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Ok my Sweetie............
Mary M - Ohio wrote: Always stirring it up, Steven! :-) Have fun on the boardwalk for me! Mary |
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Ok! Me sorry!........I love you! Give me a cyber hug! (((((((((((MARY)))))))))))))
Mary M - Ohio wrote: I am definitely gung-ho on low refined carbs but not eating a piece of fruit for 4 months was really not healthy-feeling. Oh, and you know the boyfriend never really got dumped -- I still carry the torch. But 10,000 miles is just a little too long-distance. :-) You know I follow my own way of low-carbing -- just count the years of no sugar. Hey it is my 18th anniversary in a couple of days, I think ... somewhere around the 20th. Now stop pick-picking and say hello to that lovely boardwalk for me! Mary |
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OK Sweetheart :-) (((((((Steven)))))))) I am so proud of your success and I know
you will reach and stay at whatever goal you set! I have always seen the success in you that you just haven't let yourself enjoy -- even though you deserve it. Mary "Steve" wrote in message ... Ok! Me sorry!........I love you! Give me a cyber hug! (((((((((((MARY))))))))))))) Mary M - Ohio wrote: I am definitely gung-ho on low refined carbs but not eating a piece of fruit for 4 months was really not healthy-feeling. Oh, and you know the boyfriend never really got dumped -- I still carry the torch. But 10,000 miles is just a little too long-distance. :-) You know I follow my own way of low-carbing -- just count the years of no sugar. Hey it is my 18th anniversary in a couple of days, I think ... somewhere around the 20th. Now stop pick-picking and say hello to that lovely boardwalk for me! Mary |
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"rosie readandpost" wrote in message
... "Metabolic resistance" (slapped mainly on women) was a label I almost swallowed, and it's nothing but bull****. Mary M mary, i thought you posted that the METABOLIC RESISTANCE thing was bull**** for you, but NOT for everyone? Because I had such intense despair after "failing" on Atkins, I know that my reaction to the phrase is emotional, and deep inside I do feel it's bull****. Perhaps it does apply to some -- but I know that I matched his description perfectly and yet I sure was not "metabolically resistant" to weight loss -- I don't like that the phrase can engender fear and dependency (in that "only the Atkins plan can help you") -- because when it doesn't help, then what the hell do you do, if you believe the label? And of course no one is obliged to believe it -- but when you've been trying to get under 200 lbs for 22 years without success, it certainly sounds true -- though it wasn't. And just to reiterate what I believe about the program -- I think it's GREAT to get people to ditch refined carbs. I think the plan as outlined in the book is not bad (most people don't talk about what happens after the induction phase, when you're supposed to increase your carbs for your individual tolerance levels) -- but as I said, I realize I get a bit emotional about the whole thing because I can't even put into words how I felt when I failed at a plan that was supposed to be the thing that woul finally work for someone like me to end the years of weight loss frustration. And the soapboxer in me feels a need to provide a voice for those who did not do well on Atkins but did well on the program that now is a pariah -- the (slightly modified) food pyramid. Whoooooops, if I don't get dressed right this minute I will be late for my gym appointment! Just wanted to elaborate a little since I realize my previous posts were a little emotionally driven. Mary |
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Just wanted to elaborate a little since I realize my previous posts were a little emotionally driven. Mary your entitled! ((((((((((((((((mary))))))))))))))))))) |
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 07:49:05 -0400, "Mary M - Ohio"
wrote: supposed to increase your carbs for your individual tolerance levels) -- but as I said, I realize I get a bit emotional about the whole thing because I can't even put into words how I felt when I failed at a plan that was supposed to be the thing that woul finally work for someone like me to end the years of weight loss frustration. And the soapboxer in me feels a need to provide a voice for those who did not do well on Atkins but did well on the program that now is a pariah -- the (slightly modified) food pyramid. Whoooooops, if I don't get dressed right this minute I will be late for my gym appointment! Just wanted to elaborate a little since I realize my previous posts were a little emotionally driven. Mary I am going to find fault with your statement of "emotionally driven" as something of error in you. As for me one the "keys" to my successful lost of weight is because I was very "emotional" about my body size and health. I got mad at myself. I got emotional and I deal with my weight problem much better because of it. I do not know what diets you have tried but I have been dealing with dieting twice in my life. I am what you might call a heavy person's ideal example. I became overweight when I was in my early twenties. I didn't have any excuse. I excelled in sports in high school and college. I was six foot two inches tall. I weighted between 195 and 200 during that time. (I am a male) I left school, married and settled down. I began a family. I began to gain weight. I became a correctional officer at a large federal prison. (prison guard) I had to deal with physical confrontations with violent inmates at least three to five times a month. It was obvious to us there that the large almost three hundred pound guards had less confrontations than those of us who were leaner. We were told by our supervisors that we needed to "beef" up. Well, to make a long story shorter, I gained weight. I went up to 295 lbs. I worked out in the officer's gym. And at that early age it wasn't difficult to carry the weight. I felt more big than fat and let it go. After a few years of this size I read books and decided it wasn't very healthy being that big and I saw some facts of my weight in photographs that I didn't like. And this is the point which I want to make here and now. It was those photographs of me which affected me the most. They got me "mad" (emotional) at myself for allowing myself to look like that. I decided to do some dieting. And I do not want to go into all of the things I tried to do. You comments about your own experiences reminded me of what I went through. All the fad diets I read about and some I even tried. I read and read and I guess I still read about different facts about nutrition and diets. And I found some simple steps which has helped me develop my own diet. I lost 107 pounds in less than a year. I exercised. I began walking and after six months of serious walking I began to jog and I jogged for eleven years and only stopped when I took on three jobs and just didn't have the time to jog. (I loved jogging but had seven children and we needed the money.. Teen agers!! five daughters.. money for clothes smile) Lost my wife (cancer) and gave up on life. I "emotionally" died. I just sat back and quit living in my mind. I worked and returned to my room and waited and hoped I would die. I did that for six years. and I woke up and came back into the world. I also had gained a lot of weight in the mean time. I began my diet again and I am now within twenty pounds of where I want to be. ( I must have lost seventy five. I do not have a scale but I am down 12 inches from my waist) I got mad. That is the key to my diet. I hung photographs on my walls in the kitchen area. If I was tempted to eat I would be forced to see the photographs and it really helped me. One thing about my body which I really hated and that was when I would ware a pair of pants with a tight waist. Where I had trouble buttoning the top button. This would squeeze my stomach area and create this fat ring around my waist area. If I wore a tee shirt one could see this. I would look in the mirror and just cringe at that sight. So when I would begin my new diet and I had the day off from work I would make sure to wear that outfit and go out and about. I would look at my body's reflection in the large store windows. I would look in the body length mirrors in the clothing section of large department stores. I would look at the horrible shape and I would not even be tempted to eat anything wrong. Now, for diet tips which I found to be helpful. You might find some insight in them. I always start off very slow. I take two weeks and begin to think about a diet. I get it in my mind. I begin the actual diet by cutting out all sweets. And that is all. I let my body free itself from the cravings of sugar. Which is a horrible drug and one does get addicted too it. I eat what I want from the other foods. I do not count any calories. After I am done with the sugars I then begin to cut out the fats in my diet. I do this for weeks and I then go into counting calories for my normal diet. I have found that if I allow my body to gradually eat less of the wrong kinds of foods. Then my diet works in the long run. In my case the faster I have went into a serious diet the more times I have failed. I tried to give my body too much of a diet change too fast. And it just didn't/doesn't work for me. I do not mean to put you down but from my point of view "emotion" is what has helped me the most to loose weight. Monte |
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"Montgomery Hounchell" wrote in message
... On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 07:49:05 -0400, "Mary M - Ohio" wrote: Just wanted to elaborate a little since I realize my previous posts were a little emotionally driven. Mary I am going to find fault with your statement of "emotionally driven" as something of error in you. As for me one the "keys" to my successful lost of weight is because I was very "emotional" about my body size and health. [snip} I appreciate your thoughtful response, Monte -- I was mainly referring to a few quickly-written posts that should have been better edited -- I think your approach to weight loss sounds great. I am happy to report that I have lost over 170 lbs, with about 100 of those off for the past 18 years and about 75 off in the last year and a half. My best to you in your maintenance! Mary 325-151-140 |
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