Re: Re: Healthy, Economical Weight Loss

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much! I appreciate all of these responses so I have some

ideas of where to go from here. I will look up all of these suggestions!

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[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Beth MN

Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 9:09 AM

Subject: Re: Healthy, Economical Weight Loss

I have a friend at work who had a few years of horrible problems, she

had a bunch of heavy metal toxicity and thyroid trouble, and gained a

whole lot of weight. Her thyroid was finally almost dead, she actually

had a TSH of over 250, then it would swing the other way. She finally

decided to try this, as a birthday present to herself, and if I had not

seen her myself while she was sick, I would not believe it. Her legs

were so swollen she could hardly go up stairs, she looks fantastic now.

http://www.yourrejuvenationnorthstar.com/contact.php

The person who runs this place here is Dr , her office is in

Stillwater, she is really nice, I don't have a weight issue, but I get

some supplements from her, and I may try a round of this diet to 'reset'

my system. I believe you can also get the 'Rejuvination 21' program from

other practitioners. I think it is a pretty strict detox diet for

something like 21 days, and NT is not their main focus, but my friend

used it to get back to normal, and is investigating other stuff now.

Beth in Maplewood

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> Hi all,

> I am looking for input from those who have had experience (or have

seen others)with significant weight loss. I have a lot of

hormonal/endocrine issues and have been struggling to lose weight. They

only thing that " works " for me in my experience, is cutting calories to

800 or less. I really want to do things the healthy way, so any advice

is appreciated.

>

> I have tried the NT cookbook and Eat Fat, Lose Fat, but found myself

maintaining an obese weight rather than losing.

>

[Guest guest]

It is important to know that a lot of the reason people gain weight is because

they aren't eating enough or enough of the right, good, healthy foods.  It is

amazing how quickly your body's metabolism will slow down if you skip a meal. 

Most obesity is due to malnutrition.  Eat every three hours.

The healthy ratio of protein to carbohydrates is 1 grams of protein to 1.5 grams

of carbohydrates. This is per meal, not per day.  If you are eating traditional

foods, there probably won't be a label on your food, but you can easily look up

carbohydrate and protein counters on line.  There are dozens of them.  This

ratio has been studied and recognized for causing the least hunger between meals

and preventing your blood sugar from spiking.

Women should have 80 to 100 Gr of protein per day.

Men should have 100 gr to 120 gr of protein per day.

Unless you are bulking up for body building, eat no more than 30 gr of protein

per meal. 

Organic eggs are a great source of inexpensive protein. 

So is tuna fish, if you can find some that meets your standards.  Perhaps

others

have some suggestions. 

I am assuming that if you are on this group you don't drink diet soda. 

But in the event it is your one vice, stop it immediately.  You could lose 8

pounds or more in one week if you do. 

If you are eating nutrient dense foods, getting enough protein balanced with a

proper ratio of carbohydrates to protein, the weight will fall off naturally,

without it even seeming like a diet.  It is very easy.  I lost 15 lbs last

fall

following this.  And I didn't add any additional exercise to my routine.  In

fact, I probably exercised less because the weather got cold. 

Have you heard of the hormone Leptin?  It is a tricky hormone because if you

eat

a lot of junky food, it stops producing and you gain weight.  On the other

hand,

if you heat a lot of healthy food, it also stops producing.  So a little trick,

after you have been on the balanced protein/carb diet for a couple of weeks or

so is to have a " cheat " day every 5 - 7 days.  This means the whole day.  This

would be your pizza and beer and french fry and ice cream  day (home made of

course), for example.  This kicks the Leptin production in again. 

BTW, you'll be astounded at how much you can eat and still lose weight.

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From: Alyssa <nelson.alyssa@...>

Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 1:10:47 PM

Subject: Re: Healthy, Economical Weight Loss

 

Having gained and lost 50 pounds during my initial battle with Rheumatoid

Arthritis and Fibromyalgia (and another 65, and then another 40, after

pregnancies) I hope my experiences will be helpful.

I initially tried dieting (low fat/low cal, Atkins, shakes, etc.) and the weight

wouldn't budge. I only felt worse physically and emotionally. Then I found WAPF

and decided to put my weight-loss goals on hold because my health and feeling

good were more important to me than how I looked - my new goal became to find

health and to live a pain-free life. And wouldn't you know it, that's when the

weight began falling off.

Some key things that worked for me:

Focus on whole foods - REAL food, nothing that comes in a box.

Stop counting. Ignore how many calories or grams of fat you might be getting,

and tune into your body. Eat when you're hungry, eat slowly and enjoy your food,

and stop eating when you're no longer hungry. Keep in mind that it takes about

20 minutes for your body to alert you that it's full, which is why it's so

important to take your time. Also keep in mind that many chemicals in processed

foods trick your body - they trick it into thinking it's NOT full when it is, or

make you addicted to the product so you keep eating anyway, and some of them

even mess with your chemistry and make you hang onto weight. Get rid of them.

This is where Pollan's advice is really helpful. If your great great

grandmother wouldn't recognize it as food, don't eat it. Eat all of the " junk

food " you want, as long as you make it (this prevents it from happening as

often, since it can be so labor-intensive and time-consuming to make your own

french fries or bake a cake from scratch, and it ensures that the ingredients

are healthy when you do.)

Don't eat (or not eat) to lose weight. Change your focus to eating (or not

eating) to improve your health. I think the mind-body connection is very

powerful and should not be ignored, especially when you're trying to lose

significant amounts of weight. Pay attention to how you treat yourself. Be

gentle and patient with yourself, and pay more attention to giving positive

feedback than negative. It can be *so easy* to beat yourself up when weight is

involved, and I believe that only makes us hold onto it more. Here's an article

I found that might be helpful

http://www.thefitshack.com/2007/04/03/how-to-use-your-brain-to-lose-weight/ I

really enjoyed Louise Hay's book, You Can Heal Your Life.

How long did you try NT and EF,LF for? What did that look like for you? (ie,

100% of the recommendations, or here and there when able to? I totally

understand that they're really overwhelming at first, and it can be challenging

to integrate the recommended changes into your life. That's where this group

comes in Pick some do-able changes to start with, and keep chipping away at

them. You'll get there.

I also found that my and my family's health improved more when we started

eliminating chemicals from our lifestyle, as well as our food. I used to get my

shampoo, conditioner, makeup, lotion, and other personal are products from

Target and other " mainstream " places like that. Then I learned about this site

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/ and looked them up individually. WOW, that's a

lot of chemicals to be absorbing through the skin each day! I also stopped

buying the neon-colored kitchen and bathroom cleaners, and started using baking

soda, vinegar, and h202 for cleaning. Life is simpler, safer, healthier, and I

find I'm actually spending a lot less than before.

Oh, and don't underestimate the importance of buying organic. Pesticides can

also mess with your body chemistry and make it difficult to lose weight. Here's

a helpful article from the EWG

http://www.ewg.org/release/when-should-you-buy-organic and another one from

another source, about chemicals in general

http://www.alive.com/4461a12a2.php?subject_bread_cramb=151

Uh oh, my baby just learned to crawl and is getting into her big sister's toys!

Gotta run

Best wishes to you.

Alyssa

>

> Hi all,

> I am looking for input from those who have had experience (or have seen

>others)with significant weight loss. I have a lot of hormonal/endocrine issues

>and have been struggling to lose weight. They only thing that " works " for me in

>my experience, is cutting calories to 800 or less. I really want to do things

>the healthy way, so any advice is appreciated.

>

> I have tried the NT cookbook and Eat Fat, Lose Fat, but found myself

>maintaining an obese weight rather than losing.

>