Kentucky Derby . . . . . . Keeping on Track

[scaleskl]

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Kassoria, I did not notice you changed your goal weight to 137. How ironic is that. My goal is still 140 and nosey people keep informing me I won't look right at that weight. Ugh!! Can I just reach out and touch someone?

I'm getting ready to scan my pics at 137 and let you be the judge.

Cat I totally know what you mean about those nosy people better known as haters. I am getting the same thing from some family members who are telling me that 137 is way to small. But it is funny that at 137 I am 1lb away from being overweight. Can you reach out and touch these people for me too...LOL?

[SunnySmile501]

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Hi everyone, im checking in again too lol.

Sunny- Ok i have been reading the yeast connection and im sitting here thinking can i do this. I eat my chicken and steak dipped in mayo, i know bad bad bad, i eat turkey burgers with low carb ketchup, i wont know how to eat my meat, i have always been a dipper, i love dipping my meats. What else could i dip my meat in that taste good, can you have hot sauce, i could melt butter and hot sauce i guess. I can do without the coffee since i have done it but i replaced it with green tea but i can go without that im sure, not to crazy for it but its warm and fuzzy lol. Im trying to figure this all out to be honest. I have been taking garlic pills but that might not be as good at fighting it i see, but there is no way i could eat raw garlic, but now i could eat raw onion, i love onions so do you think i should throw that in there. Ok i know im asking a billion questions here, im just trying to get a better understanding of this whole yeast battling thing im going to have to endure. IM very discouraged here. Yesterday my sisters friend came here and she weighs about 379, which im on my way there im at 320, back up to my highest, i have gotten it down to 256 3yrs ago, and have been up and down to 290, but in the last couple of months it has went way up, but anyway i was talking to my sisters friend and she has all these health problems, like chf, and ephezema and im thinking to myself i do not want to be that person. And here i am trying to share with her what i know, but im thinking i know exactly what to do but why cant i take control and just do it. I was telling my stepmom today i wish the doctor could give me a shot of willpower lol.

Ok im done rambling here i just wanted to ask a billion questions lol.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you can't have hot sauce because it has vinegar. I read that you like to use Lowery's season salt--it has sugar and corn starch. There is not much that you can have that doesn't have vinegar, sugar or dry or powdered spices. You will probably just have to bite the bullet and go cold turkey. I thought I would die until I could have my mayo mixed with Dijon mustard that I eat on chicken and horseradish sauce that I eat on my beef.

I did just buy something called chili oil, which is an Oriental hot oil that packs a punch. Maybe you could mix that with melted butter for dipping.

Since I opted to do it for 14 days before I read that chamomile tea was a good anti-fungal/yeast killer, I didn't drink any, but I have been drinking a lot ever since and I believe it works. Also, coconut oil is good, too. You will read in the yeast connection that the yeasties are in your mouth and you need to start there. When I read about the coconut oil, they suggested that you hold the coconut oil in your mouth until it melts and make sure it touches all over your mouth.

Another thing I tried. Sherri hooked me up with a link about cancer being a fungus and it is being cured with bicarbonate of soda--which is baking soda. For most of my life, I have brushed my teeth occasionally with baking soda to get stains off. I started thinking about the yeasties in the mouth thing, so I started brushing my teeth three times a day with a heavy paste of baking soda and I held it in my mouth as long as I could. I did it last thing before going to bed at night and took extra probiotics at the same time.

I wanted to do it right, so I stopped taking supplements that had dextrose, starch, rice powder and all the yucky stuff they put in them. I even stopped using iodized salt because it has dextrose in it.

You are going to have to work on changing your thinking. It's what we've all had to do. You have those beautiful children that need a healthy mom. They need a good role model. You have a gorgeous husband that needs his wife to live to grow old with him. But, most of all you need to get healthy for yourself. You need to do it while you are still young. The older you get, the more loose skin you will have when you lose the weight. Bottom line, you need to find all the positive reasons that you would rather be slim and healthy, than to keep putting food in your mouth that the taste only lasts for a few minutes.

You CAN do what you need to do. Just make up your mind each morning that just for that day, you will only eat what will bring you health. You can do anything for one day. Don't even think about the next day until it is here, then pledge the same thing. We are here to support you. We've got your back!

Sunny!

[SunnySmile501]

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Am I being insensitive??

OK here is the situation. I have a cousin that is very close to me. She has been struggling with her weight for a very long time. The last time she weighed...she was about 290. I am sure she is about 300 by now. I have introduced her to this WOE many times. She will start induction but will not follow through. She claims to want my help and pretends to be following the plan, but always manages to sabotage herself. She often convinces herself she has tried her best and the problem is the diet or WOE...not her.

I am now getting tired of hearing her complain about her weight because I feel like if she wants to change, she has all of the tools necessary to be successful.

What are your thoughts on this?

My thoughts: You are not at all insensitive. As much as you would love to be able to do it for her, that's just not possible. It's time for her to own her own problem. You can share your knowledge and support her, but she has to do the work. She has to take responsibility for her weight problem. You showed her the WOE and that it works for you--now it's up to her. Kinda the "you can lead a horse to water" thingy. If she gets tired enough of her weight problems, she'll finally do something about it.

Sunny!

[purplecat]

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oh my Cat...he IS pretty. I vote for going on a fun date....taking it VERY slow. Age is a very subjective thing - my dh is 59 and some days its a toss-up between 5 or 9. Sometimes I wonder if we miss out on good satisfying friendships because of age concerns.

Lashon - you can send those crabs right over to me....

Today has been tough. My dog, Poor Bob, became very ill and is at the vet for a few days. I cried the whole time we were there today. He is lame, blind, diabetic and incontinent. He was my mother's dog; her birthday would have been yesterday. Tough, tough day.

Waiting for MORE snow.... But signs of Spring are creeping in. My hens are ramping up their laying (I am THROWING away fresh farm eggs...) and a cardinal has been singing his heart out outside my window the last few mornings.

off to do the barn chores. Just wanted to check in and say 'hello'

Catherine

We've been emailing. Keeping it light and friendly. He is just good Eye Candy (and I deserve that since I can't eat real candy). LOL!!

I'm so sorry that you had a rough day. Is there anything I can do to help?

[purplecat]

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Am I being insensitive??

OK here is the situation. I have a cousin that is very close to me. She has been struggling with her weight for a very long time. The last time she weighed...she was about 290. I am sure she is about 300 by now. I have introduced her to this WOE many times. She will start induction but will not follow through. She claims to want my help and pretends to be following the plan, but always manages to sabotage herself. She often convinces herself she has tried her best and the problem is the diet or WOE...not her.

I am now getting tired of hearing her complain about her weight because I feel like if she wants to change, she has all of the tools necessary to be successful.

What are your thoughts on this?

I have to agree with you. People who complain and have the tools right in their face to make a change just don't sit too well on my list. I have a friend who lets men treat her like a piece of crap and wants to come crying to me when I've told her time and time again to just LEAVE them alone and stop being so vulnerable. She's got to learn on her on because the things I say go in one ear and out the other. I know it's frustrating. I want her to love herself and realize she's worth more than that, as I'm sure you love your cousin and want her to realize she's worth making this healthy change in her life.

[lisadallasr]

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Thanks Sunny for the advice. I know im going to have to get a little more tough with myself here. I am taking an probiotic right now but have been eating mayo as well. Whew i would be lying if i didnt say its a little all overwhelming but i will take it one day at a time and give it all i got. Now WARNING i might be here posting every 30 minutes lol.

[purplecat]

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Sunny, I've been reading your posts and I am over here ROTFL!! Your sense of humor is delightful.

Oh, btw, you have permission to come and slap the crap out of him if he hurts me....don't know if I'll let him get close enough to hurt me though. I just want EYE CANDY right now. Looking at him brings me joy. LOL!!

Lisa, have you tried grapefruit seed extract? Check out this site: Pure Liquid Gold. I don't know if it's legal on Atkins but this stuff is potent. It killed a strep infection that I had for four months that antibiotics would not cure.

Kass, send me the list and I'll touch those people for you.

Lashon, I like the new pic in your siggy.

Where's the rest of the gang?

Oh, almost forgot. I did 45 minutes of Turbo Jam tonight (Cardio Party Mix 2). I'm trying Sunny. My body is screaming from every orfice right now. Why did I do this to myself?

[lisadallasr]

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I have to agree with you. People who complain and have the tools right in their face to make a change just don't sit too well on my list. I have a friend who lets men treat her like a piece of crap and wants to come crying to me when I've told her time and time again to just LEAVE them alone and stop being so vulnerable. She's got to learn on her on because the things I say go in one ear and out the other. I know it's frustrating. I want her to love herself and realize she's worth more than that, as I'm sure you love your cousin and want her to realize she's worth making this healthy change in her life.

Im going to have to say i feel like its easier to say to someone, well its right there in your face now do it, i guess because im that person who knows the right thing to do but i struggle with it. I also suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder and i will obsess some days over eating and i have a hard time with it. I also suffer from low self esteem, and i have been in abusive relationships in my life, im not now, in fact i think being in them before now is what made me stand up for myself in that instance but i have always turned to food for comfort and that is one bad habit to change. The one thing i hate to hear well if your tired of it you will change it, thats almost like telling me i like to be fat and that is so very untrue, i cry a lot when im buy myself, i have even cried after pulling into a fast food restaurant to order some food that i know i shouldnt eat but i have obsessed over it for 6hrs before hand. Im just saying all of that to say that i know its frustrating to the ones that have succeeded on any plan and want to share what they know to someone else that needs that help, but never give up on them. I do feel overeating is a disorder, just like anorexia and bullimia and it can be like a drug to some, i know for me i always say it has been my drug of choice and im ready to overcome it but its not been a easy journey thats for sure.

[purplecat]

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Im going to have to say i feel like its easier to say to someone, well its right there in your face now do it, i guess because im that person who knows the right thing to do but i struggle with it. I also suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder and i will obsess some days over eating and i have a hard time with it. I also suffer from low self esteem, and i have been in abusive relationships in my life, im not now, in fact i think being in them before now is what made me stand up for myself in that instance but i have always turned to food for comfort and that is one bad habit to change. The one thing i hate to hear well if your tired of it you will change it, thats almost like telling me i like to be fat and that is so very untrue, i cry a lot when im buy myself, i have even cried after pulling into a fast food restaurant to order some food that i know i shouldnt eat but i have obsessed over it for 6hrs before hand. Im just saying all of that to say that i know its frustrating to the ones that have succeeded on any plan and want to share what they know to someone else that needs that help, but never give up on them. I do feel overeating is a disorder, just like anorexia and bullimia and it can be like a drug to some, i know for me i always say it has been my drug of choice and im ready to overcome it but its not been a easy journey thats for sure.

I do understand. I'm a recovering Emotional Eater. Yes, food was my drug of choice. As I've said before, I was sexually abused. I think being heavier was SAFE to me because I didn't get attention. Men didn't pay attention to me. I also know that on other plans, after losing and being close to goal, I've self-sabotaged myself (starting to receive attention from men). I will NOT let that stop me this time (mainly because I was pre-diabetic which led me to take this seriously). I have struggled with self-esteem issues for a very long time. I'm not here to judge you, just to help you and be your friend.

[purplecat]

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Here's my stomach after 17.5 pounds (210 to 192.5). I wish I could say that it was due to a lot of exercise but I hardly exercised up to this point. I'm starting this week with more cardio, etc.. It just shows that Atkins will work whether you're really active or mostly sedentary (like I was). I am recovering from several foot injuries (plus Morton's Neuroma and spinal arthritis make it a little harder to exercise). However, I'm determined to try to lead a more active lifestyle.




I'm holding the front of the green pants because the stupid string would not tighten and my pants were sliding.

[scaleskl]

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Here's my stomach after 17.5 pounds (210 to 192.5). I wish I could say that it was due to a lot of exercise but I hardly exercised up to this point. I'm starting this week with more cardio, etc.. It just shows that Atkins will work whether you're really active or mostly sedentary (like I was). I am recovering from several foot injuries (plus Morton's Neuroma and spinal arthritis make it a little harder to exercise). However, I'm determined to try to lead a more active lifestyle.




I'm holding the front of the green pants because the stupid string would not tighten and my pants were sliding.
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I can't believe your progress.....you look awesome. Your stomach is totally shrinking!! WOOOHOO! If I was in Kentucky.I'd throw you a party. LOL

[scaleskl]

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Thanks for all of the advice. I don't like feeling insensitive, but there comes a time when I just feel like saying to her do something or stop whining! I feel like my family feeds into her self pity which is hurting her instead of helping her!

I know what she is going through because I've been there. I can't do it for her. I think it is time to have a talk with her about my feelings.

Thanks again gals!

[scaleskl]

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Well, I went to Curves tonight and I had to muster up a lot of energy to get going.

Exercise:
35 minutes on Curves Circuit
150 Abs
35 Pushups
30 Minute Walk at lunch

[FLSunShine]

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Im going to have to say i feel like its easier to say to someone, well its right there in your face now do it, i guess because im that person who knows the right thing to do but i struggle with it. I also suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder and i will obsess some days over eating and i have a hard time with it. I also suffer from low self esteem, and i have been in abusive relationships in my life, im not now, in fact i think being in them before now is what made me stand up for myself in that instance but i have always turned to food for comfort and that is one bad habit to change. The one thing i hate to hear well if your tired of it you will change it, thats almost like telling me i like to be fat and that is so very untrue, i cry a lot when im buy myself, i have even cried after pulling into a fast food restaurant to order some food that i know i shouldnt eat but i have obsessed over it for 6hrs before hand. Im just saying all of that to say that i know its frustrating to the ones that have succeeded on any plan and want to share what they know to someone else that needs that help, but never give up on them. I do feel overeating is a disorder, just like anorexia and bullimia and it can be like a drug to some, i know for me i always say it has been my drug of choice and im ready to overcome it but its not been a easy journey thats for sure.

Ms. Lisa, this is so real. Thanks for opening up and sharing with us as well as Cat and Kassoria. These issues are very real and many women don't feel good about themselves, so they allow people (especially men), to abuse them. Rather physically, emotionally or physcologically(spelling). Why you say? Because they don't realize their value. Scars run DEEP. I know, because I was one of them. I was in a mentally abusive marriage for 18 years. No, he didn't yell at me or put me down with his words. He was very CHARMING and MANIPULATIVE. He played mind games with me and as long as he got what he wanted, everything was cool. Well God finally pulled the covers off his infidelity and other stuff. I filed for divorce. But in the process I had to minister to the very woman who had been in an affair with my husband for almost two years. I didn't cuss her out, yell or go off. He used her too. She was struggling with low self-esteem. So while she was sitting on the phone crying and 7 months pregnant with possibly MY HUSBAND'S SECOND CHILD, I had to speak words of life to her. It was ONLY GOD that I was able to do that. Now I broke down when I got off the phone BUT GOD. Leaving him was harder than burying my mother and children (yes, my children..3 in one year, a little girl and twins. I labored and delivered them)....BUT GOD.

I said all that to say, no God is not going to force our will but He will reveal what is going on and give us the strength to act. The reason I allowed him to abuse me, is I didn't know who I was and I had underlying issues that fed into the low self-esteem and Low self-worth. He is still healing me today. I haven't arrived, but by His grace I am able to minister to others in similar situations. Ladies, its not the food, liquor, sex, drugs, men, women, etc that are keeping us in bondage. It's the THING BEHIND THE THING. We must pray and allow God to kill the ROOT of the thing, in other words the main reason why we are eating, drinking, getting high and so on. I could go on and on. I ministered a message once entitled "Praise & Worshipping Your Way Through, A Method of CHOICE. And what I basically was saying is, you have to choose what method you are going to use to get through WHATEVER it is you are going through but Praise & Worshipping God is the sure way to victory. Now everyone has a method to get them through, rather it's EATING, smoking, etc but its a method. The question is what method are you using.

Sorry to be so long winded, but let me say one more thing. When God first started this healing process in my life, He used JOYCE MEYER to help me. That woman has been and continues to be such a blessing in my life. The first two series I bought of hers was "OVERCOMING INSECURITY" & "THE ROOT OF REJECTION".....totally changed my life. I would recommend you ladies visit her site. She is so REAL. She was sexually abused by her FATHER for years and God healed her of the emotional trauma. She battled obesity too and WON. Her website is www.joycemeyer.org

Bless you all and I pray for complete WHOLENESS in OUR lives.
Wholeness = Nothing Missing, Nothing Lacking & Nothing Broken.
No matter what size you are or what mistakes you have made or will make, PLEASE REMEMBER.......You are VALUABLE. God's original MASTERPIECE!

[lisadallasr]

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Good Morning Ladies!!! Im just checking in after about having a heart attack this morning. Whew there is nothing like getting woke up because it sounds like a tree hit your house. That is how i got woke up this morning, i guess a fast moving strong storm came through and it was big tree limb came crashing down on my front porch right by my bedroom window and it scared me out of my sleep, i grabbed the kids and put them in the hallway, my heart was pounding, i was in tears, the power went out, i just knew it was a tornado, and of course my hubby is at work, so im trying to be brave but i was failing miserably, i was scared out of my mind. It was not a tornado though, just a very very fast moving strong storm.

Well eneough about that lol. Well im going to really focus today on my eating and try to get it together, so i might be posting very often today!!! Well ladies i hope you all have a great day today!!!