Guest guest Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 I'm so happy you found your answer! I've been searching for a while and made progress, but nothing like that hun. You are to be congratulated! Be well, W --------------------------------- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Hey Thanx for the kind words. I just wanted to share in case someone else can benefit. The first thing you're told if you want to lose weight is to cut back on fats. The opposite was true for me so I'm sure others are that way too. I'd still like to know though if it's a hypo thing or if like the food pyramid chart being incorrect (grains/starches are at the top of the list) most people need much more fat that we're led to believe. L ************************* I'm so happy you found your answer! I've been searching for a while and made progress, but nothing like that hun. You are to be congratulated! Be well, W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Fats are vitally important, particularly for brain function. Improper fat intake is usually the cause of binge type eating. Linn > > Hello > > Someone had posted something about fats recently and wanted to > comment on that. My whole life I've had weight issues. I was a > chunky kid but no one else in my family had weight problems. > The group that helped me get off antidepressants stress strongly > eating a healthy diet. Well, yeah, that's great but when you crave > sugar and carbs it's impossible to eat healthy. The answer for > wanting to binge was fat. > For most of my life I would binge and then diet. While dieting to > make up for binging I would feel so close to being out of control, on > the verge of another binge. > For the first time in my life I'm thin and don't have the cravings > and temptation to binge. I attribute this to consuming ALOT of fat > and the RIGHT kinds of fats and getting rid of all starch. If I eat a > bowl of oatmeal or cereal, a muffin, etc in the morning I'll be > ravenous the entire day. So I consume alot of protein also. Every > day I eat a bag of nuts and seeds that has a total of 45 grams of > fat. I eat avocados often, coconut flakes and add butter and olive > oil to my foods. I seem to NEED this and I don't know if this is > unique to me, people with hypothyroidism or if most people need much > more fat in their diets. The few times I have felt I could binge on > something with carbs and/or sugar I would eat something like nuts, > coconut flakes, cheese, etc and the feeling passed. > I had my cholesterol checked in May and it was 140. > > L > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 Fats are vitally important, particularly for brain function. Improper fat intake is usually the cause of binge type eating. Linn > > Hello > > Someone had posted something about fats recently and wanted to > comment on that. My whole life I've had weight issues. I was a > chunky kid but no one else in my family had weight problems. > The group that helped me get off antidepressants stress strongly > eating a healthy diet. Well, yeah, that's great but when you crave > sugar and carbs it's impossible to eat healthy. The answer for > wanting to binge was fat. > For most of my life I would binge and then diet. While dieting to > make up for binging I would feel so close to being out of control, on > the verge of another binge. > For the first time in my life I'm thin and don't have the cravings > and temptation to binge. I attribute this to consuming ALOT of fat > and the RIGHT kinds of fats and getting rid of all starch. If I eat a > bowl of oatmeal or cereal, a muffin, etc in the morning I'll be > ravenous the entire day. So I consume alot of protein also. Every > day I eat a bag of nuts and seeds that has a total of 45 grams of > fat. I eat avocados often, coconut flakes and add butter and olive > oil to my foods. I seem to NEED this and I don't know if this is > unique to me, people with hypothyroidism or if most people need much > more fat in their diets. The few times I have felt I could binge on > something with carbs and/or sugar I would eat something like nuts, > coconut flakes, cheese, etc and the feeling passed. > I had my cholesterol checked in May and it was 140. > > L > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 The Food Pyramid is a joke as is their recommendations on types of oils. Linn > > Hey > > Thanx for the kind words. I just wanted to share in case someone else > can benefit. The first thing you're told if you want to lose weight is > to cut back on fats. The opposite was true for me so I'm sure others > are that way too. I'd still like to know though if it's a hypo thing > or if like the food pyramid chart being incorrect (grains/starches are > at the top of the list) most people need much more fat that we're led > to believe. > > L > ************************* > I'm so happy you found your answer! I've been searching for a while > and made progress, but nothing like that hun. You are to be > congratulated! > > Be well, W > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 >>The Food Pyramid is a joke as is their recommendations on types of oils.<< You got that right! You should see how they wanted me to eat as a Diabetic! I would weight 400 poiunds by now if I ate like that! LOL They really don;t havea clue what is healthy and what is bad for you. -- Artistic Grooming * Hurricane, WV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2007 Report Share Posted June 12, 2007 > You got that right! You should see how they wanted me to eat as a Diabetic! I would weight 400 pounds by now if I ate like that! LOL They really don't have a clue what is healthy and what is bad for you. > You are SO right about that! My dad is a diabetic and DID follow the " recommended " weight loss/diabetic plan and gained weight! Of course, the doc accused him of cheating, which he wasn't because he is SUCH a rule person! Since he changed to more low-carb and tries to follow the glycemic index, he has lost some weight and is managing his blood sugar much better. The same thing happened with me when the doc recommended that I start to follow the low-calorie diet: I GAINED weight, and of course was accused of cheating. Also, since starting medical school classes, I have learned that part of the problem with the low-fat diet is that the body NEEDS fats from the food eaten. If enough fat isn't eaten, the body starts to digest it's own, specifically starting in the spinal cord in the myelin sheath that surrounds the nerves. That's partially why people on low-fat diets are grumpy, because their spine is digesting itself! Alaina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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