Topic: sammie's progress started 9/23/06 at 211.4 lbs; 12/04/07 at 172.0 (Read 37611 times)

sammie · « **Reply #495 on:** August 16, 2007, 07:16:58 am »

Thank you so much lvivianka and mpq, very much! My mom is 66, mpq, so young! Too young to be in the shape she is in (although looking at her you'd think she was fine - trim, looks great for her age despite the smoking). Yes, very difficult, she's suffered for many years with depression that she refuses to treat, it's ruined her life. We (my sister and I, her friends), have tried everything we can short of committing her - which she's not debilitated enough to warrant - to convince her to seek treatment, but to no avail. There are other problems too, she's a very spoiled and manipulative person who prefers to have people come to her rescue vs. take care of things herself. So it's all very complicated. And it's the reason I finally extracted myself from involvement with her a few years ago. I realized I was totally enabling many of her manipulative behaviors - she'll eat anyone alive who offers her assistance with her "needs". It's very hard to tease out the depression from other manipulative behaviors. But it's not hard to tease out a stroke (!), so I'm back in until she's treated. It appears this incident scared her adequately to finally do something - anything - and in that sense perhaps it's a blessing. My sister and I are making dinner for her on Friday night and will figure out what she needs (truly, ha) us to do to help her through appointments, insurance, and the surgery. My sister and I have a great relationship, we're very much on the same page, so we have each other thank goodness. And, as I said before, we knew this day was coming... We are all extremely lucky that her first stroke didn't cause more damage. Shiver.

lvivianka · « **Reply #496 on:** August 16, 2007, 12:32:27 pm »

wow, she is still very young; just a few years older than I am. my Mom was in her 90's when she came to live with us and needed a caregiver. make sure she takes care of herself - she still has many good years ahead of her.

KimBooSan · « **Reply #497 on:** August 17, 2007, 01:51:27 pm »

Wow, you are really encouraging to me! While you are a bit taller than I am, our stats are pretty close, and it is so exciting to see someone hit the numbers I'm aiming for! Wow, I'd be in heaven right now to be at 160. Patience is a virtue, I suppose! lol! Good luck the the rest of it and do please keep posting updates.

go2grl · « **Reply #498 on:** August 22, 2007, 06:17:43 pm »

Hi Sammie. Wow so sorry to hear about your mom, but thankful it wasn't worse. Fingers crossed for you in surviving the stress and for her to see this as a wake up call to care for herself. Sounds hard. I'm glad to hear you have good support in your sis - they are the best IMHO. I'd never have had half the fun and love in my life if it wasn't for my sisters!

Sorry I was gone so long, I missed you and wondered how your summer was going. We are now in NC, closed on the new house and the movers bring our things on Friday. It all went pretty well and we're eager to finish settling in. The new place is beautiful and my working from home gig is awesome.

take care!

sammie · « **Reply #499 on:** December 04, 2007, 06:26:52 pm »

Helllooo! I've been gone for awhile, haven't I? I'm still kicking around, however. I'm eating more - I had to, after all my lovely weight loss, and feeling so great with my SLD routine...my hair started to fall out! And I mean dramatically. Not totally shocking, I guess, given that I was eating so little, but still surprising since what I ate was very nutritious and whole (more than the avg person, I'd bet) and I looked and felt so good in other ways (particularly great skin). But, there it was, in my hands and in my shower drain and it was VERY upsetting. And so, I bumped up my eating. And exercised less. And put on some weight. I got very gaggy taking oil when I ate more food, it was tough. So then I took it less consistently and also put on some weight. I'm not in a terrible place, by any means, but I have started floating the oil on water in a shot glass and tossing it back. Still not my favorite thing to do, but better than no oil, and it really does help with my appetite. I'm taking 2 Tbsp. right now, may bump up to 3 if I get motivated to drop wieght again. My energy has been pretty low lately, I'm not as motivated to workout like I was before, BUT my hair has stopped falling out and is in fact growing back in. Thank goodness, thank goodness. So I'm regrouping a bit, still putting my focus on whole foods, few grains, mostly protein, vegetables, and fruits. I would like to work my exercise back up a bit again - my tummy is feeling fleshy again, after wearing a bikini all summer, boo - we'll see how it goes.

So my one-year anniversary passed by without me checking in! I didn't make my goal in a year - 145 lbs. - but I did get into the 160s and very much enjoy my summer. Now the task is to find a way to be in the low 160s and ideally into the 150s while eating enough to not have my hair fall out (!). I figure the path probably involves eating as few grains/sugars as possible. I'm also aware that it just might not be possible...

Seth Roberts · « **Reply #500 on:** December 04, 2007, 06:51:51 pm »

You might want to try nose-clipped chicken. It's a way of keeping protein high at the same time as SLD calories. I don't know what causes hair to fall out but it might be too little protein.

tek_vixen · « **Reply #501 on:** December 05, 2007, 07:28:08 am »

Sammie!!!!! Welcome back! I've really missed you. In fact, I was thinking about you the other night and was going to PM you to see if you'd fallen off the face of the earth. At least you've had better weight management luck than I have. I'm almost back at square one. And my hair fell out too. But it's growing back in. I know what you mean about how scary it is to see it everywhere. And Seth, I was focusing heavily on protein while losing weight, so I don't think that was the issue. I was getting at least 80 grams of protein a day.

I'm trying to get up the ooomph to restart. I've continued taking the oil, but can easily override the AS. I think the culprit is too much sugar. Must eliminate!

I hope you'll stick around girlfriend! There have been numerous interesting threads, including the one Seth mentioned on nose-clipped chicken. There are lots of things to try.

Best,

T-Vix

sammie · « **Reply #502 on:** December 05, 2007, 08:35:52 am »

Hi Seth and T-Vix! Seth - I was eating a good amount of protein, averaging 50+ grams per day, I think it was just overall not quite enough total energy, given my activity level. I'm eating in the 15-1800 calorie/day range now and it has abated (reversed). Without SLD calories, I would have a very difficult time eating comfortably less than 2,000 cals/day, so I'm still taking oil. I will explore the nose-clipped chicken concept, thanks for the tip and for checking in.

T-Vix - thanks for the warm welcome back! I've thought of you many times too, wondered how your daughter is doing away at school...and how her mom is doing with her away at school!!? I hope all is well! Yes, sugar/grains, deadly, does things to my appetite and weight that I most certainly do not like. I'm sure you've heard about the "Good Fats, Bad Fats" book by Gary Taubes, stirred up quite a bit of controversy this fall. I found it quite fascinating in the theory that obesity/fat storage and increased appetite are the symptoms of an overall carbohydrate metabolism dysfunction. Riveting. In my SLD weightloss endeavor, I was very careful to avoid refined carbs and sugar (SLD made it much easier), and I'm sure it was a big part of my success. Without question AS is enhanced, that's always a good thing! Yeah, whenever I've gained weight (including recently), it always come down to carbs and alcohol. Always. Shucks.

So good luck re-finding your groove! I'm so glad that you're still here, really nice to "see" you! I'll try to be better about staying in touch - it's hard when losing weight isn't as singular a goal as it was last year. It was such a part of my daily routine to check in here, to be monitoring my food intake, to report my weigh-in. Short of that, I tend to wander awaaaay... But I'm still thinking about everyone. Take care!

Pinkmug · « **Reply #503 on:** December 06, 2007, 02:01:10 am »

Oh, the little pink shoe is back

Welcome back! Hope you hair problem is just very temporary!

lvivianka · « **Reply #504 on:** December 06, 2007, 04:52:25 pm »

we want to lose weight, not our hair :cry: so far mine is OK, but do not have as much as I had when I was younger....

karky · « **Reply #505 on:** December 06, 2007, 05:31:17 pm »

I also had that problem with hair loss. Weight loss going good, feeling good, eating right, taking a multivitamin every day, handfuls of hair in the shower drain, in my comb, in my hands. Good thing I had extremely thick hair to start with, or I believe I would have gone bald. I checked my nutrition on fitday and what do you know, I was low on zinc and selenium. I googled both, they both are connected to hair loss and it is very possible to take too much of them. However, I started taking 1 each a day, and the hair loss slowed considerably...the next day. My plan is to finish the bottles and then when I start the new bottles, cut the pills in half.
I also read that acidophilis is good for hair loss. Since it is also good for digestion, I take that too.

sammie · « **Reply #506 on:** December 07, 2007, 09:50:09 am »

Hi pinkmug! Thanks for the welcome back! I'm slowly getting caught up on everyone, it's fun to see what's been shakin' while I was gone.

And lvivianka, no, don't want to lose our hair, ha. Horrible, very upsetting. But it's much better now, and growing back in quite rapidly (it looks a bit ridiculous, my hair is long and I'm sprouting these oh, 3-inch long baby hairs all over the place, just like a new mom after the pregnancy hair falls out). Karky, interesting about the zinc and selenium deficiency. The multi take does include both, but I'll definitely monitor on fitday with my current food intake.

In the end I can't help but conclude that eating 1,000 cals per day and doing alot of exercise probably contributed to it. I don't regret it - it's what it took for me to lose the weight. And lose it I did, feeling good, strong, healthy and best of all, NOT STARVING! Love SLD. But for maintenance, I'll have to take in more cals, and that's OK. My favorite part about SLD is how much easier it is to stick to consuming more wholesome foods. We are so surrounded by JUNK, man, it's everywhere, and I am really coming to believe it has wreaked havoc with our (MY!) metabolisms and weight. We did not evolve to survive on highly processed foods. When I take in SLD calories (for me, oil), I'm much less tempted by "fake" food (cookies, chips, candy) and carbs (potatoes, rice, bread, cereal), and much more satisfied by meat, vegetables, fruits, nuts, fats. That's almost my goal more than not eating "too much" - to eat whole, real foods and limit alcohol consumption. Moderation, moderation, moderation - always moderation, ha.

Jenn · « **Reply #507 on:** January 08, 2008, 07:50:18 am »

Heyy Sammie,
wow it has been a long time. I'm so glad to be back and keeping in touch with all of you.
Im gonna follow the forums again. Im glad to know that you are keeping your weight down and eating healthy

I'm i guess what you could call "in maintenance".... i just do CFFs...I don't even know if they were the reason for my weight loss....but they seem to hit the spot for wanting something to snack on...actually i never really want to snack.. :? I will never know if it was stopping the pill or the CFFs..but I can say that stopping the pill made a HUGE impact on me.

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