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General Discussion / Re:
« on: June 17, 2014, 08:32:38 PM »
Quick down low being that since the USDA and AHA has promoted low fat diets (as far back as the 60s) diabetes has skyrocketed and yet cardiac diseases have not diminished.  Processed foods and the chemicals now being used in them are created to cause you to want more. And..."a bagel is no different than a bag of Skittles to your body". It refers to a lot of research showing that the food pyramid is extremely flawed. Very interesting article.

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General Discussion / Time Magazine
« on: June 17, 2014, 08:20:57 PM »
If anyone has access to the latest Time magazine (June 23, 2014) the cover article "Eat butter" makes some very interesting points!

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General Discussion / Re:
« on: June 08, 2014, 02:03:58 PM »
Can and WILL Jan! :) I was super embarrassed too. It's harder to admit it to yourself I think. Everyone here is wonderfully supportive and certainly don't give you guilt. I figure I do that well enough on my own!!

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General Discussion / Re:
« on: June 08, 2014, 09:34:31 AM »
Thanks Tony! :) I'll take whatever comes with the weight loss; I know it'll slow down. I'm hoping to start working out too. I want to run/jog a zombie 5K the end of August. ;)

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General Discussion / Re: Coming home
« on: June 07, 2014, 07:29:08 PM »
Hey y'all!  Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!  Just wanted to update, my uncle ended up having a triple bypass on Thursday - he's doing well.  I've lost about 6.6lbs in the last 2 weeks.  It is a guesstimate - I didn't weigh myself when I started; I went off of the horror of the last weigh in I had done about a week prior  :o  I'm mostly noticing a difference in my energy level and mood at this point. 

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General Discussion / Re:
« on: June 05, 2014, 08:24:56 AM »
Lol I do now, sorry! My tablet tends to be wonky. Think maybe I'll be able to send him a FTS book and he'll read it? ;) Guessing his cardiologists may have other plans though. They usually do.

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General Discussion / Re:
« on: June 04, 2014, 10:40:57 PM »
Not trying to do that! :(  Definitely never a for sure, but I want to see where I'm starting so I know the strides I make. He knew he had high cholesterol, but was trying to control it with exercise. With the family history I have I feel it's important for me to just keep an idea of where I'm at. I look at it as another way for me to track my progress in numbers! :)

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General Discussion / Re:
« on: June 04, 2014, 08:55:40 PM »
I'm going in Friday for fasting cholesterol and blood sugar / a1c. I wanted a starting point so I know what improvements I make. My 50 year old uncle goes in tomorrow for a quadruple bypass!!! He fell over while jogging and his fiancé did cpr for 10 minutes til ems got there. He's been in the icu for a week and in an induced coma. Very scary and very eye opening!!

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General Discussion / Re:
« on: May 30, 2014, 06:16:22 PM »
Thanks y'all! I've been doing pretty good so far, little headache for a couple days and a weeeee bit grouchy lol. But I woke up this morning in such a good mood and not exhausted! Tony, you're a rock star! Sherripie - you're my hero, I'm not sure I'd have made it as far last time if it hadn't been for your story. I read the book, and everything else, but in the back of my head I was thinking "but Doug is a dude... of course he lost weight no problem!" Lol. You are amazing - I told everyone about you and your before and after pics! It is super impressive!

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I use chia all the time! I've created a hot cereal by combining a few different recipes. It's ground flax, almond flour,  protein powder, chia seeds and cinnamon,  vanilla and ginger. My protein is chocolate so that's the flavor right now.  Mine comes out at 6gm net carbs (my current protein is a little higher in carbs than I'd like) for 1/2 cup mixed with 1 cup of 0 carb almond milk. Just heat it, let it sit and there ya go!  Super filling! I just make up a big container of the mix and keep it in the fridge.
  I also make chia "pudding". You just mix a few tbsp with milk of choice and flavorings of choice, let it sit (I've found overnight is best) and voila! Chia "pudding"!
  For you yuck texture people - you can grind it down too! It still works and absorbs liquids.

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General Discussion / Coming home
« on: May 27, 2014, 04:01:15 PM »
Hi guys - I know, I've been gone for a very long time.  I can honestly say now that I am living proof of how well this way of life works.....  I stopped, I thought I'd be ok.  I was wrong wrong wrong.  I am now back up to where I started.  Sick, tired and no enjoyment in my life.  :(   I begin over today.  Excuses are like a**holes (pardon my French), everyone's got one.... I'm not going to make excuses, I'm going to move forward.  I got back on here yesterday and was thrilled to see so many people had made their goals!  Thank you all for being here always... I'm trying to not tear up right now - putting this into words is really hard for me to do.  I don't take failure from myself well.

Love to you all!
Jen

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General Discussion / Re: Prejudice
« on: September 22, 2012, 11:13:07 AM »
Wow!!  Y'all make me feel so strong!  I too am incredibly grateful to have an amazing man who met me at my heaviest and loved me regardless. He's seen me at my heaviest, at my lightest, at my least healthy and most healthy.  And ultimately, he's supported me no matter what.  I've seen the prejudice that we get as heavy women.  The one that stuck in my head...when I was at my lightest many years ago (and bulimic fyi) I was a fabulous 145, size 10.  Some guys I worked with were in the breakroom laughing at personal ads in the newspaper.  The one they pointed out was a 5'4" (my height) 145#; comment being wow what a cow!  Needless to say, I stood up and asked them if I looked like a cow (knowing that 2 of them had been flirting with me for months)...Of course the answer was no and then I informed them that I was those numbers as well and they could never be so lucky to find a woman who looked that good!!  They were umm... very quiet after that lol  ;D ;D  I think truly, there's such a dismorphic concept of weight too - all women must weigh under 125 or they must be fat!  All men must weigh 180... I'm not sure where these concepts come from.  But I'm glad we are here to say I weight more than that and I'm sexy!!!

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General Questions / Re: favorite low carb grocery store snacks
« on: August 19, 2012, 11:07:24 PM »
Hi all!  I've discovered to be careful with the syrups though!  I recently stopped in Cost Plus World Market to pick up some Torani and was shocked to find that some of their sugar-frees now list 1 carb!!! AAAHHH!!  I guess 1 carb isn't bad, but I ended up trying some new flavors because of it lol  :D

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General Discussion / Re: Look what we had for lunch
« on: August 04, 2012, 08:59:53 PM »
Wow Umpa, I'd love to find some smaller ones!  Around here they range around the size of medicine balls lol!   :D  A machete might come in handy come to think of it!  I only seem to be able to find the smaller ones in the winter time.  Oh well, like Andrea said - great workout!

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Lunch Recipes / Re: CHERI'S CREAMY SOUTHWESTERN TACO SOUP
« on: August 01, 2012, 03:46:01 PM »
I'm doin good Andrea!  Thanks for asking!  How're you?  I'm still stuck weight-wise, but I do know it's my own doing.  I've just been dreading going back thru detox  :o  I'm happy, I'm not gaining and maintaining where I'm at, but I've still got a little way to go before I can say I'm where I want to be.  A size 12 is nothing to sneeze at, especially when I was a (very) tight 18 when I started!  :D

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