Posts by the_dragon

Great :-( mind you Dr Dragon (aka OH) might be phoning the help line tomorrow so will double check on there with them *sigh*

Thanks for getting back to me though

Original Post by meleba:

I thought it would be cool if a bunch of people filled out this survey I wrote, and then we could look for people with the same answers: taste twins. Just for fun, ;) Here's the survey:

Favorite breakfast: Oats, dried fruit and milk

Favorite fruit/veggie: hmm pretty much all of them except okra

Favorite sweet: none

Favorite source of protein: Quorn

Favorite carb: potato

Favorite fat: butter if I had to pick, but use very little fat

Favorite "diet" food: Quorn, don't tend to eat diet food

Favorite drink: water

Favorite overall food: Jacket potato topped with coleslaw, served with salad

Food you hate most: okra

Hmmm - maybe not the all singing all dancing help they suggested then!

SW - 321 lb

LW - 300 lb

CW - 296.5 lb

GW - 150 lb

okay stats for me

SW 321

CW 300.5

GW 150

Okay not going anywhere is good , I haven't been around much this weekend as our local pub has had a real ale festival (Mark [OH] has been really happy!), at the moment my weight it back up but I think this is a temporary "blip" due to too much salt and too many hard ciders!

Original Post by elizajk:

Hi the_dragon~ i too have just come off of steroids and am working my way off of cellcept. I have pemphigus folliacious. I was bed ridden and taking 125 mgs of prednisone a day. I know how you feel when you just can't do anything about it and all you can do is see it pile on. I am a firm believer in eating the calories you need to get to your goal. You have to eat to lose.... that sounds funny i know. The best thing to do is eat 6 times a day. Now that i am back to work, people are always telling me that i am always eating, but I am losing the weight. Finally even the moon face, i actually have cheek bones again. I do eat all day, but i eat about 150 to 200 calories each time i eat. I am always full because i eat lots of fruit and veggies. for snacks i keep lightly salted rice cakes and peanut butter in my drawer. Soy crisps are another snack i always keep. You have got to eat your caloric requirements. if you don't your body will continue to hold onto what you have gained because it thinks it needs it. It goes into a defensive starvation mode and besides, coming off of steroids, you need your fill of good foods. Don't forget your health as you try to lose the weight your nutrional needs such as your daily vitamins need to be met. I still can't take any over the counter vitamins, so i have to make sure that i am getting all of my nutrional need thru food. Just make sure you are doing this and you will meet your needs. Sorry for the long response. If you need to talk, I've been there!

Flip I thought I was taking a lot with 30mg a day!

Snacks (healthy variety) are a good call, I have started eating at least one apple a day and a small amount of cheese (I cannot eat peanut butter as I am fatally allergic to peanuts and tree nuts), also I need to make sure I have enough calcium as I tend to drink water or fruit tea during the day so having an ounce of cheese makes sure I have some calcium a day.

I cannot seem to eat all the kcals that Calorie Count wants me to, but I am eating more than I was AND I am getting over a thousand a day which for me is excellent!

Original Post by pepperminty:

Hi the_dragon:

I feel your pain! I'm on long term steriods for lupus. They are a great medicine but wow can they make you fat, among a lot of other problems too. I've been as high as 30 mg a day, I've tapered down to 7.5mg a day currently. I'm also hypothyroid so that doesn't help! How much prednisone are you on?

I'm 5'9", weight 238, my ideal weight with my bone structure is 165. So, I don't need to lose half the body weight but 73 pounds, which is pretty close!

You can do it! :)

Ooh pepperminty, that is bad news - my steroids I am on 30mg BUT I only need to take them if the pain is really bad (about 4 days out of 7! for instance today I need to take them because I was out and about yesterday - but Mark [OH] has been forcing fruit tea and water down me! which should help)

Good luck on the 70 pounds!

Original Post by indiwarrior:

I'm close dragon, so I'll join if you'll have me!

I started at 301 pounds and am wanting to get to 170, I'm 6'0" tall... that's almost half!!

Hi indiwarrior, at least you have the advantage of height over me - I'm 5' 6.5" and my top weight was 321 pounds (boy did I almost pass out at the docs when I was told THAT figure), Calorie Count really does seem the way to go as I am now down to 301.5 and counting!

Here's hoping we can succeed this time - I certainly am planning on doing so!

Thanks sweet_freak - it was when I started counting my kcals on here that I realised how few I was eating!! (mind you the docs kept telling me to cut down my food - and I did as I was told!)

I hope you manage to succeed soon!

Thanks folks

I used to know Oxfordshire well (well at least Oxford!), I went there for Uni - hubby went to Cambridge (shall we say I enjoyed the boat race this year and he didn't LOL)

No problem with adding me as a friend (having more people than OH checking up on me will be good LOL) - hmm got to try and shift a reasonable amount before a week on Saturday - we are going out for our mutual birthday meals (okay early March for me and early April for him!) and we are going for a Chinese meal - wish us luck

I'm here in Cambridge, UK - I was following a diet through a club that was costing me a fortune and I wasn't losing any weight!  My hubby started following this (as he couldn't get to the club with me) and has lost a stone (14 pounds) so I thought I would give it a go and it seems to be working so far!

So off to start filling out today's diary LOL

The Dragon