Weight! I am so tired of it

Wysong,

Jane may not be pleased with her figure at 140 lbs, but she's a whole lot
more pleased with it, than she would be with it at 190!

When you hit a certain age, the sad truth is that you are not going to be
completely happy with your body if you expect it to look like Brittney
Spears' or, for that matter the Robot formerly known as Cher.

When my double chin finally disappeared, it was replaced by wattles. When I
lost all fat on my abdomen, my boobs also flattened out. But hey, I'm in
much better shape than the cars that were manufactured the same year I was
born or the houses built that year. In fact, it's pretty astonishing that
the body manages to keep repairing itself for a period of time that
completely destroys complex inanimate objects with moving parts.

-- Jenny

Cut the carbs to respond to my new email address!

Weight: 168.5/137
Diabetes Type II diagnosed 8/1998 -
HBa1c 5.2 10/03
Low Carb 9/1998 - 8/2001 and 11/10/02 - Now

http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean
How to calculate your need for protein * How much people really lose each
month * Water Weight Gain & Loss * The "Two Gram Cure" for Hunger Cravings
* Characteristics of Successful Dieters * Indispensible Low Carb Treats *
Should You Count that Low Impact Carb? * Curing Ketobreath * Exercise
Starting from Zero * Do Starch Blockers Work? * NEW! Why the Low Carb Diet
is Great for Diabetes * NEW! Low Carb Strategies for People with Diabetes


"~ Wysong ~" wrote in message
...

"Jenny" wrote in message
...
Jane,

You sound like me three years ago.

Do NOT get tempted to raise calories. It's a seductive thought but it
only
seems to work for younger people and males. Not middle aged ladies in
long
stalls.

I agree with this 100% When I stalled on the Atkins diet I was told I
wasn't consuming enough calories and was in starvation mode - which is
BULL****! As soon as I started to add calories I ADDED POUNDS! The same
thing occurred on Weight Watcher. Eating more and consuming more
calories
does not cause weight loss.

1. Think how much better 140-anything is compared to the 190 you would
weigh
now had you not started low carbing.

If she's short she may not be pleased with her figure at 140 lbs.

2. Wait until menopause completes it's intense series of hormonal
fluctuations. I'd heard years ago that weight loss was easier after the
change was complete, and it seems to be the case for me. In addition,
ERT
does seem to make it easier, not harder, for me to lose weight now
because
it lowers my blood sugar significantly.

I went through menopause 10 years ago and take ERT. After dropping 45
lbs
the first 5 months on Atkins, I hit a stall that has lasted for 2 years.
NOTHING but an ultra-low calorie (900 c a day) diet works now, and that is
very hard to stick with. I just started on Phentermine a week and a half
ago, and that is helping.
--
Wysong
5' 6"
207/165/135
==================

"Jenny" wrote in message
...
Wysong,

Jane may not be pleased with her figure at 140 lbs, but she's a whole lot
more pleased with it, than she would be with it at 190!

When you hit a certain age, the sad truth is that you are not going to be
completely happy with your body if you expect it to look like Brittney
Spears' or, for that matter the Robot formerly known as Cher.

When my double chin finally disappeared, it was replaced by wattles. When
I
lost all fat on my abdomen, my boobs also flattened out. But hey, I'm in
much better shape than the cars that were manufactured the same year

Hey, now there's a way to look at it. ;-)

I was
born or the houses built that year.

This one I don't know about... Mine was built in 1920 & it's gonna hold out
a lot longer than I will (granted, with proper maintenance, but then I keep
myself maintained too, within reasonable limits).

Cathy

(This is x-posted like crazy, but I have no idea where Jenny was posting
from, so...)

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

In fact, it's pretty astonishing that
the body manages to keep repairing itself for a period of time that
completely destroys complex inanimate objects with moving parts.

-- Jenny

Cut the carbs to respond to my new email address!

Weight: 168.5/137
Diabetes Type II diagnosed 8/1998 -
HBa1c 5.2 10/03
Low Carb 9/1998 - 8/2001 and 11/10/02 - Now

http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean
How to calculate your need for protein * How much people really lose each
month * Water Weight Gain & Loss * The "Two Gram Cure" for Hunger
Cravings
* Characteristics of Successful Dieters * Indispensible Low Carb Treats *
Should You Count that Low Impact Carb? * Curing Ketobreath * Exercise
Starting from Zero * Do Starch Blockers Work? * NEW! Why the Low Carb
Diet
is Great for Diabetes * NEW! Low Carb Strategies for People with
Diabetes


"~ Wysong ~" wrote in message
...

"Jenny" wrote in message
...
Jane,

You sound like me three years ago.

Do NOT get tempted to raise calories. It's a seductive thought but it
only
seems to work for younger people and males. Not middle aged ladies in
long
stalls.

I agree with this 100% When I stalled on the Atkins diet I was told I
wasn't consuming enough calories and was in starvation mode - which is
BULL****! As soon as I started to add calories I ADDED POUNDS! The
same
thing occurred on Weight Watcher. Eating more and consuming more
calories
does not cause weight loss.

1. Think how much better 140-anything is compared to the 190 you would
weigh
now had you not started low carbing.

If she's short she may not be pleased with her figure at 140 lbs.

2. Wait until menopause completes it's intense series of hormonal
fluctuations. I'd heard years ago that weight loss was easier after
the
change was complete, and it seems to be the case for me. In addition,
ERT
does seem to make it easier, not harder, for me to lose weight now
because
it lowers my blood sugar significantly.

I went through menopause 10 years ago and take ERT. After dropping 45
lbs
the first 5 months on Atkins, I hit a stall that has lasted for 2 years.
NOTHING but an ultra-low calorie (900 c a day) diet works now, and that
is
very hard to stick with. I just started on Phentermine a week and a
half
ago, and that is helping.
--
Wysong
5' 6"
207/165/135
==================

In article ,
"Pat" wrote:

.

I can't swim to
any reasonable aerobic level at the local pool, because I'm a very
strong swimmer and most people aren't.

This sentence bothers me. I am a swimmer. A strong swimmer. You CAN swim to
an aerobic level simply by changing a few things in your workout. Swim
faster, learn a new stroke, use accessories. You aren't swimming against
other people when lap swimming.

I thought the OP meant that she couldn't swim as fast as she needs to in
order to get a good workout because the slow people are in the way.

--
-Michelle Levin (Luna)
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna

"determined" wrote in message
...
Another point - fitday grossly overestimates the number of calories a
person
burns.

I am so glad you posted that. I told the nutritionist just recently that
one of the reasons I was so frantic about not losing weight was that
according to FitDay, which is where I was keeping track of everything, I
should have been losing 2-3 lbs a week...even on my wackiest weeks, based on
the calorie deficit I was showing. I am much happier now, just following
her menus. Plus, the weight is coming off again. Elise.

You should probably drop your calories down to 1500-1800. If you
just cut out the oj, you'll have more calories to eat in protein and still
be in the 1500-1800 range. Doing 100's of crunches doesn't do much for a
person - it doesn't really burn many calories, and it doesn't go very far
to
strengthen the abs. If you can do that many, it's time to add in
resistance
training.

det


"Jane Lumley" wrote in message
...
Hi, all,

I am really very fed up and cross. Rant follows.

Since last New Year's Day I've been following a low-carb diet, and also
exercising much more vigorously - I do 100 crunches a day, and am now
running 6-7 miles a day at 5.5. miles per hour (I'm quite short, so
that's a long stride for me). I also drink 8+ oz of water a day,
strictly limit caffeine, and take a health-store thyroid supplement,
plus L-Carnitine, Coenzyme Q10, and magnesium.

At first, weight fell off me, though always in the first half of my
menstrual cycle. I lost 37 pounds quite quickly (was 179, then 142).

Then, in May, my periods stopped dead.

So did the weight loss.

Now, even though I eat 1500 calories a day or less, rigorously tracked
with measured portions and a food diary, even though I do 70 minutes of
very intense cardio per day and never miss a single day, I have actually
regained 6 pounds, though I know some of this is water because every now
and then I weigh myself and it's 4 pounds lower. What I'm not doing is
LOSING.

I feel bloated all the time. I want to cry all day.

I had my GP test my blood, which he did with great reluctance, and it's
apparently normal for oestrogen, normal for thyroid, and low for LH. He
basically told me to go away and stop bothering him, and he refused to
refer me on.

Can anyone suggest anything that might help?

NB; I can't change from running to some other activity - I have a home
treadmill, not a gym.
--
Jane Lumley

Hi Jane --

I feel your pain, girlfriend. I'm 5'-4" and have never made it into any of
the "good" areas of the weight charts. However, I did get back down to my
high school weight a couple of years ago, and find that relatively easy to
maintain with diet and exercise. That weight is *still* not in the "right"
place on the charts, but ya know what? I'm 43, and I'm fed up with trying
to get on the damned chart. If I'm destined to be a size 12 for the rest of
my life, so be it. It beats being a size 18. I'd love to be a size 8 (I
think I was a size 8 for about 15 minutes as I whizzed thru puberty), but
it's become clear to me that it's just not going to happen. My point, and I
do have one, is perhaps it's time to revise your goal instead of try harder
to meet it -- can you be happy at 142? Whattya think?

M9

"Jane Lumley" wrote in message
...
Hi, all,

I am really very fed up and cross. Rant follows.

Since last New Year's Day I've been following a low-carb diet, and also
exercising much more vigorously - I do 100 crunches a day, and am now
running 6-7 miles a day at 5.5. miles per hour (I'm quite short, so
that's a long stride for me). I also drink 8+ oz of water a day,
strictly limit caffeine, and take a health-store thyroid supplement,
plus L-Carnitine, Coenzyme Q10, and magnesium.

At first, weight fell off me, though always in the first half of my
menstrual cycle. I lost 37 pounds quite quickly (was 179, then 142).

Then, in May, my periods stopped dead.

So did the weight loss.

Now, even though I eat 1500 calories a day or less, rigorously tracked
with measured portions and a food diary, even though I do 70 minutes of
very intense cardio per day and never miss a single day, I have actually
regained 6 pounds, though I know some of this is water because every now
and then I weigh myself and it's 4 pounds lower. What I'm not doing is
LOSING.

I feel bloated all the time. I want to cry all day.

I had my GP test my blood, which he did with great reluctance, and it's
apparently normal for oestrogen, normal for thyroid, and low for LH. He
basically told me to go away and stop bothering him, and he refused to
refer me on.

Can anyone suggest anything that might help?

NB; I can't change from running to some other activity - I have a home
treadmill, not a gym.
--
Jane Lumley

In article , Pat
writes
This sentence bothers me. I am a swimmer. A strong swimmer. You CAN swim to
an aerobic level simply by changing a few things in your workout. Swim
faster, learn a new stroke, use accessories. You aren't swimming against
other people when lap swimming.

No, but you do have to follow them up the lanes, and if they are much
slower (and they are) it gets difficult as you have to keep trying to
pass them and they don't give way!.

--
Jane Lumley

In article ,
Jane Lumley wrote:

In article , Pat
writes
This sentence bothers me. I am a swimmer. A strong swimmer. You CAN swim to
an aerobic level simply by changing a few things in your workout. Swim
faster, learn a new stroke, use accessories. You aren't swimming against
other people when lap swimming.

No, but you do have to follow them up the lanes, and if they are much
slower (and they are) it gets difficult as you have to keep trying to
pass them and they don't give way!.

Maybe they need "fast lanes" at the pool, like slower swimmers keep right,
like on the highways.

--
-Michelle Levin (Luna)
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick
http://www.mindspring.com/~designbyluna

minerva nine wrote:
My point, and I
do have one, is perhaps it's time to revise your goal instead of try harder
to meet it -- can you be happy at 142? Whattya think?

I was just thinking about this today: I'm in a sweet spot in terms of how
I present myself professionally. I am still 15 pounds over-fat by any
measure (and a much larger woman than the tables like because of
LBM) but I can tuck in shirts with belted pants. I appear energetic and
have no weight-related disabilities anymore. Happily, I have completely
lost the fat/stupid/sloppy/lazy prejudice but I'm not into "hot babe that
intimidates/annoys females with her flat belly" territory. My shirts are
a size 14 and my pants are a size 16. I'm still trying to lose fat, but
there could be worse places to hang out in maintenance at for a while.

I don't usually like cross-posting everywhere, but I am glad to see an
alt.support.menopause group out there. I'll be over in a little
bit!

Wendy

"Luna" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Jane Lumley wrote:

In article , Pat
writes
This sentence bothers me. I am a swimmer. A strong swimmer. You CAN
swim to
an aerobic level simply by changing a few things in your workout. Swim
faster, learn a new stroke, use accessories. You aren't swimming
against
other people when lap swimming.

No, but you do have to follow them up the lanes, and if they are much
slower (and they are) it gets difficult as you have to keep trying to
pass them and they don't give way!.

Maybe they need "fast lanes" at the pool, like slower swimmers keep right,
like on the highways.


They have "fast lanes" at the pool here in Edinburgh. A good
third of the width of the pool is roped off purely for those who
intend to swim repeated lengths at speed, while the other
two thirds are for the general "just here to have fun" swimmers.


--
Jette
"Work for Peace and remain Fiercely Loving" - Jim Byrnes

http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

"Wendy" wrote in message
...

I don't usually like cross-posting everywhere, but I am glad to see an
alt.support.menopause group out there. I'll be over in a little
bit!

Wendy

Good! :-)

Cathy

--
"Staccato signals of constant information..."
("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon