I forgot to talk about my visit to the doctor's today. My old family doctor had retired, so I saw his replacement. I gave him the Cliff Notes on my situation, and he gave me a total physical. He had a nurse there for dealing with my fiddly bits (partially because I told him about being abused, I suspect, and partially to honour my preferred gender.)
The worst part was getting a rectal exam, which was as horrible an experience as you might expect for someone who has been raped like I was.
The verdict? I'm fine, except the weight, which is pretty much what I expected. I need an effective, inexpensive way to lose as much as I can so he feels confident sending me to Montreal for the surgery.
Its not going to be easy, as I have had serious issues around food, but I have a goal, I have hope, and maybe that will be enough make it work.
I'm so grateful for all the support I've gotten here, I wouldnt be where I am without all of "Team Dorothy", but I'm going to need every bit of your support if this is going to work.
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Weight? There's a simple way
Weight? There's a simple way to do it - but that doesn't make it easy.
Drink lots of water, eat slowly, six times a day, and do a lot of motion. (Walking, swimming, biking). Aim for about 20% less calories than you normally eat, then cut that up into much smaller meals throughout the day.
DON'T try to go for more of a reduction in calories, because the body will go into starvation mode and drop your metabolism.
Eating slowly will fool your body into thinking that it's a bit more satisfied, and the water will help with the metabolism.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
Don't set unrealistic goals
You're not gonna lose 20kilos in a month. Try for 4 and a half kilos a month and work it off slowly.
Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk. At least 8km a day. And move! Not just stroll. Keep a strong, steady pace.
In good weather, ride a bicycle.
If you keep with it, you will lose the weight, look better, and feel better about yourself.
You CAN do it, Hon.
Janet
Mistress of the Guild of Evil [Strawberry] Blonde Proofreaders
To be or not to be... ask Schrodinger's cat.
Repeat after me! = )
*Quickmarch throughout entire song*
I've com-ple-ted my real life test!
But I got-ta lose weight for my S-R-S!
If I wan-na be rid of my cock and balls...!
...I got-ta ex-er-cise and give it my all!
On-ly when I show 'em my weight loss badge...!
...Will they op-er-ate on me to gim-mie my vag!
That's all the lines I could think of for now, you can add more if you like! ^_^
Gotta admit, the Bloodhound Gang were right when they said "it's hard to rhyme a, word like vagina"...
Cut the Carbs
Look into what is called a paleolithic diet. I found that by cutting the carbohydrates (corn, sugar, pasta,potatoes) out of my diet helped me to lose weight. So, replace that side of mashed potatoes with fresh green vegetables. And no more Kraft dinner.
I found that I have a tendency to just eat snacks if they are around. So I got rid of them and don't bring them into the house. If they aren't there then it is harder to give in to temptation.
http://www.grc.com/health/lowcarb.htm
--Brandon Young
There's a bit more to it than
There's a bit more to it than that. I've read a bit on it, and the key 'argument' is that they think that wheat (or maybe gluten) is abusive. What that means is that you should switch to 'older' grain types. (Spelt, for example). As for potatoes, they're actually _very_ healthy. Eat them raw instead of cooking, or if you cook them, steam them. The peels are important.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
Potatoes:
Also, aim for red potatoes over russets. Reds have a lower starch content, and just as much of the vitamins and minerals that make potatoes good for you. Also, because there's such a much lower demand for them, they tend to not have the same degree of unnatural tampering and fertilizing administered to them as russets, making them even more healthy.
As for grain, so far as I can piece together, it's less about the gluten (a protein) unless you're sensitive to it, and more about the fact that most people get less of the fiber of the grain (complex carbohydrates) and more of the starch (relatively much simpler carbohydrates) as a result of eating "softer" varieties of wheat (which have higher proportions of starch to protein, comparatively) that have had the bran and germ removed. Mainly, the key is whole grain, and being moderate with all grain-derived products. You need some carbohydrates in your diet; going entirely without will cause nearly as many problems as kicking yourself into starvation mode. Much better to make a shift in the kind and quality of carbohydrates.
And eating "ancient" grains -- yes, including spelt, which is a more "primitive" form of modern domesticated wheat, and which contains a fair amount of gluten -- is a good way of going about that, but it's not the only way.
-Liz
Successor to the LToC
Formerly known as "momonoimoto"
Rye.
If you do much research about the benefits and drawbacks of various types of grain, rye grain, whole, of course, is the number one recommended variety of grain. It has the most nutritional value per calorie of any other grain.
I tend to eat a lot of it...
And actually. Being "moderate" in your carbs is just silly. I'm not saying go hog wild either. But to be quite honest with you, carbs are the purest source of energy for your body. Just make sure you eat primarily complex carbs. Like fibers and such... Avoid starches like the plague. They're actually considered a complex carb, but they're actually worse for you than simple sugars. The problem with starches is that they don't get used by the body as readily and are almost always converted into fat stores... whether you need their energy or not.
As for simple sugars... Try to avoid sucrose, which is a disaccharide, and stick primarily to monosaccharides like fructose and glucose. Again, this is about the availability of the energy. Even though sucrose is considered to be a simple sugar, (aka it's commonly just called, "sugar", as in, table sugar), sucrose is in fact a combination of glucose and fructose. Therefore, we again run into the problem we have with starch. Our bodies can't make immediate use of it, except in this case, instead of becoming fat stores, it causes unnecessary harm to our internal organs as it's being broken down to glucose and fructose molecules to be used by our body. It gets used. And fast. But it's not very nice about it.
Eating right is actually very complicated and all those quack diets out there are just going to end up getting someone hurt. The best thing you can do is learn about the foods you eat yourself. Their various nutritional values. And balance your diet to get the nutrition you need and the calories (energy) you need. And NOT go over, on EITHER. That's very important to remember. It is, in fact, possible to take in too much NUTRITION, just as much as it is to take in too much calories. You should also watch what KIND of calories (energy) you consume. There's this thing called "empty calories"... they're not actually "empty" but they're things like starches... Instead of being broken down and immediately used by your body, they almost always end up as fat stores. This is something you do NOT want. At any age. It doesn't show as much when you're younger usually... But when you're older... It "catches up" with you.
From what I've heard of the paleo diet, it's actually not as quack as some I've heard... but still, I feel it rather under appreciates the value of complex and simple carbs. You need that energy. No matter what. How much you need depends on a number of factors, and is something you need to determine individually for yourself.
Talk to a nutritionist... a GOOD nutritionist. Find out your "energy" needs in a day. Balance your meals to achieve that and your nutrition needs. Just following a given diet fad of the week is worthless at best. And quite possibly even dangerous.
Abigail Drew.
Food
Think about this - food is a comfort item, when you're a baby and are cranky what is the first thing you are offered " A Cookie" to shut you up and that is how it all starts associating food with comfort. Have some issues eat some food a cycle is started for life and it is very hard to break
Good Luck Dottie -- Richie2
I think it's rather a remnant
I think it's rather a remnant of the 'clean everything on your plate'.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
Don't forget
All the starving children everywhere. I got that one a lot.
Losing weight.
My son (aged 32) has a wonderful expression for losing weight. He weighs 9 stone 7 lbs (133 lbs).
He says, 'Put down the fork, get off the sofa!'
He's right too. I cycle between 150 and 400 miles per week but that's excessive. I also only eat breakfast and supper, missing out lunch. Seems to work for me but I have to accept I'm obssessive about exercise and weight.
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Bev.