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    Hi Ladies, I cracked and stepped on the scale this morning to check progress. Not bad, not bad at all. The scale is back to pre-muffin weight and usually by this day of the week, my weight is creeping upward! So this means not eating chicken and turkey was a good thing. But, I've been eating soy..oh well, one evil at a time. I have to follow my...
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    Kat, maybe you should take one thing at a time. You're gonna stress yourself out so much you end up falling off your food plan and going back to smoking! Take it from someone who's been there and done that. I quit smoking 20 years ago. Cold Turkey. I used CigArrest plan and listened to the motivation tape. They had pills but they made me jittery so I...
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    Mayflowers replied to LisaJ's topic in Related Issues & Disorders

    Same thing is happening to me. I was overweight to start with and I was trying to lose 25 pounds and when I went gluten free, I expected the weight to fall off but just the opposit happened. My weight started creeping upward too. Now I have to be very strict and eat less to lose. My absorption is really great now..(crap) It was worse when I ate gluten free...
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    I wish I lost weight. I think I lost 2 pounds and put it right back on. It's been harder to lose weight for me since I went gluten free. I need to lose 25 pounds. I think people who keep losing had an allergy to wheat also besides the intolerance. I wasn't allergic to wheat, just gluten intolerant. Just my two cents.
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    Hi, Autumn (my favorite season!) Thanks so much for the info. I bought Vitex but it was in a dropper..30-50 drops or half dropper. I'll find the other one. My libido is pretty low too. Comes with the territory. It must be that Cheetos has cross contamination in it. How long did your mother go through menopause? I've been perimenopause for 2 years...
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    There's a whole bunch of different salts and chef's who collect them from all over the world. Each one adds a distinct flavor to food and if you want to watch your salt intake you should look at the sodium content. I find that kosher salt doesn't bother me as bad as regular fine table salt. It would be good to wean yourself.
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    Oook Deb. I guess you know what you're doing .... You must have hurt your back lifting patients huh? Don't know what I'm eating yet. So far B - Usual cheese omlette. I'm thinking about giving up the dairy. Pondering ..... L - salad and tuna B - ? vegetarian.... beans maybe and vegies. I'm making oat bran muffins for the bread.
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    TriVita has sublingual B12. Doesn't anybody know that too much magnesium causes diarrhea? Ever heard of "Milk of Magnesia"? It's for constipation. You're probably taking too much magnesium. Cutting back on the dosage would be a good idea like you said.
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    A Gallon and a quarter of water? Good Lord. Are you trying to drown yourself! Deb? LOL You know I read that you can drink too much water. Some doctors are dead set against drinking gallons of water. It will dilute all of your vitamins and minerals in your body, and lower your immune system. In a nutshell, you kind of drown yourself. I hope you don...
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    Hi Deb, Welcome. Yes I know about Isogenix. Another member here is on it and trying to recruit people. It's insanely expensive. I have problems with shakes. Most brands I've tried triger a migraine. The only one I can tolerate is Atkins Shake. Don't let yourself get back into eating comfort junk foods. You'll be so sorry. If you want to...
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    I'm in the same boat. Dairy, egg, soy intolerant. I can only do one at a time. I don't like milk but I love cheese and yogurt. I'm barely egg intolerant so I may never give up egg whites. I need soy for my HRT. I can't take hormones due to migraines so I use soy milk and tofu to quell my hot flashes. Works pretty good. I tried black cohosh and I couldn...
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    I can live on nut butters. So delicious. My problem is that I gained weight after going gluten free. I was stunned! I was expecting to lose weight but if you think about it, absorbtion improves when you stop eating gluten so I was absorbing my calories better. I believe weight loss only applies if you have an allergy to a food and then stop the food....
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    Hi Maeve, Welcome! You eat 1500 calories a day and you're not losing..? Could be you're very close to your goal weight and just need to exercise. Maybe your body is comfortable at that weight. I wish I was a size 10. That's my goal. I'm a 14 now. The only way I've been able to lose weight is low carb. My body really changed since I've...
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    Hi Kathy. Welcome. Liz - Sorry that I annoyed you with suggestions. I was just trying to help. You won't hear another suggestion out of me.........So how much weight do you want to lose by the way or are you just maintaining? Thanks Autumn, I feel a little better, then last night I had turkey and now my stomach is churning...again. Shady Brook...
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    Hi ladies, Good to see you up and around Autumn. I was feeling pretty lousy too for a couple of days and I realized I eating chicken again often. I'm intolerant to most brands of chicken. I'm just going to give up and not eat it very often. I was eating vegetarian today... I had 2 hb eggs for breakfast and lentil soup with goat cheese and corn chips...
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    Liz that's fantastic that you cured yourself! THAT'S the kind of medicine we need! I had a lot of knee pain all week and I couldn't figure out why it suddenly started hurting again..Then it hit me evil muffins. I had been eating them one every other day to use them up (waste not...) and I realized it was the rice causing the pain in my knee! I stopped...
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    I found that Escape Your Shape was good for a few educational items. I hated the work out video as the exercises seem out of date and not great for the back. That's why it's not very popular now. BUT, He talks about the different shapes, Inverted Cone, Ruler, Spoon shapes. I am a spoon shape being heavier on the bottom and smaller on the top. Rulers are...
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    Hi, Hey Shannon, I'm thinking you have a virus or bacterial. You should see a regular MD. I had a virus once that gave me diarrhea for almost a month. I lost 7 pounds. I took every thing and nothing worked until I took a prescription medication and that took care of it.. Drink gatorade and a lot of fluids. You'll get dehyrdated from having diarrhea...
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    Slim Fast shakes always stimulated my appetite. I've even tried the new formulas. I liked the energy I got from them. I always had a problem of the SF shakes breaking out my face in pimples. As soon as I stopped drinking it, my face would clear up. Alas, I must have an intolerance to them. I'm using AmazeRx shake I saw on an infomercial formulated...
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    I read in Protein Power that diarrhea is common when people go on a low carb diet. You must be not eating very many carbs even though the Paleo Diet isn't as low carb as Atkins. I also get it when I first start a low carb diet. It should clear up in a week or two. It's your body adjusting to the new way of eating.
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    Hey Patti, It's supposed to be 36 today so that's not too cold to walk outside... So did you have your official weigh in?
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    Autumn- I'm just amazed that you ate something that you know closes your throat up and hinders your breathing.. What were you thinking? I would not have corn in the house if I were so tempted. Tough noogies on the family. This is your life. I have a slight dairy allergy that gives me a stuffy nose on one side when I drink or eat dairy but if it did to me...
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    I need to lose 30 pounds...I knew a guy who stopped eating wheat and lost 25 pounds so I figured it would happen to me...yeah right. I stopped eating wheat and my weight shot up so fast it made me dizzy! Those gluten free "replacments" for wheat are so fattening! I guess when you take away the malabsorption problem you absorb calories a lot easier. I've...
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    Hey I'm always for chocolate. I think they need help eating it too! I had a bad day at work the other day and I stopped and bought a bag of Nestle truffles and 3 Hershey LARGE Silk bars. I ate 1/2 of one and some truffles. All at my reward meal of course, which is perfectly allowed on my plan. Welcome Jerseyangel from another Jersey girl. ...
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    Happy Valentine's Day! This morning I got on the scale and my weight is UP a few pounds!!! I knew it! Too many apple streusle muffines!! I still have 4 days till "official weigh in" to lose it. Maybe it's just water....AAHHHHH! If my weight goes up, I'm going to have to sell that cook book! Today I just had scrambled eggs and sausage... so...
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