RMR" rule actually applies to your unadjusted RMR (1269) - that is your absolute minimum. And the 15% is to be deducted not from your BMR, but from your RMR i.e. 0.85 x 1650 = 1403.
3. Eating 1403 is indeed a small deficit (1650 - 1403 = 247, or 1729 a week, 1/2 a pound a week, which I agree is slow progress) but given that your energy requirements are relatively low to begin with, you certainly don't want to scare your body into requiring even fewer calories. I would start off at 1403 and see that you are actually losing. If you're not losing, then I'd consider gradually/cautiously lowering it down to 1269.
[Incidentally, those low calorie figures are making me think about my mother. Now that she has turned 60, the doctor has advised her to gain a few pounds, as it turns out that at her age she is more likely to surive an unexpected trauma or unscheduled hospital stay if she is not stick-thin. Elderly thin people do worse than those with a few pounds of 'reserve'.]
One thing I'm reading about at the moment is the relatively advanced technique of Zig-Zagging. If 1403 doesn't work for you and you do chose to eat as little as 1269 a day, that represents a deficit of 23%. To avoid slowing your metabolism, you are then advised to eat your maintenance calories (1650) every 4th day. (3 days at 1269, 1 day at 1650, repeat.)
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Sylphide
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Posted: 13 August 2006 11:55 pm |
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I can't increase my exercise. I've found that any more than this exacerbates the arthritis in my hip joints. So I keep it at this 2 to 3 mile stage and that just burns about 150 calories on average.
So. It looks like the difference between the amount I can actually lose weight on without lowering my metabolism -- and the amount I might actually gain weight on -- is about the difference between a small and large banana. Meaning my measurments would have to be so accurate that I would have to carry a scale and measuring cups in my purse.
I think that's my enthusiasm slinking out the door.
Nevermind.
Last edited on 9 November 2006 09:53 pm by Sylphide
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sheltiemom
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Posted: 14 August 2006 07:57 pm |
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Don't let that enthusiasm slink out the door! That's always been one of my problems in the past--I jump out the door and then come to a dead stop. That's why we're here --to help you keep going. DON'T GIVE UP! Okay...this is me with a lock and a key....when your enthusiasm starts to slink out that door, I have the only lock and key and I won't let it out. lol
Seriously, I'm here to help however I can. God bless you and your efforts!
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Sylphide
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Posted: 14 August 2006 08:29 pm |
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 Thanks Sheltiemom! You're a great encourager.
I was ready to give up yesterday.
But this is a new day and I have my confidence back! Thank God I have a good doctor who was very pleased when I lost sixty pounds last year and who thinks 125 is a good goal for me. I remember my father's doctor telling him that he needed about ten extra pounds in case of illness -- but he was 6 feet tall, 138 lbs and 85 years old at the time. For my own age and set of problems, my doctor hopes I'll lose down to 125 so that my hip joints will have less stress. Years of ballet, with the forced turn out of the legs, has taken that toll on me.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 15 August 2006 01:37 pm |
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Monday:
coffee, milk, orange juice
apple, peanut butter on two slices whole wheat bread
ceasar salad & dressing, 1 1/2 cups penne, tomato sauce, mozzarella
about 1300 calories, just about right
Then:
large bowl sugar free ice cream and a banana
bringing total to around 1700 at least.
It's those bed time gorgings that are my ruin. Wish I'd never discovered the sugar free sweets. They are a new down fall. I've gone 20 months with no foods containing sugar, corn syrup or honey. Strict rule, not even birthday cake. Then I allowed myself to try this ice cream and it's awakened a sleeping monster. I think the sweet taste causes me to over eat even when the "sugar" is fake.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 15 August 2006 07:35 pm |
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Whopper for lunch. Ack.
I'm a natural for the zig-zagging technique that Nir has suggested. I've always tended to be good one day and bad the next. I think if I ate all my meals at home I would be fine but my family loves to eat out and that's when my choices get really bad.
Last edited on 9 November 2006 10:00 pm by Sylphide
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clarinetgurl
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Posted: 15 August 2006 08:16 pm |
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I know how tempting fast food can be, trust me (lol, my diary has the proof). When I eat out, I try to either not get a whole, or get the get the kids meal. I have heard that the kids meal is the portion size we actually need anyway. But, I do still slip up. Anyway, it was just a suggestion.
I'm glad your son is better!
Keep on keepin' on,
clarinetgurl
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Sylphide
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Posted: 16 August 2006 12:36 am |
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I've given this some thought and decided an online food diary isn't the best thing for me.
Keep up the good work everyone!
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Sylphide
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Posted: 5 November 2006 01:54 pm |
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Three months later and I'm back. What's changed? My weight. I was 154 in August and now I'm 167.
I guess I'm going to have to do something whether I want to or not -- otherwise I'll continue to gain four to five pounds per month and wiegh about 210 by this time next year.
I'm still working out six days a week and still not eating sugar but I think I know one big problem. Splenda! A few months ago I started allowing myself those ice-cream and pudding products that contain fake sugar and my weight has soared.
Trouble is I seem to be as addicted to it as I once was to sugar and I'm having a heck of a time giving it up.
maybe tomorrow.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 7 November 2006 02:04 am |
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I find that with my worst food vices, I often have to go cold turkey for a while. Not a pretty picture, but sometimes I can't control a certain food, and have found it's better not to touch it. Some foods I've been able to come back to occasionally, others it still better not to touch at all  
The other thing I've done, is to allow myself one or two "cheats"....I plan them into my food plan.....I don't feel any guilt having them.....and I get right back to strict on plan eating immediately! And I try to do the "cheat" for my last meal of the day, so the cravings don't hang around all day. I can then start new in the morning. If I let the "cheat" go on for more than one meal, I still have the cravings the next day, and have to battle them.
I also find that a sort of self hypnosis works for me.....I tell myself over and over again what I am going to do, i.e. "I am having apple crisp on Tuesday night, enjoy it, and I will be back on plan Wednesday morning." or "I will eat plenty of veggies, fruits, whole grains and lean meats....I am not eating the junk food that makes my body unhealthy" or one of my most recent ones "I can only eat Halloween candy on Halloween evening". I did leave my hands off all the candy at home and work, until the evening of Halloween. And I haven't had a piece since.
I know these things don't work for everyone. And there was a time when I don't think I could have done it either! But I've gotten to a place in my weight loss where it works for me, so I wanted to share
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Sylphide
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Posted: 7 November 2006 10:56 pm |
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Hi Hisgal. I totally agree with you that there are some things I should never touch. I haven't had a single thing containing sugar (or honey or cornsyrup etc,) for almost two years. I gave all that up as my 2005 New Year's resolution. I know that when it comes to cookies, candy or doughnuts, the more I eat the more I want.
I just didn't realize that thosesugar-free sweets made with splenda or other fake sugar would have the same effect. For me, the occasional treats don't work -- it would be like trying to have an occasional cigarette. I just can't do it.
Some nutritionists believe that sugar is addictive -- at least for some people -- and I think I'm one of them. The first year I gave up sugar, I lost sixty pounds. I think I would have kept it off if I hadn't started indulging in the fake sweets.
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Mountain Mike
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Posted: 7 November 2006 11:14 pm |
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Sylphide,
I don't know if you've checked out or read "Eat to Live" that is so often promoted here. If not, I'd suggest that you look into it. Even if you don't buy into his diet 100% you may pick up something that will help you lose weight and make you healthier. Just a thought.
Mike
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Hisgal
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Posted: 8 November 2006 01:58 am |
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Oh, to be one of those lucky ones who can eat whatever and never gain an ounce!
Or even to be one of those who just cut back a little on their portions and drop the pounds off!
Instead so many of us get to be one of those, who have to watch every calorie, and binge if we taste the good things
Here's to a lifetime of healthy eating and reaching our goals
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Sylphide
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Posted: 8 November 2006 04:30 pm |
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Thanks for the encouragement Hisgal!
Hi, Mountain Mike! I've been looking into the ETL diet per yoursuggestion. It sounds like a sure fire way to lose but I know from past experience that I can only eat a certain amount of raw veggies before my stomach rebels. I already eat three pieces of fruit per day and about two cups of steamed veggies with dinner. I love all that stuff. My son is a vegetarian so I plan lots of meatless meals.
Here's the "but". I know I need high quality protein: more than I can get from whole grains and beans. If I don't have a certain amount of fish or chicken I start to get tired and weak and I find myself eating too much of everything else in my body's effort to find energy. So I'm all for eating lots of fruit and veg (not too much salad) and I may cut back on dairy -- but fish will stay high on my diet plan.
When Dr. F talks about nutrient dense food he seems to be talking vitamins only. We also need minerals like calcium (more than we get from green veggies) and plenty of protein and some good quality fat. I think I have a pretty good idea of nutrition, after all I did lose sixty pounds and I didn't start to re-gain until the sugar-free junk got a grip on me.
Here's a favorite recipe that follows my favorite Cretan diet:
Tuna, one 6 oz can
Navy beans, 16oz can
Black olives sliced, small can
Red onion sliced, 3 T lemon juice, 4 T Olive oil, oregano
Toss together and chill. Delicious and nutritious.
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Posted: 9 November 2006 01:13 am |
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Wow Sylphide! No sugar at all! What about natural sugars that are in fruits? Did you abstain from that when you went sugar-less? I'm so jaded, and I think I'm pretty careful about my sugar intake, but honestly, for me it comes down to counting calories, and beyond that I don't get too picky. I definitely keep sweets to a minimum and mostly survive on chicken, veggies, fruit, and vogurt...but I don't think I could be disclipined enough to go completely sugarless!
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Sylphide
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Posted: 9 November 2006 02:26 pm |
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Oh Paperdoll, it sounds like you do much, much better than I. When I say "no sugar," I'm talking about the refined white and brown sugar, syrup etc. I've read how this stuff is made from the cane or beet and it is soooo processed that it's like a chemical when they're done with it.
Yes it's been almost two years since I've had any of that. I know it's my trigger food. Still, I eat pizza, burritos, cheeseburgers -- all things many dieters avoid. I just know that for me those things aren't a problem. For instance, I can easily stop after one slice of pizza and I always make a big salad on pizza night.
Natural sugar in fruit or milk I don't worry about, although I try to stay on the low glycemic index side of the fruit world -- apples are my favorite.
I've now made it two days without the fake sugar I've been having problems over. I'm going to Wal-mart later, where they have the most wonderful sugar-free (splenda) turtle ice-cream. Must be strong Must be strong Mustbestrong
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Posted: 9 November 2006 09:14 pm |
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Oh Sylphide good luck at Wal-mart! Maybe try a different treat rather than ice cream? I know the Wal-mart here carrys something called Silk Nog, and its basically soy egg nog without all the bad stuff in it. I think its 90 calories and 2 grams of fat per serving...and it is delish! I don't like regular egg nog, but this stuff is to DIE for! Also something that works for me when I'm having a sugar or sweets craving is anything from the Skinny Cow brand...they have ice cream sandwiches for about 150 calories and 3 grams of fat. Or Hagen-Daaz makes some wicked good frozen yogurt and sorbet. The mango sorbet is amazing, and the raspberry vanilla swirl frozen yogurt is awesome too. Both are about 160 calories and around 2 grams of fat per serving, and if you get it in the small size there is only 4 servings per container, so you really couldn't do any MAJOR diet damage with either choice. Good luck!
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Sylphide
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Posted: 9 November 2006 10:06 pm |
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| Thanks, Paperdoll, that Silknog sounds fantastic. I love just about everything in the dairycase.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 10 November 2006 02:04 pm |
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Reading the health news this morning i saw that The Harvard medical School's long term nurse's diet study has uncovered some interesting facts.
One thing they found was that the total amount of fat or protein had little effest on heart disease and some fats actually seemed to reduce the risk.
For example, vegetable fat consumption led to a REDUCED risk of heart disease while excessive refined carbohydrate consumption typical of a low-fat diet was the STRONG culprit in those who did develop heart problems. The researchers believe it was the high glycemic load of foods like refined sugars and carbohydrates consumed by the low-fat diet score group that quickly elevated their blood sugar levels and actually led to a DOUBLING of their risk of cardiovascular problems.
I read another study a few years ago that said refined sugar was far worse for the heart than fat. Looks like it was right. Actually pouring olive oil on your salad might make it healthier because it would lower the total glycemic index of the meal and put less strain on the heart.
This study also said that we all eat overly large portions but the skinny people in the study ate less meals. Hear hear! I have always thought the "You must eat breakfast!" thing was a myth.Last edited on 1 January 2007 12:54 pm by Sylphide
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Sylphide
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Posted: 12 November 2006 01:58 pm |
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I gained four pounds in ten days. So now I weigh 168.5 and just about six months ago I weighed 145. I'm still not eating any sweets and I'm still working out six days a week.
Yesterday I decided to shake it up a little and, instead of my in-home walking tape, I went outside and walked very rapidly for 30 minutes. Now the arthritis in my hips is so bad I can barely move. It was a good reminder for me that I can't do just any work-out. I'll stick with my Leslie Sansone tapes on the nice padded carpet. Anything else, even my old Richard Simmons tapes are too much for me now.
Doctors say, "Exercise" but they don't tell you that it will give you arthritis twenty years earlier than your parents.
Doctors say, "Quit smoking!" but they don't tell you that you'll gain 60 pounds.
Doctor's tell you to "Lose weight!" but they don't tell you how.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 13 November 2006 05:31 pm |
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Lost Sunday
milk 150
burrito large beef 700
salsa and chips 200
salad and chhese 100
cookies, sugar free 800
candy sugar free 400
milk 300
popcorn 200
Total 2850
This is how it is for me when I'm home alone and out of control.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 13 November 2006 05:38 pm |
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Tomorrow starts a new plan. For one month I vow to break old habits. Shake things up. Prove to myself that I am stronger than my desires.
I will:
Continue to not eat sugar.
Continue to exercise for at least 30 minutes 6 days per week.
Begin to eat more protein.
Begin to allow myself to experience hunger.
Begin to document all that I eat.
Begin to keep daily calories at 1800 or less.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 14 November 2006 02:04 pm |
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Here goes, day one. I will allow myself to become ravenously hungry. I will teach myself that there is nothing to fear in hunger.
Yes, it's drastic but it's only for a few days and it's sure to shake up old habits.
Starting weight: 167.5 pounds.
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Phoebe
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Posted: 14 November 2006 04:20 pm |
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Sylphide,
Good luck with the tuna & H2O, keep us posted.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 14 November 2006 09:38 pm |
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Thanks, Phoebe. I had actually Googled "water diet", looking for a diet I had seen on the cover of Women's World when I landed at this Dave Draper body builder's site. I thought to myself, "Well! He's inspiring."
So I'm really combining thee diets here; his tuna, the olive oil from the Shangri La diet and the water from WW which was basically just "drink a 10 oz glass before each meal."
Today so far:
Coffee, workout 45 minutes, I T olive oil at 11:00, water then and water before lunch at noon, which was, one can tuna. At 2:30, I T olive oil. ( 390 calories total so far) I'm hungry but not weak or dizzy.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 15 November 2006 01:20 pm |
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One day of the tuna water & diet was enough. It wasn't horrible during the day, but it was very hard to get to sleep on such an empty stomach and I had a slight headache . That's my excuse anyway.
The oil still seems worth trying for a few days -- just so I don't add the oil calories without cutting back somewhere else. The glass of water before meals can't do any harm so I'll definitely keep that up.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 20 December 2006 10:58 pm |
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Just bumping this up because I hope to try again after New Years.
Sorry for all the false starts and crazy days.
I'm going to take Nir's word for it that I need a minimum of 1403 calories per day and try to stick to that. Particularly the "3".
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Sylphide
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Posted: 1 January 2007 01:10 pm |
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January 1, 2007
Weight 172.5 lbs
Goal 125 lbs
No refined sugar, corn syrup, honey or imitation sugars, (diet soda the exception.)
Exercise 6 days per week (Sunday the exception.)
1403 calories per day.
It begins. 
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Sylphide
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Posted: 2 January 2007 02:54 pm |
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| Monday's food was exactly 1403 calories. Just what I'm supposed to have according to this site's calcuations. It seemed just right! Even though I'm doing my semi-annual big house cleaning, after taking down all the Christmas decorations -- plus my usual workout -- I still didn't feel weak or overly hungry. I also slept better than I had in weeks.
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Posted: 8 January 2007 09:35 pm |
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Trans fats:
Prematurely age the brain, up to 19 years.
Weaken the immune system.
Double the risk of Alzheimers.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 9 January 2007 02:37 pm |
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I'm having trouble getting motivated. Two years ago I gave up sugar. The first year I lost about sixty pounds the second year I gained about thirty.
So I thought, "Instead of starting right in with a third year of no sugar; I'll give myself a few days off and eat all the sweet things I've een missing."
All last week (except for my one diet day, mentioned here, I ate candy, cake, pie and donuts as well as lots of regular food. I actually lost a half pound. First time in a year that I lost weight. Probably my metabolism was stimulated.
The only thing I'm still doing right is exercising -- I like knowing that I haven't missed a day (except Sundays) in over two years.
Now my son has a bad cold and I'm expecting it to hit me soon.
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Posted: 11 January 2007 02:51 pm |
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Here it is January 11, 2007 and I'm still doing the end-of-year big pig out thing that I started on December 26th. In this increment of time I've had; pumpkin pie, mince pie, black forest cake, cheese cake, peanut butter cookies, ice cream, fudge, assorted candies, donuts, rasberry danish, gummy bears and three Heath Bars.
I must get a grip on myself.
Today -- No sweets. None, No more.
I'm still undecided about my diet plan for this year but this much I know is true:
Foods high in refined sugar make my heart race, encourage me to eat to excess, and increase risks of diabetes, cancer and heart disease.
No sugar today, sylphide!
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Sylphide
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Posted: 12 January 2007 01:09 am |
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So far no sugar today -- three healthy meals and just a few hours to bedtime.
I measured myself. I see I have a very bad hip to waist ratio.
Bust 42, waist 37-38, hips 45-46, 173 lbs
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Sylphide
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Posted: 12 January 2007 05:32 pm |
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Now I know why i was able to go to bed without a fattening bed time snack -- I was getting the flu!
Okay, I'll use this flu to break those bad habits that came in so strong. Right now I have no appetite at all. Yay! Lookin' on the bright side.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 14 January 2007 02:40 pm |
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I think I've averaged about 300 calories the last few days.
Because I have the flu. Yeah baby.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 14 January 2007 10:55 pm |
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| Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhwheezeuhhhhhhhhhwheezeuhhhhhh.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 16 January 2007 01:35 am |
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Sorry to hear the flu caught up with you
Hope you're feeling better soon
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Sylphide
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Posted: 16 January 2007 01:20 pm |
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Thanks, Hisgal!
I went to the doctor yesterday and, it turns out, the wheeze part of my moans meant pnemonia. So I'm on antibiotics for a while but feeling better already.
I hope you aren't freezing up there. My husband's 86 year-old father lives in St Paul and I worry about him this time of year.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 17 January 2007 10:16 pm |
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Ooooh, I had pneumonia once..........that stuff is wicked! I hope to never get it again. Take care of yourself and don't overdo it. Let your body and the drugs clear the lungs up before pushing yourself.
I has been cold. Brrrrrrrrr! This afternoon it is 25 degrees out, but yesterday at the same time, it was only 9 degrees above zero. It's the windchills that get me! I hope your father-in-law has good heat. There was a story on the news last night about an apt complex where the boiler went out last Thursday! Yikes!! And the landlord was doing nothing about getting it fixed until one of the news stations starting looking into the story. Some people!
Get well soon
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Sylphide
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Posted: 30 January 2007 02:24 am |
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Wents to a Tops meeting tonight. Not for me. It was all so random. No diet. Everyone was doing a different plan and for most people the "plan" wasn't much more than "no cookies this week." No one seemed to be losing more than a pound here and there and nothing consistant over time. I asked for the official book that (I've heard) contains an exchange diet. They were out of them.
I would like to belong to a support group but only if the rules and goals are specific. I don't have enough will power to just "make sensible choices." I must be able to say "These are the things I can eat" and "These are the things I can't eat."
I give up for a while.
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Sylphide
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Posted: 30 January 2007 02:56 pm |
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New day, new resolve.
I can get the better of this!
With God's help I can take control of the food I eat. Food does not jump into my mouth. These are my hands and I control what I pick up and eat.
I'm starting today and for the month of February I will weigh, measure and record every bite I eat. Yes, it takes time, but I will take the time. It's important. Most calories are on the label it shouldn't be hard.
I will not eat food containing refined sugar or high fructose corn syrup.
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Hisgal
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Posted: 31 January 2007 12:54 am |
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Sylphide,
Re-reading your diary reminds me of myself......I've been hanging around 160-165 since at least June of 2006. Over Christmas I indulged, and I put on 11.5 lbs in 9 days I got as high as 176.8 and am currently at 172. But, as much as I enjoyed those sweets.............I sure wish I was back at 160 again. It seems like it's coming off ever so slowly this time.
Hang in there........we can do this! I am being careful to not go below my unadjusted RMR, like Nir suggests. I am trying the zig-zagging method talked about in BFFM........doing three days at 15-25% below maintenance and then one day at or 5% above maintenance. It's suppose to be a sure-fire way to get those stubborn fat pounds off
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Posted: 31 January 2007 12:57 am |
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Today, in my spiral notebook of labourious detail, I recorded both calories and "exchanges." It was time consuming but after a few weeks I imagine I'll have most of my basic menus worked out. The reason for trying to keep to the diabetic exchange diet's recommended number of fruits, starches, proteins etc, is to ensure good nutrition and avoid an excess of carbs. Something I have a natural craving toward.
Totals for the day are 1420 calories, 6 proteins, 6 starches, 4 veg, 2 fruit, 6 fat, 2 milk.
Also worked out 45 minutes.
Made a dentist appt.
"The way to change is start -- and continue." Confucius
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