JUDDD newbies: introduce yourselves! (Part 2)

[Chalagurl]

Oh man, my two oldest already fight like crazy...I guess I got a lot more years of that

[Shari4]

Originally Posted by 2yorkies

Hi Everyone!

After getting some much needed advice on how to approach JUDDD after a very low carb and very low calorie woe since March, I have taken a leap of faith and started my very 1st UD today!

I've been reading the JUDDD board for several months and love how caring and helpful everyone is here.

This woe makes so much sense to me and I know it will be better for me than eating very low calorie every single day..I just have to not panic when I see the scale bounce up tomorrow morning.

Wish me Luck!

Peggy

Peggy! I think you're really gonna like here!

Originally Posted by vilanteira

Quick threadjack: OMG I have never met a single person in my entire life that didn't like peanut butter other than myself.

I think my husband has peanut butter running thru his veins!! He eats enough for the whole family!!

Originally Posted by Chalagurl

I have a 4 year old girl, a 2 year old girl and an 8 week old boy!
I see you had them all close in age too! I love them all being so close, but it is so incredibly rough taking care of 2 toddlers and a newborn. I seriously want to rip all my hair out! When does it get better???

Well, it gets better when they're grown!! lol! Mine were that close together, too. They are now 41, 40 & 38! Then, I have one that's 25!! I heard lots of "golly mom! You never let US do that! or you never let US eat that.....etc, etc.!!"

Originally Posted by mom23kids

Oh my goodness, your dogs are adorable in your avi picture



Glad I'm not the only one lol.


Mine are all 22 months apart from the next one I think it gets better once they move out of the house Now that my kids are older they constantly fight-drives me nuts

If you're lucky they stop fighting when they move out of the house!

[KatinaZ25]

Hi everyone,

I've posted on the board already but I wanted to just quickly introduce myself. I'm happy to be here. Today is my first DD. Its not horrible. Its not great, but its not bad. I keep repeating that today is just a day closer to eating.

Katina

[Rayne_W]

all new JUDDDers!!

[Kissa]

Glad you popped in Katina. Just hold the thought, hunger is not an emergency.

[Librarygirl]

Welcome Katina!! Yes, just one day until EATing. Always one day away!

[LoCarbGal]

Welcome, Katina, to Day 1 of a very rewarding journey!

[jaymar]

Welcome, Katina.I think you will like this board...everyone is so nice and so helpful and encouraging..I have never been to such a great board.

[mom23kids]

Originally Posted by KatinaZ25

Hi everyone,

I've posted on the board already but I wanted to just quickly introduce myself. I'm happy to be here. Today is my first DD. Its not horrible. Its not great, but its not bad. I keep repeating that today is just a day closer to eating.

Katina

[Shari4]

Katina! You're gonna love it here!

[Carly]

Katina! I think you will just love JUDDDing with us! It's the best WOE ever!

[Zannep]

Hi everyone, great job on all of the losses! Curious, have any of you done JUDDD WOE after HCG P2. More specifically in place of P3 or P4 with success? Thank you!

[mom23kids]

Originally Posted by Zannep

Hi everyone, great job on all of the losses! Curious, have any of you done JUDDD WOE after HCG P2. More specifically in place of P3 or P4 with success? Thank you!

There were a few that have made the switch-hopefully they'll chime in with their experience

[Kissa]

Quite a number I believe, and with success.

[Zannep]

Originally Posted by Kissa

Quite a number I believe, and with success.

Good to know. I am wondering if you would continue to lose on P3 doing JUDDD WOE. P3 is all about the reset and I wonder how eating 500 calories on the DD would help or hurt stabilization. I guess I could try and if the 500 DD results in a gain I could figure out the 3 week max and min DD and UP calories. Seems confusing, but It may be worth a solid try. Anymore input is greatly appreciated!

[Merienda]

Hello everyone! I stumbled upon this forum when reading about intermittent fasting. I decided to join because it seemed like such an encouraging and upbeat community.

I've been the chubby girl my entire life. 135 may not seem like a lot but it looked like it on my small framed barely 5'3" body. JUDD seemed fantastic as I'm not a huge fan of intense cardio and go hours without eating. I dropped down to 117 several months ago eating 1200 calories (vegan) and strenuously working out. Needless to say I gained most of it back after I fell off the wagon. I hope this is something I can keep off!

If anyone can lend advice...I was considering eating nutritional keto and consuming 1200 calories on my UD while completely fasting on DD (no eating). Doing no cardio, just strength training three times a week. I plan on not doing DDs on the weekend. would this still be JUDDD. any thoughts?

[LoCarbGal]

Merienda! Glad to have you joining us!

0 DD and 1200 UD calories sounds too low to me for your height and weight. I guessed and put in 30 as your age and used low activity and 20% weight loss, and I get 336/1678 for your calories. You definitely don't want to go too low on your calories, because you don't want to signal your metabolism to go into starvation and slow down on you. Defeats the whole purpose.

Doing NK, you will be revving up your metabolism to an extent anyway (provided that WOE works well for your body - it seems to on mine!), so I would suggest you start out eating at your calculated calories, using NK if that's what you prefer, and give it a few weeks to see what happens. Good luck, and keep posting with your progress!

[wildflower]

Morning all. Started this journey officially, back in Feb 2011, after I got some heart problems diagnosed (under dr's care). I then weighed 200+ and felt awful. I immediately got determined and lost 40 lbs by Nov, 2011 eating lowish carb, low cal and exercising my butt off!!! Then maintenance started, unplanned, just couldn't drop any more...

In March, 2012, dropped wheat, which make me feel wonderful, but no more weight loss (and they promised) Then, NK, yea, can eat all the fat and still drop the fat. I gained...

So, I'm at 164 this morning. Did my first DD on Sunday and felt really wierd. Ended up eating 574. I'm pre-diabetic so thought it was my sugar levels. But everytime I checked it was ok. I did get an 80 so maybe that new low caused me to get . UD was good - even tho I had trouble eating to my level. (1668, 333). Second DD today. I did drop .4 lb since Sunday!!! I'll be 65 in Jan - does that have anything to do with why I can't do this to easily...?? They say age matters!

Anyway, I've been reading every thread on JUDDD and learning sooo much. Bought the book on Kindle. I'll go to the December thread to learn some more. Do want to say that this is THE most friendly group I've seen. SO HAPPY I found you!!!

Arlene

[mom23kids]

Originally Posted by Merienda

Hello everyone! I stumbled upon this forum when reading about intermittent fasting. I decided to join because it seemed like such an encouraging and upbeat community.

I've been the chubby girl my entire life. 135 may not seem like a lot but it looked like it on my small framed barely 5'3" body. JUDD seemed fantastic as I'm not a huge fan of intense cardio and go hours without eating. I dropped down to 117 several months ago eating 1200 calories (vegan) and strenuously working out. Needless to say I gained most of it back after I fell off the wagon. I hope this is something I can keep off!

If anyone can lend advice...I was considering eating nutritional keto and consuming 1200 calories on my UD while completely fasting on DD (no eating). Doing no cardio, just strength training three times a week. I plan on not doing DDs on the weekend. would this still be JUDDD. any thoughts?

Welcome! Like other poster said-you want to keep your UD calories high, because it's the big difference between UD/DDs that make the magic happen! Use the calorie calculator on Dr. Johnson's website to find your calories and then go from there

Originally Posted by wildflower

Morning all. Started this journey officially, back in Feb 2011, after I got some heart problems diagnosed (under dr's care). I then weighed 200+ and felt awful. I immediately got determined and lost 40 lbs by Nov, 2011 eating lowish carb, low cal and exercising my butt off!!! Then maintenance started, unplanned, just couldn't drop any more...

In March, 2012, dropped wheat, which make me feel wonderful, but no more weight loss (and they promised) Then, NK, yea, can eat all the fat and still drop the fat. I gained...

So, I'm at 164 this morning. Did my first DD on Sunday and felt really wierd. Ended up eating 574. I'm pre-diabetic so thought it was my sugar levels. But everytime I checked it was ok. I did get an 80 so maybe that new low caused me to get . UD was good - even tho I had trouble eating to my level. (1668, 333). Second DD today. I did drop .4 lb since Sunday!!! I'll be 65 in Jan - does that have anything to do with why I can't do this to easily...?? They say age matters!

Anyway, I've been reading every thread on JUDDD and learning sooo much. Bought the book on Kindle. I'll go to the December thread to learn some more. Do want to say that this is THE most friendly group I've seen. SO HAPPY I found you!!!

Arlene

[LoCarbGal]

Arlene! I'm glad you've been reading up and like our group already. You'll get nothing but help and support here, which we all need! You've done magnificently in your losses so far, and I'm sure you'll find JUDDD helpful to get to where you want to be. And the health benefits are unbelievable too!

[SlimNana]

to all the new JUDDDers!

I restarted rotations myself last week, after 3 mos. recuperating from a total hip replacement. This WOE has been the only way that I've been able to get below my stubborn set point of 155 lbs. in four years.

Best wishes to you all with your continued progress on your JUDDD journeys!

[Kissa]

Arlene and Merienda.

Merienda you have the right advice from LowCarbGirl.

If you drop your calories too low you will not get the benefits of JUDDD as your body will think it is in starvation mode. We have a saying here, one of the hardest for most to accept, but remember, this is not a race. Take your time to read and understand what JUDDD can do for you and give it time. You will be amazed and I hope delighted.

Arlene, we are almost the same age and JUDDD helped me lose my last 10 lbs when nothing else had worked for years. I am certain you will soon see the weight come off, but more importantly for our age group, you will experience many, many of the health benefits of JUDDD.

[wildflower]

Originally Posted by Kissa

Arlene, we are almost the same age and JUDDD helped me lose my last 10 lbs when nothing else had worked for years. I am certain you will soon see the weight come off, but more importantly for our age group, you will experience many, many of the health benefits of JUDDD.

Thanks Kissa -- I've been reading your posts on this thread and really hoping this will help - I've been so frustrated - not enough to binge away but have given up a few times. So glad you responded to my post and so glad we're all here

Arlene

[wildflower]

Thanks for the welcome, slimnana, locarbgal, mom23kids and kissa.

[Merienda]

Thank you all for the warm welcome and advice! So upping my calories it is.

[Kissa]

How nice is that?

[Librarygirl]

Welcome Arlene and Merienda!!! I look forward to see you ladies around here!

[wildflower]

Thanks for the Hi. Sure appreciate it!

[Shari4]

Arlene, Merienda & SlimNana!! This is the best place for support & info! Keep coming around. I bet you're gonna like it here alot!!

[wildflower]

Thanks Shari!