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Re: HELP - anyone on Met more than 6 mos. with no positive results?-for Maggie
From: Kathy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:10:09 -0500 (CDT)
Maggie - thanks for your message! I was trying to low-carb. Over the
weekend, I have gone back to eating more the way that I have in the past
- a more balanced diet - and I have felt better. I didn't make the
connection, so thank you for your insight! I too like to walk for
exercise. Exercise and diet and Met were having no effect at all. I
went to Weight Watchers over a year ago before going on Met, and I lost
33 lbs! I gained back about 12 lbs. due to quitting the meetings when
my mother passed away, and then sliding into the holidays in a depressed
mood. Not a good combination! Then I went on Met and started
low-carbing thinking that was the answer. Now I am toying with the idea
of Weight Watchers again. It worked in the past, maybe it would again.
I know that I was much happier being able to eat what I like in small
portions, as opposed to being forced to eat meat and cheese and eggs and
other things that I really don't like.
Congratulations on your pregnancy! Thanks again for your words of
encouragement! Kathy
At Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Maggie wrote:
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>Dear Kathy,
>
>I was taken off Met due to pregnancy, but I was on it for about 9
>months. I did have good results.
>
>I'm wondering, what are you doing to promote weight loss? A common
>misconception about Met is that taking it will magically make the weight
>come off and that's not true. Weight loss on Met happens because our
>bodies are helped to function like normal bodies and therefore, we can
>lose weight as normal people do - by exercising and eating right (which
>has previously not worked for us, so we don't think it will now). I
>found that I did not drop any weight just being on the Met, but when I
>tried exercise - about an hour three times a week (walking-moderate
>pace) and stuck to eating a much higher amount of fruits and vegetables
>than I had been eating (thus squeezing out room for junk), I lost 15
>pounds in 45 days - which is a very healthy weight loss.
>
>Also, about your nausea: are you following a low-carb diet at all? Many
>women I've spoken to CANNOT tolerate a low-carb diet while on the Met.
>The reason, it is speculated, is because the Met influences even blood
>sugar and so does low-carbing - therefore giving you a tremendous case
>of periodic low blood sugar and insulin insanity - whose MAIN side
>effect is nausea and feeling bad. You may notice that you feel the
>worst after not having eaten in too long - or this may show up in you
>with an intensely satisfying sugar binge (which would right your sugar
>levels for awhile). I noticed that in myself.
>
>I hope this sheds some light on things...Sincerely, Maggie Scheel
>
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