State of Disrepair- What did I do wrong?

[Guest guest]

Lately I seem to be falling apart. I had lost a lot of weight, was

sleeping, and feeling better than ever after being on the diet for a

couple of months. I didn't even take one aspirin during my cycle last

month. Then I started gaining a little weight back (when I still have

plenty to lose), woke up at night occasionally last week, constipation

returned, then I got these little blisters, then they got bigger and

spread to my arms and legs. Now I am doubled over in bed with cramps.

Did I do something wrong? I came up with a new recipe last week with

Stevia I had just purchased, but other than that no changes on the diet

that I am aware of. Is Stevia bad for you? I thought I had seen that

it was o.k. What else could it be? This is miserable! Doesn't feel

like retracing, feels like what I used to feel all the time.

[Guest guest]

For me I am super sensitive to carbs and anything with

even the taste of sweetness, including Stevia. If I

have stevia too frequently I crave it, so I even have

to limit Bee's egg drink to occassional treats.

I also found that initially I was eating a large

quantity of veggies and protein, larger than was

recommended here and that worked for me with my

healing and weight loss.

However after a long while it stopped working and I

started bouncing upwards very slowly. After some

great advice from a friend, I lowered that stuff and

the weight is moving in the right direction again,

albeit slowly.

I would start by cutting out any stevia, and also

making sure it's 100% stevia and no fillers, and save

that for use no more than once or twice a month.

Then if you'd like you can email me privately, tell me

everything you are eating (better yet keep a fitday

journal) and I can try and see if I can help you

refine things a bit to get them moving again.

It's very important IMO to actually plan out your

foods because it's easy to over eat protein or veggies

and undereat fat, or undereat or overeat calories. If

you just kind of eat what you feel like in the moment

without precision, you usually get imprecise results.

I also know for me after years of abusing my body in

many ways, but most especially yo-yo dieting, I have

made myself extremely insulin resistant. Eating this

way is the *only* thing that helps me lose weight now,

but I can't even *just* do only the diet.

I have to make sure I get enough sleep, try and relax

and avoid stress, drink enough water and exercise

regularly. On a day when I don't do all those things,

my weight will bounce up 1-2 pounds.

Just going to sleep too late means a weight gain for

me. It's very frustrating to have to be so strict -

it's a good thing I am so determined. If I do

everything just right for 7 days I will lose a pound

or two.

It's a lot of work, but I got really good at learning

how to tweak things that I am doing to get my stubborn

body to respond.

I don't know anyone really who has more trouble than

me, and so what I do is I give people more liberal

advice then what I do, then have them scale back based

on what changes I noticed the biggest difference with,

based on what ever results they are seeing.

For me, the single most effective thing that got

weight moving for me was changing my ratios - more

fat, less carbs and protein.

In addition to all the science experiments I have done

with my own body, and seeing what works for others, I

have been doing a lot of emotional work (and continue

to do so) to deal with my relationship to food,

setting a routine for myself, dealing with social

situations and more.

Most people I meet are very lucky as they do not have

to do so many steps holistically as I do. When I start

telling people what I have done to lose weight I often

see their eyes glaze over or their attention wane,

because they can't see themselves doing things as

strictly as I do them.

It was only because I was so desperate that I was

willing to do what ever it took to not be where I was.

I didn't do it overnight - I took my time developing

better habits over a period of a year, and I am still

working on it. I stll have my bad days, but the

memory of my pain keeps me moving forward always.

If you like I can share my experience and give you

advice on how to handle some things, various

strategies, etc. Don't worry that I'll suggest too

much too fast. You make one change at a time slowly

until you see results. Then maybe make more changes

later.

I ask that you email me privately because any advice I

give would be highly individualized, based on

questions I would ask you and looking at the big

picture for you, so would not be very relevant to

anyone else here.

Luv,

Debby

San , CA

--- sk <sk07nh@...> wrote:

> Lately I seem to be falling apart. I had lost a lot

> of weight, was

> sleeping, and feeling better than ever after being

> on the diet for a

> couple of months. I didn't even take one aspirin

> during my cycle last

> month. Then I started gaining a little weight back

> (when I still have

> plenty to lose), woke up at night occasionally last

> week, constipation

> returned, then I got these little blisters, then

> they got bigger and

> spread to my arms and legs. Now I am doubled over

> in bed with cramps.

> Did I do something wrong? I came up with a new

> recipe last week with

> Stevia I had just purchased, but other than that no

> changes on the diet

> that I am aware of. Is Stevia bad for you? I

> thought I had seen that

> it was o.k. What else could it be? This is

> miserable! Doesn't feel

> like retracing, feels like what I used to feel all

> the time.

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around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work

around it. -- Jordan

Most people won't change until the pain of where they are exceeds the pain of

change. Being willing to delay pleasure for a greater result is a sign of

maturity. -- Dave Ramsey

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[Guest guest]

Hi sk,

I'm sorry you're feeling so lousy. Stevia is ok in small amounts but

we do have members who don't tolerate it. That could be the case with

you. But it's also possible that you are still doing everything right

even with the addition of stevia. What you need to remember is that

natural healing isn't a linear process. It's up and down and side to

side. There are periods of feeling good and periods of feeling bad and

everything in between as well. But eventually, the good times do begin

to last longer than the bad ones and things start looking up. Please

don't let this episode get you down for too long...this too shall

pass. Stick with the program and it really will get better.

jackie

>

> Lately I seem to be falling apart...

.....This is miserable! Doesn't feel

> like retracing, feels like what I used to feel all the time.

>

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry you feel so bad I've read elsewhere that you can

actually feel great for awhile and then begin to feel bad again. But

that you'll get to feeling good again as long as you keep with the

lifestyle.

I don't know Bee's take on this and I'm sure she'll answer you, but I

just wanted to tell you I'm sorry you feel so bad and hang in there

Nell

>

> Lately I seem to be falling apart. I had lost a lot of weight, was

> sleeping, and feeling better than ever after being on the diet for

a

> couple of months. I didn't even take one aspirin during my cycle

last

> month. Then I started gaining a little weight back (when I still

have

> plenty to lose), woke up at night occasionally last week,

constipation

> returned, then I got these little blisters, then they got bigger

and

> spread to my arms and legs. Now I am doubled over in bed with

cramps.

> Did I do something wrong? I came up with a new recipe last week

with

> Stevia I had just purchased, but other than that no changes on the

diet

> that I am aware of. Is Stevia bad for you? I thought I had seen

that

> it was o.k. What else could it be? This is miserable! Doesn't

feel

> like retracing, feels like what I used to feel all the time.

>

[Guest guest]

>

Doesn't feel like retracing, feels like what I used to feel all the

time.

==>, if you felt like that before it could still be retracing.

Luv, Bee

[Guest guest]

Is there any way to tell the difference between regressing and

retracing?

>

> ==>, if you felt like that before it could still be retracing.

>

> Luv, Bee

>

[Guest guest]

Jackie- Thank you for your response. I am putting the stevia in the

cupboard. I will only take it out for special occasions. I was so

excited to come up with a dessert that we loved. I never used it in

the egg drink, so at least I still have that! Hopefully this won't

keep me down long. I upped my VCO intake, and have started rubbing

it on my face and arms. The blisters seem to be subsiding- at least

there are no new ones that I can tell.

This is so much harder than I thought. I fought hard to get over the

first hurdle, and was feeling pretty good. I guess that was a false

sense of security. I have to remember I am still starting this

journey, and have a long way to go.

Thank you so much for letting me vent a little, and definately thanks

for the input.

> I'm sorry you're feeling so lousy. Stevia is ok in small amounts but

> we do have members who don't tolerate it. That could be the case

with

> you. But it's also possible that you are still doing everything

right

> even with the addition of stevia. What you need to remember is that

> natural healing isn't a linear process. It's up and down and side to

> side.

> jackie

[Guest guest]

Thank you! I am feeling better today.

> I'm sorry you feel so bad I've read elsewhere that you can

> Nell

[Guest guest]

>

> Is there any way to tell the difference between regressing and

> retracing?

==>Regressing? Do you mean getting worse? You only know if you are

getting worse (regressing) if you do not follow the diet, take the all

of the supplements recommended or you have too much stress or run into

toxins or all of the above.

Bee