Posts by luvnhawks

HIP!!!! HIP!!!!!! HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    So excited for you~~~~~~  I can't wait....  17 more lbs and I am there.  Positve news is so refreshing and uplifting.  Not to mention giving all of us a light at the end of the tunnel

who in the heck said I was waiting for a magic pill?   wow,  I didn't say I can't control it.  I said I battle with the addiction of craving it.   O and let me tell you that it isn't easy to admit that I am addicted to it.   It's called being honest and real.  I hope you do not live in a glass house.  Your response was wow,  try getting up on the other side of the bed . 

It is true,   people are so afraid of Atkins.    You will find criticism comes from people voicing their personal   opinion  not  true  knowledge   or expertise on the diet.  It is funny if you think about what we ate that put the 100 lbs. on us.  Some of us are on our death bed,  diabetes, high blood pressure,  clogged arteries.  We lived through that tragic lifestyle abuse.   And for years we kept up that eating abuse.   So if you go on a diet that tells you not to eat rice , pasta ,  sugar,  bread.  by all means relax.......  you will be fine.    Always get a routine blood test,  let your doctor know.  Atkins is never a good thing for thin athletes.  Atkins is for people who need to lose over 70lbs.   As you lose all your fat.  you need carbs for energy.  That is why Atkins adds more carbs the thinner you get.  But,  they teach you what carbs to eat and what carbs to never eat again.  With any diet that you lose weight on,  if you stop and go back to eating the way you did when you were fat.....  well if you always do what you have allways done,  you will always get what you have always gotten.   All diets work!   The trick is to pick which one you will closely follow for the rest of your life.    This is definitely a hot topic  I am a emotional binger,   so Atkins works very well for me.  I crave nothing I have no slip ups.  because, I am satisfied.  I am a cyclist and I did a 85 mile ride (hills and flats) on Atkins and I felt like a million bucks.  I was about a month into the diet.  My trainer that day said you have made me a believer.  I will never say another bad thing again about Atkins.  He saw me having no trouble with energy and my emotions and mood were happy and hyper.  Atkins is not for everyone,   but,  their are a lot of people it is a wonderful solution. 
 All diets teach you what makes you fat.  So if you stop Atkins or cc or anything else that was making you thin,  well you are going to put the weight on.  You are not going to get a different result trying your old food diet.    If you think about what ever diet food routine you have tried in the past,  when you stumbled and cheated and went off your routine,  you saw it quickly on the scale.   Blood tests , your complexion,  just plain how you feel will tell you if the routine is right for you.  Counting calories is a form of diet also.  you can sure screw that up just like any diet.  Not getting your proper nutrients, not eating enough calories. eating to many and still gaining.  Opinions are like as~holes we all have one.  Especially when it comes to what diet is right for someone else.

stwright I needed to hear that.  I have been so sad and frustrated.   Doing everything right and scale went up and down a pound for a week or two.  My mindset was becoming defeated.  It always helps to know that someone else experienced this and conquered it .  Tina

you know what though....  What sounds really similar to that statement,  is to let your body go after its stored fat for energy.  I have heard from so many doctors that if you eat to many calories or like other diets to many carbs, your body doesn't have to go after it's stored fat for fuel.  Maybe he meant that and he had a brain  ~f%rt~ and said multi vitamin. lol!!!!

I am not talking about her,  I am talking about the million other people on here sharing their comments that they cannot go the bathroom on their own.  She is not the only one sharing her story on here.   Ofcourse if someones bleeding,  I am not going to tell someone to take anything.    When you leave a comment on here it trails,  It doesn't put my comment in the middle of the threads.    And what I said in no shape or form did it imply for that person to not seek medical help,  If someone is bleeding from their rectum or anywhere else I would hope would have the intelligence to seek medical help.  I get so sick and tired of people taking things out of sorts on these threads.  We all share what works for us.  If everyone took your approach on such a vague comment of taking fiber,  these forums would never work.  We would all being walking on egg shells.  Many people have had the freedom to share different experiences and what worked for them,  I would hope that you can maybe start viewing these blogs/threads  as sharing not medical advice set in concrete. 

I have noticed that all calories are not created equally.  Meaning that there are some foods even though its 1200 calories I dont lose on.  Then I switch up the same 1200 calories with different foods and BAM!  I lose.  Some things have to much sodium, msg, maybe things that constipate you.  try different foods.  Some foods that dont agree with you.  Watch your drinks,  hidden sugars, sodium,  If I do artificial sweetners  they do not agree with me at all.  I wont lose when I drink them.

yes,  there is pool rehab.  But when you are having sI pain and disk trouble movement is movement, even in the water.  I havent tried a pain management yet though.  I am checking into that this week. 

I know ,  I can't tell you how comforting it is to know you are out there.  I wish you didn't have this trust me (back trouble) .  But I do know exactly what you are feeling to a "T".  I am driving 4 hrs from where I live to go see a Dr.  that thinks he can help me.   FINGERS CROSSED.  my appt. is in about three weeks.  they are calling me back to confirm.  My surgeon told me that there is nothing more he can do for me.  That the digeneration going on in my disks are not operative.  He walked out of the office and gave me no alternative.  I sat there and I could not move.  I cried so hard in the office that day.  I was thinking what just happened in here.  What does this mean for me.  What do I do with the pain.  Such a helpless lonely feeling that day.  No one could really understand what I was going through.

omg....  omomof funny... I am 37 and had the same surgery when I was 34,  I now have exactly the same further damage as you.  I got goose bumps when I read your post.  I am now sleeping in a recliner in my room.  I to cannot sleep in a bed or exercise sooooooooooo painful.  I have already taken to the water.  Be so careful.  I hurt myself so bad.  I was moving through the water and was kicking my legs swimming and when my leg kicked up this excruciating pain shot through my lower back.  I started screaming so bad under water.  It scared me so bad.  You will still feel pain in the water.  This has affected me mentally so bad lately.  I can't take the pain anymore.  I am so careful because when you move or do something that doesn't agree with you it hurts so bad.  I miss sleeping with no pain.  My email is luvnhawks@hotmail.com or you can respond to me on here.  I am here for you.  omg do I know what you are going through. I have never met anyone with the same exact diagnosis.  This has changed my life.  I have two beautiful boys.  I live in California.  If you ever need to talk I am here.   I have such compassion for people like us.  people do not understand what we go through.

Hi everyone!!

My name is Tina....  I had a 100 lbs, to lose and now I have lost 20 lbs since dec14 2008.  I have stalled in the last two days.  And then went up one pound,  Not sure why?   Eating very calorie measured food (yogurt, apples,  whole beans and such)  Let me tell you the stall and little gain messed with my gung ho attitude! Noticed I wanted to all of a sudden let down the fences of being dedicated to strict eating.  These are the times I wished I wouldn't have weighed.  But,  I guess it's all apart of the journey.  If it was a one way easy road there wouldn't be any people with over weight issues.  I didn't cheat though and that is a first for me!!! 

ok ,  phew...... big question.  First of all,    I mean are you  really going to talley up all those those numbers everyday.   This is what you do.  You figure out what your bmr is.  Then you enter it in the computer.  It will tell you how many calories to eat everyday.   Most will talley up your calories to lose 2 lbs. a week.  If you want a little more you can lower them a little.   The thing is the more you weigh,  and you clean up your nutrition and start moving everyday you will lose more then 2 lbs. a week.    I would not get to crazy clinical at the begining.   There is a place on here to look up your foods (calories)  spend some time looking up different things you like.  Write it down on a paper.  Then every night enter in your foods, it will talley up your calories for the day for you.   It will give you a grade by the foods you pick,  I do not pick anything under a grade of a "B"  You will actually be able to click on the foods and it will add it to your food log.   My A+ days includes=  small avocado in the morning,  2hrs later apple,  2hrs later yogurt,  2hrs later sm. avocado.  2hrs later bowl of whole beans.  The avocados are great for weight loss.  They are beautiful for the good fat  and loaded with vitamins.  I am stuffed after I eat one.  I sprinkle a little salt and eat it out with a spoon.  Everyday that I follow that day I lose 2 lbs a day.  I hope I didn't confuse you.  I am better on a phone or in person.  It's hard to keep my thought process going in the right direction while typing.  The big key is to pick a certain number of calories you want to eat,  then find all these foods to spread it out all day.  So your eating all day long.  But there little portions.  Your never hungry.... You will start eating less and less.  When I do that 3 meals a day business I could eat the back end off a car lol!!!!!  Tina

wow!!!!!!!!!!  you caught my eye   I am 5'8" and I need to lose 60lbs. I have already lost 20lbs.  I live in California.  My name is Tina,  I am 37.  I would love to here from you if you don't have a diet buddy yet.  Are goals are similar.   Thanks...