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18 June 2012
I guess I am starting over. That is okay. My attitude is good.
I know what foods work well with my body, and I guess I was testing what it meant to "eat normally" on the 5 days off the low-carb. I know that my body reacts poorly with most dairy, reacts terribly to any processed sugar, and tolerates only a tiny bit of (gluten free) grain. Instead (staying strictly gluten free) I ate poorly for my body's needs.
It did more than cause me to regain the few pounds I had (quickly) lost. I also felt bloated and gassy (digestive symptoms); I have been more prone to crankiness, gloominess and feeling awkward (psychological symptoms); the joints in my hands hurt, and my shoulders and back feel achy (I get arthritis symptoms); I have started losing hair again, and have been needing more sleep (thyroid symptoms -- I have struggled medically with my thyroid before); and my face broke out! And if that wasn't enough to turn a person around, after eating sugar, my face flushes across my cheeks in a suspicious way, I feel light headed, and later on, during the inevitable sugar crash, my dog starts nudging at me like she is concerned.
So, pretty stupid of me, huh? Sometimes I feel that, if I have to be gluten free anyways, I should be able to eat like everyone else in every other way, but that just isn't true -- unless I want to end up back on my thyroid medication with additions of lupus, rhumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia and diabetes! (Anybody see the autoimmune connection between all of these? It may sound paranoid, but having one autoimmune condition makes it much more likely to get another one. Or two. Or three. Just google it).
I am going back to Dr. D'Adamo, because I feel better when I eat that way.
My attitude (at the moment) is positive. I know that I need to plan and prepare, rather than eating on the grab. I think I know what I need to do. Now, I need to love myself enough to do for me what I need to do for me, rather than trying to be like everybody else. I am not everybody else.
I am me.
Weigh-in:
160.0 lb
lost so far:
0 lb
still to go:
40.0 lb
Diet followed N/A
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gaining 2.9 lb a week
07 June 2012
Weigh-in:
155.5 lb
lost so far:
4.5 lb
still to go:
35.5 lb
Diet followed N/A
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losing 3.5 lb a week
06 June 2012
Wow, the first of my five days off of the "two-days low carb" was a dismal failure. Unless, the diet is right, and I really am supposed to eat "normally" on the off days, LOL. I guess I'll see, but I will try to be more sensible next time.
I guess I'll find out next Monday, when I start my next "two-day low carb" if I maintained any of my 4 lb loss!
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06 June 2012
I am down another 2 lbs. I'm not going to start jumping for joy just yet, as I am still within my normal weight fluctuations.
I had to eat my breakfast in shifts. First, I grabbed the banana while I made breakfast and lunches for other people. I ate the pineapple after everyone else was served, and ate the hotdog (leftover from packing my daughter's lunch) just before I drove her to school -- I wanted my blood sugar a little more stable.
Then, probably an hour after eating the banana, I started cooking the rest of my breakfast.
I found it tricky to plan my eggs so that I would have a high protein, high carb breakfast.
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06 June 2012
Weigh-in:
156.0 lb
lost so far:
4.0 lb
still to go:
36.0 lb
Diet followed 100%
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losing 14.0 lb a week
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