Looking to Lose Ladies

[rlovew]

I don't but I watch my diet for iron- I have never been able to absorb iron through pills (it is something common in my family) so i make sure I get enough red meat, broccoli, watermelon, and such to get my iron. I know I need to eat red meat at least 2 times per week and during my time of the month I need it more often.

Rebecca

 

[ddavis860]

Yes, I take vits. Multi with iron, vit b complex, vit d, ginko, Co Q10. I think that's it. I was taking magnesium, but the pills were HUGE! so I stopped.

Oh, and cromium

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

No extra iron here. Hemochromatosis runs in my family. I've never had an iron deficiency.

I do take multi, Vit. C, Vit. D3 everyday. I take a fish oil every third day. My cholesterol isn't great. That too runs in the family. But I also have low blood pressure so I can't take the fish oil every day or I get the woozies when I stand. And those gel pills are huge too. I swear I'm get that thing stuck in my esophagus and never be able to eat again.

 

[MazdaUK]

My scale was back up again this morning so my last number is 0 (but that;s still down 3). Maybe my silky pjs are too heavy

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

Lisa, could you add my numbers to the OP?

 

[LindaBabe]

Yes - vitamins - no on the iron (post menopause) multiple, calcium, B complex, D, E, GTF Chromium, and fish oil. Planning to add a couple individual b's but I can't remember what the number is without looking at the list.

Yesterday, I ate

Breakfast
2 eggs, bacon, 1 rye toast, 1/2 c melon

Lunch
Salad w/ last 2 sl bacon, 1 sl rye toast w cheese, 1 Lindt ball

Supper
Brussels Sprouts, Salad and an angus beef burger on 1 whwh mini bagel with cheese

Didn't need a bedtime snack, still content from dinner.

I weigh every day - over the course of a week, the numbers can fluctuate up to 4 pounds. So I post the average. If you only weigh once a week, and you happen to weigh on the high day, then you're bummed, but the reality could be that your weekly average was lower.

 

[ddavis860]

Good point Linda. I think I'll start weighing every day for a week, and see what happens...

Has anyone heard of "Wendy Points" You do WW Points, but you fluctuate them over the week. The average points total for the week is the same, but you have high days and low days so your body never knows. Supposed to jump start your metabolism if you hit a plateau.

OK, off to get some breakfast, and plan some meals for the next couple of weeks... I'm missing a cookbook, of course it's the one I want to use today... Grrrrrrr, I hate it when the black hole that is my house swallows up my stuff!!!

 

[MazdaUK]

My mum did something a bit like that - it wasn't WW (it was very complicated!) but it had special "eat a bit more" sections

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

I'm trying that with my exercise. Not doing the exact same timing every day so my body doesn't get used to it. Doing the intervals every other time/day should help too.

With the calorie/points intake, I totally stink at being consistent. Some days I do good and other days I should do a few more sit-ups to make up for it.

 

[PinballFamily]

Down .5 today/this week - whew! New number ends in 1.5. (And the gigundo bag of medicinal chocolate chips from BJs is EMPTY - and it won't be restocked in my kitchen any time soon...I feel withdrawal coming...!)

So, my "front page" should read:

Feb 11 - down 2 pds
Feb 16 - down .5 pds
Feb 24 - down .5 pds, those .5's are adding up!
Mar 3 - no change
Mar 10 - down .5 pds

Thanks, Lisa!

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

last numbers are 9.4 still in the "one"derland!

vitamins - I take 1000 mg of flaxseed oil a day for my skin and 3000mg of Vitamin D a day for seasonal depression. I have a friend on 50,000 mg a week due to low vitamin D and she is learning a lot about it. According to her if you are low on D you can't lose weight, your hair falls out (my issue), anger issues, and a host of other things.

I can definitely tell the difference about my attitude and focus on the days I forget to take the D.

 

[joyah]

Buffy that is very interesting about Vit d. I think maybe I need some. My PCO causes hair loss wonder if it might help? and anything that would keep me on an even keel the boys would love. Is this one of those that you need to build up slowly on or can you out right start at a big dose?

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

I just started taking them on my own a few years ago but you should talk to your Dr. I was taking 1000 a day but 3000 seems to have me at a good point.

I've mentioned taking the D in passing and the Dr was fine with it. However my friend was told that she has to take additional calcium with the D because the amount she takes of the D is sucking the calcium out of her body. I'm going to ask my Dr about that next week.

Vitamin D is essential to us that live in the North. We don't get enough natural sunlight to help our bodies produce it on our own. Have your Dr do a complete blood work up and see if your levels are low.

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

And it does take time for it build back up. It's not like Vitamin C that you take a lot of and see results right away.

Here's a good place to start your research:

http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/


I take more in winter and take less in the summer because I make a point of being outside without sunscreen on for 15 minutes a day.

 

[Lisa]

Lisa, could you add my numbers to the OP?

Sorry about that, AWM. Will do that now.

Buffy that is very interesting about Vit d. I think maybe I need some. My PCO causes hair loss wonder if it might help? and anything that would keep me on an even keel the boys would love. Is this one of those that you need to build up slowly on or can you out right start at a big dose?

Christy, I would think with all the time you are outside doing farm chores you get lots of Vitamin D.

 

[joyah]

I would except for the sun screen part. In the summer I can't even walk out the door with out putting it on unless i'm on the tractor with the shade. I fry!!

 

[MazdaUK]

maybe I need it - this has been such a long cold winter

 

[LindaBabe]

vitamins - I take 1000 mg of flaxseed oil a day for my skin and 3000mg of Vitamin D a day for seasonal depression. I have a friend on 50,000 mg a week due to low vitamin D and she is learning a lot about it. According to her if you are low on D you can't lose weight, your hair falls out (my issue), anger issues, and a host of other things.

I can definitely tell the difference about my attitude and focus on the days I forget to take the D.

THANK YOU! I rarely have an attitude problem any more and neither does dh, but my hair has been falling out like crazy for about the last year. I'm taking 400 mg now, but I WILL be upping it.

Buffy that is very interesting about Vit d. I think maybe I need some. My PCO causes hair loss wonder if it might help? and anything that would keep me on an even keel the boys would love. Is this one of those that you need to build up slowly on or can you out right start at a big dose?

And Joyah, did I remember to mention the book "living the low carb Life" by Jonny Bowden has a section on that PCO stuff?

And it does take time for it build back up. It's not like Vitamin C that you take a lot of and see results right away.

Here's a good place to start your research:

http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/


I take more in winter and take less in the summer because I make a point of being outside without sunscreen on for 15 minutes a day.

THANK you for the link - I'm reading everything I can get my hands on on vitamins and organic eating. This is apparently the one downside to sunscreen - it saves your hide from cancer, it's true, but really curtails the D intake.


Yesterday, I ate
2 eggs, bacon 1 sl rye toast, last of the melon

Lunch -ounce of liverwurst, chedder, half an apple, and a Lindt ball

Supper
Pork chops, brussels sprouts, 1/2 cup of (1/2 mashed potatos, 1/2 mashed cauliflower, we are not telling DH that's what he's eating,

Card class last night, came home exhausted - too tired to snack, even if I wanted one.

Slept amazingly well, for me woo hoo! AND drum roll please . . .

BROKE the -50 pound mark for the first time.

I have no illusions that I can claim it, but 215.5 looked SO different than yesterdays 218.5. Don't write that down, Lisa, I've already reported for the week. lol

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

LindaBabe

 

[hopemax]

Can I have confirmation of the units with the Vitamin D?

I've seen it measured in IU and mcg (micrograms) but never mg (miligrams).

What I've seen most commonly is tablets with 1000 IU, which equals 25mcg, which equals only .025mg. Multi-vitamins contain ~400IU. I know that there are 50,000 IU treatments.