~*~" Waist'ing Away" with CLA/GLA in 2008~*~

[RealFoodLiving]

Hi Adlma!!! I' miss you over the weekends! I am so glad your girls are feeling better!!

Phil: You DO look like Stone Cold! WOW!!! Your wife must be a happy woman!!

MIchele: I'm sorry about your Great-Aunt! I hope you get some answers tomorrow about your weight. Hormones are horrible things.

Going to lie down and call it a night!

Have a great night y'all!

[kycowgirl]

Thanks MG, g'nite !!!

[FreeingMyself]

Marsha- I am glad you like it!!

MG- Glad to see you back! At least you didn't get run over by the wagon, you just put a foot off it
And I actually saw DC Talk a looong time ago in concert at my YFC lock-in, it was really good concert!

Thank you again to everyone being so supportive of the military, it is nice to know people care what ou have to deal with

So, I am so hungry for some reason..could it be I just spent an hour making Valentine's bags, with lollipops, chocolate, nerds, etc in them and didn't eat any of it!! The smells of the candy made my mouth water though I tried drinking water to take the craving away, but it's not doing it I think I am going to hit the sack since I can't eat while sleeping

[lildragonfly]

Hey Free- How long it take for you to notice your face had slimmed down. I sure wish mine would.:blush:

[kycowgirl]

Free, I am from an Air Force family. My son was in the AF and not even in a war and I was stressed out so I can imagine what your going through . Toms dad was an AF pilot and Tom was in the Coast Guard for 25 years

Doesn't matter what branch...I am proud of them all !!

[Justachic]

Thanks MG....It's been more of a mental celebration than anything, good feelings. DH has been very supportive with all of this including having my post workout meals ready for me when I get home from the gym. My little guys, well they would love their Mama no matter what size she was...I hope!
Glad to see you're back on the wagon again.

Free...You are a curly head too right? (I think I saw a pic of you with curls) What I want to know is what product do you use to get your hair so shiny and straight?

[iabowhunter]

Originally Posted by kycowgirl

Free, I am from an Air Force family. My son was in the AF and not even in a war and I was stressed out so I can imagine what your going through . Toms dad was an AF pilot and Tom was in the Coast Guard for 25 years

Doesn't matter what branch...I am proud of them all !!

My Dad was in the Army with Elvis.

Thank you, thank you very much.

[kycowgirl]

WOW...thats awesome Phil !!!

[Justachic]

LOVE the new avi Trisha. So pretty!

[Justachic]

Monday's Menu

1st Muscle Milk Protein drink
2nd (Post workout meal) Egg white, ham and brocolli omlet. About half cup of rice.
3rd Spinach, turkey and cheese salad with LC Cesar dressing.
4th BK grilled chicken salad. Ranch dressing, no croutons.
5th Protein pudding made from my protein drink.

*I try to eat something every 3 hours.
*My post workout meal always contains carbs and is very low in fat.
*I normally don't eat this much salad!

[kycowgirl]

Thanks chic. I was fooling around at the party with the flower behind the ear lol. Tom loves that pic, but I really don't like closeup pics of me because I have Bells Palsy on the right side of my face and I am very self conscious of it :blush:. Trying to get over that

[kycowgirl]

There are four primary reasons you hit a plateau:

The first reason you hit a plateau is because your metabolism decreases. While this does not completely stop fat loss, it does slow down fat loss. If you've been cutting calories, especially if you cut them severely, your body adapts by decreasing the metabolic rate. That's sometimes known as the "starvation response" or "Adaptive thermogenesis."

The second reason is that you need fewer calories after you lose weight. Calorie needs are directly tied into your body weight. One problem is that after people lose a lot of weight, they tend to keep eating the same way they were eating when they were heavier.
So they're feeding a smaller person the way they were when they were a bigger person, but when you're a smaller person, you don't need as many calories, even at rest (your basal metabolic rate is lower).

A third reason is that when you move that smaller body, you're not burning as many calories. If you strap on a weighted vest or heavy backpack and go out and hike up a hill, you can tell, obviously, that if you're lugging around extra weight, you're burning more calories. So now can you see why, after you lose weight, you burn fewer calories?

The fourth reason is that most people either cheat on their diets or they forget to record part of their food intake. This one requires a little bit of honesty with yourself. Even if you don't do it intentionally and you don't "cheat" per se, unconsciously, we're all terrible at estimating how much food we eat.

Some studies have even showed under-reporting calorie intake as much as 50%. In other words, you say, "I'm only eating 1,200 calories a day, but i'm stuck at a plateau!" but you're really eating 1,800 calories a day which doesn't give you much of a deficit.

All of these reasons for plateaus get amplified in the later stages of a diet, because biologically speaking, your body is doing everything it possibly can to get you to go off your diet and to get weight to stabilize.

After a long period of dieting and after a large weight loss, your body cranks up the appetite, stimulates cravings and tries to trick you into eating more.
The leaner you get, the longer you've been dieting and the more aggressively you cut calories, the more your body tends to defend its weight, and hold on to remaining body fat.

So it's really common to hit that plateau when you're dieted down and leaner. Usually it's nowhere near as difficult for the overweight person to start losing weight as it is for the lean person to get even more lean. The last 10 lbs is usually a lot harder than the first 10.

If you think about it, it's pretty unnatural from a biological perspective to walk around with really low single-digit body fat. It's not beneficial from a survival-of-the-species point of view to have low body fat. So this metabolic adaptation becomes more pronounced the leaner you get.

you're also at a higher risk of losing muscle, because extra muscle is not economical when there's a calorie shortage. Having extra muscle is like having an engine that's bigger than you need - It's like a gas guzzler.
The ultimate answer to why you plateau, why that last 10 pounds is so hard to lose and why it's hard to break into those single digits is that you were in a calorie deficit but for all of the reasons mentioned above, you're no longer in deficit.

The Way To Break The Plateau Then Is To:
(1) re-stimulate metabolism and re-set fat-burning and starvation hormones, and
(2) re-establish the deficit.
(3) KEEP AFTER IT!

The question was, "How do I do that? More cardio, more weight training, manipulate my diet?"
You could do all of the above. Eating less or exercising more can both increase a deficit. But one thing you might want to do first, is give yourself a little break. Take your calories up to maintenance level, maybe for a week.
The idea there is not to try to accelerate fat loss, because what you're actually doing is removing your calorie deficit for a short period of time. What you're trying to do is facilitate the fat loss when you jump back into it.
It gives your body a physiological break from the stress of dieting; it resets some of those starvation hormones and stimulates your metabolism so when you go back to the calorie deficit, your body responds again.
You also get mental break from the diet as well, which makes it easier to stick with the program when you go back to it.
You could also use a calorie cycling approach, to help prevent yourself from hitting another plateau, and we already covered calorie and carb cycling in the last call.
I also recommend, because so many people underestimate how much they eat, don't take any chances. Count your calories, or at least become really aware of the portion sizes and maybe even consider keeping a journal.
You've probably been told many times by a lot of different "experts" that you don't have to count calories. But when you're in a plateau, I'd recommend that you stop guessing and really get serious about what you're taking in.
Then what you need to do is reestablish that calorie deficit using every tool at your disposal.
Use nutrition by pulling back your portion sizes. Or use cardio. And by increased cardio, I mean increasing energy expenditure. You could increase your frequency. You could increase your duration.
But increasing energy expenditure is not necessarily doing longer workouts, just burning more calories. You could also take the same amount of time that you're spending right now and increase your intensity.
The whole idea is just burn more calories and stimulate metabolism, which gives you your deficit back again or you can pull back your food intake and give yourself a deficit again from the food side.
There's more than one way to do it and I don't think that you should lock yourself in. Use all of the variables and remember that there are TWO sides to the energy balance equation, not one."

[kycowgirl]

OH...I almost have 4000 posts !!! (yea, I'm a post Ho )

[BerlinBear]

Originally Posted by Justachic

Hi guys, I was absent yesterday due to out of town company. Enjoyed the posts especially Trisha's video- Hey, I know a lot of men who do that! LOL

Phil...I will have to get that chili recipe to you soon.

Anyway, I feel like I have cheered everyone on here for their success in losing lbs and iches so I'm really hoping you can be happy for me too.....here it goes.
Since Jan 9th, I have lost 5 and one half inches off my waist and almost 4 inches from my "bra fat area" (measured right under the bra) and almost 3 inches from my hips! A total of 11 lbs gone. Again this was since my last weigh in a measurements on January 9th.

This has been a celebrational day for me.

Chic - FANTASTIC and CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!
I am amazed and proud of what you have accomplished in such a short
time. KUTGW!!!! You will be at goal before you know it.

Also, thank you for all your encouragement for the rest of us. You are a true warrior of the fat and bulge!!!

Free - I lost a shoe size too, went from a 13w to a 12m

Marsha - I have not made spaghetti squash myself by my aunt does. She usually does it with tomato sauce or garlic and olive oil (sometimes she will add smoked bacon too)

Trish - Eggplant can cooked like veal parmagain, sliced thin and layered like lasanga. Another great veggie to use in place of spaghetti is thinnly shaved strips of zucchini or summer squash.

Phil - Down right amazing at the resemblence. I share your attitude - tell like it is regardless in order to stay true to yourself.

Has anyone seen or heard from Lisa, she's AWOL. We want her BACK!!!

MG - Supporting a friend is the best time to fall of the wagon, but IT'S A GOOD THING THAT YOU JUMPED BACK ON, Or I would have sent the POSSE out after you.

Michelle - sorry to hear about your DD. Poor thing, been there had that.

To everyone else that my scattered tired brain has forgot to mention above, Hugs and Prayers and best wishes for a visit from the Woosh Fairies.

[BerlinBear]

To everyone that is in the military, has family in the military or retired military:

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU SACRIFICE ON A DAILY BASIS!!!!!

My Dad was Air Force from end of Korea to beginning of 'Nam. My niece by marriage is in Air Force now having done 4 tours in Iraq. I have several other family members past and present in most branches of the service. My Mother came from WWII Berlin Germany so I know what the effects of PTSD can do to a family.

GOD BLESS THOSE SERVING AND ESPECIALLY THEIR FAMILIES BACK HOME!!!

Not sure if anyone caught on the news last night, but a transport plane carrying Marines back to Pendleton CA, was diverted to Portsmouth, NH. WalMart and a local food establishment (pizza palor?) surprised them at the airport with food and drink and another local business hooked up several phones and allowed free calls to whom and where ever the marines liked.

One of the Marines was quoted as saying they never knew Portsmouth existed and was so greatful for the generous support from fellow americans that have never met these marines before. It gives them "warm fuzzy feelings in their stomachs and hearts" that there are still those that UNCONDITIONALLY SUPPORT THE MILITARY!!!!!

[FreeingMyself]

Trisha- Thank you and I LOVE the new pic, it's lovely!!!

Marsha- I think I am one of the lucky ones whose face slims down after like a 10lb loss. Now if only my flabby tummy would join my trim face

Chic- I am a curly head, but DH likes it straight when it's short and curly when it's long Talk about making me work I use Brunette Expressions line. I use the shampoo, conditioner and the shine stuff with teeny sparkles in it after I straighten it.

Phil- I bet that was a neat experience

Well, my menu for the day(I think, it is subject to change)

B- CBET (canadian bacon, egg and tomato) on oopsies with mayo

L- 1 cup Spaghetti squash, 1/2 cupground beef,1/4 alfredo sauce

D- 1 cup cabbage, 1/2 cup pork loin

I may switch lunch and dinner
Of course I still do coconut oil before each meal.

Calories-1683
Fat-72% or 133g
Carbs-5% or 25 total and 6 fiber
Protein-23% or 95g

I think that'll do it for now!! I will check in later!!

MG- Doing good back on the wagon??

[lildragonfly]

Morning All! Have a hectic day ahead and DD still sick so double stress.

Menu:
2 ozs sausage ( unprocessed and fresh), 1 egg, 1tsp CO, 1 tbsp EVOO, coffee w/ cream and davanci

Not sure ill get lunch, taking 1 ozs mac nuts

D:Spaghetti Squash, snow peas, and some meat


TRISHA- I LOVE YOU NEW PIC!!!!

[metqa]

I have a question. I thought I had Borage Oil Capsules, but it turns out that I have Black Currant Seed Oil. (Don't see how I got those two mixed up) Anyway, the pruduct says that that one capsule provides 90mg GLA, 60 mg ALA, and 240mg LA. This isn't what I should take if I want to have GLA, is it?

[kycowgirl]

metqa, you can take those but you will need at least 6 of them. The Borage has a higher gla content, so less caps to take. Thats why we take it. Primrose has gla also but it tends to give bad headaches to some, so overall the Borage is the better value

We are supposed to get 2-4 inches of snow tonight on top of the ice and snow we got last night. Its going to be an interesting drive home from work in the morning

[mikkimouse]

Hi all,


Love the new av trish!!
Michele-sorry to hear hun.
Nothing much going on here today, just work work and more work.
Hello to all my LC buddies and to you all.

B-b-fast bar
S-hb egg ( am getting sick of em )
L-portabella pizza ,salad
S-pepparoni's

1 1/2 gal of water!!! have a good day all!

[RealFoodLiving]

Good morning Peeps!!!!!!!!!!

I've got to make this quick, but I'll BBL.
Today is hubby's birthday and our 25th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!! Whooo hooooo!

We some friends coming over in a little bit and then we plan a laid-back evening with the kids.

Trisha: You are ONE beautiful lady. I truly mean that. I'm sorry you feel self-conscious, but honestly, you are really beautiful!

Berlin: Your question about my shake. Yes, it is a HUGE amount. I made that shake to kill my HUGE appetite.

But since you need smaller portions, I would cut everything in half and then make the shake and only drink your allotted amount. Refrigerate the rest and drink it the next day. I think that would work.

I originally started with 2 scoops of whey protein, but have cut back to one. I still drink the 8 cups of liquid since that helps my liquid intake. I do drink lots of liquid through the day too.

So, I would just say, cut it down to what works for you!

BTW, I lost 4 pounds of water overnight and I'm at 178 from my falling off the wagon! But, I'm being REALLY good and hope to get back to 176 by the weekend.

TTYL!!! Love and hugs!

[ADLMA]

Lil - I think the dogs did you a great favor. I can only eat those things if they are fixed like mashed taters!

Free - Is your alfred sauce posted also? I made the huge mistake of weighing today -0- weight loss in 3 weeks. This is with working out like a nut and eating clean! I think I will adopt your menu, since it is working great for you! Huuummmm, grocery list?

MMof2 - I am sorry for your loss.

All of you who mentioned family in the military - THANK YOU ALL! It is a hard life. Be proud! God Bless!

Everyone with a sick somebody - I do hope they are well soon! It is that time of year, and it is not fun!! Bring on the spring!!!!!

[FreeingMyself]

ADLMA- I actually buy Ragu(only 2 carbs per serving) alfredo sauce when I can't make it(I do have a toddler and a DH who leaves on a whim)
My list usually includes, but is not limited to

1-2 Cucumbers
1 bag spinach
sweet peppers
Cream cheese x4
2 dozen eggs
Flax meal
Butter
Ranch dressing
Pork Loin
Cabbage
Italian Turkey Sausages
Cheese(usually Kraft 2% sicne that is what Ds eats too)
String Cheese
Low sugar Tomato sauce
Spaghetti Squash
Ground beef
Steaks
Broccoli
Portabello mushrooms(small and large)
Tomatoes
Mayo
Canandian Bacon
Turkey bacon
Regular thin sliced bacon
Jalapenos
Mozzarella shredded
Lunchmeat(this is for only in a pinch situations)
Turkey pepperoni
Calorie Countdown milk
Whey Protein powder
Frozen strawberries, blueberries, rasberries, blackberries
Chicken
Sazon seasoning(in the hispanic food section)
Flank steak
Black beans
mustard
Lindt 85% Dark Chocolate bar
Whipping cream
Cocoa
Ricotta cheese
And wow, it' hard to make a list for someone else I usually just stick to outside perimeter of the store and that is safe. I don't use LC fake stuff anymore. I did a LOT of fake stuff the first time around and it didn't help me at all and made me still have cravings
This time, if I want something sweet, I make myself get up and make something special, that way I enjoy it more AND know what is going into it. Plus, if I "don't feel like making it" then I shouldn't have it anyway

MG- CONGRATULATIONS!!! on your
25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
I am going to be there in only 21 more years
That is quite and accomplishment! Even better than weight loss I think!!
You are going to be back down to 176 in no time!

Mikki- i hope your day of working flies by!!

And now for my yucky news. Well my vertical incision line of my left breast has opened up now. I have had sweats at night but thought nothing of it. I went to the doctor and they think it is infected AGAIN and they are sending me to the surgery clinic now I thought it was all over since November was a horrid time, but I guess not. I am supposed to be there at 1300 and it is 10 til now and DS just fell asleep for nap I guess I will let him nap.
This stuff always happens when DH leaves for some reason Really annoying and painful
I will check in when I get back and let everyone know what happened.

[ADLMA]

Free - Thank you for the list! I am praying for you as soon as I complete this post. My DH travels more than he is home also. You're right. Things like this always happens when they are gone. Praying now.

[kycowgirl]

Good afternoon, Mikki, Marsha

MG, Happy 25th Aniversary !!!! Thats quite an accomplishment these days !!! Congrats on the 4 lb loss woohoo !!

ADLMA, who do you have in the military? Forgive me if you already said, my memory isnt what it used to be

Free, I'm so sorry your incision line opened up again. That has to be so painful. Keep us posted on how that goes. Adding you to my prayers also

Dani, that is awesome about those marines. I love hearing stories like that

Toms doing our taxes right now not lookin good !!!

[ADLMA]

Trish - My DH is in law enforcement, so I don't have a direct association with military. My uncle was Army - Maj., retired, served in Vietnam. My father-in-law passed away last December. He was burried in his Marine Dress Blues. He was very proud to have severd.

[ADLMA]

Trish - Do be careful doing the work thing! The weather map has it looking bad over KY! Take good care of yourself!

Also, do I recall you posting that once you are off the combo and go back on, it is a 6 week stall for it to get back into one's system?

Good luck on the tax thing. We are still waiting on tax info. to come in.

[lildragonfly]

Free- I hope that your going to be ok.

Ok I have to figure out how to jack up my cal today. Cause im cal cycling to see if it helps my body.

Gratz MG on loss and the anniversary!!

Trish be so careful tonight. Seems we missed the bad weather because its 60 here today.
Good Luck on the taxes!

[FreeingMyself]

Uggh..DS is still not up
I think I am gonna have to wake him I really hope he isn't in a bad mood!

ADLMA- Law Enforcement is just as bad, without the deployments of course I think law enforcement is more dangerous in some ways too.

Trisha- Be careful with this evil weather you are having. Here it is overcast, but nothing else

[mikkimouse]

Free.......Hang in there hun.... It will be ok i will for you ....

Congrats MG !!!!!

Be safe trish!!!! i dont like driving in the icy weather, scarry for me.

Well guy' im off to eat lunch i will BBL