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    Update on me...

    Hi everyone,

    I was just in to see the endocrinologist, I am not doing well. My endocrinologist wants me to try the Insulin Resistance Diet for just one month and then go back to see him. He wants to see if linking proteins with carbs will help insulin levels to lower and ease my never ending hunger.

    I gave it a try today, I am extremely happy to report that I've been happy and saited today. I've been able to stay full for 3 hours in between meals, a HUGE improvement for me! Being on Atkins, sadly, wasn't doing that for me at this point. So, I am going to try my doctors way for a month, see where I stand and maybe at some point I'll try back to this way. I have tried Atkins as I was supposed to for over a week with no cheating! I've been very hungry, unhappy and depressed. My doctor explained a lot of things to me about insulin resistance that I never knew, even my doctor before him didn't help me this much! I feel this is the right choice for me at this point in time, and the way I am feeling today really helps. I might not lose a ton of weight quickly, but I will hopefully gain control of my insulin!

    Thanks everyone for all the support and kind words, your all great and I wish you all tons of success and may you all find your dreams!
    ~ }i{ - Keria - }i{ ~
    Current weight 418
    Start Date - 6/17/09
    Goal weight 250
    Trying to control my Insulin Resistance!

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    Re: Update on me...

    Hi Keria

    I am glad you are getting some helpful advice and support from your endo

    I am not sure what the Insulin Resistance Diet is like, but hope it continues to help you.
    Wondering how to get 'most' of your net carbs from your induction veggies?
    Take a look at the thread from the latest Veggie Challenge to see how others manage it!



    Check out our Low Carb Recipes website and add to it!!





    F/60 yrs/5ft 5.5" (Though due to collapsing vertebrae I am now only 5'3" - but I refuse to recalculate my BMI )

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    • #3
      Re: Update on me...

      I'm glad you found something that works for you and something you feel you can stick with.

      So what are you eating on the Insulin Resistance Diet?
      "Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."

      -- Theodore Roosevelt

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      • #4
        Re: Update on me...

        Hi I hope the diet works for you.

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          Re: Update on me...

          Keria, I truly believe that no one WOE is right for everyone. Atkins is definitely right for me, but if you are feeling better and more sated with your doctor's recommendations then it sounds like you have found something that works for you. And who knows? Maybe once your Insulin stabilizes and your body gets re-set you may come back here--or you may not need to do so. Either way I am thrilled you have founds some relief. One of the things I liked about this WOE is that I don't get hungry. If Atkins wasn't giving you that advantages then I can see why it would be frustrating. Best of luck and do pop in and say HI.
          JILL

          HW 298
          HW (this time) 248
          GOAL ONE 228           (take 2)
          GOAL TWO 213 (personal goal)
          GOAL THREE 199 ONE-DERLAND
          FINAL GOAL 165

           It's not about the results. Its about the process.

          "I've never come home after a workout and said, MAN, I wish I had NOT exercised today!"



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            Re: Update on me...

            Wishing you the best of luck.... and if I looked it up correctly the IRD is similar to Atkins but moving up the rungs... it seems that whole grains still can't be ate to often and in small amounts, and mostly it is fruit that is being added as the carb and you also eat the nuts (great for stabilizing blood sugar),

            Here is a sample menu:
            Page not found | Heartland Naturopathic Clinic
            http://www.heartlandnaturopathic.com/sampleirdiet.htm


            Just curious did you loose any weight on Atkins?

            For me my appetite has decreased now on day 5 ... so that is a plus, but the first days I felt like a pig.. oink oink

            I do hope this works for you b/c being overweight has so many negative factors in our life and not only health related... emotional, psychological, and spiritual...

            Best of luck and please do check back in.
            Last edited by goin2befit; June 23, 2009, 05:51 AM. Reason: to add menu link
            ~Amanda
            It is okay if it takes me a little longer to get there, besides this is where I'm going to stay forever and that is a really long time!!!



            F/ 5'8", Heights weight 417
            Started Atkins 12/18/08 @ 402lbs.
            Restart on 2/4/10 @ 337.8 lbs
            PLAN:
            Introduction (2/4-2/11)~ DONE
            OWL 1: (2/12-2/25)~ 5 carbs of veggies (done)
            OWL 2: (2/26-3/11)~ 5 carbs of dairy (done)
            OWL 3: (3/12-3/25)
            OWL 4: (3/26- til @ 185)

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              Re: Update on me...

              Insulin Resistance Diet

              I wonder why pumpkin is listed as a bad vegetable...
              F/46/5'2" - 249/198/115
              Start Date 03/06/09

              Mini goals:
              1st - 25 lbs down - Met 06/19/09
              2nd - Onederland - Met 03/10/10
              3rd - 75 lbs down
              4th - size 12
              5th - BMI 21



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              • #8
                Re: Update on me...

                Hello fellow IR'r!!! My doctor suggested either the IR diet or the atkins' diet when I was diagnosed with IR. I bought the book - really like what it has to say, but for myself I was SO sick and tired of dealing with numbers (ex-weight watcher/counted points) that linking 30 g carbs to 15 g protein for every meal was too mathematical for me - which is funny cuz normally I LOVE numbers!!!

                but anyways - if it works for you that is FABULOUS!!! again, I loved a lot of what the book had to say and it is similar to atkins (just more whole grains & fruit).

                congrats on finding what works for you!

                btw - are you on metformin at all for your IR? The doc put me on that when she diagnosed me...I've been on it for almost 2 years now. (October 07). I just wish I'd have really listed and gone on atkins LAST year instead of waiting til this year. oh well - i'm here now and I'm staying!
                Find my blog at: http://keriannmb.blogspot.com/

                Diagnosed Insulin Resistant in October 2007.
                Committed to Atkins January 2009.

                ~I lost 1 pound 30 times!~

                "Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyways; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use."

                Started Date: 03/January/2009 - 196 lbs
                Current Month: February 2010 - 163lbs
                WEDDING DATE: 26/JUNE/2010 - I WILL BE A BUFF BRIDE!



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