Posts by texmez

broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, goat cheese, avocados, olive oil, brazil nuts, walnuts, almonds, pecans, string beans, bell peppers, spring onions, nappa cabbage, fresh and frozen spinach, eggs, salmon, garlic, romaine lettuce, portobella mushrooms, whey isolate protein (unflavored, unsweetened), green tea, and SPICES BY THE TON.

Excessive calcium's not good for you, so be careful on intake.  It can cause stones, and can deposit itself in the arterial walls.

If you can log it, go ahead. 

In the case of restaurant binges, it's hard because you often don't have the calorie, sodium, or fat counts.  In that case, I'd just skip the logging, but put a note on the calendar "binged" so you know when you look at the bigger picture in the future. 

The next thing to do is just chalk it up, and move on to tomorrow.

Just skip the "quick fix" type stuff - you'll only gain the weight back with short cuts.  Do yourself a favor and simply concentrate on a good, clean diet and exercise with resistance training.

Assuming you'll still do this, it's around 2 tablespoons before each meal, and it's damned nasty to choke down.  The first day it won't bother you, but by day two your stomach will burn because....well, vinegar is an acid. 

It's not the way to go.

I totally agree with amethystgirl - having a goal is great, but most women don't leave themselves enough time to realistically meet their goals.

The realities:

• We fall off the wagon and eat foods we know we shouldn't, or foods that will hold us back from reaching our goals sooner.
• We have emotional moments like PMS or high stress levels that not even a Tibetan monk could resist eating.
• We get invited out to dinner by family, friends, or we're just too exhausted to cook.
• There are celebrations we can't weasel out of to protect our diets.
• We rationalize entire cheat days that set us back, and even if we don't do cheat days, we rationalize out a calorie laden dessert as, "I didn't have an entire cheat day, so one dessert couldn't hurt!"  Riiiiiight.
• PLATEAUS that never seem to end.
• We don't work out, or we don't change our workouts on a regular basis to challenge new muscle groups and burn more calories.

These things do jump up and bite us on the bit like a pit bull, and even the  most determined dieter has their limitations.  In my experience, it took me 11 months to lose 65 pounds, and that was damned hard work.  I was laid off, had the time, and worked out 2-3 times a day to achieve that. 

You can buy the dress, but be fully aware you might not fit into it until December....or maybe just in time for next spring.  You have your plans, and your body has ITS OWN PLANS...and the two don't often agree. 

You're drinking too much water - dizziness is a classic sign of water intoxication, which can be deadly.  Body cramps all over, a sensation of being choked, and pain in your chest - like a heart attack, will be your next signs you're in deep trouble.

What you need to do is get a couple of bottles of Gatorade in you over the next 24-48 hours, and always keep a spare or two in the house.  You must consume salt because you've diluted it out with too much water.  Also eat some spinach, bananas, and a little chicken as these will help to rebalance you. 

At this point, screw your diet and the scale results - your body's in trouble and screaming as loudly as possible at you something is very wrong.  A diet won't help you one bit if you die.

Eat slowly - nurse it because quick wolfing will make the situation much worse than it already is.  You've flushed too much salt, potassium, and magnesium out of your system.  A quick fix is to lick salt out of the palm of your hand and sip enough water to get it into your system.  Get someone to go to the store for you if you don't have these things in your house. 

Water is not a diet, but people tend to abuse it like it's another diet pill.  Water intoxication can lead to seizures, coma, and death.  It's NOTHING to be toyed with.

Apple shapes are usually a sign of imbalances in insulin and leptin - both aggravated by processed and bad carbs.  The more refined/processed carbs you eat, realize as soon as they're hitting your tongue, they're turning into sugar that's going to keep getting stored around your midsection.

If you want to lose weight, you should give up the breads, pastas, and a lot of otherwise healthy grains until you get the insulin and leptin back in check.  If you don't, the body will continue to store these as fat around the midsection. 

The consequence of not taking these out of your diet?  If you exercise, you're going to be a sugar burner, not a fat burner because you're loading your system with....foods that are sugary, or break down into sugar. 

It's totally up to you....no one force you to put down the bagel. 

Cravings come from blood sugar drops and spikes.  Control them, and you won't have a problem. 

Cut out excess sugar sources in fruits, veggies, junk food, sweet sauces, drinks, and varioius forms of table sugar. 

Do some research on the internet and find out how to control your blood sugar naturally.  There's plenty of good sources out there. 

B6 over 75 mg/day causes nerve damage....watch out.

Another poster in here is right - insulin resistance and leptin are both your enemy when it comes to PCOS, and when your weight comes down, both hormones should follow suit.  Don't run out and buy leptin products as the stomach breaks it down, so it's a waste of money.  It has to be taken through IV, and it's expensive - not to mention something you can't just pick up at the grocery store.

I don't have health insurance, so I had to learn how to deal with this problem with vitamins and diet.  I take fish oil, flax seed oil, chromium picolinate, b6 (don't take over 75 mg/day because it causes nerve damage), and folic acid. 

The biggest difference I had was with 600 mg/day of the chromium as it balanced my blood sugar, and I was able to take off 85 pounds.  I'm on my last 20 lbs right now, which means things will become more difficult as the body is programmed to hold onto that weight in case of famine. 

Don't be afraid of nuts, olive oil and avocados as studies have shown a diet rich in monunsaturated fats (MUFA's) help to reduce insulin resistance while at the same time, increase your HDL ("good cholesterol").  Cut back on fruit and sweet veggies like corn, yams, beets - and definitely switch from refined carbs to fibrous carbs.

When it comes to PCOS and weight loss, you've got to have more patience than Job - and just remember it will happen. 

High sugar anything will set off the craving mechanism.  Water won't necessarily flush out the sugar - you have to exercise to burn it up or it will deposit itself as fat.

Just control your blood sugar and you won't crave high sugar or natural sugar snacks.  The body sees all sugar the same - as an energy source that if not used, will get stored.

http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/articl e/0,28804,1626795_1627112_1626456 ,00.html

People might not worship "Biggest Loser" if they understood what really goes on.  If she was a decent trainer, she would have never agreed to support people on calorically deprived diets, excessive exercise, and laxative/dehydration style weight loss methods.

What she's a part of is one of the unhealthiest models I've ever seen....and people are idealizing this show.  It encourages major muscle loss in order to to win the competition. 

Ever notice how the news media used to show pictures of returning astronauts being carried from their crafts?  It's because they lost muscle mass in just a few days in space.  I'm surprised the contestants on that show have the strength to carry the check after they've won. 

White bread breaks down fast and spikes your insulin.  When that happens, it sets up your craving mechanism.  If you *got* to have it, then make sure you eat a protein with it to prevent/control the craving.

I agree with the first poster - the sodium's off the charts....like 1500 mg in one of those packets.  When you consider the RDA of sodium's 2400, you're already like 60%+ towards your entire day's ration in one little snack.  The more sodium you consume, the more your body uses calcium to process it....and if there's not enough calcium in your diet, it has to come from somewhere. 

You're not supposed to heat olive oil because it's not meant for high heat.  When you apply heat to olive oil, it changes into a trans fat.  I always cook with water, and if I want the olive oil, I add it when I'm taking the dish off the heat to avoid this problem.