Guest guest Posted October 17, 2001 Report Share Posted October 17, 2001 Hi, Your story sounds so much like mine - but I have trouble sleeping if i take the carbs too low. I was doing a combination of " Protein Power " and ER4YT when i lost a lot of weight. I am hoping that with exercise i can eat a little sweet Potato or brown rice. You did not mention fruit???? Heidi by the way, be careful to not overdo the water LOW CARB, ETC. I have been following the thread on low carb and non-secretor status this last couple of days and am now convinced I am probably a non-secretor. When I first started ER4YT 2 years ago I lost about 10 pounds, then stopped. Try as hard as I might I just didn't lose any more. Then I stopped Ezekiel bread and almond butter. I ate just ONE slice a day for breakfast with just a bit of the almond butter but it was just enough to keep the pounds from dropping. Of course I ate the occasional sweet potato and a little rice too. After stopping the bread and almond treat I lost 37 pounds then I went on vacation for Thanksgiving and lost my momentum. I started ER4YT again in mid-Feb this year. Then in March I started doing the low carb/high protein. I have lost 58 pounds so far. Whenever I cheat, even the tiniest bit, the pounds creep back. Funny though, NOT the inches! I MUST be REALLY allergic to carbs! I do not count ratios. I ONLY count my carb intake. I limit myself the 28 total carbs per day. I do not limit my protein. I do not watch the fat grams either. My cholesterol has gone from 212 to 170. I am off diabetic meds. I drink 3 - 4 liters of water in a day. I do not leave work unless I have had a minimum of 3 liters passed through me. The more I drink, the more I want. Five liters will WASH me out - I guess it takes all my potassium. I sleep better unless I am stressed or feel cold. If I have trouble sleeping I drink a cup of CAL-MAC tea. (calcium - magnesium, it helps relax me). I guess my diet is boring to some but it makes it easy for me. I know EXACTLY what I can eat or not. Egg or meat or a protein drink for breakfast. Salad and meat for lunch, repeat for supper. I watch the carb count of the salad veggies - some are high so I either limit them or discard entirely. No bread, or rice, or sweet potato. Except every 3 to 4 weeks when my metabolism needs a kick in the *ss! Then I enjoy myself, but I start seriously back on my new lifestyle of eating on Monday morning. deb in New Orleans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2001 Report Share Posted October 17, 2001 Hi, Your story sounds so much like mine - but I have trouble sleeping if i take the carbs too low. I was doing a combination of " Protein Power " and ER4YT when i lost a lot of weight. I am hoping that with exercise i can eat a little sweet Potato or brown rice. You did not mention fruit???? Heidi by the way, be careful to not overdo the water ==================================================================== REPLY: Sorry, you're right - I don't eat fruit at all. The only natural vitamin C I get is from tomtatoes. I take vitamin C capsules daily too though. Someone said that one piece of fruit is 27 grams of carbs. That shoots my whole food budget for a day since I only allow 28 total a day. Yes, when I note that I am drinking too much water I make myself slow down. It is so weird though....I was always told that when you feel thirsty it is already too late, you are already dehydrated. I can drink 3 liters of water and am thirsty as if I had not had a drop. Seems the more I get in me, the more I want. I notice too that by drinking so much water I am not hot all the time either! I am in the Deep South and I turned off my air conditioner 2 weeks ago and we just got a cool front through here yesterday. seb in New Orleans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2001 Report Share Posted October 17, 2001 > by the way, be careful to not overdo the water What is " overdo the water " ? My trainer recommends one ounce per pound of body weight. i.e. if you weigh 150 lbs, drink 150 oz per day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2001 Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 I'm impressed ... going to copy you as from today. I also drink a lot of water and have stopped fruit altogether ... but can't shift a pound. Oh - the frustration! Now I'm going to do exactly like you do and see if that makes a difference. > > > I drink 3 - 4 liters of water in a day. I do not leave work unless I > have had a minimum of 3 liters passed through me. The more I drink, > the more I want. Five liters will WASH me out - I guess it takes all > my potassium. > > I sleep better unless I am stressed or feel cold. If I have trouble > sleeping I drink a cup of CAL-MAC tea. (calcium - magnesium, it helps > relax me). > > I guess my diet is boring to some but it makes it easy for me. I know > EXACTLY what I can eat or not. Egg or meat or a protein drink for > breakfast. Salad and meat for lunch, repeat for supper. I watch the > carb count of the salad veggies - some are high so I either limit them > or discard entirely. No bread, or rice, or sweet potato. Except > every 3 to 4 weeks when my metabolism needs a kick in the *ss! Then I > enjoy myself, but I start seriously back on my new lifestyle of eating > on Monday morning. > > deb in New Orleans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2001 Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 Deb - I thought I'd be a non-secretor for just those same type of reasons but it turned out I'm a secretor... sheesh.. so you never can tell. Crystal. O+, S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2001 Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 > REPLY: Sorry, you're right - I don't eat fruit at all. The only > natural vitamin C I get is from tomtatoes. Actually tomatoes are a fruit I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2001 Report Share Posted October 19, 2001 Crystal wrote: > > REPLY: Sorry, you're right - I don't eat fruit at all. The only > > natural vitamin C I get is from tomtatoes. > > Actually tomatoes are a fruit I think. Botanically speaking, the tomato you eat is a fruit. So is a watermelon, green pepper, eggplant, cucumber, and squash. A " fruit " is any fleshy material covering a seed or seeds. Horticulturally speaking, the tomato is a vegetable plant. The plant is an annual and nonwoody. Most fruits, from a horticulture perspective, are grown on a woody plant (apples, cherries, raspberries, oranges) with the exception of strawberries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2001 Report Share Posted October 19, 2001 > > Actually tomatoes are a fruit I think. Not to mention includes tomotoes on the list of vegetables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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