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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Sep 19 2007 : 08:14:53 AM
I am overweight and by quite a bit. My school did a free Cholestorol screening today and mine was "borderline high". My blood pressure was also quite high. I have wanted to make SERIOUS changes for a long time but have hemmed and hawed about it. I NEED to do something NOW! I am wondering if any of you have dealt with this and what kind of suggestions you would make to help lower this. I need to lose between 50 and 60 pounds! I can't do this alone. Can you ladies help me out!
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| kissmekate |
Posted - Sep 27 2007 : 9:29:11 PM
Not so good for me. I had spaghetti and since the goofy store here doesn't carry baguettes, I made crescent rolls. Huge carb meal!!!
In the afternoon, I find myself eating a piece of coffee cake (yummy) out of the vending machine at work.
Or sneaking bon voyage cake etc.
I have been a bad diabetic this week. 
Actually I HATE being diabetic and having rules about what I can/can't eat. ~sigh~
BUT I weight less than I did two months ago, and feel better, so I guess that is good, right?
I will get back on the proverbial horse next week.
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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 27 2007 : 5:11:54 PM
Okay I don't know how good this meal is for us- but we ate Top Round Sirloin for dinner tonight. I crock potted it for 6 hours and it was literally falling apart. I didn't gorge on it though- I really wanted to... Now here is the bad part... We also had tater tots! :D My favorite. Yum! But baked not fried and only a few!! I swear...
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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 27 2007 : 3:36:59 PM
Usually the organic ones don't have it. I really like Brown Cow, but Winco doesn't carry Brown Cow and I don't like Nancy's.
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| junebug |
Posted - Sep 27 2007 : 12:03:31 PM
Isn't it amazing all the foods that contain something our bodies can't even digest, high fructose corn syrup, that stuff is evil! You really have to read the labels but I do find a brand of yogurt that doesn't contain it, it's all natual and cheap, I eat one a day for a better tummy!
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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 27 2007 : 10:26:46 AM
I was eating my breakfast this morning and couldn't finish my serving of yogurt. In fact it was icky just to start eating it. Then I read the ingredients. Ugh. It was full of high fructose corn syrup and I could TASTE it! It is amazing what you start tasting when you start eating healthy! Oh my gosh! I as sitting there wishing I had bought organic yogurt instead, but that store doesn't carry any.
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Sep 27 2007 : 08:05:23 AM
Doing well so far!
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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 26 2007 : 9:53:31 PM
How are we doing today ladies? I cheated and had a few homemade butter cookies today- but only a few. I made a really yummy Cuban Rice for dinner that was very light on cooking oils and high on veg! Yum!
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| Leezard |
Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 10:42:25 AM
Good for you Alee! I'm working on getting more fruits and veggies into my meals as well. Glad to hear it's working out so well for you!
Julie, I hope that you feel better soon!
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 10:31:48 AM
WEll I paid for all that fried food last night! I was up all nigth sick as a dog. Still can't keep anything down! Not even water! YUCK!
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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 10:26:41 AM
Well, ever since I started th E-Diets eatting plan, I have been feeling great! I am sitting here nursing Nora as I type and I feel like I could go for a run! I have lots of energy and I feel clean internally too- not that sluggish feeling that I didn't even realize before!
I have been eating fruits and veg at every meal and cutting down on the meat. The main bulk of my shopping was in the produce section. I can't remember the last time I did that!
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| Leezard |
Posted - Sep 25 2007 : 08:37:18 AM
Prayers for me please. I went to the ER last night, the first time I'd ever been in the hospital for myself so it was quite scary. Yesterday, shortly after I took the blood pressure meds, I started to feel weak and a little light headed and I could feel that my heart rate was slowing, then later in the evening I started to feel kind of a fluttering in my chest on and off so I said something to my boss, I'm a nanny, and he took me into the ER. They didn't find anything wrong, all the blood and urine tests came back normal which is a mixed blessing to me because I don't like not knowing what's going on but it's good to know that it didn't seem to be anything major last night. I've got an appt with my dr tomorrow morning so we'll see what she has to say. I'm trying to keep myself calm but as I said it's just not easy not knowing what's going on and I apparently inherited some of my worrying from my grandma.
Chris, my parents picked up that book from their naturopath and it looks like quite an interesting one. I've flipped through it a few times and think I'd like to try it out for myself. I've also got a friend who's got some nasty allergies to wheat and dairy, she's been following that diet and it's really worked out for her nicely.
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| OregonGal |
Posted - Sep 24 2007 : 7:53:16 PM
I guess around fifty is the other side of the hill? I wasn't feeling well for quite a while and thought my
symptoms were gall bladder related so went on a gall bladder type diet. Then I was actually feeling
better. I found a book called Eating Right For Your Blood Type, and I have been following that as well
as I can and have lost weight without really even trying. According to this book there are some things
that I don't digest well, and some things that are not very good for me, such as tomatoes, bananas and
some types of meats, fried foods. My last cholesterol check my triglycerides were high, now all of my
readings are almost optimal since I have been watching what I eat. I've also been trying to stay away
from breads and pastas - not that I never eat them, but I have cut way back on them, and then I've
really started pigging out on veggies (just not the cole crops) and fruit....and I eat veggies and fruit
at every meal, not just dinner. But even with losing that little bit of weight, I feel more energy. I
really applaud you for taking whatever steps you're taking to trying to improve your health. Its not
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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 24 2007 : 4:36:15 PM
Flaxseed is great! Darn! I even thought about buyin some yesterday and I forgot! I can buy it in bulk at our local grocery store.
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| Leezard |
Posted - Sep 24 2007 : 4:22:39 PM
Thanks for reminding me about that Elizabeth, I keep forgetting I've got an unopen box in the cupboard...I'll have to get that out and start using it.
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| babysmama |
Posted - Sep 24 2007 : 3:54:39 PM
You should really try flax seed to bring down your high blood pressure and cholestrol. My dad had high readings on both and started putting flax seed on his toast, oatmeal, or in his muffins and three weeks later the readings were better. We just found out that my husband's readings are a little high so he is going to start eating flaxseed. Just a few teaspoons a day should help. Garlic pills are also supposed to be good for both. Good luck!!!
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Sep 24 2007 : 3:35:24 PM
Not so good today! Hubby and I decided we would work together to lower our BP and cholestorol. As I mentioned earlier my hubby LOVES fried food so I promised we would have one last fried food dinner before we quit for a while. For dinner I made...I can't believe I am admitting this...FRIED chicken wingettes, homemade french fries (for hubby) and homemade beerbatter onion rings!!!!! I WAS SOOOOOOOOO BAD! On the BRIGHT side...I only ate 4 wingettes and only about 6 onion rings and I drank WATER. I don't like fries so thats not an issue for me. We also had burbon baked beans. Okay so tomorrow we start FRESH! We are having Grilled lemon Chicken breast (boneless/skinless), Brown rice and acorn squash.
I was so naughty but I admit it and now I am moving on! I hope you girls had a better day than I!
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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 24 2007 : 12:19:38 PM
Elizabeth-
You are still very young- and now is better than later for all of use no matter what place or age in life we are, right?
:D
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| Leezard |
Posted - Sep 24 2007 : 11:43:30 AM
Good for you Alee! I sure wish I'd done it sooner but I'm trying hard not to look back.
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| Alee |
Posted - Sep 23 2007 : 9:19:30 PM
I will be 25 in December. My grandfather on my father's side had diabetes at the end of his life and my maternal grandmother has weight issues so I am very determined to get a hold on my health before it gets away from me. :D
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| Leezard |
Posted - Sep 23 2007 : 7:03:15 PM
I am 29 as well :)
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Sep 23 2007 : 6:20:13 PM
I am 29.
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| celebrate2727 |
Posted - Sep 23 2007 : 4:04:27 PM
very cool- no problemo, AND I went to get car parts and all that talk about spring rolls got me to a new vietnamese place and I ate one today- deep fried and oh so naughty of me. BUT hey- I got a hankerin for one!!!!!!!!!!!!
what can I say- no self control at all. =o]]
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| willowtreecreek |
Posted - Sep 23 2007 : 3:15:57 PM
Beth NO OFFENSE taken! I understood you! :)
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| celebrate2727 |
Posted - Sep 23 2007 : 2:14:28 PM
42 in Nov- don'tcha just love the way age changes things- and don't even get me started on gravity.
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| junebug |
Posted - Sep 23 2007 : 1:58:01 PM
Good for you girls!! I too need to lose about 30 lbs. and I've noticed no one has mentioned age? I'm finding out that the older I get, the harder it is to lose, I"m 48. And my BP was high at last doctor visit and he wanted to put me on meds right then, I said no. I told him to give me a month to lower it myself, and I did. I take alot of vitiams and herbs, so I just added some for high BP and it's fine now, I think it was high from the cough syrup I was taking at the time. But I hate it when the docs want to put you on meds too quickly. I also take garlic for cholestrol and it's always low. If any of you want to go the natural way, just do your homework and look towards nature to help you out. Of course diet and exersice is the key along with a posistive outlook, but this age thing is really getting in the way!!
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