New to the group!

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Welcome ie,

I too have been overweight most of my life...you will hear that statement a

lot in this group! LOL I am married to a great guy and have one 5 year old

son. I also started with 120 pounds to lose and have lost 87 of them...you

can do this too. We all need support to lose this weight and you have come

to the right place...the support that you get here is great.

Rae

260/173/140-150

[Guest guest]

Welcome, ie!

> and put on a diet. Even my teen years my average weight was between

> 160 and 180 lbs.

Sounds like you and I grew up under similar weight circumstances! My

highschool years was spent at 180, also, after being born at 10 pounds. Was

I *ever* what is considered " normal " weight? Yeah, for about 2 weeks after a

2 *year* 1000 cal/day doctor prescribed diet in 7-8th grade. As soon as he

told my mom to increase my calories to 1200 I gained it all back plus

another 20 in less than a month. My metabolism is now dead and buried

because of that.

> pregnancy. I gained 75 lbs during that pregnancy and have never

Yikes! I gained only 24 and had my doc hollering at me to gain *more*,

because as a big woman I needed to.

> in 1996 put me on the Phen/fen diet. I had gotten done to 185 lbs

> and the news hit how that could cause some major health problems, so

Just make sure you keep getting checked for that. I heard the pulmonary

hypertension can strike even after being off the meds, that the damage is

already done.

> my doctor took me off the medication and no matter how hard I fought

> it, the weight just came back on, almost like over night.

That's what happens with every one of those weight loss pills and weight

reducing diets, which is why your food plan *has* to be for the rest of your

life, not a quickie " diet " .

> facing some medical problems. High Blood Pressure and a few others

> that I have to go in for testing later this week on. I feel, this

First off, stop eating and drinking everything with a lot of salt in it,

like pre-packaged foods, sodas, canned soups, and increase the amount of

water you're drinking to a half ounce per pound of body weight. You need to

flush all that stuff out of your system. At 247 pounds you should be

drinking on a *normal* day at least 123 ounces. If you're sweating from the

heat or exercise you should drink more. Plain old water - not soda, Crystal

Lite, coffee or tea. It's going to be hard to do at first, especially when

running after a few kids, so start off with getting 8 glasses of water a day

in by planning your water like you do your meals. Keep a filled glass handy

for sips as you're doing things around the house.

Do you have your own blood pressure monitor? You can pick up one at a drug

store for as little as $20 for a manual one, $40 and up for an electronic

one. Keep a record of your pressure throughout the day, making sure you can

sit and relax for about 10 minutes before each reading. Sometimes your

pressure is just high when the doctor takes it because you're afraid of how

much he's going to holler at you, but at home under normal circumstances

it's perfectly fine. Or you may find certain foods or situations make it

rise. All this is important for the doctor to know, if he told you to do it

or not. Take control of your health - it's *your* body.

Besides running with the little ones, do you get any kind of formal

exercise? Maybe when they're in school you can take a walk thorugh the park

or shopping center, or even just around your property. Start small, maybe 5

minutes at a time, and each week add a few more minutes. Exerise will help

the weight and the blood pressure both. You need some time to clear your

mind and relax, and exercise is a great stress reducer when done right.

> So I began searching last

> night, and found your group.

I'm glad you did. Make sure you stop on the groups's home page on

(100-plus) and take a peek at the bookmarks

and recipe files. Feel free to add any of your own. Look over the older

messages in the archives, too, for there's a lot of weight loss hints and

tips buried in there, too.

> I appoligize for being so long winded.

Not at all! Things have been too quiet around here lately. It's been too

cold to be spring fever already so I guess it's just people getting ready

for Easter and the other Spring holidays, especially spring break for people

with kids in school.

Sue in NJ

http://members.tripod.com/sue_in_nj/rich.htm

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the welcome. I must tell you, this is the first group

I've joined in a long time that I actually did feel welcomed. Thank

you. , WOW. . .congrats. Thats so cool!!!!

Sue, thanks for the advice. I have a 32 oz bottle I keep on my desk

at work and have been drinking two of those a day of water and

thought I was doing good. I didn't realize how much water I actually

should be drinking. So I guess I need to get two more of those in a

day. I do have a blood pressure monitor at home. I'm on 100mg

Tenorman (sp) a day for my blood pressure. I'm a third generation

hypertension patient. My mother and her mother are also on

Tenorman. I've cut back my salt in take but it seems to be genetic

as well as being caused by my weight. I even have this salt

replacement that my dietician gave me a recipe for. It uses oregano,

chili powder, garlic powder, black pepper, red pepper and dry mustard

and I use that to season all my foods in place of salt.

I will definately check out the recipes on the home page. I am so

excited about this. It actually didn't occur to me before to look

for a support group for loosing weight, until I went to

web page.

As for exercizing? I have to admit, I have failed in that area. I

work all day from 7:45 to 4:30 and then come home, pick up the kids

from the sitter, make dinner, clean the kitchen back up then I'm

exhausted and just want to sit and relax. I know I have to make time

for my exercizing. I have all kinds of exercise tapes and we have

the Total Gym. So I have everything I need right here. We live in a

subdivision that I can walk around. I just have been too lazy, I

admit it, to get up and do it. I've been using my husband's bad knee

as an excuse for not walking, cuz I don't want to walk alone, and he

can't walk with me. But I realizing now, that my children are 7 and

10, not babies anymore, and probably more than willing to go out and

walk with me. Especially, . . .when I do exercise, she's

always right there beside me doing it with me.

Well. . .I need to get dressed and head off to work. Have a great

Day!!!!

ie,

Proud Army Wife to Rich (8/25/90)

Mommy to (1/8/92) and (1/27/95)

[Guest guest]

Hi (? name ) !

Welcome to the group ........ pleased your dilatation has worked. I have recently had one but with no improvement whatsoever but he feels that is due to the severity of my condition.

Anyway keep posting and let us know if the improvement lasts.

Chris

Plymouth Uk

[Guest guest]

welcome to the group. I am sure you will find alot of info here and hopefully

answers you are looing for. You seem like a really busy mom like the rest of

us. Any ways Welcome

Amy

Ohio

AMY

MOMMY TO 4 KIDDIES

Chelsea 10

Carrigian 6

5

Chaela Noelle 20 mo

When you know better. You do better..Maya Angelo

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HREF= " http://www.theforgotten.com/vaccines " >Did you know</A>

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HREF= " http://hometown.aol.com/chevy974/myhomepagebaby.html " >The Haskett

bunch</A> <A HREF= " http://babiesonline.com/babies/c/chaela/ " >Chaela, born

12/22/2000</A>

[Guest guest]

Hi Phillio!

Welcome

to the group! I know you will find information here, that you may never

have found out before…people here are so knowledgable about this condition,

they are great!

The

barium test is not bad at all. It sure doesn’t taste like chocolate

or anything, but absolutely tolerable… just remember it is a short

test! The texture was the worst part for me.

I

had the 24 hour manometry test done in March (I think… it seems so long

ago already…). My GI wanted to see how bad, and how often my “heartburn”

was occuring. I have now, thanks to Debbi in MI, decided that it is not

hearburn, but rather spasms or chest pains. (NCCP) No kind of

heartburn medication, over the counter or not, has ever helped. My symptoms,

and NCCP fit right hand in hand, as well as ways of pushing them away when I

get symptoms. Now, I can deal with them, since I know what they

are.

I

first had the regular part of the test done, about 20 minutes. They stick

a tiny tube down your nose, and into your esophogus, to your LES, a little at a

time, as you sip water, or just swallow. I tried with water for a few

sips, but ended up regurgitating each sip of water, as the tech was

putting it in deeper. So, for me, just swallowing worked a lot better!

J

Once

in place, you swallow, and then not for 10 seconds, as s/he pulls it out

slowly, reading the pressure all the way up. They could not get my tube

in deep enough, as my LES is so cramped.

When

that test is done, they put another tube back in, and tape it around your ear,

and to your neck. Yes, very attractive! You are sent home with the

little machine. You wear a moniter around your waste, with a few

buttons. When you are lying down, you push a button that tells the

machine what you are doing. You turn this button off when you get up again.

There is also a button you push when you are eating, drinking, etc. The

last button was to push when your “heartburn” or other occurs.

(of course, that was the 24 hours when the pain stayed away!). Taking it

out was by far the BEST part! You should get your results almost immediately.

(I waited about 30 minutes, if that!) The whole 24 hour part is not

common. Maybe most drs know that the “heartburn” is pains,

not burning, and do not have to send their patients for the whole thing!

I

totally understand your sweet tooth, with the choc chip cookies. I eat a

very plain menu for the day, but things like cookies, etc – Watch out!

My weekness. I tell myself “You haven’t eaten much

today, so you deserve it!” Now, my fear is when I get my surgery, I

will gain all my weight back. I am at a good weight now, and would be

more than happy to stay here!

My

symptoms started probably last summer, to the extent of yours starting…

thinking I did not chew enough, or too much for a bite. By January, I was

having enough, and realized it must be more. It has progressed quickly

since then, and I cannot get it fast enough for my tests. I am on a wait

list, and was told June 3 that within a month or 2, I would be operated

on. I am supposedly on the urgent list. Hmmm… 6.5

weeks out of the supposed 9 weeks MAX waiting period, I haven’t heard a

thing… Every day I go home from my job thinking… maybe today there

will be a message from the surgeon….

Well,

good luck with your Barium Swallow, ! It will be done soon!

21

Chilliwack, BC

PS – I drove throught Seatle yesterday,

on my way home from a convention in Portland, yesterday! That was a nice drive, besides the traffic heading

into Seatle! I hadn’t been to the states in years! (Not since

gas was cheaper in the states! Now, it isn’t cheap ANYWHERE!)

[Guest guest]

- answered you question about the possible causes.

Some of the group have done surveys to try and find common diseases/ conditions between members and it has been rather frustrating because almost as many have had or not had some viral infection like chickenpox or bacterial infections like strep throats. The same applies to other GI conditions like IBS, and spastic colon as well as auto-immune diseases (arthritis and allergies). If I remember rightly there is only one person with a child with achalasia so hereditary factors seem very rare. So all these things are possible causes but why you or I got it could be quite different - who knows !!!

Some seem to have no symptoms for years and then suddenly it is there and they find they have it in an advanced form. Others are lucky in that they are diagnosed early and can still have surgery to prevent a distended lower oesophagus and all the problems that gives.

Joan

Johannesburg

South Africa

Re: New to the group!

Martha, Thanks for the welcome! Actually I live in the North End as well (Snohomish) and thankfully do not have to deal with well water! My parents used to be on well water though so I know what that's all about. My insurance through work is with Group Health, so I've been going to the center there on Maple Street (or avenue?) in Everett. The doctors have been really nice and attentive, but I think they were just in over their heads with this. They got me referred to a GI Specialist after my 2nd visit though so I can't complain about them at all. The GI guy (from the Everett Clinic) seems to be right on the spot and I'm thankful for that. As far as foods go... that's really hard to say for sure. I think I would agree with something I've read saying that sweets like chocolates and cakes, etc. tend to give me less trouble. Any kind of meat usually ends up being a disaster. Chicken especially it seems like. I've pretty much given up on meats for now. Some times I can handle ground beef but I don't try it very often. Usually I can get down a bowl of cereal or oat meal or something like that in the morning. I usually have a strawberry-n-cream frappuccino as a mid morning treat and then soup later in the day (sometimes twice). That's pretty much all I eat. In the evening if I get hungry before bed I will hit the sweets. I bake those ready-to-cook chocolate chip cookies and keep them down pretty good. That routine applies only to "normal" days though. On bad days I can't even drink water and worry about dehydration. I don't really know what brings on a "bad day" but I know the worse days ever have been after trying to nibble on chicken/broccoli casserole and also a fish wrap from a restaurant. A chicken/pasta dish was one of my first and worse experiences to date. I don't know a lot about sulfites but I've heard people mention that so I need to figure it out. I guess I'll get back to you on that one. Cindi, Thanks for responding to me! I found a picture of the Barium Swallow... It was in this group actually in the "files" section. Interesting. Can't wait to see how mine looks.Deb NJ, Seven Years??? I just don't understand how you could possibly go seven years like this! Did the condition pick up steam much slower? I mean, my first real problems started around the first of the year and I was begging my doctor for help by April! You must be really tough! Jan, Sandi- Thanks to you also for the welcome! It feels so neat to have found this group. If nothing else I'm thankful that the GI recognized this condition quickly so that I was able to look it up and plug in to this community. I've read a lot of your posts already and feel like I know you and many others pretty well! Funny, huh? NYC- Thanks for the words of comfort about the Barium Swallow. Only 2 days until that so I'm excited to be another step closer to recovery~ Now... how does the manometry test work? My GI told me something about it while I was still under sedation. Now I'm fearing he may have down-played it a little bit. I could have sworn he said it was a 24-hour test. Does that mean you wear it home or is it in-patient, or was I doped up to the point that I misunderstood him completely? It's strange that everyone talks about drinking water to help stuff down. If something's stuck I feel like it's because my LES is closed and water will back up as much as anything else. Here's one question to the group that I've come across this weekend. I'm interested in feedback. A statement in the American Journal of Gastroenterology stating "Available data suggest hereditary, degenerative, autoimmune, and infectious factors as possible causes for achalasia, the latter two being the most commonly accepted possible etiologies." Now, what exactly does this mean? The GI said they didn't know what causes this and that once the surgery is done I'll be back to 95%. This makes it sound like there is a whole slew of other things that could be potentially wrong that I may not even know about yet? Has anyone else in the group investigated or dealt with this? Any personal experience with achalasia being caused by autoimmune, infectious or degenerative factors? Reading that has been enough to concern me, actually. Just wondering how others have interpreted that?.... Look forward to talking to you all soon!

[Guest guest]

Hello and welcome to the group. What is your name and where are you from? I think this is the first time I have heard of this double whammy. When and where are you having surgery?

in Suffolk

In a message dated 5/6/2006 6:31:06 PM GMT Standard Time, leenleen2006@... writes:

Hello Everyone,I was just diagnosed with A last month, 04-06. Having surgery soon. Had another surgey 4 years ago, called a Gastric Bypass. Now not only do I have to contend with a small stomach, now I have this too!!!Is there anyone out there who also has had GB and now has A?Would love to chat about the double=whammy.leenleen2006

[Guest guest]

Hi, welcome to the Group,

Please believe me when I say that I am not making light of the fact you have this double whammy, but a small stomach will be very "liveable" with achalasia, I should have thought. I imagine that many of us have a small stomach due to the slow progress of food in to it. Please tell us more about yourself and become one of us. We help each other out the best we can.

Love and Best Wishes from Ann in England xx>> Hello Everyone,> I was just diagnosed with A last month, 04-06. Having surgery soon. > Had another surgey 4 years ago, called a Gastric Bypass. Now not only > do I have to contend with a small stomach, now I have this too!!!> Is there anyone out there who also has had GB and now has A?> Would love to chat about the double=whammy.> > leenleen2006>

[Guest guest]

Sorry to hear about your double whammy. I can't help you there but

someone here may have some advice of some form. When is your surgery?

Keep us posted with your progress we can all help you throught it.

..

>

> Hello Everyone,

> I was just diagnosed with A last month, 04-06. Having surgery soon.

> Had another surgey 4 years ago, called a Gastric Bypass. Now not only

> do I have to contend with a small stomach, now I have this too!!!

> Is there anyone out there who also has had GB and now has A?

> Would love to chat about the double=whammy.

>

> leenleen2006

>

[Guest guest]

--Just to add to that Ann, many of us have had surgery. The wrap will

decrease our stomach size and those who have had other E pullups will

have even less. I am not too familiar with the GB though.

All the best

- In achalasia , " Ann " <lilac_blossom_lady@...> wrote:

>

>

> Hi, welcome to the Group,

>

> Please believe me when I say that I am not making light of the fact

you

> have this double whammy, but a small stomach will be very " liveable "

> with achalasia, I should have thought. I imagine that many of us

have

> a small stomach due to the slow progress of food in to it. Please

tell

> us more about yourself and become one of us. We help each other

out

> the best we can.

>

> Love and Best Wishes from Ann in England xx

>

> >

> > Hello Everyone,

> > I was just diagnosed with A last month, 04-06. Having surgery

soon.

> > Had another surgey 4 years ago, called a Gastric Bypass. Now not

only

> > do I have to contend with a small stomach, now I have this too!!!

> > Is there anyone out there who also has had GB and now has A?

> > Would love to chat about the double=whammy.

> >

> > leenleen2006

> >

>

[Guest guest]

An E pull up would be when some of the E has been removed and the pull up the stomach to attach to the upper dissection of the E. Also know as a gastric pull up.

in Suffolk

In a message dated 5/7/2006 10:35:09 PM GMT Standard Time, leenleen2006@... writes:

What is an E pullup? Are you talking about the wrapping of the stomach top around the esophagus to minimize acid reflux?The great thing about Gastric Bypass is you have no Acid as that part of the stomach is cut away. I still have that section it is just connected to my intestines and not my esphoagus. No heartburn in 4 years! I use to eat a bottle of Tums a week before the GB.I was not really complaing about a dummy whammy. I was just curious as to the expectation of maybe more weight loss since both stomach and esophagus are not normal now. I have lost 15 pounds in the last 2 months with the A. I hope to lose more as I only lost 30% of body weight with GB and really want to frop another 20 pounds or so. leenleen2006> > >> > > Hello Everyone,> > > I was just diagnosed with A last month, 04-06. Having surgery > soon.> > > Had another surgey 4 years ago, called a Gastric Bypass. Now not > only> > > do I have to contend with a small stomach, now I have this too!!!> > > Is there anyone out there who also has had GB and now has A?> > > Would love to chat about the double=whammy.> > >> > > leenleen2006> > >> >>

[Guest guest]

Yes, I am in England for the time being. We will moving in Sept. back to the states. I hope you do get some relief soon. Please keep us posted on when you will get in for surgery.

in Suffolk

In a message dated 5/7/2006 10:39:22 PM GMT Standard Time, leenleen2006@... writes:

Birmingham Alabama. No date set yet.UAB hospital. Waiting on the surgeon to call this week.Hoping to get relief soon.This hit hard and fast and I thought it might have something to do with Gastric Bypass, but it does not. All systems below the stomach are in good working order though.This is something totally unrelated.Suffolk, as in England?Cool!leenleen2006>> > Hello and welcome to the group. What is your name and where are you from? > I think this is the first time I have heard of this double whammy. When and > where are you having surgery? > > > > in Suffolk> > > > In a message dated 5/6/2006 6:31:06 PM GMT Standard Time, > leenleen2006@... writes:> > Hello Everyone,> I was just diagnosed with A last month, 04-06. Having surgery soon. > Had another surgey 4 years ago, called a Gastric Bypass. Now not only > do I have to contend with a small stomach, now I have this too!!!> Is there anyone out there who also has had GB and now has A?> Would love to chat about the double=whammy.> > leenleen2006> > > > > > > > ------------------------

[Guest guest]

What is an E pullup? Are you talking about the wrapping of the

stomach top around the esophagus to minimize acid reflux?

The great thing about Gastric Bypass is you have no Acid as that part

of the stomach is cut away. I still have that section it is just

connected to my intestines and not my esphoagus. No heartburn in 4

years! I use to eat a bottle of Tums a week before the GB.

I was not really complaing about a dummy whammy. I was just curious

as to the expectation of maybe more weight loss since both stomach

and esophagus are not normal now. I have lost 15 pounds in the last 2

months with the A. I hope to lose more as I only lost 30% of body

weight with GB and really want to frop another 20 pounds or so.

leenleen2006

> > >

> > > Hello Everyone,

> > > I was just diagnosed with A last month, 04-06. Having surgery

> soon.

> > > Had another surgey 4 years ago, called a Gastric Bypass. Now

not

> only

> > > do I have to contend with a small stomach, now I have this

too!!!

> > > Is there anyone out there who also has had GB and now has A?

> > > Would love to chat about the double=whammy.

> > >

> > > leenleen2006

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Birmingham Alabama. No date set yet.

UAB hospital. Waiting on the surgeon to call this week.

Hoping to get relief soon.

This hit hard and fast and I thought it might have something to do

with Gastric Bypass, but it does not. All systems below the stomach

are in good working order though.

This is something totally unrelated.

Suffolk, as in England?

Cool!

leenleen2006

>

>

> Hello and welcome to the group. What is your name and where are

you from?

> I think this is the first time I have heard of this double

whammy. When and

> where are you having surgery?

>

>

>

> in Suffolk

>

>

>

> In a message dated 5/6/2006 6:31:06 PM GMT Standard Time,

> leenleen2006@... writes:

>

> Hello Everyone,

> I was just diagnosed with A last month, 04-06. Having surgery

soon.

> Had another surgey 4 years ago, called a Gastric Bypass. Now not

only

> do I have to contend with a small stomach, now I have this too!!!

> Is there anyone out there who also has had GB and now has A?

> Would love to chat about the double=whammy.

>

> leenleen2006

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> ------------------------

[Guest guest]

I looked for articles containing the words " achalasia " and

" gastric bypass " at http://search.medscape.com/. I found just

one article, about a gastric bypass performed at the same time as

the myotomy. I suppose Leenleen2006's end result will be the

same surgery although s/he is getting it done in two operations

instead of one. Here's the abstract:

Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a novel

operation for the obese patient with achalasia.

J Laparoendosc Adv Surg Tech A. 2005; 15(4):391-5

Kaufman JA; Pellegrini CA; Oelschlager BK

Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle,

Washington 98195-6410, USA.

Morbid obesity is a disease encompassing multiple, significant

comorbidities. The only current, reliable, durable treatment of

obesity is surgical intervention, most commonly gastric bypass.

Achalasia, a swallowing disorder of esophageal motility and

failure of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) to relax, is

rarely seen in the morbidly obese patient. Treatment is directed

at disruption of the LES to allow passage of food. As medical

management usually fails in both disease processes, surgical

treatment is often chosen. The patient with both morbid obesity

and achalasia presents an unusual challenge for surgical

treatment. The standard surgical approach for each disease does

not address the other, and may have deleterious consequences on

the other condition if approached unilaterally. We present the

first case of a patient treated with a concomitant laparoscopic

esophagogastric myotomy (LEM) and laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric

bypass (LRYGBP).

New to the group!

> Hello Everyone,

> I was just diagnosed with A last month, 04-06. Having surgery

> soon.

> Had another surgey 4 years ago, called a Gastric Bypass. Now

> not only

> do I have to contend with a small stomach, now I have this

> too!!!

> Is there anyone out there who also has had GB and now has A?

> Would love to chat about the double=whammy.

>

> leenleen2006

>

[Guest guest]

-Hi Leenleen,

I know your aren't complaining at all. It is a lot to deal with

physically and emotionally when you start adding the conditions

together.We have to get ourselves in a place where we can emotionally

accept it as it is not a disease that will go away, we just need to

make it as comfortable as possible and copable. A pullup up is done

when the E is needing replacement so what they do is pull up some of

the stomach to replace it. Thats about as technical as I can get. We

have member who have had it done.

All the best

-- In achalasia , " leenleen2006 " <leenleen2006@...>

wrote:

>

> What is an E pullup? Are you talking about the wrapping of the

> stomach top around the esophagus to minimize acid reflux?

> The great thing about Gastric Bypass is you have no Acid as that

part

> of the stomach is cut away. I still have that section it is just

> connected to my intestines and not my esphoagus. No heartburn in 4

> years! I use to eat a bottle of Tums a week before the GB.

>

> I was not really complaing about a dummy whammy. I was just curious

> as to the expectation of maybe more weight loss since both stomach

> and esophagus are not normal now. I have lost 15 pounds in the last

2

> months with the A. I hope to lose more as I only lost 30% of body

> weight with GB and really want to frop another 20 pounds or so.

>

> leenleen2006

>

>

>

>

>

> > > >

> > > > Hello Everyone,

> > > > I was just diagnosed with A last month, 04-06. Having surgery

> > soon.

> > > > Had another surgey 4 years ago, called a Gastric Bypass. Now

> not

> > only

> > > > do I have to contend with a small stomach, now I have this

> too!!!

> > > > Is there anyone out there who also has had GB and now has A?

> > > > Would love to chat about the double=whammy.

> > > >

> > > > leenleen2006

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

--- Jeannie <stb_xfatchick@...> wrote:

> I lost my weight at first by doing the Atkins diet,

> but it just was not for me, so I decided that I was

> going to learn portion control.

I'm curious why Atkins wasn't for you? I follow a

diet similar to Atkins, although it's more about doing

everything organic, and I don't do fruit, nuts or

dairy.

I do portion control as well, just not low calorie

where I am hungry all the time. I don't think I could

ever just be hungry all the time. Plus if I don't eat

high quality nutrients, or if I eat too many carbs, I

get ravenously hungry and will-power would crumble

quickly.

With my diet I rely on the physical peace I get from

eating this way.. no cravings or ravenous hunger.

Plus I've reversed all of my health issues including

psoriasis, pre-diabetes, high cholesterol and blood

pressure.

> I do exercise, but it is not my favorite thing,

> and for the last year I have been limited in what I

> can do due to a back injury, but I will do some yoga

> or pop in an exercise DVD a couple times a week, I

How often to you exercise? What kind of yoga do you

do? Will your back get better? Have you had problems

losing with the back thing? Can I ask how old you

are?

> It has been a constant struggle to stay on plan

> but I needed to do this for me!

For me it's easy to stay on plan at this point. I

don't have cravings or hunger plaguing me all the

time. If I did I would be totally scared that I was

going to go hog wild with food any moment.

> The only way anyone

> will truly lose weight and keep it off is if they do

> it for themselves, not because someone else told you

> you need to lose weight, or because some magazine

> says you should be a size 2. Do this for you, and

> it will happen!

Totally.. I don't think about what I chosoe not to

have to eat, instead I think about all the good things

I get. I haven't cheated on my diet in nearly 3

years.. not once.

How's your week going? So awesome that you just hit

under that 200 mark! Can't wait to get there myself!

Congrats!

Luv,

Debby

San , CA

380/237/180

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Hi there, atkins was not for me because it caused me to have gallbladder problems and the weight loss was not worth the pain and my cholestoral(sp?) went thru the roof. I do my own diet, no processed foods, whole grains, fruits, veggies and lean meats and dairy. I don't allow myself to get hungry, I eat several small meals a day and never eat after 7pm. If I eat too many carbs, it makes me sick to my stomach so I limit my self on those. It seems to work for me. And my doctor is thrilled w/ my blood work, my HDL/LDL is way down as is my blood pressure. I exercise every day, I alternate between Hatha yoga and Pilates, though I have been doing more pilates now since it does not seem to put as much strain on my back. Unfortunately, my back will not get better w/o surgery, and I do not want to do that just yet, so I have lost weight like my doctor's told me to, and I am mostly pain free unless I get

stupid and do too much. The back has not held me back from weight loss, as long as I continue to eat good healthy foods, and do my pilates/yoga I feel fine. Well as fine as an almost 40 year old woman can be. I will be 40 in December and hope to be at my goal weight. My week is going well, I weighed in this morning at 195lbs! Yeah!!!! Only 35lbs to go till goal! I don't cheat on my diet either, I can't remember the last time it has been that long. If I want something I will have it in a small amount and that satisfies me. I hope your week is going well and you look like you are doing great w/ the weight loss keep it up and you will be there w/ me soon!!! <HUGS> Jeannie Debby Padilla-Hudson <debbypadilla@...> wrote: --- Jeannie <stb_xfatchick > wrote:> I lost my weight at first by doing the Atkins diet,> but it just was not for me, so I decided that I was> going to learn portion control. I'm curious why Atkins wasn't for you? I follow adiet similar to Atkins, although it's more about doingeverything organic, and I don't do fruit, nuts ordairy. I do portion control as well, just not low caloriewhere I am hungry all the time. I don't think I couldever just be hungry all the time. Plus if I don't eathigh quality

nutrients, or if I eat too many carbs, Iget ravenously hungry and will-power would crumblequickly. With my diet I rely on the physical peace I get fromeating this way.. no cravings or ravenous hunger. Plus I've reversed all of my health issues includingpsoriasis, pre-diabetes, high cholesterol and bloodpressure.> I do exercise, but it is not my favorite thing,> and for the last year I have been limited in what I> can do due to a back injury, but I will do some yoga> or pop in an exercise DVD a couple times a week, IHow often to you exercise? What kind of yoga do youdo? Will your back get better? Have you had problemslosing with the back thing? Can I ask how old youare?> It has been a constant struggle to stay on plan> but I needed to do this for me! For me it's easy to stay on plan at this point. Idon't have cravings or hunger plaguing me all thetime. If I

did I would be totally scared that I wasgoing to go hog wild with food any moment.> The only way anyone> will truly lose weight and keep it off is if they do> it for themselves, not because someone else told you> you need to lose weight, or because some magazine> says you should be a size 2. Do this for you, and> it will happen!Totally.. I don't think about what I chosoe not tohave to eat, instead I think about all the good thingsI get. I haven't cheated on my diet in nearly 3years.. not once.How's your week going? So awesome that you just hitunder that 200 mark! Can't wait to get there myself! Congrats!Luv,DebbySan , CA380/237/180-------------The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want now. -- Zig ZiglarNew group! Curing Candida: curingcandida/My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/

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--- Jeannie <stb_xfatchick@...> wrote:

> Hi there, atkins was not for me because it caused me

> to have gallbladder problems and the weight loss was

> not worth the pain

Yes, sometimes you have to transition more slowly if

you have gallbladder problems, but it is still a very

healthy way to eat and very effective.

> and my cholestoral(sp?) went thru

> the roof.

Cholesterol is a healing material created by the body.

Only 20% of the cholesterol in the body is actually

from food. The other 80% is made by the body in

reaction to things it needs to heal.

When you eat a low carb diet, it becomes a healing

diet and initially your body will make more

cholesterol to heal the body. Did you know that your

brain is made of 80% cholesterol?

> I do my own diet, no processed foods,

> whole grains, fruits, veggies and lean meats and

> dairy. I don't allow myself to get hungry, I eat

> several small meals a day and never eat after 7pm.

> If I eat too many carbs, it makes me sick to my

> stomach so I limit my self on those. It seems to

> work for me. And my doctor is thrilled w/ my blood

> work, my HDL/LDL is way down as is my blood

> pressure.

Just with the diet you have you are eating much

better, and less carbs from what you describe. My

blood pressure and cholesterol are now low-normal.

This is eating 80% of my calories from saturated fat.

> fine. Well as fine as an almost 40 year old woman

> can be. I will be 40 in December and hope to be at

> my goal weight.

That's great that you are doing well.. I thought with

your results you must be very young.

> My week is going well, I weighed in this morning

> at 195lbs! Yeah!!!! Only 35lbs to go till goal! I

> don't cheat on my diet either, I can't remember the

> last time it has been that long. If I want

> something I will have it in a small amount and that

> satisfies me.

For me even having a small amount with cause me a big

set-back. I haven't had even a taste or a bite of

food that is not low carb in 3 years. I practice

abstinence because I have learned the hard way that I

can't do moderation.. wish I could.

Luv,

Debby

San , CA

380/237/180

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Jeannie-

Welcome (belated) and congrats on the weight you have lost!! I wanna be just like you when I grow up LOL!!

I just turned 40 and am just shy of 45 lbs gone now... on my way to around 155 lbs to lose total.

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Awesome loss, !!!! Keep it up and you can make it to the 190's also! I had a very bad food weekend this weekend, I ate way more than I should, and not all of it good!!! I need to get back on track today, I feel like crap after eating junk food this weekend!!!! Ughhhhh!!!! And no exercise!! I hope everyone had a better weekend than I did, I put myself in a 2 day food coma! Time to get back on track today, and back on plan! Sould not be hard, I ate so much I feel physically sick!!! Yuck!!! :-( JeannieABrite@... wrote: Jeannie- Welcome (belated) and congrats on the weight you have lost!! I wanna be just like you when I grow up LOL!! I just turned 40 and am just shy of 45 lbs gone now... on my way to around 155 lbs to lose total. Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL.com. Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Autos new Car Finder tool.

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With my family history of Heart Disease and strokes, a high LDL can be deadly, it is what killed my father, and I do eat low carb, but just not in the extreme like I did that caused the gallbladder problems and the LDL spike. It is back to normal finally and I want to keep it there. So not extreme low carb for me!!! This weekend was a revalation to me, I know now that I can not go back to how I was eating, I ate anything I wanted this weekend and I feel like crap! I feel physically sick!! Not a fun way to start a Monday!!! Hope everyone else had a great weekend!!! JeannieDebby Padilla-Hudson <debbypadilla@...> wrote: --- Jeannie <stb_xfatchick > wrote:> Hi there, atkins was not for me because it caused me> to have gallbladder problems and the weight loss was> not worth the pain Yes, sometimes you have to transition more slowly ifyou have gallbladder problems, but it is still a veryhealthy way to eat and very effective.> and my cholestoral(sp?) went thru> the roof. Cholesterol is a healing material created by the body.Only 20% of the cholesterol in the body is actuallyfrom food. The other 80% is made by the body inreaction to things it needs to heal. When you eat a low carb diet, it becomes a healingdiet and initially your body

will make morecholesterol to heal the body. Did you know that yourbrain is made of 80% cholesterol?> I do my own diet, no processed foods,> whole grains, fruits, veggies and lean meats and> dairy. I don't allow myself to get hungry, I eat> several small meals a day and never eat after 7pm. > If I eat too many carbs, it makes me sick to my> stomach so I limit my self on those. It seems to> work for me. And my doctor is thrilled w/ my blood> work, my HDL/LDL is way down as is my blood> pressure. Just with the diet you have you are eating muchbetter, and less carbs from what you describe. Myblood pressure and cholesterol are now low-normal. This is eating 80% of my calories from saturated fat.> fine. Well as fine as an almost 40 year old woman> can be. I will be 40 in December and hope to be at> my goal weight. That's great that you are doing well..

I thought withyour results you must be very young.> My week is going well, I weighed in this morning> at 195lbs! Yeah!!!! Only 35lbs to go till goal! I> don't cheat on my diet either, I can't remember the> last time it has been that long. If I want> something I will have it in a small amount and that> satisfies me. For me even having a small amount with cause me a bigset-back. I haven't had even a taste or a bite offood that is not low carb in 3 years. I practiceabstinence because I have learned the hard way that Ican't do moderation.. wish I could. :)Luv,DebbySan , CA380/237/180-------------The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want now. -- Zig ZiglarNew group! Curing Candida: curingcandida/My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/

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--- Jeannie <stb_xfatchick@...> wrote:

> With my family history of Heart Disease and strokes,

> a high LDL can be deadly, it is what killed my

> father, and I do eat low carb, but just not in the

> extreme like I did that caused the gallbladder

> problems and the LDL spike. It is back to normal

> finally and I want to keep it there. So not extreme

> low carb for me!!!

The diet that you described that you eat is much

healthier than most diets I hear about, so I won't bug

you too much.

I eat 70-80% of my calories in each day as saturated

fat, and my cholesterol is low-normal, and the ratios

are great. What *kind* of fat you eat makes a huge

difference.

> This weekend was a revalation to me, I know now

> that I can not go back to how I was eating, I ate

> anything I wanted this weekend and I feel like crap!

> I feel physically sick!!

This happens to me too when I deviate even a little

bit, like have some low carb dairy. I get very ill

and it sets me back for weeks! I hope you are feeling

better.

Luv,

Debby

San , CA

380/236/180

144 pounds gone.. 56 to go!

Info on me: Debby has studied nutrition for 12 years

as a hobby, and is now studying for a certification.

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I have learned to eat lower carb, but I do watch my fats since heart disease and strokes run in the family and I don't want to fall prey to the family curse!!! My diet is based on one my doctor gave me, w/ a few modifications along the way to make it my own, and hey it helped me lose 91 lbs in the last 8 months, so I am not messing w/ it! JeannieDebby Padilla-Hudson <debbypadilla@...> wrote: --- Jeannie <stb_xfatchick > wrote:>

With my family history of Heart Disease and strokes,> a high LDL can be deadly, it is what killed my> father, and I do eat low carb, but just not in the> extreme like I did that caused the gallbladder> problems and the LDL spike. It is back to normal> finally and I want to keep it there. So not extreme> low carb for me!!! The diet that you described that you eat is muchhealthier than most diets I hear about, so I won't bugyou too much. :)I eat 70-80% of my calories in each day as saturatedfat, and my cholesterol is low-normal, and the ratiosare great. What *kind* of fat you eat makes a hugedifference.> This weekend was a revalation to me, I know now> that I can not go back to how I was eating, I ate> anything I wanted this weekend and I feel like crap!> I feel physically sick!! This happens to me too when I deviate even a littlebit, like have some low

carb dairy. I get very illand it sets me back for weeks! I hope you are feelingbetter.Luv,DebbySan , CA380/236/180144 pounds gone.. 56 to go!Info on me: Debby has studied nutrition for 12 yearsas a hobby, and is now studying for a certification.-------------The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want now. -- Zig ZiglarNew group! Curing Candida: curingcandida/My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/ Luggage? GPS? Comic books?

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