Guest guest Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Maxine, I wish you the best! I hope the Armour works well for you. Keep me posted on how you do! in Va. >I did lose weight as well. I think I lost about 30 lbs. Were you exercising too? I was walking daily. in Va. --- Thanks , That's good to know. I haven't been able to lose weight for over 10+ years. Not to mention, I've been pretty distracted and stressed out in grad school. I pledged this year, before graduation (Sp 2005), that I would lose 40-50lbs. I've been working at it all year. I've lost 8lbs!! I'm up to exercising 5-7 per week (long walks, gym, wt training) and the weight is NOT budging. That's when I started feeling discouraged and started reading books. I stumbled on Shomon's books. Hypo never crossed my mind. I'm 52years old, and I have no idea what my normal wt is anymore. I think I'll know it when I feel it?? I've never been thin -- that's not my goal, anyway. However, I am wanting muscle tone and agility (lots of yoga). So, we'll see how things progress once I start taking the Armour. In my earlier years, I was pretty good at getting it off pretty quickly (8-10lbs p/wk). However, keeping it off was another challenge. I'll be patient with myself and maintain a sensible eating plan and lots of activity/exercise and hope for the best. Maxine RE: Re: Check this out everyone H i, Maxine, I did lose weight as well. I think I lost about 30 lbs. Were you exercising too? I was walking daily. in Va. , I too tried eating 60-70% raw. It was terrific. I felt great!! However, I had incredible flatulence and indigestion whenever I would eat any cooked food. However, I loved the added energy and how it made me feel, but the downside of eating cooked food made me feel terrible for a couple of days afterward. I continued reading about it, an author suggested dousing myself with additional enzymes before eating a cooked meal (from time to time). I bought lots of non- cook books for variety. I work at home and have lots of time on my hands to prepare the fresh/raw meals (it's pretty time consuming). Lots of benefits -- lots of work. However, I couldn't sustain it long term though. My goal was to feel better and to lose weight. I felt terrific. The weight hardly budged! Good luck, Maxine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 Could it be the calming effect of the magnesium in them, especially around the time of the period, for most women? I've had a hyst, but I do have one little ovary, and I still crave peanut butter sandwiches in cycles, around once a month or so. When I get that craving, nothing else will do except for that, or almost an entire can of mixed nuts with salt on them. Re: Re: weight loss > > I still have peanut butter occasionally, too. I just don't eat a lot of it, and I'm not giving it up either. > > Friday night I was hungry and had a bag of salted peanuts that I was just dying for. I don't remember feeling bad, afterwards. I have another small bag of them here, but not craving them (or the salt from them) so I'm saving them for a rainy day. :-) > > SandyE~Houston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 I don't care what any doctor says about all this low blood pressure stuff, a systolic BP of 100 is way too low for most people. The heart has got to be able to do an adequate output of blood, in order for it to circulate around the body properly. Now a systolic of 140 or more is way too high, especially if the blood vessels are not healthy inside, or are narrowed or have some plaque in them. Then the force on the vessels is going to show up in the diastolic, which should certainly not be regularly close to 90. Also, a very large difference between the systolic and diastolic is bad, as in, for instance, 140/50 or maybe even more of a difference, as in 160/50 on a regular basis. This usually indicates other types of heart or circulatory problems. The aorta and other coronary arteries. I would be walking death on 100/80 or asleep or laying down all the time, having passed out! Re: weight loss > >Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:55:37 -0000 > >Has Florinef brought it up and by how much? 100/80 is not that bad > unless you are having problems..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 so what should it be for a fat 50 year old woman > >Reply-To: NaturalThyroidHormones >To: <NaturalThyroidHormones > >Subject: Re: Re: weight loss >Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 09:09:46 -0500 >I don't care what any doctor says about all this low blood pressure stuff, >a systolic BP of 100 is way too low for most people. The heart has got to be able to do an adequate output of blood, in order for it to circulate around the body properly. Now a systolic of 140 or more is way too high, especially if the blood vessels are not healthy inside, or are narrowed or have some plaque in them. Then the force on the vessels is going to show up in the diastolic, which should certainly not be regularly close to 90. Also, a very large difference between the systolic and diastolic is bad, as in, for instance, 140/50 or maybe even more of a difference, as in 160/50 on a regular basis. This usually indicates other types of heart or circulatory problems. The aorta and other coronary arteries. I would be walking death on 100/80 or asleep or laying down all the time, having passed out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 I believe that about 120/70 or so, or the diastolic can be a constant 80 or so. It's not a " set " figure, but I can hardly believe that a 100 systolic can make anyone feel that good. I know, the push now is to get it as low as possible, but, from everything I've read over the yrs, I just don't see how. You DON'T want it to run a constant 140/90, let's say. That's too high for a constant. The flight or fight syndrome would of course send it up temporarily, but it should come back down rapidly. And some of the thinnest people I know have high blood pressure, so unless weight is putting strain on the heart, as in fat around the internal organs, then I'm not even thinking about that. Re: Re: weight loss > >Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 09:09:46 -0500 > >I don't care what any doctor says about all this low blood pressure stuff, > >a > systolic BP of 100 is way too low for most people. The heart has got to be > able to do an adequate output of blood, in order for it to circulate around > the body properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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