Guest guest Posted May 18, 2000 Report Share Posted May 18, 2000 June, I have to jump in here! Are you familiar with the GFCF kids list? It's an egroups list & it's wonderful! We're very active on it. My daughter Emma is moderately autistic, and we have seen good steady results with her on the diet. No miracles like speaking, but definitely results. I am a firm believer in this! We are now doing some vitamin therapies and will soon have her tested for yeast overgrowth. After having her on a regular diet, and on an antidepressant since 3 yrs old, I find the diet & the vitamin therapies to not only be more beneficial to her, but more comforting to me (no meds!). My daughter does not eat a large variety of foods, but she takes DMG, Folic Acid, Magnesium, Calcium, a Multivitamin, Zinc, Evening Primrose Oil, a B Complex, and will soon start Cod Liver Oil, so she probably is getting more nutients than my two NT daughters! We are also considering a digestive enzyme which has increased the appetite of some kids who are GFCF, along with other benefits to the body. I hope this is helpful to you! Jaymee in Idaho June wrote: > Hi Vinnie, > and welcome. I'm glad you came out of lurker mode. As far as one of the > myths about only boys getting autism, well you are right, this list puts > that myth to rest. > > I am the grandmother of , a beautiful 3.5 yr. old who was dx'd > a little over a year ago. Her parents, my daughter and son in law, > recently started her on a gf/cf diet, after taking her to a Dr. who > specializes in allergies and immunology. As a matter of fact, they are > there for a follow up visit as I write this. > > Since is an extremely picky eater, who loves just about every > food that is NOT on the gf/cf diet, this has not been an easy thing to > do. I believe we have seen some changes since she started this diet, > which has been for almost 1 month. > > She has been making better eye contact, and has also been more verbal. I > know some people who have tried the diet have reported very dramatic > results. While I don't see any dramatic changes, on the whole I would > say we have seen the improvements I mentioned, along with the > disappearance of dark circles that she used to have allot under her > eyes. > > How long were you on the diet before you noticed any changes? > > Again welcome, I'm really happy to have you on the list. > > -- > June > " Do little things with great love. " Mother > > mailto:jn516@... > http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/1204 > http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/6250 > http://www.geocities.com/athens/forum/7306 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Make new friends, find the old at Classmates.com: > http://click./1/4052/6/_/475156/_/958678659/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2000 Report Share Posted May 18, 2000 June, I have to jump in here! Are you familiar with the GFCF kids list? It's an egroups list & it's wonderful! We're very active on it. My daughter Emma is moderately autistic, and we have seen good steady results with her on the diet. No miracles like speaking, but definitely results. I am a firm believer in this! We are now doing some vitamin therapies and will soon have her tested for yeast overgrowth. After having her on a regular diet, and on an antidepressant since 3 yrs old, I find the diet & the vitamin therapies to not only be more beneficial to her, but more comforting to me (no meds!). My daughter does not eat a large variety of foods, but she takes DMG, Folic Acid, Magnesium, Calcium, a Multivitamin, Zinc, Evening Primrose Oil, a B Complex, and will soon start Cod Liver Oil, so she probably is getting more nutients than my two NT daughters! We are also considering a digestive enzyme which has increased the appetite of some kids who are GFCF, along with other benefits to the body. I hope this is helpful to you! Jaymee in Idaho June wrote: > Hi Vinnie, > and welcome. I'm glad you came out of lurker mode. As far as one of the > myths about only boys getting autism, well you are right, this list puts > that myth to rest. > > I am the grandmother of , a beautiful 3.5 yr. old who was dx'd > a little over a year ago. Her parents, my daughter and son in law, > recently started her on a gf/cf diet, after taking her to a Dr. who > specializes in allergies and immunology. As a matter of fact, they are > there for a follow up visit as I write this. > > Since is an extremely picky eater, who loves just about every > food that is NOT on the gf/cf diet, this has not been an easy thing to > do. I believe we have seen some changes since she started this diet, > which has been for almost 1 month. > > She has been making better eye contact, and has also been more verbal. I > know some people who have tried the diet have reported very dramatic > results. While I don't see any dramatic changes, on the whole I would > say we have seen the improvements I mentioned, along with the > disappearance of dark circles that she used to have allot under her > eyes. > > How long were you on the diet before you noticed any changes? > > Again welcome, I'm really happy to have you on the list. > > -- > June > " Do little things with great love. " Mother > > mailto:jn516@... > http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/1204 > http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/6250 > http://www.geocities.com/athens/forum/7306 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Make new friends, find the old at Classmates.com: > http://click./1/4052/6/_/475156/_/958678659/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2000 Report Share Posted May 18, 2000 June, I have to jump in here! Are you familiar with the GFCF kids list? It's an egroups list & it's wonderful! We're very active on it. My daughter Emma is moderately autistic, and we have seen good steady results with her on the diet. No miracles like speaking, but definitely results. I am a firm believer in this! We are now doing some vitamin therapies and will soon have her tested for yeast overgrowth. After having her on a regular diet, and on an antidepressant since 3 yrs old, I find the diet & the vitamin therapies to not only be more beneficial to her, but more comforting to me (no meds!). My daughter does not eat a large variety of foods, but she takes DMG, Folic Acid, Magnesium, Calcium, a Multivitamin, Zinc, Evening Primrose Oil, a B Complex, and will soon start Cod Liver Oil, so she probably is getting more nutients than my two NT daughters! We are also considering a digestive enzyme which has increased the appetite of some kids who are GFCF, along with other benefits to the body. I hope this is helpful to you! Jaymee in Idaho June wrote: > Hi Vinnie, > and welcome. I'm glad you came out of lurker mode. As far as one of the > myths about only boys getting autism, well you are right, this list puts > that myth to rest. > > I am the grandmother of , a beautiful 3.5 yr. old who was dx'd > a little over a year ago. Her parents, my daughter and son in law, > recently started her on a gf/cf diet, after taking her to a Dr. who > specializes in allergies and immunology. As a matter of fact, they are > there for a follow up visit as I write this. > > Since is an extremely picky eater, who loves just about every > food that is NOT on the gf/cf diet, this has not been an easy thing to > do. I believe we have seen some changes since she started this diet, > which has been for almost 1 month. > > She has been making better eye contact, and has also been more verbal. I > know some people who have tried the diet have reported very dramatic > results. While I don't see any dramatic changes, on the whole I would > say we have seen the improvements I mentioned, along with the > disappearance of dark circles that she used to have allot under her > eyes. > > How long were you on the diet before you noticed any changes? > > Again welcome, I'm really happy to have you on the list. > > -- > June > " Do little things with great love. " Mother > > mailto:jn516@... > http://www.geocities.com/Wellesley/1204 > http://www.geocities.com/heartland/meadows/6250 > http://www.geocities.com/athens/forum/7306 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Make new friends, find the old at Classmates.com: > http://click./1/4052/6/_/475156/_/958678659/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 18, 2000 Report Share Posted May 18, 2000 Vinnie, I am so glad that you are on this list! It is really hard to figure out what it is like to be autistic (since I am not), but I read all the time trying to figure out what my daughter must be dealing with. You definitely hear all the time that autism is so much more prevalent in boys, but in my daughter's school, there are 4 autistics, and 3 of them are girls. I am glad to find this list, and glad to hear from you! Your insight is very valuable, thanks for offering it to us! I saw that you were looking for CF cheese, and I thought I'd let you know that Toffuti is just putting out a new CF soy cheese that apparently tastes good. Not like Soymage! We haven't been able to get it in our area yet, but it may be near you already. Hope you can find it! Are you using any vitamin therapies? Have any helped you? Have you always been high functioning? Sorry for all the questions! Jaymee Vinnie Chassot wrote: > I've been lurking here for awhile and recently I've seen a bunch of stuff > I wanted to reply to, but I thought an introduction was in order first. > > So I'm Vinnie -- I'm actually female so don't let the name throw you. I'm > a 22 year old high functioning autistic. Right now I'm living with friends > in Menlo Park, in the San Francisco bay area of California. I'm hoping > to get a position in Santa Cruz or 's valley and move down there in > the next month or two. I'm birthmom to a little boy who is also autistic > and lives with his adoptive parents on the east coast. I mostly signed on > to get more information about autism (esspecially since I've been told > some real whoppers by professionals -- including 'There are no autistic > girls' which is, rather obviously, not true) and apparently this is a > really good resource. > > So, um, hi, I don't bite. <g> > > Vinnie > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > How has eGroups changed your life? > Share your story with us at: > http://click./1/3934/6/_/475156/_/958673861/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 > What hope your post has given me for my daughter!!!!! She is HFA also, but I > have always wondered what it will be like for her in her later years. I have > so many questions for you. Maybe we can post privately. If you don't mind > please email me privately!!!!! Thank You for being there! God Bless you! Heyas. Sure, I don't have a problem emailing you privately. I should probably warn you that I get caught up in things and forget to reply sometimes, so you might have to occasionally resend something if I don't reply after a few days (I don't take it personally, I know it's annoying behavior on my part, I just am in too much chaos right now to keep 'lower priority' things like email straight right now -- things should calm down in a month or so) As for questions, fire away. If you want to read stuff by other HFAs/Aspies and 'cousins' (people with other neurological abnormalties related to Autism) you could go to http://www.autistics.org . You might find it really interesting (I should get around to posting the url to the list, along with finishing and posting the four queued posts I have. eek) Vinnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 > What hope your post has given me for my daughter!!!!! She is HFA also, but I > have always wondered what it will be like for her in her later years. I have > so many questions for you. Maybe we can post privately. If you don't mind > please email me privately!!!!! Thank You for being there! God Bless you! Heyas. Sure, I don't have a problem emailing you privately. I should probably warn you that I get caught up in things and forget to reply sometimes, so you might have to occasionally resend something if I don't reply after a few days (I don't take it personally, I know it's annoying behavior on my part, I just am in too much chaos right now to keep 'lower priority' things like email straight right now -- things should calm down in a month or so) As for questions, fire away. If you want to read stuff by other HFAs/Aspies and 'cousins' (people with other neurological abnormalties related to Autism) you could go to http://www.autistics.org . You might find it really interesting (I should get around to posting the url to the list, along with finishing and posting the four queued posts I have. eek) Vinnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 > What hope your post has given me for my daughter!!!!! She is HFA also, but I > have always wondered what it will be like for her in her later years. I have > so many questions for you. Maybe we can post privately. If you don't mind > please email me privately!!!!! Thank You for being there! God Bless you! Heyas. Sure, I don't have a problem emailing you privately. I should probably warn you that I get caught up in things and forget to reply sometimes, so you might have to occasionally resend something if I don't reply after a few days (I don't take it personally, I know it's annoying behavior on my part, I just am in too much chaos right now to keep 'lower priority' things like email straight right now -- things should calm down in a month or so) As for questions, fire away. If you want to read stuff by other HFAs/Aspies and 'cousins' (people with other neurological abnormalties related to Autism) you could go to http://www.autistics.org . You might find it really interesting (I should get around to posting the url to the list, along with finishing and posting the four queued posts I have. eek) Vinnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 and someday I'll learn to double-check the 'To:' line. Sorry about that. but I guess I don't have to get around to posting that url anymore. meep. Vinnie > > > > What hope your post has given me for my daughter!!!!! She is HFA also, but I > > have always wondered what it will be like for her in her later years. I have > > so many questions for you. Maybe we can post privately. If you don't mind > > please email me privately!!!!! Thank You for being there! God Bless you! > > Heyas. Sure, I don't have a problem emailing you privately. I should > probably warn you that I get caught up in things and forget to reply > sometimes, so you might have to occasionally resend something if I don't > reply after a few days (I don't take it personally, I know it's annoying > behavior on my part, I just am in too much chaos right now to keep 'lower > priority' things like email straight right now -- things should calm down > in a month or so) > > As for questions, fire away. If you want to read stuff by other > HFAs/Aspies and 'cousins' (people with other neurological abnormalties > related to Autism) you could go to http://www.autistics.org . You might > find it really interesting (I should get around to posting the url to the > list, along with finishing and posting the four queued posts I have. eek) > > Vinnie > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker combinations. > Remember the good 'ol days > http://click./1/4053/6/_/475156/_/959018879/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 and someday I'll learn to double-check the 'To:' line. Sorry about that. but I guess I don't have to get around to posting that url anymore. meep. Vinnie > > > > What hope your post has given me for my daughter!!!!! She is HFA also, but I > > have always wondered what it will be like for her in her later years. I have > > so many questions for you. Maybe we can post privately. If you don't mind > > please email me privately!!!!! Thank You for being there! God Bless you! > > Heyas. Sure, I don't have a problem emailing you privately. I should > probably warn you that I get caught up in things and forget to reply > sometimes, so you might have to occasionally resend something if I don't > reply after a few days (I don't take it personally, I know it's annoying > behavior on my part, I just am in too much chaos right now to keep 'lower > priority' things like email straight right now -- things should calm down > in a month or so) > > As for questions, fire away. If you want to read stuff by other > HFAs/Aspies and 'cousins' (people with other neurological abnormalties > related to Autism) you could go to http://www.autistics.org . You might > find it really interesting (I should get around to posting the url to the > list, along with finishing and posting the four queued posts I have. eek) > > Vinnie > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker combinations. > Remember the good 'ol days > http://click./1/4053/6/_/475156/_/959018879/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 and someday I'll learn to double-check the 'To:' line. Sorry about that. but I guess I don't have to get around to posting that url anymore. meep. Vinnie > > > > What hope your post has given me for my daughter!!!!! She is HFA also, but I > > have always wondered what it will be like for her in her later years. I have > > so many questions for you. Maybe we can post privately. If you don't mind > > please email me privately!!!!! Thank You for being there! God Bless you! > > Heyas. Sure, I don't have a problem emailing you privately. I should > probably warn you that I get caught up in things and forget to reply > sometimes, so you might have to occasionally resend something if I don't > reply after a few days (I don't take it personally, I know it's annoying > behavior on my part, I just am in too much chaos right now to keep 'lower > priority' things like email straight right now -- things should calm down > in a month or so) > > As for questions, fire away. If you want to read stuff by other > HFAs/Aspies and 'cousins' (people with other neurological abnormalties > related to Autism) you could go to http://www.autistics.org . You might > find it really interesting (I should get around to posting the url to the > list, along with finishing and posting the four queued posts I have. eek) > > Vinnie > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Failed tests, classes skipped, forgotten locker combinations. > Remember the good 'ol days > http://click./1/4053/6/_/475156/_/959018879/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 Hi Vinnie, What hope your post has given me for my daughter!!!!! She is HFA also, but I have always wondered what it will be like for her in her later years. I have so many questions for you. Maybe we can post privately. If you don't mind please email me privately!!!!! Thank You for being there! God Bless you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 Hi Vinnie, What hope your post has given me for my daughter!!!!! She is HFA also, but I have always wondered what it will be like for her in her later years. I have so many questions for you. Maybe we can post privately. If you don't mind please email me privately!!!!! Thank You for being there! God Bless you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 Hi Vinnie, What hope your post has given me for my daughter!!!!! She is HFA also, but I have always wondered what it will be like for her in her later years. I have so many questions for you. Maybe we can post privately. If you don't mind please email me privately!!!!! Thank You for being there! God Bless you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 Hi, This eating thing is really confusing to me. Ally can eat like I have never seen anyone eat before. Its like she never gets full. I told the dr. and he didn't seem to think it was a big deal. She wants salt on everything, i have to hid food, I have to always watch her when it comes to eating. I have to tell her when to stop. Can anyone relate to this? Am I just overreacting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 Hi, This eating thing is really confusing to me. Ally can eat like I have never seen anyone eat before. Its like she never gets full. I told the dr. and he didn't seem to think it was a big deal. She wants salt on everything, i have to hid food, I have to always watch her when it comes to eating. I have to tell her when to stop. Can anyone relate to this? Am I just overreacting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2000 Report Share Posted May 22, 2000 Hi, This eating thing is really confusing to me. Ally can eat like I have never seen anyone eat before. Its like she never gets full. I told the dr. and he didn't seem to think it was a big deal. She wants salt on everything, i have to hid food, I have to always watch her when it comes to eating. I have to tell her when to stop. Can anyone relate to this? Am I just overreacting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2000 Report Share Posted May 25, 2000 Hi Cindi, How old was your daughter when you put her on dexitrim? Mine is 13 now. I am so glad you can relate. What do you think that is all about? It is almost as if she does not know when she is full. thanks Cindi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2000 Report Share Posted May 25, 2000 Hi Cindi, How old was your daughter when you put her on dexitrim? Mine is 13 now. I am so glad you can relate. What do you think that is all about? It is almost as if she does not know when she is full. thanks Cindi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 My weight loss journey has been a long one. I've battled my weight since my early to mid twenties after the birth of my now 21DD. I spent much of my late twenties and thirties being chubby and trying to convince myself and others around me that I was perfectly happy at this weight and size. My weight yo-yoed up and down usually landing around 180-185. Besides, I was generally a size 16—I could shop in regular stores for bottoms. The top is another matter since I am amply endowed and usually wear/wore an XL. By my late thirties I was having some health issues. It was discovered that my thyroid was low and I started on medication. I was also 245 lbs. I had gained 50 lbs in 3 months. Yikes! Through exercise (which I like because it makes me feel refreshed) and white- knuckling I got down to my stand-by weight of 180-185. I continued to exercise fairly regularly but started to eat pretty much whatever I wanted in whatever portion size I wanted. Eight to ten years later and after a kitchen remodel, I found myself 10lbs heavier. Those prepackaged foods are loaded with calories, salt and taste yucky to boot. Then after a serious emotional upheaval with my now DS13(He's doing much better now, btw.), I gained another 10lbs. I also stopped exercising altogether. Are you sensing that perhaps I eat out of emotional stress? But wait, that's not all—I also like to reward myself with food! I don't eat late at night, because I'll have indigestion/heartburn, so that's not my problem. My danger hour is the time that I get home from work (2:45-3pm) until my son gets home from school (3:30-4pm). My reward/snack probably added another whole meal to my daily calorie intake, because I would of course eat dinner too. Fast forward to October 2008, I'm hovering around the dreaded 200lbs. My girlfriends and I took a quick trip to Chicago. While I had fun on the trip, I realized that I was in pretty bad shape. We took the Megabus (it was cheap $30rt) and by the time we arrived in Chicago, my feet and ankles had blown up like balloons. Now that didn't stop me from walking all over, but I was pretty uncomfortable. I knew that I had to do something. When I got home, I started exercising again. I like to ride my recumbent exercise bike, which I still do 5x a week. I also had won an iTouch at work, so I was listening to music and playing Solitaire while riding. Well, one of my co-workers had signed a few of us ladies up for a Women in the Weight Room class at work. I work at a university. I was not excited to go at all. In fact I dreaded it. I thought that there was no way that I was strong enough to lift weights. Well guess what? I really dig it and continue to go 3x a week. Over time I have added water aerobics classes to the mix as well. Over time I was able to cut out my afternoon reward/snack/meal. Well, by early January I had started to lose weight very slowly, which I'm ok with. I'm in no rush; I have no deadline for this. But back to the iTouch, while on iTunes I found IOWL and started listening (sometime in November) while riding my exercise bike. It seems like everything has started to fall into place. I am so much more in tune with my hunger and fullness that food has become a not as important part of my life. I'm finding new and more relaxing ways to reward myself. And guess what, I'm down 20 lbs from October! I am starting to finally feel at peace with food. I'm not obsessing about it. I'm not concerned that there won't be enough for me, which is crazy anyway. I kind of count calories, but not very closely. I'm trying to exercise frequently, drink loads of water and listen to my body and feed it what needs. Thank you ! And I want to thank everyone here. I have been reading and lurking for quite a while, but I just had thank everyone for being so open and honest here. I realize that I am not alone. Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Hi Anne - I love the phrase 'delurking' -- it reminds me of Star Treck & the Klingon ships that would 'decloak' to fire their wepons ... there is something in common there!! Glad you're with us! ________________________________ To: insideoutweightloss Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 11:44:16 AM Subject: Delurking My weight loss journey has been a long one. I've battled my weight since my early to mid twenties after the birth of my now 21DD. I spent much of my late twenties and thirties being chubby and trying to convince myself and others around me that I was perfectly happy at this weight and size. My weight yo-yoed up and down usually landing around 180-185. Besides, I was generally a size 16—I could shop in regular stores for bottoms. The top is another matter since I am amply endowed and usually wear/wore an XL. By my late thirties I was having some health issues. It was discovered that my thyroid was low and I started on medication. I was also 245 lbs. I had gained 50 lbs in 3 months. Yikes! Through exercise (which I like because it makes me feel refreshed) and white- knuckling I got down to my stand-by weight of 180-185. I continued to exercise fairly regularly but started to eat pretty much whatever I wanted in whatever portion size I wanted. Eight to ten years later and after a kitchen remodel, I found myself 10lbs heavier. Those prepackaged foods are loaded with calories, salt and taste yucky to boot. Then after a serious emotional upheaval with my now DS13(He's doing much better now, btw.), I gained another 10lbs. I also stopped exercising altogether. Are you sensing that perhaps I eat out of emotional stress? But wait, that's not all—I also like to reward myself with food! I don't eat late at night, because I'll have indigestion/ heartburn, so that's not my problem. My danger hour is the time that I get home from work (2:45-3pm) until my son gets home from school (3:30-4pm). My reward/snack probably added another whole meal to my daily calorie intake, because I would of course eat dinner too. Fast forward to October 2008, I'm hovering around the dreaded 200lbs. My girlfriends and I took a quick trip to Chicago. While I had fun on the trip, I realized that I was in pretty bad shape. We took the Megabus (it was cheap $30rt) and by the time we arrived in Chicago, my feet and ankles had blown up like balloons. Now that didn't stop me from walking all over, but I was pretty uncomfortable. I knew that I had to do something. When I got home, I started exercising again. I like to ride my recumbent exercise bike, which I still do 5x a week. I also had won an iTouch at work, so I was listening to music and playing Solitaire while riding. Well, one of my co-workers had signed a few of us ladies up for a Women in the Weight Room class at work. I work at a university. I was not excited to go at all. In fact I dreaded it. I thought that there was no way that I was strong enough to lift weights. Well guess what? I really dig it and continue to go 3x a week. Over time I have added water aerobics classes to the mix as well. Over time I was able to cut out my afternoon reward/snack/ meal. Well, by early January I had started to lose weight very slowly, which I'm ok with. I'm in no rush; I have no deadline for this. But back to the iTouch, while on iTunes I found IOWL and started listening (sometime in November) while riding my exercise bike. It seems like everything has started to fall into place. I am so much more in tune with my hunger and fullness that food has become a not as important part of my life. I'm finding new and more relaxing ways to reward myself. And guess what, I'm down 20 lbs from October! I am starting to finally feel at peace with food. I'm not obsessing about it. I'm not concerned that there won't be enough for me, which is crazy anyway. I kind of count calories, but not very closely. I'm trying to exercise frequently, drink loads of water and listen to my body and feed it what needs. Thank you ! And I want to thank everyone here. I have been reading and lurking for quite a while, but I just had thank everyone for being so open and honest here. I realize that I am not alone. Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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