The Start of My Continued Weight Loss Journey
I have decided to finally continue to lose weight and thought that if I posted this on here, I will be even more motivated and stay focused! I have been half way to my goal for way too long and it is time to make some changes and get the rest of this weight off!
I am starting out on the Atkins diet and see how that goes. After such a long time of being halfway to my goal, I am ready to do something about it and make the changes needed to get there! I am disgusted with myself and not happy with my appearance at all. I think that I have hit my lowest point and something has just got to give!
I am around 5’7″ and my highest weight was 320 and I currently weigh 238 and my goal weight right now is 150. I had Vertical Banded Gastroplasty in 2000 and it helped me to lose some weight but I have not been able to lose any more. I did get down to 217 at one point, but then recently gained back up to where I am right now. Shortly after I had the Weight Loss Surgery I became pregnant and I believe that I stretched out my stomach prematurely since I had to eat more for the babies sake. Unfortunately I wound up having a miscarriage but then became pregnant again in 2002 and had William in 2003.
VBG is not the same as the Lap Band, unfortunately they did not have that procedure at the time that I had the surgery that I did. If I had jus waited about a year longer, I could have had that done and most likely would have had better results. I was too afraid to have the Gastric Bypass since I had heard of so many complications that can come from having that surgery. I want so badly to weigh under 200 finally!
My stomach is stapled and there is a small ring (band) at the top of my stomach which makes eating meats like steak very hard. The meat tends to get stuck easily if I don’t chew very well and that is extremely painful at times. So, that is why I am going to try Atkins but if I am unable to eat all of the meat, then I will try another plan. I have stretched out my stomach since the surgery I am sure but I still don’t eat a lot at one time. My main problem is what I eat, I love Cokes and Dr. Peppers and breads and sweets and all kinds of carbs.
I have two sons, one is 19 and the other is 5. I do have a big age gap between them and I just want to be able to be around to meet my grandchildren someday and at the rate that I am going, it is very unlikely…especially for my 5 year old. My youngest son is about to start school and I don’t want him to be teased about having a “fat” mother either, poor kid.
So I am starting this tomorrow, July 28, 2008 and I will update with new videos as I begin to lose weight and keep everyone updated.
Thank you!
Duration : 0:1:52
Posted by admin Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Surgery
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171. Counting Calories for Weight Loss – Take Responsibility
Take responsibility and count your calories. It’s just like Weight Watchers.
Duration : 0:2:6
Posted by admin Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Information
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Best foods to eat to lose weightPosted by admin Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Diets
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Special Thanks To Audi of America, Jonathan Elias, Kenny Segal and Dave Gold for their work on the audio.
Duration : 0:0:44
Posted by admin Date: Saturday, May 23, 2009
Categories: Safe Weight Loss
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SHOCKING WEIGHT LOSS TRANSFORMATION PICTURES!
This video consists of amazing weight loss success stories in pictures! Some are from old seasons of Biggest Loser too! Enjoy some inspiration and motivation!
Music by Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Natasha Beddingfield, Miley Cyrus, Leona Lewis, Carrie Underwood, Keyshia Cole, Leann Rimes, Ashanti & Ciara in “Just Stand Up”
Duration : 0:3:40
Posted by admin Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Program
Tags: "before, after", and, atkins, biggest, chubby, diet, inspirations, loser, loss, pictures, shocking, thin, transformations, watchers, weigh, weight
There is no need to sacrifice to lose weight.Posted by admin Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Diets
Tags: abs, acai, anorexia, atkins, bench, berry, biceps, biggest, BMI, bodybuilding, burning, calories, Carb, carbohydrates, cardio, cellulite, chest, core, cosmopolitan, craig, creatine, cuisine", Day, diet, eating, elliptical, Exercise, fat, fitness, health, ivillage, jenny, Lean, lifetime, lifting, loser, loss, Low, metabolism, NIKE, Nutrisystem, Oprah, overweight, p90x, pack, Personal, pills, press, proteins, redbook, steroids, supplements, Trainer, treadmill, tv, watchers, weight, women", womens, Workouts
Exercise Causes Weight Loss
Exercise makes creating a calorie deficit much easier.
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Duration : 0:1:59
Posted by admin Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Categories: Quick Weight Loss
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Atkins Diet Misconceptions: Low Carb and Diabetes (Part 2)
This video is the second half of the Atkins Diet Misconception: Diabetes series. If you have not seen Part 1, please watch it here:
The last video dealt with case ing the existing treatment or recommendations to follow a high carb diet managed with ever increasing doses of insulin. This video deals with the evidence for rather managing it with a low carb lifestyle. There are two great studies for advocating this method.
1:) Dietary carbohydrate restriction in type 2 diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome: time for a critical appraisal
Nutrition and Metabolism(Lond) 2008; 5: 9.
Numerous authors including Richard Bertstein, Mary Vernon, Jeff Volek, Eric Westman
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2359752&tool=pmcentrez
Conducted Multi-center trial in which 63 obese men and women were randomly igned to either diet, 21 Low Carb, 21 Control, 21 High Carb for a one year study.
This discussion focuses on type 2 diabetes but many of the principles will apply to metabolic syndrome and possibly to type 1 as well[6,7].
1. Carbohydrate restriction improves glycemic control, the primary target of nutritional therapy and reduces insulin fluctuations.
2. Carbohydrate-restricted diets are at least as effective for weight loss as low-fat diets.
3. Substitution of fat for carbohydrate is generally beneficial for markers for and incidence of CVD.
4. Carbohydrate restriction improves the features of metabolic syndrome.
An important idea guiding current medical thinking is that clustering of seemingly disparate physiologic states, obesity, atherogenic dyslipidemia, hyperglycemia and hypertension, termed metabolic syndrome (MetS) suggests a common underlying cause. A recent review showed that carbohydrate restriction improves all of these markers[24].
5. Beneficial effects of carbohydrate restriction do not require weight loss. It’s not simply a weight loss argument or due to people losing weight do they achieve the benefits.
2.) Low-carbohydrate diet in type 2 diabetes: stable improvement of bodyweight and glycemic control during 44 months follow-up
Jörgen V Nielsen email and Eva A Joensson email
http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/5/1/14
Conclusion:
There is now little evidence for the claim that a fat-reduced diet for weight reduction has any particular value beyond caloric counting [10]. Current dietary recommendations seem to be a major part of their problem rather than being part of the solution. Carbohydrate restriction, however, reverses or neutralises all aspects of the metabolic syndrome [20,21].
Duration : 0:12:56
Posted by admin Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Diets
Tags: atkins, blood, Bowulf, Carb, Controlling, diabetes, Diabetics, diet, glucose, Low, mary, treatment, Vernon
How important is slepp for weight loss.Posted by admin Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Program
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Steve’s Weight Loss Seminar
Weight Loss Seminar by Steve Turano
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Duration : 0:33:35
Posted by admin Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Categories: Weight Loss Plan
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