Dr. Phil's weight loss plan

Ok my Sweetie............

Mary M - Ohio wrote:

Always stirring it up, Steven! :-) Have fun on the boardwalk for me!

Mary

Ok! Me sorry!........I love you! Give me a cyber hug! (((((((((((MARY)))))))))))))

Mary M - Ohio wrote:

I am definitely gung-ho on low refined carbs but not eating a piece of fruit for 4
months was really not healthy-feeling. Oh, and you know the boyfriend never really
got dumped -- I still carry the torch. But 10,000 miles is just a little too
long-distance. :-) You know I follow my own way of low-carbing -- just count the
years of no sugar. Hey it is my 18th anniversary in a couple of days, I think ...
somewhere around the 20th. Now stop pick-picking and say hello to that lovely
boardwalk for me!

Mary

OK Sweetheart :-) (((((((Steven)))))))) I am so proud of your success and I know
you will reach and stay at whatever goal you set! I have always seen the success in
you that you just haven't let yourself enjoy -- even though you deserve it.

Mary

"Steve" wrote in message
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Ok! Me sorry!........I love you! Give me a cyber hug! (((((((((((MARY)))))))))))))

Mary M - Ohio wrote:

I am definitely gung-ho on low refined carbs but not eating a piece of fruit for
4
months was really not healthy-feeling. Oh, and you know the boyfriend never
really
got dumped -- I still carry the torch. But 10,000 miles is just a little too
long-distance. :-) You know I follow my own way of low-carbing -- just count the
years of no sugar. Hey it is my 18th anniversary in a couple of days, I think ...
somewhere around the 20th. Now stop pick-picking and say hello to that lovely
boardwalk for me!

Mary

"rosie readandpost" wrote in message
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"Metabolic resistance" (slapped
mainly
on women) was a label I almost swallowed, and it's nothing but bull****.

Mary M




mary,
i thought you posted that the METABOLIC RESISTANCE thing was bull**** for you, but
NOT for everyone?

Because I had such intense despair after "failing" on Atkins, I know that my reaction
to the phrase is emotional, and deep inside I do feel it's bull****. Perhaps it does
apply to some -- but I know that I matched his description perfectly and yet I sure
was not "metabolically resistant" to weight loss -- I don't like that the phrase can
engender fear and dependency (in that "only the Atkins plan can help you") -- because
when it doesn't help, then what the hell do you do, if you believe the label? And of
course no one is obliged to believe it -- but when you've been trying to get under
200 lbs for 22 years without success, it certainly sounds true -- though it wasn't.
And just to reiterate what I believe about the program -- I think it's GREAT to get
people to ditch refined carbs. I think the plan as outlined in the book is not bad
(most people don't talk about what happens after the induction phase, when you're
supposed to increase your carbs for your individual tolerance levels) -- but as I
said, I realize I get a bit emotional about the whole thing because I can't even put
into words how I felt when I failed at a plan that was supposed to be the thing that
woul finally work for someone like me to end the years of weight loss frustration.
And the soapboxer in me feels a need to provide a voice for those who did not do well
on Atkins but did well on the program that now is a pariah -- the (slightly modified)
food pyramid. Whoooooops, if I don't get dressed right this minute I will be late for
my gym appointment! Just wanted to elaborate a little since I realize my previous
posts were a little emotionally driven.

Mary

Just wanted to elaborate a little since I realize my previous
posts were a little emotionally driven.

Mary





your entitled!
((((((((((((((((mary)))))))))))))))))))

On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 07:49:05 -0400, "Mary M - Ohio"
wrote:

supposed to increase your carbs for your individual tolerance levels) -- but as I
said, I realize I get a bit emotional about the whole thing because I can't even put
into words how I felt when I failed at a plan that was supposed to be the thing that
woul finally work for someone like me to end the years of weight loss frustration.
And the soapboxer in me feels a need to provide a voice for those who did not do well
on Atkins but did well on the program that now is a pariah -- the (slightly modified)
food pyramid. Whoooooops, if I don't get dressed right this minute I will be late for
my gym appointment! Just wanted to elaborate a little since I realize my previous
posts were a little emotionally driven.

Mary I am going to find fault with your statement of "emotionally
driven" as something of error in you. As for me one the "keys" to my
successful lost of weight is because I was very "emotional" about my
body size and health.

I got mad at myself. I got emotional and I deal with my weight
problem much better because of it.

I do not know what diets you have tried but I have been dealing with
dieting twice in my life. I am what you might call a heavy person's
ideal example. I became overweight when I was in my early twenties.
I didn't have any excuse. I excelled in sports in high school and
college. I was six foot two inches tall. I weighted between 195 and
200 during that time. (I am a male)

I left school, married and settled down. I began a family. I began to
gain weight. I became a correctional officer at a large federal
prison. (prison guard)
I had to deal with physical confrontations with violent inmates at
least three to five times a month. It was obvious to us there that the
large almost three hundred pound guards had less confrontations than
those of us who were leaner. We were told by our supervisors that we
needed to "beef" up. Well, to make a long story shorter, I gained
weight. I went up to 295 lbs. I worked out in the officer's gym. And
at that early age it wasn't difficult to carry the weight. I felt more
big than fat and let it go.

After a few years of this size I read books and decided it wasn't very
healthy being that big and I saw some facts of my weight in
photographs that I didn't like.

And this is the point which I want to make here and now. It was those
photographs of me which affected me the most. They got me "mad"
(emotional) at myself for allowing myself to look like that.

I decided to do some dieting. And I do not want to go into all of the
things I tried to do. You comments about your own experiences reminded
me of what I went through. All the fad diets I read about and some I
even tried.

I read and read and I guess I still read about different facts about
nutrition and diets. And I found some simple steps which has helped me
develop my own diet.

I lost 107 pounds in less than a year. I exercised. I began walking
and after six months of serious walking I began to jog and I jogged
for eleven years and only stopped when I took on three jobs and just
didn't have the time to jog. (I loved jogging but had seven children
and we needed the money.. Teen agers!! five daughters.. money for
clothes smile)

Lost my wife (cancer) and gave up on life. I "emotionally" died.
I just sat back and quit living in my mind. I worked and returned to
my room and waited and hoped I would die. I did that for six years.
and I woke up and came back into the world. I also had gained a lot of
weight in the mean time.
I began my diet again and I am now within twenty pounds of where I
want to be. ( I must have lost seventy five. I do not have a scale but
I am down 12 inches from my waist)

I got mad. That is the key to my diet. I hung photographs on my walls
in the kitchen area. If I was tempted to eat I would be forced to see
the photographs and it really helped me.

One thing about my body which I really hated and that was when I would
ware a pair of pants with a tight waist. Where I had trouble buttoning
the top button. This would squeeze my stomach area and create this fat
ring around my waist area. If I wore a tee shirt one could see this.
I would look in the mirror and just cringe at that sight.

So when I would begin my new diet and I had the day off from work I
would make sure to wear that outfit and go out and about.
I would look at my body's reflection in the large store windows. I
would look in the body length mirrors in the clothing section of large
department stores. I would look at the horrible shape and I would not
even be tempted to eat anything wrong.

Now, for diet tips which I found to be helpful. You might find some
insight in them.

I always start off very slow. I take two weeks and begin to think
about a diet. I get it in my mind.

I begin the actual diet by cutting out all sweets. And that is all. I
let my body free itself from the cravings of sugar. Which is a
horrible drug and one does get addicted too it.

I eat what I want from the other foods. I do not count any calories.

After I am done with the sugars I then begin to cut out the fats in my
diet. I do this for weeks and I then go into counting calories for my
normal diet.

I have found that if I allow my body to gradually eat less of the
wrong kinds of foods. Then my diet works in the long run.

In my case the faster I have went into a serious diet the more times I
have failed. I tried to give my body too much of a diet change too
fast. And it just didn't/doesn't work for me.

I do not mean to put you down but from my point of view "emotion" is
what has helped me the most to loose weight.

Monte

"Montgomery Hounchell" wrote in message
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On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 07:49:05 -0400, "Mary M - Ohio"
wrote:

Just wanted to elaborate a little since I realize my previous posts were a little
emotionally driven.
Mary I am going to find fault with your statement of "emotionally
driven" as something of error in you. As for me one the "keys" to my
successful lost of weight is because I was very "emotional" about my
body size and health.

[snip}


I appreciate your thoughtful response, Monte -- I was mainly referring to a few
quickly-written posts that should have been better edited -- I think your approach to
weight loss sounds great. I am happy to report that I have lost over 170 lbs, with
about 100 of those off for the past 18 years and about 75 off in the last year and a
half. My best to you in your maintenance!

Mary
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