whooohooooo I am now between a size 10 and a 12 !!!! Twelve a little big, but 10 a little too small ! :hangloose:

I'm 8lbs down this month. Still chugging along!

I have been on track this week! I haven't been eating all of my points. Some nights I have like 10-13 left (I only have 32). I know that's bad. I am taking topamax for migraines and it has totally suppressed my appetite. I am trying to eat more of my points so it doesnt bite me in the ass later.

I didn't gain any weight on my cruise, yay!

Working on getting more active and running more! It's so dang hot here!!

Here's to health!

:-)

Today I went to the back doctor for a follow up on my back injection,he said I was doing great and to keep on doing what im doing.But..his scale said I weigh 264,double to the hell no I dont.I weighed this morning on my scale it was set right cause I used a 5 pound weight to test it,I weighed 250,besides I was wearing pants I cant get into weighing 264.He even admited to it being a fue pounds off.

Congratulations on the weight loss!! I start a new shift at work on August. 13th and I'm going to like it :) No more ten hour days and I'll he working third shift so I can walk around this gorgeous hotel in peace :)

Zimmeh

Down -2.4 this week. Yay! I am so glad I'm back on WW and working the program. It really does work!

Here's to a good week!

Hugs

I know I feel completely different when I adhere to these simple principles
 

Hello and Good Day to all the Healthies here! Or Good Night depending where you might be...

As I formulate a decent thesis statement I am going thru some of the basics of what goes into figuring out the mysteries of our bodies, our cravings, our legacies...

Leptin Reset Easy Start Guide
How to start the Leptin Reset and regain Leptin Sensitivity


Step One: Are You Leptin Resistant?

The Leptin Rx…FAQs

Overweight, large appetite and craving carbs are signs you’re Leptin Resistant.
If you are fit and in decent shape, then your reverse T3 will be elevated, also indicating you’re Leptin Resistant

Step Two: Follow a strict Paleolithic diet
For best results follow the diets outlined in The Paleo Solution: The Original Human Diet by Robb Wolf
or The Primal Blueprint by Mark Sisson

Step Three: Eat within 30 minutes of rising
Make sure breakfast is little to no carbs (less that 50 grams)
LOTS of protein (50-75 grams)
Overweight: limit carbs to 25 grams
Fit: less than 30 carbs
DO NOT count calories

Step Four: How to eat/use your fuel (most important)
NO SNACKING! Snacking destroys timing and circadian clocks that work in unison with Leptin
Most will notice a change in cravings within 4-6 weeks
Eat 3 meals a day initially (as your hunger and cravings fade you can adapt to 2 a day)

Other DOs and DON’Ts

Do not work out before or after breakfast (if you must work out do it after 5pm) which is when I always had my advanced ballet classes, back to back... and guess what, my body loved that timing!

Do allow 4-5 hours between dinner and bedtime

Trouble sleeping? Do 3-5 minutes of body weight exercises (i.e. pushups or squats)

Signs it’s working:

Change in your sweating pattern

Energy levels will rise

Hunger and cravings will become less and eventually disappear

When you awaken you will feel refreshed and well rested


Men: quicker weight loss

Women: Mood changes (calmer/sleepy), then sleep will improve. Clothes will fit differently and weight loss will occur if you continue the program



*Note: When all signs are present, I recommend exercise with heavy weights

Food Sources:

For breakfast: Pastured/organic eggs; grass fed meat, poultry and fish; protein shakes (less ideal)

Cooking oils when using carbs: (liberal amounts) butter, heavy cream, coconut oil, or palm oil.

Avoid nut or seed oils in initial stages.




http://jackkruse.com/easy-start-guide/

Living an Optimized Life...
 

http://jackkruse.com/easy-start-guide/

I have spoken about this doctor a lot over the years. And in honour of the Ancestral Health Symposium that is going on up in Boston AND the research paper I am writing, I thought a reminder of some of what I have gleaned along this road less traveled might help those of us interested in what our bodies are designed to do, genetically speaking, evolutionarily speaking, to what we have adapted to over the centuries.

We simply were not designed to sit so many hours in front of some screen, electronics flashing lights and throwing off our circadian rhythms, sleep deprived, sugar and grain fed... couple of hundred years ago, only the King and those around him got to eat sugar and white flour the way we do today. It takes a really long time to genetically change. My premise in my research is coming to some scientific evidence of what I know works, what makes my body run better, clears my mind and gives me energy... a clean feeling.

One would think that vegan diet would do that, which I have honestly tried. The carb cravings were incessant and down right debilitating for me anyways. Now to experiment with more subjects than just me!

sometimes ya gotta do what cha gotta do, even if it sucks green monkey dicks!
 

prednisone is some evil ass medication, though it also has huge benefits

Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers, and your family, as those around you get to enjoy some of those wonderful side effects

My patients would have some of the many side effects, especially in the dead of the night. Alas I did not realize just how awful those side effects were until I had to be on some of those powerful meds. My doctor gave me valium to ensure that the side effects would not be quite as severe. They still were quite life altering. I loved my job dearly and those dang meds led to a cascade of behavioural changes. I take complete resposibility for what I did at that time. Thru adversity and pain we can and do learn so much we never would have otherwise. Still sucked, big time.

sad but true

definitely have to be cruel to be kind somedays, no?

and it is also true that kindness can be the cruelest thing of all, what I like to call modley coddling sort of drivel that people with the bestest intentions ever. end up enabling and codifying the problem - only post pone the inevitable and making things much worse often times. Sort of like taking out a splinter, faster is better...

but I so digress ~

You will soon feel much much better and appreciate your body's wisdom. We are walking talking miracles, no doubt about it!

My heart goes out to you, hon. Take care, I know you always do. Eventually, I pray, we all do, no?

Glad you are back in the proverbial saddle! Back on track is a good thing.

I finally detoxed from the pack of stale graham crackers that I ate over a month ago!

I can't believe how long it took this time for the craving for sweets to go away. I knew I couldn't touch cookies/pies/cakes, etc. but I honestly thought Grammies would not be a trigger for me:

Wrong!

I walked by the sweets at Starbucks today and scoffed at them. A couple of weeks ago, my Pavlovian response would have been in full force.

In other news, I dropped 5 pounds in a week. Nothing like, oh never mind.

I shall keep going on my weight loss journey because I must. Looking for 10-15 more.

Hang in there fellow healthies:)

This thread has not been very busy lately!

It must be because everyone is so busy being healthy, right? Perhaps just dealing with real life!

I have lost 7-pounds. I am building up my endurance again. I really can't believe how deconditioned I got during my recovery from 2 major surgeries, plus other wonderful medical things!

I have been doing stairs again, 2-3 times a day, 4-5 floors and each flight has 24 steps. The first couple of times, I was so out of breath and my thighs were shaking (not in the having fun kind of way, if you catch my drift, ahem...) but it has gotten much easier.

I am sticking to 1200-1400 calories a day, which is what I have to do to lose.

Biggest thing: I have total control again and no cravings. When I go off the eating wagon, I forget that it is totally a mental thing, that control over eating.

When I have lost control in the past, I begin to feel like a failure and it spirals downward from there.

I just have to stay in this good headspace right now. I could so easily slip.

I hope everyone else is hanging in there:)

Bravo Anya! It's good to see you back on track. :)

I'm making progress, slow and steady....and I'm good with that.

I'm at the monthly high point of weight (when will that end?????) due to hormones and water weight...and still weighed in this morning at 196. That's my high number these days, so a big improvement over my struggle to break the 200 mark.

Hope you're all having a great weekend so far! :rrose:

I have been on track again all week! I had negative 10 points again last night, ugh, oh well. Going to a street fair today and looking forward to making healthy choices. Weighing in tomorrow. On my period so not going to freak if I don't have a loss, I am carrying a lot of bloat!

Hugs to all the healthies!

Smiles!!

My wife helped me have a very powerful mental/emotional breakthrough regarding my faith. Faith in humanity, spiritual faith, and faith in myself. I believe this may help me as I continue to make healthy choices.

I'm on an 8 week challenge with my trainer. So far it's been going amazing. Major weight loss over the last 2 weeks. Daily gym trips for cardio and weight training every other day. Healthy Clean meals 6 times a day and NO EXCUSES

WHOOOOTTTTT

Such a hard weekend for me.

I could sit and eat myself into a coma if I let myself.

I could numb out all my feelings but that would only make me feel worse when the numbness wore off.

I lost half a pound instead.

Where is everyone?!
 

Hi all!

Wondering how everyone is doing these days? Busy living RL I guess!

I lost 2 more pounds. 9 this month total.

My parents offered me ice cream and cake and I easily turned it down. I so clearly know that one bite is deadly and sets up the whole craving cycle.

Mentally, it is the one thing I can feel good about right now-control over my eating choices.

I hope everyone else is hanging in there! Let us know how you are doing!

(f)

I weighed myself the other day and I came in at 168lbs..After working all night. I am liking the Body by Vi shakes and my fave one is the strawberry cheesecake flavor. I made it with half of a container of strawberry Greek yogurt and five frozen strawberries and 8oz of plain SoyMilk. It filled me up and gave me so much energy, that I was still awake at 4am instead of taking a nap at 2am to help me through the night. I had the shake around 8p.

Here is the calorie breakdown:

Strawberries - 5: 30 Calories
Milk - 8oz: 110 Calories
Protein Shake Mix - 2 scoops: 90 Calories
Strawberry Greek Yogurt - 3oz: 70 Calories

Total Calories: 300

I like the shakes since I started my new shift at work this past week and I am not a fan of eating really late at night.

Zimmeh