Posts by melliott4

Every time I drink, I get bloated for several days and it seems to slow my metabolism but I have low blood sugar which means my body reacts poorly to processing alcohol. 

I always feel back to normal after two days with out a drink though.  Sorry, I'm no scientist; but that's my personal experience.

Thank you all for your tips this info has been very helpful.

You need to eat calorie dense food too so you can eat more of it.  Nuts are a healthy calorie dense food and so are avacados.  Of course if you start eating a lot you should be working out probably several times a day for up to 2 hours.  I would suggest weights Monday, Thursday, Friday and light jogging on Tuesday and Wednesday to remain lean while you are gaining.

You should visit the feature on here that tells you how much to eat to achieve your goal weight.

fruit and yogurt smoothy!

The banana sundaes sound really good too!

I like to freeze bananas that are ripe.  Slice them up and put them on a cookie sheet in the freezer for 2-3 hours.  Then blend one banana's worth 1 tbs of peanut butter and 1 tbs of chocolate syrup.  It should turn out thick and creamy like ice cream.  I tastes awesome!

It's true we have lots of good food in Texas, especially Tex-Mex. I have four kids, which you can see from my profile; and they are all below 9 years of age. I have lost at least 70 pounds since the birth of my twins but most of that was over the first year and a half after they were born. I lost about 40 to 60 pounds after having my first two kids as well. 

Anyway, I know what you are going through. It is hard to resist temptation. It seems that everyone's left over candy and cake ends up at my house because I have a big family and people think if they don't feed us the junk they don't want we will starve to death. I hate to waste and find myself eating food off my kids plates. Temptation is everywhere. You have to decide that you are too determined to be tempted.

A scale is good, but a tape measure can be an even better indicator of your success. Take your measurements around the hips, waist, and bust weekly.

I think the most important thing is to never give up and plan to make up for mistakes.  So you caved and had a midnight snack...see if you can delay breakfast for an extra hour or two.  Also, you may have total flop days from time to time that may take you a week to recover from.

As long as your goals are realistic -- and they sound like they are -- and as long as you keep at it, you should start seeing a difference soon.

Another thing I'd like to mention is that knowing your weaknesses is a huge step in the right direction.  I am hypoglycemic and thus sugar, alchol, and caffine really have major affects on me.  If diabetes runs in your family, you might consider that you may have blood sugar problems.

I find that frequent high protein meals help as does limiting the offenders listed above.

Knowing that you overeat when you're bored - - that's what I do too - - be prepared and keep your house full of fruits and veggies so when you recognize that it's boredom you can at least eat healthy low cal stuff.

Since I have started making the majority of my diet whole foods I've notice I can eat all day and still lose weight.  I love it because I can eat so much.