I lost 20 lbs from 4/08 to 6/08 on weight watchers!!!
now that I think about it, I am not happy I did it that way but it was nice to lose the weight....
the thing is I kept on losing, slowly but surely, until I was down to 123 (at 5'7") and I was getting a little too thin, then I started eating TF and I stopped losing.....good thing is I'm now at 125 and I feel it is an ideal weight for me....I haven't gained or lost since I started about 3 months ago.
so anyway, I was told that my weight loss may be connected to my 3 yr old's cavities....
they said the mercury in my fillings has slowly been seeping into my body over the past 20-30 years and since you store toxins in your bodyfat, when you lose a lot of weight it travels out of your body through your breastmilk (and placenta) and so my darling little breastfed toddler was ingesting mercury-laden milk for a while there.....
I don't get too dramatic about this because it is what it is, but I thought I'd let you know, in case you have amalgam fillings and you plan to continue to bfeed as you lose weight....
also, I want to say that if you make lots of veggies (although you probably already do this) and have them with dinner, you may feel really full.
Like, I had tabouli, salad, broccoli and a small piece of country bacon for dinner and I'm pleasantly full. And I always have beet kvass before dinner and take CLO with fresh-squeezed lemon after, so I'm totally satisfied right now.
I always start my meals with salad or sauerkraut and then move on to a green and then I eat the meat or cheese stuff and add some carbs, but at that point, I only need like 2 mouthfuls of something, to feel satisfied (and usually I eat it because it looks good and not because I'm still hungry).
In the morning I start with yogurt or kefir and then just have eggs, it's very satisfying (I occasionally have it with bacon, yum)
I think the key is portions. But I understand how you feel about the carbs because I do think that is why so many people gain weight....
oh also, when I first started trying to lose weight I obviously had to cut down on my portions, that's basically how I did it all the way through actually, but I felt hungry often because my body was just used to feeling over-full all the time. That part was habit and not related to deficiencies (although I'm sure I had that) because after a few weeks it went away. And the less you weigh, the less you need to eat so it kind of perpetuates itself in a way. Your portions should always be decreasing with the weight. The problem with WW was that it didn't matter what I ate. Now I know that it does matter greatly. AND I feel sooooooo much healthier!
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