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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Ooopss I Did It Again
So it's oopss I did it again! I just don't get it why can't I just say no to foods I know are going to make me gain weight? Why is so much time spent with family and friends spent around food and eating and what are we eating, when are we eating it's like our lives at time do nothing but revolve around food! We're happy we eat, we're sad we eat, we're bored..yep you guessed it we eat! Shouldn't we just be eating to live not living to eat? At times I think hmm maybe I should do the surgery, other times I think nah I couldn't live like that but hell I can't live like this either! I know it's a matter of time before my weight catches up with my health and gives me issues you'd think that would be motivation enough wouldn't you? I don't know where that motivation went when I was doing so good I wish I could find it! But now I have stocked up healthy foods, snacks and what not in the house so maybe this will stop me from me making bad choices. SO stay tuned will she find her motivation? Will she finally say goodbye to being over weight okay morbidly obese...stay tuned we shall see... Oh by the way I did invest in a super awesome treadmill it's been in the house three days how many times have I used said treadmill ZERO times somethings gotta give my lifestyle is super busy with school, kids, and housework!
Friday, February 12, 2010
Cutting My Carbs
So today I am working on cutting out as many carbs a I possibly can! So for breakfast and lunch I am having the lovely Atkins Advantage shakes! This morning I had the Vanilla one here is what it has:
15g of Protein
1g Sugar
1g Net Carbs
and 150 calories
With PCOS it is very important to limit your carb intake! You consume too many of the wrong carbs and it causes your insilin to go into over drive thus storing all that extra insilin as FAT! So I am going to do my best to watch my carb intake I have gone back to using a useful tool that I was using:
http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate
you can create an account log your food and it shows you how much protein, carbs and fat you are taking in every day! I will warn you do not use their calculater to figure out how many calories you should take in cause well their calculator doesn't work properly it had me taking in way too many calories!
So here is how you figure out how many caloreis you need in order to lose weight:
Women:655 + (4.3 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years)
Men:66 + (6.3 x weight in pounds) + (12.9 x height in inches) - (6.8 x age in years)
Please note that this formula applies only to adults.
Calculate ActivityStep two: In order to incorporate activity into your daily caloric needs, do the following calculation:
If you are sedentary : BMR x 20 percent
If you are lightly active: BMR x 30 percent
If you are moderately active (You exercise most days a week.): BMR x 40 percent
If you are very active (You exercise intensely on a daily basis or for prolonged periods.): BMR x 50 percent
If you are extra active (You do hard labor or are in athletic training.): BMR x 60 percent
Add this number to your BMR.
The result of this formula will be the number of calories you can eat every day and maintain your current weightt. In order to lose weight, you'll need to take in fewer calories than this result.
As you lose weight, you can re-calculate the formula to assess your new BMR.
I will have another Atkins shake for lunch and I have the Atkins bars for snacks as well! Can't wait to get the new fridge so I can stock it with my fruits and veggies for snack time!
Well hope that this has been of some help to yall! Talk again soon!
15g of Protein
1g Sugar
1g Net Carbs
and 150 calories
With PCOS it is very important to limit your carb intake! You consume too many of the wrong carbs and it causes your insilin to go into over drive thus storing all that extra insilin as FAT! So I am going to do my best to watch my carb intake I have gone back to using a useful tool that I was using:
http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate
you can create an account log your food and it shows you how much protein, carbs and fat you are taking in every day! I will warn you do not use their calculater to figure out how many calories you should take in cause well their calculator doesn't work properly it had me taking in way too many calories!
So here is how you figure out how many caloreis you need in order to lose weight:
Women:655 + (4.3 x weight in pounds) + (4.7 x height in inches) - (4.7 x age in years)
Men:66 + (6.3 x weight in pounds) + (12.9 x height in inches) - (6.8 x age in years)
Please note that this formula applies only to adults.
Calculate ActivityStep two: In order to incorporate activity into your daily caloric needs, do the following calculation:
If you are sedentary : BMR x 20 percent
If you are lightly active: BMR x 30 percent
If you are moderately active (You exercise most days a week.): BMR x 40 percent
If you are very active (You exercise intensely on a daily basis or for prolonged periods.): BMR x 50 percent
If you are extra active (You do hard labor or are in athletic training.): BMR x 60 percent
Add this number to your BMR.
The result of this formula will be the number of calories you can eat every day and maintain your current weightt. In order to lose weight, you'll need to take in fewer calories than this result.
As you lose weight, you can re-calculate the formula to assess your new BMR.
I will have another Atkins shake for lunch and I have the Atkins bars for snacks as well! Can't wait to get the new fridge so I can stock it with my fruits and veggies for snack time!
Well hope that this has been of some help to yall! Talk again soon!
Monday, February 1, 2010
PCOS and Weight Loss
Having PCOS can effect your weight loss but it doesn't mean it can defeat your weight loss! This blog is going to be an informative blog and help those with PCOS understand what they can do to help their selves to lose weight! At first back in England when I was told I had PCOS by an endocrinologist who went on to inform me that I'd NEVER lose the weight I needed to lose without weight loss surgery I let it defeat me and make me feel like all hope was lost, instead of letting it defeat me I should have said you know what I have lost 60+ pounds before I even knew about this in fact it didn't defeat me from having babies I was blessed with five a lot of people can't have babies or have a hard time having babies! But not me I'm 5 for 5 (I'm also done lol) But other markers of PCOS I do have the skin tags, irregular periods, and a few other symptoms like some facial hair here and there thank God for hair remover lol! So this blog is going to have some tips for you who might be out there struggling! So stay tuned...
There is no sure answer and the key is a combination of strict calorie reduction combined with aerobic exercise. Knowing what to eat and what not to eat helps a lot too! In fact I have been told by friends that a low carb diet is the best rout and it's true! There is a site that another friend used for her diet it's called the Zone Diet it helps you combine foods to use them to help you and it is low carb and if you join the site which is free totally set up an account and it has sample menus along with recipes use the sample to get use to how you should be eating this is what I did (I did this for Wayne and no joke he lost 30 pounds in 6 weeks but he worked out too and was strict on it) I lost weight too but you know men lose faster than women and that sucks! But after you use the sample menu and get use to how it works then they have a recipe section and you can start mixing it up and finding new stuff you like as well. Sure they try to sale their stuff Zone Bars and what not and if you can afford it then fine go for it if you can't well just stick with planing your meals and snacks! It is important to keep your metabolism popping and you need to eat within 30 minuets of waking then you have a snack time, then lunch, then snack time later, then dinner and then a snack before bed! All healthy of course and lots of H2O oh the wonders of getting proper water! It does effect your weight loss believe it or not! Find ways to jazz up water I know it can be boring I hate water but a little lemon, lime or what not and boom it's better than just plane water unless your extremely thirsty then it wont really matter all that much! 50% to 60% of women with PCOS are considered to be obese because of PCOS, regular weight loss plans, especially the ones that promise fast weight loss more than likely will not work if you have PCOS so trust me try the low carb and try the Zone web site! Weight loss is necessary for those women that are suffering from PCOS and are overweight or obese. Being obese is linked to so many health issues such as the following:
Hormonal imbalance
Diabetes
Irregular periods
Heart Disease
High cholesterol
The risk for these problems is made worse by having PCOS. Women with PCOS are more likely to develop diabetes or heart disease. Simply because PCOS causes insulin resistance. Please don't think by me saying low carbs that I'm saying go all hardcore and dump them some carbs are very important so you can function it is also about monitoring your calorie intake as well! And exercise too! If you create more muscle then you can burn MORE calories when you are working out thus causing the weight to come off a bit easier! Also, try to eat your carbs with protein or fat and do not consuming all of your carbs at one time, which can lead to a spike in your insulin levels rather than gradually rising over the course of the day. Causing your insulin levels to spike like that what happens is the extra insulin gets stored as guess what...fat! As for working out aerobic exercise along with weight training is always best doesn't mean you have to bulk up and lose your femininity just that you tone yourself up and build muscle to better help you lose weight! And remember the more you do the more you can do! Hope some of this information has been helpful to some!
There is no sure answer and the key is a combination of strict calorie reduction combined with aerobic exercise. Knowing what to eat and what not to eat helps a lot too! In fact I have been told by friends that a low carb diet is the best rout and it's true! There is a site that another friend used for her diet it's called the Zone Diet it helps you combine foods to use them to help you and it is low carb and if you join the site which is free totally set up an account and it has sample menus along with recipes use the sample to get use to how you should be eating this is what I did (I did this for Wayne and no joke he lost 30 pounds in 6 weeks but he worked out too and was strict on it) I lost weight too but you know men lose faster than women and that sucks! But after you use the sample menu and get use to how it works then they have a recipe section and you can start mixing it up and finding new stuff you like as well. Sure they try to sale their stuff Zone Bars and what not and if you can afford it then fine go for it if you can't well just stick with planing your meals and snacks! It is important to keep your metabolism popping and you need to eat within 30 minuets of waking then you have a snack time, then lunch, then snack time later, then dinner and then a snack before bed! All healthy of course and lots of H2O oh the wonders of getting proper water! It does effect your weight loss believe it or not! Find ways to jazz up water I know it can be boring I hate water but a little lemon, lime or what not and boom it's better than just plane water unless your extremely thirsty then it wont really matter all that much! 50% to 60% of women with PCOS are considered to be obese because of PCOS, regular weight loss plans, especially the ones that promise fast weight loss more than likely will not work if you have PCOS so trust me try the low carb and try the Zone web site! Weight loss is necessary for those women that are suffering from PCOS and are overweight or obese. Being obese is linked to so many health issues such as the following:
Hormonal imbalance
Diabetes
Irregular periods
Heart Disease
High cholesterol
The risk for these problems is made worse by having PCOS. Women with PCOS are more likely to develop diabetes or heart disease. Simply because PCOS causes insulin resistance. Please don't think by me saying low carbs that I'm saying go all hardcore and dump them some carbs are very important so you can function it is also about monitoring your calorie intake as well! And exercise too! If you create more muscle then you can burn MORE calories when you are working out thus causing the weight to come off a bit easier! Also, try to eat your carbs with protein or fat and do not consuming all of your carbs at one time, which can lead to a spike in your insulin levels rather than gradually rising over the course of the day. Causing your insulin levels to spike like that what happens is the extra insulin gets stored as guess what...fat! As for working out aerobic exercise along with weight training is always best doesn't mean you have to bulk up and lose your femininity just that you tone yourself up and build muscle to better help you lose weight! And remember the more you do the more you can do! Hope some of this information has been helpful to some!
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