raw food diet - think I've found the secret to weight loss!
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Comments (8)I went to gastro docs for some strange bloating and distension of my belly. I had recently lost, inexplicably, over 10% of my usual weight. The doc signed me up for colonoscopy--it was time for one--and ENDOSCOPY. Found on the endo h.pylori, the nasty bug that causes ulcers and is highly associated with stomach cancer. Turns out H.pylori was not the cause of my original complaint--"slow stomach" was--but it is very important to get rid of h.pylori. There are some non-invasive but not so conclusive tests for h.pylori, but endoscopy is the gold standard for finding out. Go see some gastro guys and see if there is some reason they would not want to test for h.pylori. There is no reason I should have had h.pylori, a water-borne illness (I drink 99% bottled water...just saying), but I had it and it took 2 rounds of antibiotics to shake it. Hope this finds you already on the road to recovery, but the big symptom for h.pylori is unexplained weight loss....See Moredo we have a quorum for a - gasp - diet food thread?
Comments (80)The bad thing is that I'm hungrier, and it's hard to stick to the calorie level that seems to produce rapid weight loss for me. I've been missing my target fairly often, and it feels like my body wants more food. So I've started packing a bento-type lunch, as mentioned in another thread, in hopes that at least my calories will be healthy ones. This is a classic example of dieting vs. lifestyle changes. Dieting is a temporary way of eating with the goal of losing weight, while lifestyle changes are a permanent change in one's lifestyle with the ultimate goal of improving one's health in all areas including weight loss (if it's necessary). IMO when someone says they "can't lose weight", what they really mean is "I can't lose weight as fast as I want to", and so they give up. The "diet" industry has brainwashed us into thinking that if we don't lose at least 1-2 pounds per week, then something must be wrong, and that's a big lie. Choose fruit over chips -- not because they're a "diet" food or "low-cal" but because fruit is a much healthier choice than fried potato chips. Eat a salad full of veggies with lean chicken -- not because it's a "diet" meal but because it's full of healthy nutrients that are good for you! Include a piece of 100% whole grain bread if you want and even a little bit of butter -- yes, butter! Take smaller servings (and only one of each -- don't go back for seconds) and skip the gravy and creamy sauces --- they're not necessary if food is well-seasoned. Eat smaller amounts more frequently. Don't skip lunch if you're planning a nice dinner out -- just eat a smaller dinner (dinner out doesn't have to mean overeating). Have a dish of ice cream now and then, just not most days of the week. Don't eat "diet" foods (low-fat cookies, etc) --- just skip those snacks altogether and eat the real thing only on special occasions. That's how I slowly lost 50 pounds several years ago, about 1-2 pounds per month, eating ~1800 calories a day of healthy food choices and increasing my exercise, and have kept off every single ounce even during holidays and stressful times. During the holidays I don't eat as many cookies because "I don't do that anymore", simple as that. I dropped those bad habits and they're not a part of my life anymore. Prior to losing weight I had acid reflux and have a family history of diabetes. The acid reflux is completely gone (without taking a single purple pill) and probably so is my risk of diabetes. I don't have the metabolism of a race horse; I'm a typical middle-aged woman with a desk job. I made simple but important permanent lifestyle changes in eating and exercise, and I stuck with it and persevered no matter how slowly the scales budged, and some months they didn't budge at all!...See MoreRaw Meat Diet for Cats
Comments (18)I'm all for it! I fed raw to my Somali kitten for almost a year but Grace my new mom ( dad remarried) banned it until I have my own living arrangment/ expect for when we have a turkey and the guts are going to be thrown out anyway. Personally I'd do it in a heartbeat if I could but having special needs means that going out into the "real world" means going into a group home which may force me to de claw/abandon them to a shelter or due to limited income and a social security spend down, disallow even the proper brands of cat food. Leopalorn has a breeders agreement not to sell/give him away. which further complamates the mess morally/ and legally possibly that would happen if ever a suitation from the group home/new living arrangement ever did happen. Because of all this I'm happy to stay here until the cats pass away from old age. And I have the power to do just that until my parents die, Grace in her 50's still has her mom and dad, though they are very old. many people that age don't have their parents still around. Dad will probably had guardianship rights over to his wife when he passes. Right now I feed, Wellness grain free, Innova EVO,Instincts and Ziwi peak. Its not really raw but sometimes I do put in an egg yolk to help boost the protein....See MoreDumb question about diet/weight loss
Comments (20)Spark people was a huge help to me in learning how to get the weight off. I have hypothyroidism so it is doubly hard. I'm not using them now, but I do keep a food diary. That is the most consistent thing you are going to here from people who have lost weight: they keep a food diary. Just knowing you have to write it down when you swallow it is a huge help. and you need to be willing to write it down immediately too, not at the end of the day. Too many things get forgotten that way. I have a food diary that goes back to last July. I print it out every month. I don't even expect it will ever get read by anyone. Here is a sample: 3-17-09: [165.1] 9am: 2 oranges. 10:30am 6 oz. baked ckn, 4 oz baked sweet potato, 6 oz steamed cabbage. Like others, I'm became a complete sugar/empty carb/ white flour addict when I quit smoking. I just changed addictions. So that is an all-or-nothing thing with me, and I had to go with 'nothing'. I don't have it in the house. I also don't use any sugar substitutes because they are worse than sugar (most of them) and ALL of them set up the same chain reaction in your body that sugar does. What is surprising is that you really can get used to having a life of no sweetener except what is naturally found in fruits & veggies. I second the comment about how your cloths fit. Muscle is heavier than fat and is a boon to good metabolism, so you have the hardest part under control. I WISH I could exercise like that. Half is won't, half is can't. Between worn out knees and weak wrists, and general age & wear, there is a lot of exercising I just can't do. Even more that I won't lol. Go to sparkpeople.com. It's free and is the greatest place on the web for all kinds of support and education. Another good site is radiantrecovery.com (I think. Google it if not) where they can help you detox from sugar. Don't give up, you've got more than half the battle licked, being as active as you are. j...See Morewildchild
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