Posted by Editormum on 3 June 2012 in Uncategorized |
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I get a lot of flak about my diet. I eat low-carb most of the time. Not super-strict, like Atkins — though I’ve done the Atkins Diet and liked it pretty well — but more a “careful carb choice” approach. I eat far less bread and fewer grain products than most people I know. I […]
Tags: cholesterol, diabetes, Diet, food, high blood pressure, Low-Carb, medical issues, overweight, weight-loss
Posted by Editormum on 24 February 2010 in Uncategorized |
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I want to add a bit more to my post from yesterday about my experience with doctors. Please understand, I know that there are good, conscientious, respectful doctors out there. My brother is married to one. My headache specialist, chiropractor, and dentist are three more. My new internist, though her wait times are terrible, is […]
Tags: challenges, Diet, doctors, Low-Carb, medical issues, obesity, overweight, rant, respect, True Stories, weight-loss
Posted by Editormum on 22 July 2008 in Uncategorized |
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I have impeccable timing. Really, I do. Take my weight and health issues, for instance. For over a decade, I have been between 80 and 100 pounds overweight. I was doing really well in 1999–2000, losing weight and feeling great, when some naysayers who didn’t approve of my diet plan convinced me that I should […]
Tags: Atkins Diet, diabetes, Diet, Family Life, Low-Carb, obesity, overweight, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 20 May 2008 in Uncategorized |
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I just need to rant for a minute here. For the record, not all fat people are out there scarfing down enough food at a single meal to feed a third-world country for a week. Not all of us are slobby couch-potatoes who watch our expanding waistlines with complacent tolerance. Not all of us are […]
Tags: Diet, fat, obesity, overweight, rant, respect, weight-loss
Posted by Editormum on 29 June 2007 in Uncategorized |
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Today was “Cake Day” at the office. That ‘s the last Friday of the month. We all wear jeans to the office (even the corporate executives!) and we get together at 1600 for half an hour of cake and ice cream. The cake has the names of all of the people who celebrated a birthday […]
Tags: challenges, Diet, food, Low-Carb, obesity, overweight, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 3 September 2006 in Uncategorized |
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I’m five feet tall, my BMI is close to 40, and I weigh 215 pounds. That’s about 100 pounds more than I ought to weigh, putting me in the “morbidly obese” category. Am I working on that little problem? Of course! On August 1, my BMI was over 40, and I weighed 225! I’m back […]
Tags: Low-Carb, obesity, overweight, perceptions, petite
Posted by Editormum on 2 May 2006 in
Just Another Single Mother |
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This is turning out to be a pretty unpleasant week. I didn’t sleep well Sunday night or Monday night … partly because it’s so very hot, and partly because the offspring keep coming in to tell me they’re having nightmares. Tomorrow I have to go to the doctor, and I know he’s going to make […]
Tags: baseball, certification exam, challenges, children, chores, Diet, Family Life, medical issues, overweight, parenting, rant, single parenting, stress, weight-loss, Work Life
Posted by Editormum on 2 March 2006 in
Cleanse |
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I’m finishing up day two of the Lemonade Diet. So far, everything is going well. I have energy, which is nice. And, so far, no bad headaches or any other unpleasant symptoms. Hopefully, it will stay that way. Each morning, I squeeze my lemons and carry 11 bottles of lemonade mix and 1 bottle of […]
Tags: Diet, Lemonade Diet, Master Cleanse, obesity, overweight
Posted by Editormum on 15 December 2005 in Uncategorized |
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Cholecystokinin (/KOH luh SIS tuh KYE nin/) is an important hormone that tells your brain that your tummy is full and that it’s time to send out the signal to stop eating now. It’s the reason you’ve had people tell you that it takes twenty minutes for your body to realise that you are full […]
Tags: Diet, food, hormones, Low-Carb, nutrition, obesity, overweight, weight-loss
Posted by Editormum on 26 May 2005 in
Cleanse |
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Yep, you read that right. I finished another 10-day stint of the Lemonade Diet/Master Cleanse, and I lost another 10 pounds. I now weigh 172. When I started my “get it together and get the weight off” kick back in February, I weighed 210. That’s 38 pounds in three months, folks! I took all of […]
Tags: challenges, Diet, Lemonade Diet, Low-Carb, Master Cleanse, obesity, overweight