Guest guest Posted March 23, 2004 Report Share Posted March 23, 2004 Doing the smaller meals, more often, sure does seem to help with energy levels and mental faculties, I think. With our bodies struggling with all the adjustments and healing with all of this, I honestly feel that having smaller meals makes it easier for our bodies to process the food. With a large, heavy meal, our bodies have to work so hard to digest everything and then take the excesses calories and turn them to fat... then during the long period of time going without a meal the body has to break down the fat to provide energy calories.... Lot's of extra work, making and breaking down fat all the time. Since I've started doing 'mini-meals' in October (I do 5 to 7 a day to keep in a calorie range of 1700 to 2200) I have higher energy levels, dropped enough weight to have my pants fall off when I walk (to the point where my suspenders couldnt' even keep them up - they were so loose that the only thing keeping them up was the suspenders and they couldn't hold up the pants!) I'm still too big for a scale. But in the 'volume' of me that I've lost, I've no doubt that the mini-meals were THE trick for me. I'm not low carbing, or even really counting calories anymore. I did for the first four months or so... But now have it worked out to portion sizes. .... anyway... just sharing some of the things that seem to have been positive for me.... Topper () On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 09:27:33 -0000 " feemccormick " writes: > Hi Debbie, > I just wanted to say I don't think you should go fast with your > Armour increments. My doc increased me a 1/2 grain every 21 days > (after I was on Synthroid 75mcgs). From everything I've read doing > it gradually like this is the best way for your body to adjust. > I was very impatient at first with Armour (I've been on it for 4 > months) and the energy does improve but only gradually. > I keep a diary on the computer so I can chart the effects/changes. > Focus on the good stuff that's happening, hang in there and think > onwards & upwards - everything's going in the right direction, > you'll > see. > I try to be kind to my adrenals & don't drink tea, coffee, alcohol, > am trying to cut down on choc & sweet stuff & carbs, & am eating 6 > meals per day so I'm never running on empty. I am being very driven > about this I realise, but me & my hubbie are desperate to have a > baby! > Take care, > Fee x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 Debbie, I used to weight on the freight scales at my last job.. but they closed down.. that's why I'm not there anymore... I'm just a big person. Mom pumped us with calcium when we were little, concerned for our bones and teeth, so I have heavy bones. I'm 5'10, so taller than the average, as well. When I was lifting (I was a body builder before I stormed) I weighed 277 and had held that for over 5 years. When I had my body fat done, the BMI, I was measured at 21%, so I really didnt' have any fat to lose. The only way I could lose weight was to lose muscle, and no way was I doing that.... I had to go in for labs and such for my job (working with insecticides we got monthly blood screens), so I got weighed a lot. You know how you step on the scale and the nurse starts adjusting the slide weights? It never failed, as heavy as I was they still shot the hundred pound slide to the 100 pound mark and then shot the tens up into the upper end, then waited for the thing to balance... then I'd slide it up to the 200 mark..... So even to nurses, who weighed folks all the time, they guessed me 100 pounds less that I was! I dropped to the low 200's with the storm, then I had the RAI and shot up to 311 (that sucked, I was in every other week for weight in and labs - I had to watch it go up) and even held that way for three years, but it was not solid muscle, I jiggled..... But then, as the years went by, that creeped up... But the point is, I've not fit on a bathroom scale since about 3 months after my RAI, that's how quickly I gained weight... They do make scales that weight over 300, but they are premium priced...... I bought a 300 pound scale the same day I got my pedometer, two weeks ago. I took it in the bathroom and used it and my dad's scale to weight me.... one foot on each scale. I got my number and then put my scale here in the office. I didn't need to advertise to company that I was so big I needed two scales! A week later I carried the new scale back into the bathroom and it's broken. I have no idea why.. but it only goes to 60 pounds now. I've jiggled and shook it but it didn't help... then I had Ruth bounce around on it, she's under 200, to see if she could wiggle it loose.... but it's stuck... I have no idea what I did when I picked it up and carried it in here... No, I didn't put my full weight on it, I leaned on the bathroom counter until both feet were in place then shifted over... and neither scale went over 200 (oh gosh.. that sounds horrid! but they didn't!!! hehehehehe). I'm not concentrating as hard on losing weight right now... that's why I'm letting my calorie range go all the way up to 2200.... I'm having problems with skin..... It's not tightening up with the weight loss as well as I'd hoped.... It's doing okay in my legs, upper arms and back.. but the budha belly and inner thighs are still a problem. I hoping that that will get better as more of the fat comes out of it... then the skin can pull in. So I'm still losing, but not as quickly... I'm hoping the skin will catch up.... I don't have money for a body lift to take care of the extra skin... so I need to find a way to convince my body that it's worth working at, even at my age! I can't afford oils and lotions... I've been concentrating on massage, and about a week ago I started skin brushing..... Trying to stimulate the skin. It's been doing good for my legs, butt and arms.. but that dern belly is still bothering me. .... how's that for a fun, new challenge? Topper () *shaking head* On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 21:30:14 -0600 Debbie K writes: > Thanks Topper, I eat all through the day, but haven't been counting > calories. I'm hoping to get my thyroid meds adjusted a little > better > before tackling that. I can only handle so much at one time. At > least > I have stopped gaining. That is my first baby step. My goal right > now > is to just not gain any more. In a few weeks, I'll start trying to > lose. I only have to lose about forty pounds. > I am so proud of how well you've been doing, especially with your > weight. If it makes you feel better, my mother used to weigh on the > hog > scales. She lost down to 130 pounds!! I know you can make your > goals also! > > Blessings, > Debbie K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2004 Report Share Posted March 24, 2004 pound slide to the 100 pound mark and then shot the tens up into the upper end, then waited for the thing to balance... then I'd slide it up to the 200 mark..... So fffffffffcccccccccccccccccccccccxzeven to nurses, who weighed folks all the time, they guessed me 100 pounds less that I was!gbg'nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnml/' I dropped to the low 200's with the storm, then I had the RAI a to take care of the extra skin... so I need to find a way to convince my body that it's worth working at, even at my age! I can't afford oils and lotions... I've been concentrating on massage, and about a week ago I started skin brushing..... Trying to stimulate the skin. It's been doing good for my legs, butt and arms.. but that dern belly is still bothering me. .... how's that for a fun, new challenge? Topper () *shaking head* On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 21:30:14 -0600 Debbie K writes: > Thanks Topper, I eat all through the day, but haven't been counting > calories. I'm hoping to get my thyroid meds adjusted a little > better > before tackling that. I can only handle so much at one time. At > least > I have stopped gaining. That is my first baby step. My goal right > now > is to just not gain any more. In a few weeks, I'll start trying to > lose. I only have to lose about forty pounds. > I am so proud of how well you've been doing, especially with your > weight. If it makes you feel better, my mother used to weigh on the > hog > scales. She lost down to 130 pounds!! I know you can make your > goals also! > > Blessings, > Debbie K. --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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