Today is Friday and I've been having a difficult week...and overall a difficul time losing weight. First of all, I ate half of a Carrot Cake....but was on plan prior to that eating Whitecastle Pie...but that seemed to be a lot of calories...and cheese!

When I was on Atkins I stuck to it but I was tired all of the time and I was eating a lot of fat, but especially a lost of cheese.... I've been reading a lot of diets on this forum trying to figure out just what is right for me... I like CAD and lost initially 5 pounds, but nothing after that. Then I started cycling and kept gaining and losing the same 5 pounds... Then went to South Beach and lost that 5 pounds in a two week period and nothing since....that was around August 9th...

Based on what I know for sure, I know that when I switch diets I lose weight initially that week but afterwards nothing. So that is telling me that I need to switch things up to continue losing, however, that could simply mean adding in some good carbs and not switching plans...

Plans that I am considering are Eat Fat Get Thin, Barry Groves, and Suzanne Sommers, Sommercize Program....

Today Fawn suggested that following these guidelines would result in a good weight loss program....

[COLOR=red]A solid weight loss plan that most will not have any problems losing on would include:[/COLOR]
[COLOR=red]animal proteins including eggs and fish[/COLOR]
[COLOR=red]coconut oil[/COLOR]
[COLOR=red]olive oil[/COLOR]
[COLOR=red]butter[/COLOR]
[COLOR=red]vegetables all other than root veggies and corn[/COLOR]
[COLOR=red]avocado[/COLOR]

[COLOR=red]Now that's pretty boring but it's a guaranteed weight loss plan.[/COLOR]

Eat Fat Get Thin, Day 1.... Posted 08-31-2008 at 05:56 PM by skeeweeaka Updated 09-19-2008 at 12:21 PM by skeeweeaka Okay, today is day one of Eat Fat Get Thin. Today I combined it with IF and had one meal which I ate at 7:00 p.m....my eating window lasts for an hour so today that was until 8:00 p.m. I entered my calories into Fitday and was surprised at just how few carbs 40 carbs is... Heck one cup of cooked broccoli is 13 carbs...that is a lot! One apple is 19 carbs...medium... The fajita seasoning that I used, Kroger Brand was 12 carbs for half of the package... I definitely need to find a recipe for my own low carb Fajita seasing, after reading the ingredients it was full of crap that I don't... Continue reading... skeeweeaka Senior LCF Member

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Week Six, Day Three C25K Posted 08-30-2008 at 06:10 PM by skeeweeaka Updated 09-19-2008 at 12:22 PM by skeeweeaka Well today was the last day of my week six of the Couch to 5K Running Program. I enjoyed the run but was very tired because I hadn't slept all night, I was up stressing... I ran for 46 minutes so I got in my 25 minutes... I was trying to speed it up so on the third lap I decreased my time by about 45 seconds...so I need to keep trying to reduce that time...which will be my focus from now on.... Then I came back home and pretty much slept the day away... My dd and her father were together most of the day... Since I had literally IF'd for most of the day I decided to... Continue reading... skeeweeaka Senior LCF Member

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Gluten.... Posted 08-30-2008 at 12:06 AM by skeeweeaka Updated 09-19-2008 at 12:23 PM by skeeweeaka Foods that often contain gluten: Malt, typically from barley or corn Breading Broth Coating Mixes Communion Wafers Crab cakes Croutons Hydrolyzed vegetable protein Imitation Bacon Imitation Seafood Marinades Meat Balls Meat Loaf Meat substitutes (Tofurky and others) Monosodium glutamate Pastas Processed Meats Rice Dream-processed w/ barley Roux – a sauce base Sauces Sausages (some) Seitan Self-basting Poultry Soup Bases Soy-based... Continue reading... skeeweeaka Senior LCF Member

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