I weighed in on Thursday. I have lost 2.2 pounds in eight days!

Zimmeh

Keto
 

I wanted to share three videos by Eric Berg that gave me
valuable information to support my health.


Body Type l What Is My Shape l How to Find Your Body Type


What to Eat for Your Body Type?


How to Exercise for Your Body Type

So, hope this helps and did help me a great deal. As a stressed-out
Newyorrican, and later learned adrenal type, daily runner, and intense
work more than 6 days a week...yes, what can I say...I've reduced my
running to every other day, and since returning from last month on my
island, am down to 4 mi on those days. The other days I am yes, walking,
hiking, enjoying the beauty of this place, breathing, stretching, swimming
and encouraging myself not to think less of myself because I'm not
struggling through exercise, or anything else for that matter. In other
words, the war is over in my life.

I began looking at this way back in 2010 after my disastrous
NYC Marathon attempt.
I failed big time, but was directed to these videos, and
well, the rest is history. And yes, I do this now as a vegan.
So, for more information visit Dr. Eric Berg's Youtube channel.
There are success videos also that will bring tears to your eyes.

May this support you as well.

Greco

Dr. Eric Berg's story and how to fix adrenal body type
 

How To Fix Your Adrenal Body Type

And Dr. Eric Berg's story

last one...Youtube has them all

Greco

Healthy Weight loss on Keto
 

Before and After Photos. I Was SO Fat!


How To Get Started on the Ketogenic Diet


Hardest Part of the Keto Diet


I'm sharing these videos because Keto helped me
and continues to support, my as of 2010, new
lifestyle of health, and endurance.

There are some of you who will be helped by
keto, of course if you wish to begin it, especially
now with the holidays coming on.

Casey talks about listening to her body. Listening
to my body has made all the difference, and also
researching how to do this as a vegan which is
definitely doable. For protein I have Spirulina,
Wheatgrass in my green smoothies.
Casey, Go Keto with Casey
is her Youtube channel, and Dr. Eric Berg also
has a Youtube channel full of information for
every step of the way.

All the Best, Greco

Losing weight...lose stress
 

How to Burn the Most Fat


Exercise Fat-burning Formula - REVEALED!!!

For me sleep, rest after running and other
workouts, and most importantly un-stressing
has made the most difference. For those of
you who are exercising...recovery is the most
important part...it was hard for me to believe
but, for me it is true.

For protein I have Spirulina,
Wheatgrass, and green leafy veggies
in my green smoothies.

to your health, Greco

I've just spotted an interesting article on the Science Daily website (a site I'd heartily recommend to anyone interested in getting and maintaining an overview in where we are now on the sciences) regarding what's happening when we gain too much weight and why it's so hard to lose. And why just because I might not LOOK too bad, shape-wise, doesn't mean to say that I am free of potentially serious weight-related problems.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0112132941.htm

This has re-inviograted my desire to do better with exercise and stop my recent minor spate of comfort over-eating NOW!

One of my goals for 2018 is to lose weight and I'm off to a good start, so far I've lost 8lbs.

This month though I'm aiming for a lower daily carb intake, resolved to make better choices about what type of carbs I eat, I'm not gong to try to put my body into a state of Ketosis, drastically reduce my carbs or anything like that. As long as what I'm doing is working I'm sticking with it. When it stops working then I'll look at making changes. This month I do have a goal to get more exercise in though. Anyhow it just feels really good to have closed out January with weight loss rather weight gain or even just weight maintenance. Hopefully I can keep this trend up in February. Even though I only lost a little bit of weight last month I didn't feel deprived, experience true hunger or struggle with cravings. I hope that proves to be the case this month.

Still plugging away at it. Between February and March I lost another 10lbs. I didn't realize it until today because my weigh ins have been sporadic. Yesterday though I noticed my jeans felt a little loose. This morning I kept having to pull my pajama bottoms up while working around the apartment. So I did a weigh in. It's not a tremendous amount of weight loss but the journey of a thousand miles has to start someplace right? I just keep telling myself as long as I'm losing, not gaining, I'll count it as a success.

Check In
 

For those who are dieting how's everyone doing with their weightloss/fitness goals?

I'm down 9 pounds in the last 10 days.
Yes, that's a lot but I always lose a lot of weight the first week I recommit to meatless eating and more exercise.
Back on my plan and focused as fuck.
Feeling good. :rrose:

Congratulations............:hangloose:

Congrats on that dedication, girlie!! xoxo

I spoke.to a wonderful couple.while visiting Asheville..They.strongly recommend the Keto diet. I thought it was a new thing but I just read that Greco (hi Greco!) has.been doing keto for years.

I've bought a book and I'm reading stuff online
Dr.Berg was specifically mentioned by the couple as an excellent source of info.

Ive.been doing more workouts, walking more and my job is physical. But I'm not losing weight. So I'm hoping keto will help me. I will touch base as time goes by.

So glad to have all of.yall for support :)

keto
 

cinnamongrrl,

All the best to you on your keto journey if you embark on it.
Yes, Dr. Eric Berg's videos on youtube I found to be the most
informative with detailed resources.

I've adapted his keto information to my veganism, and have
found that it works very well for me, after doing a lot of research
on plant protein sources, etc.

Have fun with it, your going to feel so great!

Greco

Keto Vegan
 

The Best Way for a VEGAN to Lose Belly Fat

Adding to videos I've posted by
Dr. Eric Berg. And for veggies or vegans that
are interested in doing a keto lifestyle.

I will add that B12 supplementation I also
include regardless of possible rise in
insulin, though my experience has been
that it doesn't rise enough to get me out
of ketosis.

How's that for a run-on sentence...smiling.

Greco

No weight loss so far but I've been eating like there's going to be a famine so it's a wonder I haven't gained any back. It's probably because I still have so much weight to lose. Still doesn't mean I can't make more of an effort the rest of this month.

WPB
 

500 lbs of Weight Loss On a Plant Based Diet - The LaJaunie Family Interview

Poignant.

Greco

Science articles on carbs, protein types, milk and probiotics
 

Interesting snippet from Science Daily regarding the amount of carbohydrates and the type of proteins we ingest in our diets compared to lifespan expectation:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0817093812.htm

Also on that site, a correlation between milk use at breakfast and lowered blood sugar, which may be useful for treating Type 2 diabetes: https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0820085243.htm

and finally, why using probiotics constantly is bad for you: https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0806095213.htm

I'd add that globally dairy farming (like meat production) is ecologically
a very bad thing (said the milk and cheese-loving horticulturist-in-training), so those of us without diabetes shouldn't go increasing our milk consumption on the basis of the above!

Thanks so much for this video Greco. I sent it to my mother because in our private talks about my switching to an Plant Based Diet, she often asks me how I meet the bodily need for protein because she's got her own ideas about consuming Dairy products and Animal (meat) products or anything that converts into sugar in the blood stream.

My own brothers, all three of them, are diabetics. They don't get how the food choices they've practiced for years has led them toward an diabetic trajectory. And because all three siblings in the video speak about their own experience, it carries lots of weight in helping others to see how important it is when trying to understand the impact of traditional food choices vs the great benefits of consuming food from an Plant Based Food diet.

I didn't switch to an Plant Based Diet for weight loss, although weight loss was an natural consequence of ridding my diet of Dairy and Meat (animal products). At my special medical appt, last Friday, when the nurse recorded my weight, I was so surprised to learn that since March of this year, I've lost nearly 63 pounds. That's roughly an ten pound weight loss each month since early March. I switched to an Plant Based Diet so I wouldn't become Diabetic. Weight loss, as an result of this radical change in foods I consume, was never an objective.

Thanks muchly for the video. I think it will help my mom and all three of my brothers to see the benefits of not consuming Dairy or Meat (animal products), as conveyed by the three siblings featured in the video you posted, Greco.

--K. (f)

I have officially lost 13 pounds since I joined LA Fitness!

Zimmeh

I promised after I did my main grocery shopping I'd start working on my resolution to only eat meals prepared at home or my with my sons in their homes. Items from the deli section okay but only items to use to make meals not already prepared items. For example deli meats and sliced cheese to take home to make sandwiches with okay. Orange Chicken, jalapeno poppers, corn dogs, Mozzarella sticks and so on in the heater case not okay. I realize there is a lot of food available in stores that is far less healthy than foods served at some restaurants but for me right now it's more about getting in the habit of preparing meals for myself and saving money. I get so much more food, more filling foods and in general healthier food when I don't cave and hit the drive-thru, or just order pizza because it's so much less hassle. Anyhow the month is almost over, I'm surprised how hard it's been. I didn't realize I'd gotten in such a habit of easy food, and one so difficult to break. Since I didn't do my shopping until around the middle of the month I've only been at it for a little over two weeks, but already I'm noticing a difference. I'm eating a lot more, but I'm losing weight more quickly so win win. Plus I just feel a lot better. I need more strips so I can see what if any effect it's having on my blood sugar.

Planning my relapse...

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Big shock! Though I've been losing weight I had to go to the ER because my blood sugar was crazy high. Now I'm changing how I eat because I don't want to wind up on insulin or worse needing dialysis. I'd rather be fat and have good numbers than thin and in poor health. I used to work as a dialysis tech. Though I worked at a really great private clinic, still I wouldn't want to wind up a patient, doing that three times a week. Not unless I absolutely had to. Some people have no choice, but I'm not one of them. In my case it would be inexcusable. Anyhow last night J bought me some healthy snacks and my son said he'd come over tomorrow to take me shopping for some better food choices. Today I spent part of the morning going through the cupboards/fridge and getting rid of stuff. Later J came over and surprised me with a frozen, cauliflower crust pizza. I had my doubts - but it's so good! The best part was I only had the suggested serving size and it completely filled me up, which never happens with regular pizza, and only 230 calories too which is not bad at all. This was really great, her surprising me. As I was cleaning out the kitchen earlier I was determined but mourning the loss off all the fun stuff. She remembered me saying I would miss pizza the other night, then went searching for a healthier option for me today on her lunch hour. It was so thoughtful of her to do that, it really touched me. Oh and even better she bought me a two pack. :)

I've recently had an Epic Fail on the trying to lose weight front, after weeks of feeling demotivated whilst on summer break from my degree course. Have been exercising only irregularly and not enough - and have had several relapses of eating too much sweet stuff.

However, I know how to exercise properly, and the solution to the sweet stuff thing is to simply go back to not buying the things that tend to make me go off the rails, so that policy restarts today! (I need to go shopping for a few basics today). And I'm working on slowly ramping up my exercise to a sensible level again. Sigh.. it's gotta be done though!

As regular readers here will know, I tend to keep up with science news across a range of sciences, and I've spotted the following that may be of interest.

First up - why having "cheat days" off a keto diet may be a very bad idea: https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0327112657.htm

Secondly, plant-based diets and choline levels: https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0829184143.htm

There was a fairly recent article I read which unfortunately I can't seem to find again, but Firesignfemme's post above brought to mind, regarding the foods we eat and what makes us feel full. It isn't just about bulk. From my admittedly not great memory, the article I can't find at the moment was saying that a lot of the high-calorie naughties that we like to consume actually affect our feeling of fullness chemically so that we don't feel as full as quickly as we would eating a similar volume of other stuff.

One thing I noted with myself over the years as food became cheaper and more easily available is that I seemed to develop a tendency to eat larger portions of favoured foodstuffs more rapidly - and yet enjoy the experience less than when whatever it was was less readily available and in smaller portions. Recently, I've taken to eating strawberry mousse (I buy packs of six most weeks to eat as dessert) with a chopstick rather than with a spoon. By spoon, it's all gone in seconds in about 3-4 spoonfuls. Via chopstick, well, I can still get through it fairly quickly, though not as quickly as with a spoon, but tend to instead find myself savouring the taste of each little blob I eat off the chopstick and enjoying each pot of mousse far more than if I just spoon it down quickly.

Hmm.. that's just given me an idea about next time I fancy some savoury nibbles - I'm thinking small cheese squares I can spear with a chopstick, and pickle-coated crackers cut up so I can pick them up with chopsticks! :-)

For those of you not so familiar with the sciences, please note that articles like the ones I've linked to above should be regarded as signposts to things worth looking into further, NOT as infallible guides to what to do improve your personal situation. Because humans are extremely complex biochemically and vary biochemically way more than most people realise (both between individuals and over time), what works fine for one person might be downright dangerous for another. So, for instance, the article on choline doesn't mean that vegetarian or vegan diets are inherently unhealthy - just that they can't so easily provide a healthy level of choline, so folk shifting toward such a diet (like me) need to be aware of that, particularly if they are picky eaters who will only eat a small range of veggies (again, like me!).

As ever, please check with your own doctor or bariatrician before doing anything too drastic with your diet or exercise regimen, and checking the website of your national health service for advice is seldom a bad idea, as is the adage of changing your diet and exercise regimen bit by bit over a reasonable period rather than drastic sudden change. And never forget that authors of weight-loss books are in it for the money and what they say may not be founded on good science and may be dangerous!

The relevant bit of the National Health Service website (UK national healthcare provider) website can be found here: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/ and the US equivalent can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/index.html

Confirmed - we really do need to eat less and maintain our levels of exercise as we get older: https://www.sciencedaily.com/release...0909193211.htm

Weight loss
 

I have lose between 15-20 lbs since the spring. Some because I am not a big eater and I stop eating after lunch. I think mostly because of my surgery in late August. Seriously, who can eat on all those pain medications.

I hope that I can keep this up but because of all the meds I am not sure.

Congratulations! :thumbsup:

:cheer::happyjump::cheerleader:

Great job Mopsie.......:hangloose:

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Thanks for celebrating with me - it's no fun celebrating alone! :)

Whoop! Go you! That is awesome- congratulations on all of that hard work paying off!