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AllieCat0817 · 06-07-2007, 11:03 AM

Thank you Jennifer!

This is a good thread. lol

Tippy Toes · 06-07-2007, 11:50 AM

Aww, Jennifer, that was very sweet! You WILL get there! I'll hold your cyber hand all the way if you want.

Caligal, you must know by now that low carb is tricky in the sense that going off plan (even a maintenance plan) can cause a very rapid gain. I understand all about being menopausal but... Are you really eating pizza and expecting to maintain? And how have you been maintaining? Don't take this to mean anymore than a concern for you cause you have come so far and I hate to hear this is happening to anyone.

Violet Skye · 06-07-2007, 11:56 AM

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The all-Ragu diet plan.

Do you mean Boyardeekins????

JuliaL · 06-07-2007, 11:58 AM

Maria - menopause does present problems with weight loss, but craving yeast is not one I've heard of before. Really the best way to get cravings under control is induction. And I agree with Tippy - if you're eating pizza you can't expect to maintain. The biggest key to my being able to stick to my eating plan is to prepare my food ahead and to make sure I always have good food choices around me. That way I'm much less likely to cave and eat something I shouldn't.

Pleiades · 06-07-2007, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Violet Skye

Do you mean Boyardeekins????

cleochatra · 06-07-2007, 12:47 PM

shenue · 06-07-2007, 01:38 PM

Ladybugg I've gone from 268 to 217 since January of this year. That was a re-start for me after gaining 8 lbs over the Thanksgiving to New Years holidays. My original start weight last fall was 277. So my total weight loss has been 60 lbs with a few ups and downs...usually only a pound or two, with my biggest 'up' being that 8 pounds over the holidays. Low carbing and low fat is the way to go for me. I just can't lose the weight if I let the fats get too high even if my carb count is very very low. I also try to keep the calories around 1000 or lower per day, preferably on the low side. But there have certainly been days when it has been higher, but not too often and usually not over around 1500 even on my "worst" days. Hope that helps some

KIKI67 · 06-07-2007, 01:40 PM

Isn't is just a pain to have to start over? I did that yesterday, but I am sticking to my guns today and I am going to get to goal yet

califgal45 · 06-08-2007, 09:16 AM

Thanks, TT and Julia for responding. NO I am not expecting to eat Pizza and maintain...lol I know why I am gaining cause I am eating crap the problem is I can't seem to stop even after doing a meat and egg fast my cravings are not going away. I have no will power at all right now I mean none. I know I have just got to get started and stick with it but that is the problem I keep caving. Maybe just keep coming here will motivate me.

Tippy Toes · 06-08-2007, 09:21 AM

Cali, if there is anything at all I can do to help please feel free. So sorry.

Tippy Toes · 06-08-2007, 09:22 AM

Also, if you go back to DANDR he does recommend certain supplements to help reduce the cravings.

Jennifer · 06-08-2007, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Tippy Toes

Aww, Jennifer, that was very sweet! You WILL get there! I'll hold your cyber hand all the way if you want.

Thanks for all your support!

Tippy Toes · 06-08-2007, 09:48 AM

Anytime and I mean that.

lori121 · 06-08-2007, 01:38 PM

You guys are too funny..

califgal45 · 06-08-2007, 03:02 PM

T.T. Thanks so much, I am trying some new supplements I have been rereading my Atkins book and something struck me about yeast overgrowth so I read it a couple of times and went to my vitamen store and bought the Probotics he recomended and have been taking them for a couple of weeks now. I don't know for sure what is going on now eccept that I am so discouraged. I was telling facts when I said I did the meat and egg fast for 5 days no nothing else no sf treats or gum or soda nothing but lean meat hard boiled eggs water and coffee black for 5 days and no loss at all not one pound. Then I would be so frustrated I said the heck with it and ate and drank what I wanted like pizza and wine and or ice cream I mean like that was going to help anything and of course I have no trouble at all gaining. So it has just been a vicious cycle and now I am back up to a 14. I know if I could just start losing again you could not get me to eat the junk it feels so good to be going down. I just have to stop feeling sorry for myself and get serious and stay serious no matter what not cave and it has helped to see it here in black and white. Thanks again this really has helped alot.

cleochatra · 06-08-2007, 03:25 PM

Did you know that coffee exascerbates a yeast overgrowth issue? Here you are, trying to fight yeast and probably didn't know you are feeding it at the same time! Girlfriend, until you beat the candida and win, you have to swear off the coffee. (I feel your pain)

Some things which worked for me fighting yeast overgrowth.

1. apple cider vinegar tablets
2. oil of oregano drops in water
3. acidophilus tablets

You should really be feeling the die off of the symptoms if you were suffering severely. You could also speak with your doctor about nystatin if still exhibiting signs.

Sometimes it takes awhile to fight the yeast, and it will fight back. You might feel depressed, tired, crampy.

Keep going with the yeast treatment, and stay away from anything with molds, caffeine and yeasts.

I hope you fell better!

Ladybugg · 06-08-2007, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by shenue

Ladybugg I've gone from 268 to 217 since January of this year. That was a re-start for me after gaining 8 lbs over the Thanksgiving to New Years holidays. My original start weight last fall was 277. So my total weight loss has been 60 lbs with a few ups and downs...usually only a pound or two, with my biggest 'up' being that 8 pounds over the holidays. Low carbing and low fat is the way to go for me. I just can't lose the weight if I let the fats get too high even if my carb count is very very low. I also try to keep the calories around 1000 or lower per day, preferably on the low side. But there have certainly been days when it has been higher, but not too often and usually not over around 1500 even on my "worst" days. Hope that helps some

Thanks Linda - You're very inspirational. I'm hypothyroid so weight loss takes longer and I'm getting discouraged. I need a little jump start to get my motivation up again. Low carbs does work for me though, just lately I've been having trouble controlling the carbs.

lbecker28 · 06-08-2007, 08:12 PM

I read several posts from people that said the photos look like different people. If you look at my before, half-way, and after pictures I think I look way different and definately younger. I also change my haircolor pretty often(drives my autistic students CRAZY) and wear colored contacts. I did exercise while doing Kimkins alternating weights and aerobics.

That was at 222lbs.

The next photo is at approx 150lbs.

Final photo is at 112lbs.

lbecker28 · 06-08-2007, 08:16 PM

Sorry the photos are soooo big. I used photobucket and didn't know how to adjust the size.

kiwilass · 06-09-2007, 04:13 AM

Lbecker, thanks so much for posting those. Yes indeed, you don't look like the same person at all.

Oh....and you looking AMAZING!!

I'll be at goal in a week or two, thanks to Kimkins, I will be interested to post my before and after shots to see if people think I look the same as I did at 308!!!! I mean, I have lost inches and inches off my waist, hips and thighs, but I never measured my face so I dont quite know how many inches I lost off my cheeks.

The proportions of my face have altered drastically without cheeks and a wobbly jowl.

Tippy Toes · 06-09-2007, 06:57 AM

Yep, your pics are just amazing and as a blonde I would not know it was you.

califgal45 · 06-09-2007, 08:05 AM

Thank you Cleo, I did not know that about coffee. Darn that is going to be hard but hey I know I have to do something and soon because this just is not exceptable. I have to go back down I have a closet full of nice cloths all size 10. What about tea? And how long to give up coffee? I know to give up cheese and mushrooms don't eat them ever anyway and nuts I mean I have the list but did not know about coffee, hummm might be part of the problem.

shelby7851 · 06-09-2007, 08:10 AM

lbecker, you look great, but you know what? your face is the same. if you put my picture, your before and after pic and a few others of us here on LCF, they would match your before and afters together. You do look like the same person, your size might be different, your hair might be different, but your face is your face.

Tippy Toes · 06-09-2007, 08:13 AM

I just looked at those pics again. I think you look very different. lol I am not a good detective.

sweetlisa · 06-09-2007, 10:33 AM

I lost 120 pounds in 2000 by fasting on and off + atkins , and people that knew me when I was 240 pounds and then saw me at 120 pounds did not know I was the same person , when I met my current husband he saw a video of my 3rd childs birth when I was at my highest weight of 240 he said Lisa thats not you!
my face changed so much and now that I am up to 178 . he says I dont look like I did when I was 120.it makes me very sad when he says that. my avatar pic is me at 126 pounds . so thats my goal to get down to ,then maintain.

oh and about Kimmers pics I think they look different too. its amazing the changes that weightloss can make and you would be amazed at what they can do with pictures now days .I have paint shop pro and touching up my pics I can make myself look young and hot too. lol. alot of the models you see in the magazines now days the pictures are touched up alot to make them look perfect.

lbecker28 · 06-09-2007, 11:38 AM

Hmmm...wish I thought of measuring my face before. I did keep track of inches lost, but not in my face. That is where I showed alot of my weight too. Good idea.

cleochatra · 06-09-2007, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by califgal45

Thank you Cleo, I did not know that about coffee. Darn that is going to be hard but hey I know I have to do something and soon because this just is not exceptable. I have to go back down I have a closet full of nice cloths all size 10. What about tea? And how long to give up coffee? I know to give up cheese and mushrooms don't eat them ever anyway and nuts I mean I have the list but did not know about coffee, hummm might be part of the problem.

It's a bummer about the coffee, but it's true. You want to drink herbal teas only, and make sure they're no-carb (I was surprised to find out some teas have carbs). Definitely look into the supplements. They're Dr Atkins recommended and they work!

As for coffee, you might not want to bring it back in after you get used to tea. Caffeine stimulates hunger, and that could cause other issues down the road.

If you rid yourself of anything that feeds the yeasties and take a supplement/cleanse, you should find symptoms should subside within the month. Sloughing off/dying off is only really noticable if the symptoms are bad. And if they're bad enough you might also want to see about nystatin.

cleochatra · 06-09-2007, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by shelby7851

lbecker, you look great, but you know what? your face is the same. if you put my picture, your before and after pic and a few others of us here on LCF, they would match your before and afters together. You do look like the same person, your size might be different, your hair might be different, but your face is your face.

And what a pretty face, too! I notice the likeness. Both before and after are lovely ladies.

06-07-2007, 01:38 PM	#187
shenue Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 420 Gallery: shenue WOE: KE/Stillman's QWL/Kimkins	Ladybugg I've gone from 268 to 217 since January of this year. That was a re-start for me after gaining 8 lbs over the Thanksgiving to New Years holidays. My original start weight last fall was 277. So my total weight loss has been 60 lbs with a few ups and downs...usually only a pound or two, with my biggest 'up' being that 8 pounds over the holidays. Low carbing and low fat is the way to go for me. I just can't lose the weight if I let the fats get too high even if my carb count is very very low. I also try to keep the calories around 1000 or lower per day, preferably on the low side. But there have certainly been days when it has been higher, but not too often and usually not over around 1500 even on my "worst" days. Hope that helps some __________________ Linda (57 yo, 5 ft. 4 in.)....Always remember this popular saying: Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!! HW 277 SW 277 CW 255 (8-04-08) GW 140.....Progress below: 277 (Fall 2006) 260 268 1-2007 265 260 250 215 (226 9-26-07 piggy Summer) 222 255 8-4-08 - fell way off thewagon Last edited by shenue : 06-07-2007 at 01:39 PM.

06-08-2007, 03:02 PM	#195
califgal45 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,075 Gallery: califgal45 Stats: sz22/sz10 reached 4-05/opps-sz14/sz10 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 1-27-03	Supplements T.T. Thanks so much, I am trying some new supplements I have been rereading my Atkins book and something struck me about yeast overgrowth so I read it a couple of times and went to my vitamen store and bought the Probotics he recomended and have been taking them for a couple of weeks now. I don't know for sure what is going on now eccept that I am so discouraged. I was telling facts when I said I did the meat and egg fast for 5 days no nothing else no sf treats or gum or soda nothing but lean meat hard boiled eggs water and coffee black for 5 days and no loss at all not one pound. Then I would be so frustrated I said the heck with it and ate and drank what I wanted like pizza and wine and or ice cream I mean like that was going to help anything and of course I have no trouble at all gaining. So it has just been a vicious cycle and now I am back up to a 14. I know if I could just start losing again you could not get me to eat the junk it feels so good to be going down. I just have to stop feeling sorry for myself and get serious and stay serious no matter what not cave and it has helped to see it here in black and white. Thanks again this really has helped alot.

06-08-2007, 03:25 PM	#196
cleochatra Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 7,721 Gallery: cleochatra Stats: 350/264/125 WOE: Atkins Start Date: January 1, 2008	Did you know that coffee exascerbates a yeast overgrowth issue? Here you are, trying to fight yeast and probably didn't know you are feeding it at the same time! Girlfriend, until you beat the candida and win, you have to swear off the coffee. (I feel your pain) Some things which worked for me fighting yeast overgrowth. 1. apple cider vinegar tablets 2. oil of oregano drops in water 3. acidophilus tablets You should really be feeling the die off of the symptoms if you were suffering severely. You could also speak with your doctor about nystatin if still exhibiting signs. Sometimes it takes awhile to fight the yeast, and it will fight back. You might feel depressed, tired, crampy. Keep going with the yeast treatment, and stay away from anything with molds, caffeine and yeasts. I hope you fell better! __________________ National Low-Carb Examiner Columnist The Lighter Side of Low Carb blog Mid-Year Resolution Challenge member: 86 to lose/ 22 lost/ 64 pounds to go We Are Carbarella!

06-09-2007, 10:33 AM	#205
sweetlisa Junior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: oregon Posts: 32 Gallery: sweetlisa Stats: 240/202/130 WOE: M&E Fast/Atkins	I lost 120 pounds in 2000 by fasting on and off + atkins , and people that knew me when I was 240 pounds and then saw me at 120 pounds did not know I was the same person , when I met my current husband he saw a video of my 3rd childs birth when I was at my highest weight of 240 he said Lisa thats not you! my face changed so much and now that I am up to 178 . he says I dont look like I did when I was 120.it makes me very sad when he says that. my avatar pic is me at 126 pounds . so thats my goal to get down to ,then maintain. oh and about Kimmers pics I think they look different too. its amazing the changes that weightloss can make and you would be amazed at what they can do with pictures now days .I have paint shop pro and touching up my pics I can make myself look young and hot too. lol. alot of the models you see in the magazines now days the pictures are touched up alot to make them look perfect. __________________ Lisa: 38 years old Nothing Tastes as good as thin feels!. Last edited by sweetlisa : 06-09-2007 at 10:41 AM.

06-07-2007, 11:03 AM	#181
AllieCat0817 Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Southeastern Coastal SC Posts: 11,425 Gallery: AllieCat0817 Stats: 213.5/135.5/140 WOE: Atkins Maintenance Start Date: 5/23/03	Thank you Jennifer! This is a good thread. lol

06-07-2007, 11:50 AM	#182
Tippy Toes Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 4,198 Gallery: Tippy Toes Stats: 263/150/150 to 155 Start Date: April 16 2004	Aww, Jennifer, that was very sweet! You WILL get there! I'll hold your cyber hand all the way if you want. Caligal, you must know by now that low carb is tricky in the sense that going off plan (even a maintenance plan) can cause a very rapid gain. I understand all about being menopausal but... Are you really eating pizza and expecting to maintain? And how have you been maintaining? Don't take this to mean anymore than a concern for you cause you have come so far and I hate to hear this is happening to anyone.

06-07-2007, 11:58 AM	#184
JuliaL Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 17,010 Gallery: JuliaL Stats: 190/142/140 16/8/6, height 5'8", age 48 WOE: Atkins/BFFM Start Date: 4/22/03	Maria - menopause does present problems with weight loss, but craving yeast is not one I've heard of before. Really the best way to get cravings under control is induction. And I agree with Tippy - if you're eating pizza you can't expect to maintain. The biggest key to my being able to stick to my eating plan is to prepare my food ahead and to make sure I always have good food choices around me. That way I'm much less likely to cave and eat something I shouldn't.

06-07-2007, 12:47 PM	#186
cleochatra Big Yapper!!!! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Denver, Colorado Posts: 7,721 Gallery: cleochatra Stats: 350/264/125 WOE: Atkins Start Date: January 1, 2008

06-07-2007, 01:40 PM	#188
KIKI67 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 66 Gallery: KIKI67 Stats: 160/152.6/130 WOE: LC/LCal/LF Start Date: 03/01/2008	Isn't is just a pain to have to start over? I did that yesterday, but I am sticking to my guns today and I am going to get to goal yet

06-08-2007, 09:16 AM	#189
califgal45 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,075 Gallery: califgal45 Stats: sz22/sz10 reached 4-05/opps-sz14/sz10 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 1-27-03	Thanks, TT and Julia for responding. NO I am not expecting to eat Pizza and maintain...lol I know why I am gaining cause I am eating crap the problem is I can't seem to stop even after doing a meat and egg fast my cravings are not going away. I have no will power at all right now I mean none. I know I have just got to get started and stick with it but that is the problem I keep caving. Maybe just keep coming here will motivate me.

06-08-2007, 09:21 AM	#190
Tippy Toes Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 4,198 Gallery: Tippy Toes Stats: 263/150/150 to 155 Start Date: April 16 2004	Cali, if there is anything at all I can do to help please feel free. So sorry.

06-08-2007, 09:22 AM	#191
Tippy Toes Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 4,198 Gallery: Tippy Toes Stats: 263/150/150 to 155 Start Date: April 16 2004	Also, if you go back to DANDR he does recommend certain supplements to help reduce the cravings.

06-08-2007, 09:48 AM	#193
Tippy Toes Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 4,198 Gallery: Tippy Toes Stats: 263/150/150 to 155 Start Date: April 16 2004	Anytime and I mean that.

06-08-2007, 01:38 PM	#194
lori121 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,666 Gallery: lori121 Stats: 184/177/145 WOE: Atkins Start Date: Restart Aug 11, 2008	You guys are too funny..

06-08-2007, 08:12 PM	#198
lbecker28 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 874 Gallery: lbecker28 Stats: 222preg/116/120	I read several posts from people that said the photos look like different people. If you look at my before, half-way, and after pictures I think I look way different and definately younger. I also change my haircolor pretty often(drives my autistic students CRAZY) and wear colored contacts. I did exercise while doing Kimkins alternating weights and aerobics. That was at 222lbs. The next photo is at approx 150lbs. Final photo is at 112lbs.

06-08-2007, 08:16 PM	#199
lbecker28 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 874 Gallery: lbecker28 Stats: 222preg/116/120	Sorry the photos are soooo big. I used photobucket and didn't know how to adjust the size.

06-09-2007, 04:13 AM	#200
kiwilass Junior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 12 Gallery: kiwilass Stats: 308/158/160 WOE: Kimkins Start Date: Atkins 2006, Kimkins start 1 April at 211	Lbecker, thanks so much for posting those. Yes indeed, you don't look like the same person at all. Oh....and you looking AMAZING!! I'll be at goal in a week or two, thanks to Kimkins, I will be interested to post my before and after shots to see if people think I look the same as I did at 308!!!! I mean, I have lost inches and inches off my waist, hips and thighs, but I never measured my face so I dont quite know how many inches I lost off my cheeks. The proportions of my face have altered drastically without cheeks and a wobbly jowl.

06-09-2007, 06:57 AM	#201
Tippy Toes Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 4,198 Gallery: Tippy Toes Stats: 263/150/150 to 155 Start Date: April 16 2004	Yep, your pics are just amazing and as a blonde I would not know it was you.

06-09-2007, 08:05 AM	#202
califgal45 MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,075 Gallery: califgal45 Stats: sz22/sz10 reached 4-05/opps-sz14/sz10 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 1-27-03	Thank you Cleo, I did not know that about coffee. Darn that is going to be hard but hey I know I have to do something and soon because this just is not exceptable. I have to go back down I have a closet full of nice cloths all size 10. What about tea? And how long to give up coffee? I know to give up cheese and mushrooms don't eat them ever anyway and nuts I mean I have the list but did not know about coffee, hummm might be part of the problem.

06-09-2007, 08:10 AM	#203
shelby7851 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 887 Gallery: shelby7851 Stats: 246/226/199(mini) Start Date: 3/1/07 (again)	lbecker, you look great, but you know what? your face is the same. if you put my picture, your before and after pic and a few others of us here on LCF, they would match your before and afters together. You do look like the same person, your size might be different, your hair might be different, but your face is your face.

06-09-2007, 08:13 AM	#204
Tippy Toes Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 4,198 Gallery: Tippy Toes Stats: 263/150/150 to 155 Start Date: April 16 2004	I just looked at those pics again. I think you look very different. lol I am not a good detective.

06-09-2007, 11:38 AM	#206
lbecker28 Senior LCF Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 874 Gallery: lbecker28 Stats: 222preg/116/120	Hmmm...wish I thought of measuring my face before. I did keep track of inches lost, but not in my face. That is where I showed alot of my weight too. Good idea.