Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 --- Sauve <moniquesauve@...> wrote: > wow. good to hear i will have all that energy on > this diet! not sure how > you do it debby. > sorry to hear about your car but glad u r ok. Thanks .. I just posted a bit on what I do to manage my chaotic life, but forgot one thing. Exercise has really helped me in this area. As I have lost weight and increased exercise, my energy levels have really gone up. You would think that if you exercise you'd use up all your energy on the exercise but it ends up giving you energy all day long. I work out about 6 days a week in the mornings and find that I have a spring in my step all day long from this. I start feeling tired if I *don't* go to the gym. Every step I've taken in getting better has allowed me to do more in my life. I dedicate a certain amount of time to preparing my foods and exercising every day, and it seems like it's time consuming and it is a bit initially. But as time passes I find that the investment in my time actually allows me to get a lot more done and save time in many other ways. Luv, Debby San , CA ------------- Our lives are ordinary and fine, but if we want an extraordinary life, we have to push. My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 hi debby how long did it take you to feel so good on this diet? were you quite sick when you started it or just trying to prevent poor health with it? thanks monique Debby Padilla-Hudson wrote: > > > --- Sauve <moniquesauve@... > <mailto:moniquesauve%40shaw.ca>> wrote: > > > wow. good to hear i will have all that energy on > > this diet! not sure how > > you do it debby. > > sorry to hear about your car but glad u r ok. > > Thanks .. I just posted a bit on what I do to > manage my chaotic life, but forgot one thing. > Exercise has really helped me in this area. As I have > lost weight and increased exercise, my energy levels > have really gone up. > > You would think that if you exercise you'd use up all > your energy on the exercise but it ends up giving you > energy all day long. I work out about 6 days a week > in the mornings and find that I have a spring in my > step all day long from this. > > I start feeling tired if I *don't* go to the gym. > Every step I've taken in getting better has allowed me > to do more in my life. I dedicate a certain amount of > time to preparing my foods and exercising every day, > and it seems like it's time consuming and it is a bit > initially. But as time passes I find that the > investment in my time actually allows me to get a lot > more done and save time in many other ways. > > Luv, > Debby > San , CA > > ------------- > Our lives are ordinary and fine, but if we want an extraordinary life, > we have to push. > > My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/ > <http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2007 Report Share Posted March 7, 2007 --- Sauve <moniquesauve@...> wrote: > hi debby > > how long did it take you to feel so good on this > diet? were you quite > sick when you started it or just trying to prevent > poor health with it? Well I was pretty sick in some ways and not so sick in others. I did not have IBS or cancer or anything you really could put too much of a name on.. mostly generally I felt ill and tired and achy. I did get so heavy and feel so ill at one point I knew if I didn't change soon I was going to be bed-ridden and that scared the crap out of me. I could feel how hard it was to do anything physical.. my back ached all the time and I could barely carry my newborn son to the other side of the house to change him. Simple things like getting in an out of a car and getting up off the couch were agonizing. My husband had to do my laundry for me which was totally humiliating. The memory of how crappy I felt and the fear of being bed ridden or losing my independence is often what I think of when my mind even day dreams about not eating this way. Cake and candy don't appeal when I associate them with the pain that I was in. I have been on this diet for a year and a half completely. I have had a few cheats but even though they were all low carb cheats they effect me very negatively. My cheats were nuts, dairy and processed meats, things that are allowed on a typical low carb diet but not allowed on an anti-candida diet. In my mind I justified that they weren't that bad, but my body begged to differ. Every time I cheated it took me about a month to recover from the cheat of even one meal, including weight gain, acne returning, etc. That's why I haven't had that many cheats. Before getting on this diet a year and a half ago I was on a low carb diet for 8 months without a single cheat but still had dairy, nuts, etc. as allowed on that diet. I spent four months weaning slowly onto this diet, so in a sense I have a year prior to the 18 months building up to this diet slowly which I am sure helped ease my symptoms and gave me a head start. I haven't had any grains or sugar for 2 years and almost 6 months - not even a taste. This is after 12 years of struggling to be on the wagon and falling off more time than I can count. What finally worked for me was having the physical peace that I can only get on an anti-candida diet (helped even more by Bee's excellent supplements) and that can't be achieved on a typical low carb diet for me, hitting bottom with my health, and learning some new ways of redeveloping my relationship with food. I no longer eat for pleasure, I only eat to give my body what it needs. That's not to say that I don't find pleasure in eating, but I don't make that the purpose.. all my food has to be is edible.. and I purposefully make it boring so that I don't overeat or start eating for pleasure. Eating has become mechanical for me, all routine and that gives me an emotional peace along with the physical peace I get on this diet. Here were some of my issues and where I am now: BEFORE: Weighed 380 lbs AFTER: Weigh 134 pounds less and still losing (you can see before and " during " photos here: http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/lowcarb/debbylwtd.jpg ) BEFORE: High blood pressure AFTER: Blood pressure is low/normal - dropped by 50+ points - checked this after 1 year so don't know when this improved specifically BEFORE: High cholesterol AFTER: Cholesterol is low/normal - dropped by 50+ points - checked this after 1 year so don't know when this improved specifically BEFORE: Constant fatigue AFTER: Lots of energy - the increase was gradual but it took a while. I think the first couple of months were a drain but then it improved bit by bit between the diet and exercise, each month getting better and better. To the point where I sometimes dance around for no reason I have so much energy BEFORE: arthritis in knees - painful and effecting everything AFTER: athritis is only noticeable when I do heavy weight lifting like squats - knee sometimes pops a bit - took about a year BEFORE: psoriasis AFTER: psoriasis is completely gone - took about 10 months BEFORE: major brain fog where I felt my IQ was about 30 points lower AFTER: major brain fog is gone - feel normal again - took about 6 months of gradual improvement BEFORE: vaginal and anal itching AFTER: vaginal/anal itching took about 4 months to improve BEFORE: acne AFTER: acne took about 6 months, but is the first thing to come back if I take medications or any deviation with diet, even low carb foods BEFORE: skin erruptions all over AFTER: skin erruptions still happen but have decreased about 80% BEFORE: Could barely walk and couldn't stand for more than 5 mins at a time - could only do 2 minutes on the elliptical AFTER: Can do 20 minutes on the stair master, walk at a brisk pace for more than an hour, don't know how long I can stand but a good while, can do 100 crunches with my legs straight in the air without stopping, can do an hour on the elliptical and barely break a sweat, can do a ton of heavy body building and weight lifting exercises and now have very large muscles. BEFORE: Many physical weaknesses - couldn't kneel, couldn't lay in certain positions in bed, had a hard time getting out of my seat, car, etc. AFTER: No problem kneeling, I do it all the time now like kneeling beside my son's bed to give him a kiss, get out of my car with ease and no pain, can lay in any position in bed, even on my tummy. BEFORE: frequent bladder/ear/sinus infections AFTER: only have had one ear infection just recently that came from a bad flu - no other infections for more than two years BEFORE: pre-diabetic with an HGBA1C of 5.9 (anything above 6.0 is considered diabetic) and high fasting blood glucose levels and a family history of diabetes AFTER: HGBA1C is 5.2 and fasting blood glucose is 79 - no longer prediabetic BEFORE: constant insatiable hunger AFTER: For the first time in my life I am at peace with food, as long as I don't deviate or take medications (antibiotics really screw with me the most). I am still super sensitive to any off plan foods but I attribute some of that to having candida since the age of 1, yo-yo dieting and having large amounts of antibiotics and sugar in my life. Plus I plan to do this for life so I don't really just dream when I can eat off plan again. BEFORE: Anxiety/OCD AFTER: Anxiety and OCD are greatly improved although I believe some of it is more caused by external stresses and a chaotic life.. I think diet has solved as much as it can in this area and other life changes need to be made to improve this further There are more but I can't think of them all. Also I had lab tests done just before I fully started on the diet and about 1 year after.. my labs probably have improved even more since then, although everything was normal levels when I tested them, including vitamin levels, various blood tests, etc. Everything improved since my first test so I use those labs to show doctors who are naysayers.. when they see my labs they can't think of anything to dispute them. Sorry this ended up being longer than I intended, but hope this answers your questions! Luv, Debby San , CA ------------- Caring for myself is the best way I know to care for others and to find the good in everything. My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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