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Re: Weight Watchers / Lowcarbing my results thus far
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 18 Sep 2001 02:47:16 -0500 (CDT)
Hi, yes the Atkins diet is a very strict diet, and is meant to become a
way of life, I must say I hate meat and eggs but I suppose we all have
to suffer sometimes, I only used to eat veges,,,,, and fruit hardly any
meat and just could not loose weight but I suppose that has to do with
PCOS and IS.... Oh well I am confident that I can stick to this but I
have some fruit and yogurt at times as It has no effect on the scale
(thank goodness) I must say I had a sort of craving for something nice
and illigal on sunday passed do my DH went out and got an icecream I
thought well lets see what this does (take note I have not had any sugar
other than from the fruit I have now and again) so I had it without the
littlest feel of guilt then it hit me the sugar high wow I was as sick
as a dog needed a gallon of water to get rid of the sickly sweet taste
and after all that needed 4pain tabs to get rid of the headache (sugar
hangover) so I dont think I will do that again in a hurry...... oh well
i think that the 1500mg met added to that ,,,,, oh well
good luck with the weight watchers and once again well done.
At Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Muriel wrote:
>
>Hi Anonymous,
>
>I tried the atkins diet, I realise that this is the strictest low-carb diet
>there is. I lost weight rapidly, but then one day I decided to have a Ho-Ho.
>Well, POOF it was all back, plus 5 pounds I didn't have to begin with.
>
>Maybe it's just me, but honestly I can't live like that. I cannot deny
>myself the best part of life, next to sex, which is really good food. It's
>like asking me to never play piano again (I currently play 2 hours a day).
>
>And I'm not a meat fan. I used to be a vegitarian, then I got married. One
>day, there I was, clever in hand disembowling and chopping up this cornish
>hen carcus, and I said to myself, GEEEZ GIRL! What kind of vegitarian are
>you? So I ate the darn thing and have never gone back.
>
>That reminds me however of those days when I was a vegitarian, I was
>skinnier then than I ever was.
>
>Anyways, We can track weight watchers and see what happens. I went
>over-points all this week cause of a little plant I like to smoke (thats
>tobacco... ahem... usually) but according to my scale I still lost weight.
>However I just started taking Glucophage again this week, with a much higher
>dosage than I was on before (2000 mg instead of 1000 mg), so that might be
>part of why I lost weight.
>
>Muriel
>
>> Hi Muriel,
>>
>> firstly I want to say well done with the weight loss, but I also want to
>> add that Weight watchers does not work for most I did weight watchers
>> for 7 months and got no where yest the first 3 weeks I lost a lot maybe
>> 15lbs but after that i started to gain it all back again, no I did not
>> go over the amount of points allowed and I ate exactly the way I should
>> have, so after a while they even let me talk to a dieticial who came
>> back with the result that I cant eat any healthier and cant make any
>> changes in my diet to improve and dont forget I went to gym for 2.5
>> hours ever night mon - sunday...... I eventualy got so frustrated i
>> left weight watchers because after 7 months of following it religiously
>> I gained 10lbs more than I was when I started the plan.......
>> I was then refered to a dietician by my fertility specialist ( who
>> understands what PCOS does to a body ) and she gave me a low fat eating
>> plan which I did because my specialist wanted me to at least loose
>> 10kgs(22.2lbs) by the next appointment or he would not bebale to treat
>> me yet well I followed the eating plan religiously realy dedicated
>> because at the end of it I would start getting the fertility treatment
>> and hopefully I will get pregnant, well I folled it for 2.5months and
>> gained 14lbs,,,,,, I was so depresed and hated my self I weight 300lbs
>> and thought that was that I was fighting a loosing battle. then I
>> thought I would do some research and found out about the Low Carbing,,,,
>> well I though I have tried everything else why not I started it about 5
>> weeks ago I now weight 265.76lbs ,,,, and yes the first two weeks it was
>> very quick as promised in the book I lost a stone in 2 weeks ,,,, but it
>> has been slow since then which I do not mind as at this rate I have to
>> see my specialist in November and I know I will be looking at starting
>> my fertility treatment then,,,,, I am not denying myself anything as I
>> do have a treat now and then but I have lost the craving for sugar i
>> used to have very bad cravings for sugar before I started this but now I
>> dont even like the taste anymore it makes me ill if I do have it..... I
>> feel like a women again, and though weight watcher is good for some
>> people but I am sure for some not.....
>>
>> sorry it was so long.....
>>
>> At Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Muriel wrote:
>> >
>> >Hello everyone,
>> >
>> >Two and a half weeks ago I attended my first Weight Watchers meeting.
>Weight
>> >Watchers was recomended to me by my doctor, who said inevitably low
>carbin
>> >just wont cut it as diets go. You will have immediate results with low
>> >carbing, but honestly people, denying yourself is no way to live.
>Personally
>> >if I want to eat a piece of cake dripping with thick dutched chocolate
>> >frosting, I am going to eat that thing. Good food is what makes life
>great
>> >if you ask me. WIth Weight Watchers all you do is consider that big piece
>of
>> >cake, and for the rest of the day plan accordingly so as not to go over
>> >points. NO GUILT!
>> >
>> >So my results so far. Week 1 I lost 7 pounds, which I could NOT believe.
>> >Week 2 I gained two tenths of a pound. I consider that like nothing. I'm
>> >happy I was able to maintain those 7 pounds I lost. More updates as to
>how
>> >well this diet excersise plan is working in the future, and whether it is
>a
>> >good option for PCOS women.
>> >
>> >Muriel
>>
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