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snazzybabe

Kevin wrote:And you will feel better. I understand from others that it can be a bit of a roller coaster until you get the level just right, but then it's smooth sailing. Good luck!

I'm hoping it will be a short roller coaster ride. Thanks Kevin.

snazzybabe

Sorry Snazzy,
Feeling lousy stinks...
What about diet? Did you get any advice concerning your nutrition?
Hope you feel better soon... I guess they are going to give you some meds or something...
Good for you on getting to the root of your symptoms..
Keep investigating and learning..
Love and Hugs ...

snazzybabe

I just had my thyroid checked and it came back underactive. No wonder I have been feeling lousy and finding it hard to lose weight. The results were:
TSH: 8.93 (normal 0.50 - 3.50)
The symptoms I have been feeling are moodiness, low sex drive (or should I say no sex drive), cold, bloating, memory ...

snazzybabe

I don't think you need to start again. The plate's were small. I think you should pat yourself on the back for getting to 20 days. One little slip-up in your opinion doesn't matter a bit.

snazzybabe

I consider dried fruit as sweets because it has so much sugar. You're better off with real fruit. If you are only having a bit say on cereal then its okay in my opinion.

snazzybabe

Maybe you truly are not suited to 3 meals per day and might be better with 5 small meals. No snacks or seconds but good quality food.
Or perhaps your 3 meals don't contain an adequate amount of protein so you get hungry quicker?

snazzybabe

Good on you for not over-eating just because it is a buffet. We all need to get rid of the mentality of getting our money's worth. We want a bargain so everything has to be super-sized. I know I'm guilty of that on occassion.

snazzybabe

Maybe some people quit because they don't see any weight loss results. Some might find it hard to be patient and want a quick loss.

snazzybabe

Plant sterols added to margarines for lowering cholesterol - some dangers of use:
http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/02phytosterols.htm

snazzybabe

Sounds yummy!!
I use to have dripping sandwiches sprinkled with paprika spice when I was a kid. Stopped that when I was bigger - after all I became a spokesman for all fat is bad. I'm not so sure now.

snazzybabe

HEALTH... The Fat Family

http://www.nutech2000.com/webtext/health/fats.html

Fats as a whole have been charged with many crimes against humanity since the second half of last century. For decades poor old Fats have been blamed for atherosclerosis, heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity ...

snazzybabe

What type of fat were the mice fed - saturated, unsaturated, hydrogenated?? I don't believe saturated fat is bad for you - the body needs it.
Also the diet of mice was fat and sugar together not a good combination.

snazzybabe

I don't think diet books are to blame for our lack of control when eating. We are the ones that wanted a quick fix so obviously the market was flooded with all types of diets.
With NoS you can eat whatever you like but doesn't anybody want to get healthy too? I think GJ has the right idea ...

snazzybabe

Its been 8 weeks and I think you should have seen a drop in your weight because you started eating 3 regular meals and not snacking.
As Peetie said your breakfast and lunch seems a bit on the light side. I also think you should add some protein to those meals. The best breakfast I feel is bacon and ...

snazzybabe

Debs, I'm good thanks for asking.

When I'm stressed out a pizza looks too damn good to resist. Those first couple of bites always take the stress away and now I know why. Nothing can bother me, I'm with Lucy in the sky with diamonds!! Back down to earth for me - I'm meant to be anti-carb!!

snazzybabe

I might do some more reading on the subject.
But anyway, pizza can make you fat but the others can't.
All I'm saying is that junk food seems very addictive.

I found this when googling:
Gluten produces exorphins which are opioid-acting peptides derived from external sources, instead of being ...

snazzybabe

I don't think keeping a journal on what you eat is obsessive. You've just got a record that you can look back on and it could help to see what you've been eating if you have any health problems or if you find it hard to lose weight.

snazzybabe

We're fat because we are all a bunch of pigs who can't control what we put in our mouths!!

I don't believe that statement. Sure, we are partly to blame but not solely. I was reading a book about wheat/gluten intolerance:

"recent medical studies have proven that these grains actually release a ...

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Galemarie,
I was wondering what your doctor recommends you eat as a diabetic. A few on the site might be cross with me for saying but I think diabetics respond better, i.e get healthier and lose weight better on a lowish carb diet. You might be interested to read this intro from Schwarzbein who is a ...

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In my opinion on obesity, blame can go to the food pyramid (too many serves of carbohydrates), too much fast-food, sedentary lifestyle, and the constant ads on tv showing fast-food.

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Tracy, In Australia I also had the draining tubes but was in hospital for 1 night only. The longest they keep you in hospital for the breast reduction is 2 nights. If I could I would have stayed longer as when I went home had to watch the kids didn't throw themselves at me for a big hug. Imagine ...

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No need to worry my friends, nothing serious, I am have a breast reduction surgery. I am having a little more than 6lbs removed from me. I hope I will be able to walk in like 15min intervals or something, I cant imagine just laying in bed for 2-4 weeks.

Thanks in advance for your advice.
Tracyj ...

snazzybabe

Freakwitch wrote:I came to the No-S page from the shovelglove page. And I came to the shovelglove page from stumptuous's weight training site.

Same here, on both counts.

snazzybabe

Hi Snazzy,

Thanks for posting this. I haven't read the book, and I'm sure it contains a lot of excellent and encouraging advice, but I have a problem with "eat what you want, not what you should" as a system for weight loss.Reinhard

I think what he means by "eat what you want not what you should ...

snazzybabe

LALA wrote:I will be starting tomorrow, but I am a little confused can I eat anything I want as long as it is not sweets? and only theree meals per day?

Yes you can eat everything as long as it is not sweets, junk food etc. 3 good portion sizes. On the S days you can then have some snacks.

snazzybabe

Its all individual. You are allowed to have whatever you want. Trust yourself and give yourself permission to have the snacks. The first couple of times you might feel you've overdone it but gradually your snack days won't be so huge.

If you are really struggling try and have only really special ...

snazzybabe

Some people just need a little reminding that they are good enough and that they can achieve their goals. Its just a 20 minute positive reinforcement CD which gets you off to a good day. With this one you are lying down the whole time.
With NoS you eat when hungry because by the time your meals come ...

snazzybabe

Has anyone read the Book from Paul McKenna - I Can Make You Thin.
Its pretty good and includes a weight-loss CD that you listen to that helps you become more positive about your body etc.

There are four golden rules that you have to follow:
1. When you are hungry, eat
2. Eat what you want, not what ...

snazzybabe

That site seems a tad too scientific for me. I will have a look - if I can make any sense of it.

snazzybabe

Something that puzzles me is - I eat quite a bit, three substantial meals, and am rarely hungry anymore. I am losing weight at a reasonable rate. I did go through the stage of enjoying food many times more, and being afraid there weren't enough mealtimes (at a rate of 3 a day) to try all the ...

snazzybabe

Congratulations on your weight loss. 8kgs is a fantastic achievement. I'm sure you'll think of something to reward yourself. Massage sounds good, I'd go for the full body one. I haven't had one for years but its the most relaxing feeling. Unless you have a deep tissue massage - they apparently leave ...

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Yes, of course. I wasn't suggesting anybody actually eat 400 calories a day. But at 1200 or 1500 calories a day, you're not exactly starving yourself. You're just taking in fewer calories than you are burning during the day, and that's the definition of weight loss.

I know you weren't suggesting ...

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You can't stay on a low-calorie diet forever as you can't sustain it. You eventually start eating a lot more calories and start putting weight on. A person who is anorexic or stranded on an island doesn't eat for a very long time. Of course you are eventually going to start losing weight.

Also ...

snazzybabe

"maybe you lost weight just because of the reduction in calories... "

What do you mean " just because of the reduction in calories"? The only way you lose weight on any diet is by a calorie deficit.

The Coke and McDonalds diet is actually a very low calorie diet at

You lost weight as you say ...

snazzybabe

I have to add here that I also really think breakfast is very important...
I also find that even if I *do* eat cereal for breakfast (let's face it, it's about the quickest, easiest thing to eat when you're in a hurry to get out of the house in the morning - hey, shouldn't that tell us something ...

snazzybabe

Another article about the CSIRO Wellbeing diet.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1448136.htm

In my opinion, its nothing new. Eating more protein is good but they are still scared of fat. Fat doesn't cause cholesterol.
What's making Australians fat is junk food and becoming less active ...

snazzybabe

I was just reading the book French Women Don't Get Fat. It was really interesting. The author explained how she started putting on weight when she was an exhange student studying in America. What changed about her eating habits was that she started incidental eating - i.e. snacking. She would snack ...

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I love mango when its in season - its my favourite.
Also strawberries, nectarines and a really sweet peach.

snazzybabe

The hurricane and flooding is all over the news in Australia. Its really quite unbelievable what has happened. Some of the looting especially for food and water is understandable, people have to eat and drink. Its sad to see all the babies and a man saying that his baby hasn't got any formula.
The ...

snazzybabe

Thanks everyone for the wishes and prayers. Life does go on and its a pretty full one at that. Duchenne is just a little dent at the moment. Thanks once again.

snazzybabe

Still doing good. Have been a bit stressed out lately about son number 1. The good thing is I have stopped myself from turning to food for comfort.
My son is nearly 7 years old and a year ago was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. So the other day he was telling me that his muscles were ...

snazzybabe

I've tried low carb a few times, too. I even tried an all-meat diet, which is about the same as Atkin's induction phase.
The problem is, at least for me, is that I can't make it an entire week eating that way, let alone 'several months.' As you may know from reading my "Daily Check In" thread, I'm ...

snazzybabe

I don't think you are eating enough. Your plan from the other day:

B: coffee, cream, peach
L: milk & cocoa, 2 ears of buttered sweet corn
D: chocolate milk, chickpea-tomato-parsley salad on whole wheat pita, plain yogurt, mixed fruit

Also, the above meals have a lot of carbs, that is why I ...

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Spiral, congratulations on your weight loss. :D

I totally agree that you have to choose a diet that you intend sticking to for the rest of your life. I do intend on staying with low-carb. While I am losing weight my carbs will be very low. When I get to maintenance I will be able to eat a lot more ...

snazzybabe

Problem is all those goodies like doghnuts, chocolate cake and biscuits taste too damn good even with all the un-healthy ingredients that go into them.

snazzybabe

Time for bed Deb? I'm always in bed by 9pm!!

snazzybabe

An article on low-carb diets. I'm not trying to convince people about the benefits of low-carb. Its just what I'm interested in.
http://www.theomnivore.com/NZ_Atkins_Zo ... _2005.html

snazzybabe

An article on prescription pills - big business for pharmaceutical companies.
http://www.healthmyths.net/W3CMS/article_display.php
click on 8 medical lies

snazzybabe

Almost right about the granola recipe. It includes ground almonds, ground flaxseeds, ground sesame seeds, and dessicated coconut. It truly is yummy.

snazzybabe

Its good to be part of the club. Now I need to stay here and not lose my membership!!

snazzybabe

Snazzy!!!!!! Holy carbs!!!!
You ate *Granola*????? :shock:

Hee hee...
:P Hey congratulations on two things!
Eliminating that Splenda crap!
and
Being in the 21 day club!!!!!!! :D
Rock on Healthy Babe!!!!!
I'll see you there in 10.5 days

Keep up the good vibes!
Love,
8) Deb

LOL - the ...

snazzybabe

Thanks everyone.
I've been having my black decaff with 1 splenda and today I decided to start going without the splenda. The coffee tasted okay so I'll make this a permanent thing.
Yesterday I made some breakfast granola. It was really nice with 2 tbs of plain yoghurt.

snazzybabe

I think I can join the club as I've just completed 21 days of eating well. I'm so glad that I started Day 1 and kept going. Yippee!!

snazzybabe

Kevin wrote:Maybe it helped my metabolism, but what I really think happened is I cut back on calories at lunch and dinner.

Yeh, that too, as your meals are smaller.

snazzybabe

peetie wrote:Eating well for 19 days is no small feat. Infact, it's huge! Congrats, S.B.Peetie

Thanks Peetie.

snazzybabe

Great success Kevin. Adding that 4th meal maybe fired up your metabolism a bit? Anyway, glad its working for you.

snazzybabe

I've been eating well for 19 days now. Feeling really good. I'm not lethargic in the morning anymore. My starting weight was 151.8 pounds, and today I weigh 145.2. That's a 6.6 pound loss.
I'm doing low-carb so some of that is water.
It feels great to be in control of my eating. When I eat high-carb ...

snazzybabe

If you are truly hungry between meals have a healthy snack.

snazzybabe

A lot of people want a quick fix weight loss solution so that's why diet books do so well. Even if you follow a low-carb diet like me you still have to watch you don't over-eat and make sure you exercise.
Eat in moderation and exercise that's all we really need to know. If we have 3 filling meals we ...

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Deb, salad sounds yummy. Must try it, but minus the rice and juice for me. It just means I can add more yummy chicken. I'm such a carnivore!!

snazzybabe

My mum use to give us lard sandwiches with a sprinkling of paprika. I remember they tasted really nice. The lard was made from the dripping of roasts etc, so hence why it was so tasty.
Some people think lard is good to cook with and that its better than using hydrogenated oils.

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Low-carb or high-carb which is best. This guy reckons both:

http://jayrobb.com/arbyjayrob.html

So on his plan this is what happens:
Mon, Wed, Fri - all day low-carb
Tue, Thur - all day high-carb
Saturday - breakfast and lunch high-carb and dinner whatever
Sunday - breakfast and lunch low-carb and ...

snazzybabe

thanks for posting, Kevin.

Well, this is the routie I've hit upon, and it worked for last week. It felt right

MWF: resistance training with weights, as per Bill Phillips Body-For-Life. I've modified the routine, reducing about half of the rests he puts in, to reduce the overall time to 30 minutes ...

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lI have no problem with confrontation when necessary, but I do have a problem with people being rude. Just because somebody doesn't agree doesn't mean they don't want a "reasonable conversation". That is downright
condescending. And nasty. And sarcastic.

Have a nice day!

peetie

People can ...

snazzybabe

A reasonable conversation does not mean agreeing with me. I was not rude. The comment about the arsenic sandwiches angered me so I mentioned it. But I misinterpreted it as it had something to do with a song? Deb then started being nasty and I bit back.

Everyone else put their point across why ...

snazzybabe

Thanks, Deb, for taking the words right out of my often full of food mouth! I was also referring to the fact that so many people (I don't mean you, Snazzy Babe, because obviously you have found this way of eating works for you), but many people really have a hard time thinking for themselves and ...

snazzybabe

Yeh, fair enough. Everyone can eat what they want. No point having a reasonable discussion.

snazzybabe

And just my two cents on what "balanced" means... it seems that time has found that eating a wide variety of foods (especially fruits and veggies) is pretty good for you. I don't think there are any foods that are intrinsically bad (except ones that contain poison such as arsenic sandwiches with ...

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Silverfish its up to you to do whatever you feel is best for you.

You don't cut out one food group completely only bits of it - the crappy bits.

But its only my opinion.

snazzybabe

peetie wrote:Look at all those ATkins people now wondering what to do next!Love,
Linda

What do you mean by that comment?

snazzybabe

I've been trying out No-S for almost two months now, and it's the only "diet" I've stuck with this long.

I weighed myself on the weekend and had an emotional rollercoaster-ride, as one set of scales said I'd gone from 110g to 105kg and the other that I'd gone from 111 to 109. I'm leaning towards ...

snazzybabe

I don't think people know what to eat to be healthy and lean. What is a balanced diet anyway - I don't think its the food pyramid.
Its definitely not low fat, see this site: http://www.westonaprice.org/knowyourfats/index.html

A Comment that interested me from another site:
"The Food Pyramid was in ...

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Hi Ariel,
Glad the medication is helping you.
Regarding trying the diet myself, I have been doing something similar which is low-carb. It is pretty easy for me to keep with it, I only fall down when I am stressing out about something or feeling emotional and then I turn to food for comfort. I will ...

snazzybabe

Sorry you have to live with such a painful condition.
I had a look at the SCD and it does eliminate a lot of food. Perhaps if you had given it longer than 12 days it may have helped because your condition probably needs atleast 3 months to see some results. If you were really hungry doing it I think ...

snazzybabe

Do you modify your diet to deal with UC?

"Some people whose symptoms are triggered by certain foods are able to control the symptoms by avoiding foods that upset their intestines, like highly seasoned foods, raw fruits and vegetables, or milk sugar (lactose)".

Also, I asked someone also about your ...

snazzybabe

Hey Deb, so what does it mean if you aren't that hungry in the morning? Could it be that a person isn't doing something right in the evening? I really am wanting to know, if you want to share. :) I'm not usually hungry in the morning, but i did notice that if i have a lighter dinner, or i don't eat ...

snazzybabe

Just have a piece of fruit and a few tablespoons of plain yoghurt and maybe a handful of walnuts or LSA (ground linseed, sesame and almonds).

Its better to have something to get your metabolism firing in the morning.

snazzybabe

I haven't got on that road of health and slimness yet, but will get on soon.

snazzybabe

The non-dieter's were counselled to love their body size, told to eat whatever they wanted. Because of this they lost their obsession with food and their weight stayed the same.
The dieter's lost weight but then put it all back and then some.

1. The non-dieters experienced some health benefits but ...

snazzybabe

I also think its the sugar - you need to cut it out. I use to have my coffee with 3 spoonfuls of sugar and I slowly cut it out to zero.
Also, you may be having just enough food to maintain and need to reduce portions and/or start exercising to use more energy than you consume.

snazzybabe

goops - Goodness gracious. How does one even drink 18 cans of diet coke per day. I would be so gassy!!

Planner lady - I would only drink the soda on S days and only 1 or 2 cans per day. Completely remove it from your diet during the No S days and drink plenty of water. Your body will thank you for ...

snazzybabe

If you don't already know I personally believe low-carb is healthier for me. So, anyway here in Australia in one of our magazines there was a full page ad that said something like "Its High in Protein" and you turn the page and its a picture of Special K. That annoyed me because they are now trying ...

snazzybabe

I was born in Europe and we came to live in Australia in 1970. In our family mum cooked traditional food which was lots of soups and casseroles. We rarely had dessert as it wasn't part of our culture. Mum and dad grew up in a village where they grew their own vegies, milked the cow etc. It would be ...

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Jan-Tz wrote:Love it! I was thinking of stirring a big bubbling cauldron of maple syrup! Thanks!

I was thinking of stirring a big bubbling caluldron of melted chocolate!!

snazzybabe

I had an idea for another shovelglove move (unless its already one).
What if you do stirring movements. Hold the sledgehammer in front of you with two hands and pretend you a stirring something. Make big circles going right and then change and go left. Uses your biceps, triceps, shoulders, back, abs.

snazzybabe

I didn't know they had all those convenience foods back then. But I still think today we eat a whole lot more crap then they did back then.

snazzybabe

I guessed my weight the other day and I was very close. So instead of having 22 pounds to lose I have 24 pounds. I thought I would weigh myself so that I can see if I am making any progress. I will not weigh again for about a month. I'm one of those people whose mood is affected by the scales so I ...

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Wow, 10.5 pounds is fantastic. You gotta be happy with that.

snazzybabe

Good on you Deb. What willpower. I don't know if I could have been so strong. Especially surrounded by people eating and the smell of melted chocolate.

snazzybabe

Are you making those pizzas free-form, or do you have little pizza pans to use? I have never made mini-pizzas, only the full-size ones; that sounds like fun!

Of course, it is really hot here in the Midwest U.S. now, and I am doing everything I can to not turn on the oven. Mini pizzas would fit in ...

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Its the weekend so I'm not going to start until Monday. I'll be doing low-carb with some snacks on the weekends.

Just made about 10 mini pizzas for myself, the hubby and my two boys - 3yr old and 6 yr old. Very yummy pizzas, but very filling. Couldn't eat them all so I'll pop the remainder in the ...

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All I meant was that while I'm certain there are biochemical ways of causing your body to lose weight, the reason most people are bigger now then they were 50, 100, 200 years ago is not because the chemical make-up of the food we eat is different. It's that the amount of food is different and the ...

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That sounds like a good idea.

snazzybabe

Thanks Reinhard for your reply.
The NoS is a good system because 80% of the time people are eating good food and 20% of the time (or less) they get to have a sweet etc so they don't feel like they are on a diet. This is a good thing limiting junk food as it shouldn't be an everyday food ...

snazzybabe

A few recipes that I love:

Creamy Asparagus & Broccoli Soup
Serves 2
Per serve:
Ingredients:
•1 tablespoon butter
•50g onion
•100g broccoli, chopped
•100g asparagus, chopped
•2 chicken stock cubes
•1/4 cup cream
•2 tablespoons freshly chopped chives
Method:
1.Melt butter in a saucepan, add ...

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Thanks guys for the welcome.
I've got that French Book on hold at my library so hopefully I'll get a copy soon. I recall reading an extract from it where she pointed out that when you eat your 3 meals you should sit and just focus on the meal. Alot of people eat on the go and grab a snack here and ...

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Remember though, there are 2 aspects of "toning", as I understand it: 1) firming and shaping the muscle, and 2) removing fat from on top of the muscle so it becomes visible. The more fat resides in one's upper arms, the harder it will be to see muscle changes underneath (especially when the muscles ...

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I read this on the No S page:

If you feel the need to take a systematic approach towards nutrition too, be my guest. The nosdiet is compatible with pretty much every other diet plan I've come across. You can be a No-S/Vegan if you want (shudder). You could even do No-S plus Atkins, or No-S/Zone if ...

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No Snacks, No Sweets, No Seconds

Just thought I'd let you know my thoughts on the 'No Sweets'.
I consider sweets to refer to: sugar, honey, orange-juice, chocolate, lollies, white bread, white flour, white pasta etc.
A lot of the stuff I mentioned you will know it as carbohydrate but your body does ...

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Thanks for all the tips guys. Just want to know from those that have been doing it for atleast 3 months if they have seen any improvement in their definition. What about the girls - is it working to shape the arms and are most girls using the 8 pounder?

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