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| Weight Loss | The way water weight makes you LOOK | Sep 02 2007 21:00 (UTC) |
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Shmoopy: I wrote to the OP to cut out carbs during the problematic times of the month -- not quite Atkins but close...high protein high veggies maybe a little fruit, no breads. You'll be amazed at how good that works if you're responsive.
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| Weight Loss | The way water weight makes you LOOK | Sep 02 2007 20:57 (UTC) |
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Forget about all the naysayers on this group. I'm a biologist and work in the fertility industry (or did...just changed jobs). That water retention thing you get is very real. Best thing to do that I've found is to cut out carbs around TOTM, as well as low on salt. If you do that for a week you'll have less symptoms. Carbs need salt to be absorbed (sugars use sodium to help cross membranes) and lower carbs means lower salt you're retainng, so your water will go down from that. Works for me, anyway, when I've had the same problem.
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| Weight Loss | Exercise considered harmful for weight loss (kidding, but read on...) | Sep 02 2007 20:46 (UTC) |
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I've noticed this with myself too. Was out on my bike 3 hours on a road today (about 40 miles all told) and will weigh more. I'm a biologist, so let me try to address this -- First, water retention. As you exercise, your blood moves into your muscles with greater volume and that will stay for hours after you finish. You will "retain water" because you have more volume open in your body to hold it. That's why I tank up on water before I go on a ride, so I'm not thirsty in the first hour as my blood starts to move int the peripheries. Second, the microinjuries that you inflict on your muscles (we all do) will also have retrained water over the interim and slowly lose as your muscles move back to normal. Just my impression. Never mind the fact that our digestive systems slow down w/exercise and we retain bulk as someone else said up there...
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| Health & Support | Bariatric Surgery | Aug 31 2007 20:07 (UTC) |
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I have been considering the lap-band procedure, but I'm really fighting against it. I have lost 100lbs using Medifast, and now after plateauing on that and deciding to watch my calories for a while, I came here. I'm able to see where all my calories go, which is good. Before I came here, from my own calculations I found that I eat around 2000 calories a day on a less expansive day, and my weight doesn't change much. With this tool it's a little easier to track. I need to lose about 180lbs to be truly healthy at this point. Lap band might be the right thing. I've known several people who have died or have gotten very ill (outside of normal "ill") from gastric bypass. While the people I know who have had GB and are OK far outnumber those poor people, I still find all bariatric surgery a cause for concern. Thus, I haven't had it yet.
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