Posts by nealy123

Hi,  as far as I know decaf coffee usually still has very small amounts of caffiene.

I had to stop caffiene in my diet for a while and found that info on the net. I still have decaf coffee often and I never feel the effects of any caffiene that it may still contain.

I would say it has less caffiene than a hot cocoa. Try and go for the natural water decaffeinated coffee as it doesn't use any chemicals to remove the caffiene, only water. It's soo much better for you and not that much more cost wise.

Sorry to say, but it is probably the pill. If you are eating the proper amount of calories suggested by CC, and exercising, eating good foods- I think it's the pill.

My personal experience with birth control, it made me balloon, took months after going off it to lose the fat. It was mainly fat. Yuck!

Hormone birth control methods don't agree with everyone.

I have to say that I have killed myself in the gym by going hard at cardio, running, elliptical, body attck classes etc. I do also weight train, and pilates etc.

I find that I notice the most difference to my thigh fat- which is the bane of my existance- when I do really long walks with the kids in the pram, regularly. I walk at a fast steady pace but not to the point of not being able to get words out.

So I agree with chocomilk- not everyone responds the same. In fact, some people like me who have high cortisol levels and stress easily, can actually find high intensity exercises stress the body more which then in turn just raises cortisol levels higher making it virtually impossible to lose fat. Some people are more responsive to gentler exercises as walking does lower stress levels.

Thanks guys, I always thought that fluid retention was mainly on your stomach, but can it go all over your body? Like especially the thighs?

Honestly, if I were you, I would get off it. I have tried different pills over the last 8 years and not one has agreed with me. Yes, I gave them time to work but the side effects were terrible.

My hormones were so whacked that my emotions were all over the place and it also brought back some anxiety. It's just not worth it.

The hard thing is finding contraception that doesn't contain any hormones, it sux being a female sometimes!!!

But I definitely empathise, it feels horrible not being in control of yourself!

Good luck with your decision, only you know how you're body is being affected, try and listen to it, hang in there!!

Well, sorry to say this but YES. I went on Mirena which is the same hormone but much much smaller doses. My appetite didn't increase, but I put on 3kg in 3 months.

Nothing stopped me gaining weight. I cut calories and exercised like a mad woman to no avail. It went mostly to my thighs and I felt terrible.

I eventually got the thing removed and SLOWLY lost some weight. But since then, I have not had a regular period and it has messed up my hormones so much so that I am on a special cream to try balance them.

So yeah, some people are fine, others like me are not.

Just thought I'd mention that I had the same problem with losing weight and had my hormones tested. Turns out I have very low progestrone and high estrogen which makes it nearly impossible to lose weight. Infact you continue to put on weight. So maybe get some tests done to rule it out?

Mmmm, very interesting. Thanks for the opinions. Gwenyth went on to say she eats WHATEVER she wants and doesn't cut out any food. That's why she works out 2 hours a day, 6 days a week.

BUT, I do not believe that someone like her eats junk food etc. I just get so sick of all the contradictions when it comes to training.

I find that I do have trouble losing body fat, even when I'm training with weights (heavy as I can) 3 times weekly aswell as HIIT and lots of walks and cardio- the muscle builds underneath (I can feel it!) but it just makes me look bigger and kind of 'full' or bulky because the fat is sitting on top. And Yes, that's with a quite a calorie deficit.

I recently lost a couple of kilos from the flu (muscle but also fat) and have not regained anything back. So I thought I need to start lifting again to preserve my muscle mass but I am still so tired and low on energy. Will pilates help? I have a nasal infection now and alot of congestion on my chest so I have to take it real easy. I'm also undereating a little, because I'm not exercising yet and haven't quite regained my appetite.

By the way, I love the little conversations in this thread, it's great!!!

Hi,

Just wanted to thank you for your reply.

I do agree about trying to get back on track health-wise, I'm still quite fatigued and muscles feel weak.

I have been eating small amounts of healthy foods only when I'm hungry and trying to beat to scary feelings of my body just hoarding every morsel of food.

Thanks guys!

Congratulations!

I would love some more info on it!

Hey,

Pretty much all the food you described were of a high GI. You really need to balance it out with a protein or a low GI food.

Especially breakfast, make it porridge or muesli instead of cereal OR add an egg or two after your cereal. It makes a huge difference!

Sorry guys, I'm in the same boat, so I can't really offer much advice! But I am really keen on hearing some success stories!

 Tomatotamata, I have 2 kids and know what you mean about the stomach area. I have heard that dry skin brushing really helps tighten the skin as it gets the circulation going etc. I try and do it before my shower.

You need a natural bristle not too hard, not too soft. Start at the soles of your feet and sweep upwards, legs, back, stomach in circular motion clockwise, arms-fingers to shoulders then chest towards the heart.

They're in there, but as I said, it really isn't a great diet. I would not reccommend it.

liamgetg, please feel free to message me if you want more details.

Hi,

Yes, I bought this diet about a year ago.

Basically you eat 4 meals a day that consist of 'protein' foods and 'carb' foods ( you select from a list and the generator makes themn into meals). So for example:

Meal 1- cottage cheese and almonds

Meal 2- fish and salami pieces

meal 3- cheese and chicken

meal 4- prawns (or shrimp in American terms!) and cashews.

the meal combinations are weird and unsavoury! But it really is not maintainable. There's only so long you can follow it.

And yes, as soon as I stopped, I gained it all back and I was eating healthy.

I was hungry on this plan.

Honestly, don't bother, it's a waste of money, you can look up 'carb cycling' in google and it's basically the same principle.

Good luck  

Hi,

I do believe in moderating your carbs and think that low carb can be good.

My experiences with low carb are exactly what people warned me about. I could stand the crankiness and irritablility and did really well for the first few weeks-even though it was very hard.

My problem was that as soon as I introduced carbs back, the weight flew on and I think I actually put on mostly fat.

Now I did it slowly, and only ate LOW GI good healthy carbs in very small portions because I didn't want to put on a lot of water weight. I was also exercising ( weights and cardio).

So I put back any weight I lost within 2 weeks and it was pure fat. As I said, I did it the right way but obviously my body wasn't happy being so restricted.

So now I cycle my days and I think it is more effective for ME. I do 3 days low carb, 3 days low GI ( still keeping proteins up), and on the last day it is my 'cheat' day.

So that was my experience, I know people do lose weight on low carb but I don't feel it's maintainable.

Good luck!