~*~ Spring 2009 CLA/GLA...& Whatever is Working For You !!~*~

[kycowgirl]

greene, wow what a glowing cla/gla report

Kim, are you getting these ugly storms in your neck of the woods now too? I unplugged my laptop and printer so i dont lose them again . Just had a big crack of thunder and lightning. Its going to hang around the next 2 days. I hope it clears up for the wedding saturday I am photographing !!

I just checked the weather in yellowstone. we will be there for 5 days. Its in the 40-50's days and 30's nights brrrrrr !!! We will have to pack summer and warmer clothes

[kycowgirl]

oh great...my electric went out !!! And its not even storming right now . Thank goodness for my iphone !!!

[bsbarlow]

Greenejoy - Thank you so much for the information. I always thought the darker the better. I remember when I LC'ed in the past I was always happy when I got that deep purple, but back then I did not drink much water. Now I drink about 100 oz per day, so it is no wonder that I am staying between trace and small. I like you want to see the belly gone and my train of thought is that if I keep eating clean and losing fat the scale will have to show it sometime. I like what Trisha said about the whoosh. That makes sense to me.

[kycowgirl]

bsbarlow, here is some info you may find useful since your new . Kinda long, but a good read

[COLOR=red]What is a "whoosh"?[/COLOR]
When one loses a significant amount of scale weight, seemingly overnight. The fat cells fill with water for a period and then your body releases that water ("whoosh") at a point and you see a decrease on the scale. The loss phenomenon typically follows a long period of no losses in scale weight. The loss phenomenon may follow some loss in inches. However, no one can adequately explain why a whoosh phenomenon occurs, but those blessed with one never forget the experience

[COLOR=red]Why The Scale Lies[/COLOR]
We’ve been told over an over again that daily weighing is unnecessary, yet many of us can’t resist peeking at that number every morning. If you just can’t bring yourself to toss the scale in the trash, you should definitely familiarize yourself with the factors that influence it’s readings. From water retention to glycogen storage and changes in lean body mass, daily weight fluctuations are normal. They are not indicators of your success or failure. Once you understand how these mechanisms work, you can free yourself from the daily battle with the bathroom scale.
Water makes up about 60% of total body mass. Normal fluctuations in the body’s water content can send scale-watchers into a tailspin if they don’t understand what’s happening. Two factors influencing water retention are water consumption and salt intake. Strange as it sounds, the less water you drink, the more of it your body retains. If you are even slightly dehydrated your body will hang onto it’s water supplies with a vengeance, possibly causing the number on the scale to inch upward. The solution is to drink plenty of water.
Excess salt (sodium) can also play a big role in water retention. A single teaspoon of salt contains over 2,000 mg of sodium. Generally, we should only eat between 1,000 and 3,000 mg of sodium a day, so it’s easy to go overboard. Sodium is a sneaky substance. You would expect it to be most highly concentrated in salty chips, nuts, and crackers. However, a food doesn’t have to taste salty to be loaded with sodium. A half cup of instant pudding actually contains nearly four times as much sodium as an ounce of salted nuts, 460 mg in the pudding versus 123 mg in the nuts. The more highly processed a food is, the more likely it is to have a high sodium content. That’s why, when it comes to eating, it’s wise to stick mainly to the basics: fruits, vegetables, lean meat, beans, and whole grains. Be sure to read the labels on canned foods, boxed mixes, and frozen dinners.
Women may also retain several pounds of water prior to menstruation. This is very common and the weight will likely disappear as quickly as it arrives. Pre-menstrual water-weight gain can be minimized by drinking plenty of water, maintaining an exercise program, and keeping high-sodium processed foods to a minimum.
Another factor that can influence the scale is glycogen. Think of glycogen as a fuel tank full of stored carbohydrate. Some glycogen is stored in the liver and some is stored the muscles themselves. This energy reserve weighs more than a pound and it’s packaged with 3-4 pounds of water when it’s stored. Your glycogen supply will shrink during the day if you fail to take in enough carbohydrates. As the glycogen supply shrinks you will experience a small imperceptible increase in appetite and your body will restore this fuel reserve along with it’s associated water. It’s normal to experience glycogen and water weight shifts of up to 2 pounds per day even with no changes in your calorie intake or activity level. These fluctuations have nothing to do with fat loss, although they can make for some unnecessarily dramatic weigh-ins if you’re prone to obsessing over the number on the scale.
Otherwise rational people also tend to forget about the actual weight of the food they eat. For this reason, it’s wise to weigh yourself first thing in the morning before you’ve had anything to eat or drink. Swallowing a bunch of food before you step on the scale is no different than putting a bunch of rocks in your pocket. The 5 pounds that you gain right after a huge dinner is not fat. It’s the actual weight of everything you’ve had to eat and drink. The added weight of the meal will be gone several hours later when you’ve finished digesting it.
Exercise physiologists tell us that in order to store one pound of fat, you need to eat 3,500 calories more than your body is able to burn. In other words, to actually store the above dinner as 5 pounds of fat, it would have to contain a whopping 17,500 calories. This is not likely, in fact it’s not humanly possible. So when the scale goes up 3 or 4 pounds overnight, rest easy, it’s likely to be water, glycogen, and the weight of your dinner. Keep in mind that the 3,500 calorie rule works in reverse also. In order to lose one pound of fat you need to burn 3,500 calories more than you take in. Generally, it’s only possible to lose 1-2 pounds of fat per week. When you follow a very low calorie diet that causes your weight to drop 10 pounds in 7 days, it’s physically impossible for all of that to be fat. What you’re really losing is water, glycogen, and muscle.
This brings us to the scale’s sneakiest attribute. It doesn’t just weigh fat. It weighs muscle, bone, water, internal organs and all. When you lose "weight," that doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ve lost fat. In fact, the scale has no way of telling you what you’ve lost (or gained). Losing muscle is nothing to celebrate. Muscle is a metabolically active tissue. The more muscle you have the more calories your body burns, even when you’re just sitting around. That’s one reason why a fit, active person is able to eat considerably more food than the dieter who is unwittingly destroying muscle tissue.
Robin Landis, author of "Body Fueling," compares fat and muscles to feathers and gold. One pound of fat is like a big fluffy, lumpy bunch of feathers, and one pound of muscle is small and valuable like a piece of gold. Obviously, you want to lose the dumpy, bulky feathers and keep the sleek beautiful gold. The problem with the scale is that it doesn’t differentiate between the two. It can’t tell you how much of your total body weight is lean tissue and how much is fat. There are several other measuring techniques that can accomplish this, although they vary in convenience, accuracy, and cost. Skin-fold calipers pinch and measure fat folds at various locations on the body, hydrostatic (or underwater) weighing involves exhaling all of the air from your lungs before being lowered into a tank of water, and bioelectrical impedance measures the degree to which your body fat impedes a mild electrical current.
If the thought of being pinched, dunked, or gently zapped just doesn’t appeal to you, don’t worry. The best measurement tool of all turns out to be your very own eyes. How do you look? How do you feel? How do your clothes fit? Are your rings looser? Do your muscles feel firmer? These are the true measurements of success. If you are exercising and eating right, don’t be discouraged by a small gain on the scale. Fluctuations are perfectly normal. Expect them to happen and take them in stride. It’s a matter of mind over scale.

Hope this helps !!

[kycowgirl]

Kim......

Flooding Possible Tonight Through Thursday Evening,
A Moist Environment Combined With A Stationary Front IN The Ohio Valley And A Series Of Upper Level Disturbances Will Bring Periods Of Thunderstorms With Heavy Rain To The Area. The Potential Exists For Thunderstorms To Move Repeatedly Over The Same Areas And Produce Heavy Rain And Flooding Tonight Through Thursday Evening.
Areas affected include Falmouth, Brooksville, Mount Olivet, Maysville, Vanceburg.........

Our electric came back on but the new router's messed up again

Gotta run to the bank, be back soon.......

[kimlou]

Originally Posted by kycowgirl

Kim......

Flooding Possible Tonight Through Thursday Evening,
A Moist Environment Combined With A Stationary Front IN The Ohio Valley And A Series Of Upper Level Disturbances Will Bring Periods Of Thunderstorms With Heavy Rain To The Area. The Potential Exists For Thunderstorms To Move Repeatedly Over The Same Areas And Produce Heavy Rain And Flooding Tonight Through Thursday Evening.
Areas affected include Falmouth, Brooksville, Mount Olivet, Maysville, Vanceburg.........

Our electric came back on but the new router's messed up again

Gotta run to the bank, be back soon.......

We had a storm around 11 am. After that I could hear it thunfdering in the background. But we had just rain.
My sons electric went out about 1:30 (Montgomery Co) they got it on about 3:45. He got rained out about that time.

You have a PM

[DirtycashDylan]

I know I've read this before but now I can't find it in all these pages. This is my second day of the oils and I think the Borage is working my stomach over. Any quick tips on how/when to take it? thanks.

Maybe me getting really drunk last night has something to do with it as well. (bday)

[kimlou]

Originally Posted by DirtycashDylan

I know I've read this before but now I can't find it in all these pages. This is my second day of the oils and I think the Borage is working my stomach over. Any quick tips on how/when to take it? thanks.

Maybe me getting really drunk last night has something to do with it as well. (bday)

I took mine in the evening before I went to bed.

As far as the getting drunk ..... might be possible. It's been quite a while since I have been drunk.

Psst ..... hope your drinking an LC beer

[metqa]

Originally Posted by kycowgirl

oh great...my electric went out !!! And its not even storming right now . Thank goodness for my iphone !!!

I can't believe you'll be getting near freezing temps!

I was curious today. I weighed myself then took a drink, 4 oz of plain water. My weight jumped half a pound. Hmmm. . . I tested it again this afternoon. 4 oz is just a swig. But if you have one of those scales that's very precise it will show even that swig!

I finally got some more GLA so I've got no excuse now.

[kycowgirl]

Dylan, what Kim said

metqa, the cold weather isnt here, its in Yellowstone Park where we will be for several days after the wedding. i am so not looking forward to more cold weather. It seems every vacation we take it rains or the weather does something stupid to try to ruin it for us !!! I started back on the cla/gla this week too, so no excuses missy !!! Jump back in here !!

Kim, you have a pm

[kycowgirl]

I'm not back on plan yet, and wont be until after we get back on the 26th, but this combo does keep me from re-gaining so I'm takin it

[metqa]

Originally Posted by kycowgirl

Dylan, what Kim said

metqa, the cold weather isnt here, its in Yellowstone Park where we will be for several days after the wedding. i am so not looking forward to more cold weather. It seems every vacation we take it rains or the weather does something stupid to try to ruin it for us !!! I started back on the cla/gla this week too, so no excuses missy !!! Jump back in here !!

Kim, you have a pm

Well, now that's almost worse! At least at home you could batten down and bundle up, but a vacation, you're supposed to be out and about. So Sorry!

I couldn't remember whether borage or Primrose had the best GLA numbers so I just told the shopkeeper I needed GLA and he handed me Primrose. Guess I should have read the first post again before going shopping to be sure!

[kycowgirl]

eeeeeK !! Borage oil has the most and primrose gives headaches

[kycowgirl]

<-----------my cutie pootie granddaughter Hailey. She was 4 yesterday, and still only weights 27 lbs (but very healthy) lol. Shes such a Tiny girl.

[DirtycashDylan]

Originally Posted by kimlou

I took mine in the evening before I went to bed.

As far as the getting drunk ..... might be possible. It's been quite a while since I have been drunk.

Psst ..... hope your drinking an LC beer

Whiskey and Diet Coke I hadn't drank in a month so it didn't take much.

[kimlou]

Originally Posted by kycowgirl

<-----------my cutie pootie granddaughter Hailey. She was 4 yesterday, and still only weights 27 lbs (but very healthy) lol. Shes such a Tiny girl.

What a cutie !!! When we finally do get to have lunch, you'll have to bring her along.

Yo are gonna go when I tell you this.. My step granddaughter 10 months old weighs .........30lbs (her mother weighs 95). She is such a chunk they can't find a walker that she doesn't get stuck in. The mother gets so pi$$ed if you say she is overweight. I see things that need to be stoppped now. It's tough being between a rock and a hard place.

[kycowgirl]

30??? . I'd love to bring her, love showing her off . Shes so funny, and very polite

[bsbarlow]

Originally Posted by kycowgirl

bsbarlow, here is some info you may find useful since your new . Kinda long, but a good read

[COLOR=red]What is a "whoosh"?[/COLOR]
When one loses a significant amount of scale weight, seemingly overnight. The fat cells fill with water for a period and then your body releases that water ("whoosh") at a point and you see a decrease on the scale. The loss phenomenon typically follows a long period of no losses in scale weight. The loss phenomenon may follow some loss in inches. However, no one can adequately explain why a whoosh phenomenon occurs, but those blessed with one never forget the experience

[COLOR=red]Why The Scale Lies[/COLOR]
We’ve been told over an over again that daily weighing is unnecessary, yet many of us can’t resist peeking at that number every morning. If you just can’t bring yourself to toss the scale in the trash, you should definitely familiarize yourself with the factors that influence it’s readings. From water retention to glycogen storage and changes in lean body mass, daily weight fluctuations are normal. They are not indicators of your success or failure. Once you understand how these mechanisms work, you can free yourself from the daily battle with the bathroom scale.
Water makes up about 60% of total body mass. Normal fluctuations in the body’s water content can send scale-watchers into a tailspin if they don’t understand what’s happening. Two factors influencing water retention are water consumption and salt intake. Strange as it sounds, the less water you drink, the more of it your body retains. If you are even slightly dehydrated your body will hang onto it’s water supplies with a vengeance, possibly causing the number on the scale to inch upward. The solution is to drink plenty of water.
Excess salt (sodium) can also play a big role in water retention. A single teaspoon of salt contains over 2,000 mg of sodium. Generally, we should only eat between 1,000 and 3,000 mg of sodium a day, so it’s easy to go overboard. Sodium is a sneaky substance. You would expect it to be most highly concentrated in salty chips, nuts, and crackers. However, a food doesn’t have to taste salty to be loaded with sodium. A half cup of instant pudding actually contains nearly four times as much sodium as an ounce of salted nuts, 460 mg in the pudding versus 123 mg in the nuts. The more highly processed a food is, the more likely it is to have a high sodium content. That’s why, when it comes to eating, it’s wise to stick mainly to the basics: fruits, vegetables, lean meat, beans, and whole grains. Be sure to read the labels on canned foods, boxed mixes, and frozen dinners.
Women may also retain several pounds of water prior to menstruation. This is very common and the weight will likely disappear as quickly as it arrives. Pre-menstrual water-weight gain can be minimized by drinking plenty of water, maintaining an exercise program, and keeping high-sodium processed foods to a minimum.
Another factor that can influence the scale is glycogen. Think of glycogen as a fuel tank full of stored carbohydrate. Some glycogen is stored in the liver and some is stored the muscles themselves. This energy reserve weighs more than a pound and it’s packaged with 3-4 pounds of water when it’s stored. Your glycogen supply will shrink during the day if you fail to take in enough carbohydrates. As the glycogen supply shrinks you will experience a small imperceptible increase in appetite and your body will restore this fuel reserve along with it’s associated water. It’s normal to experience glycogen and water weight shifts of up to 2 pounds per day even with no changes in your calorie intake or activity level. These fluctuations have nothing to do with fat loss, although they can make for some unnecessarily dramatic weigh-ins if you’re prone to obsessing over the number on the scale.
Otherwise rational people also tend to forget about the actual weight of the food they eat. For this reason, it’s wise to weigh yourself first thing in the morning before you’ve had anything to eat or drink. Swallowing a bunch of food before you step on the scale is no different than putting a bunch of rocks in your pocket. The 5 pounds that you gain right after a huge dinner is not fat. It’s the actual weight of everything you’ve had to eat and drink. The added weight of the meal will be gone several hours later when you’ve finished digesting it.
Exercise physiologists tell us that in order to store one pound of fat, you need to eat 3,500 calories more than your body is able to burn. In other words, to actually store the above dinner as 5 pounds of fat, it would have to contain a whopping 17,500 calories. This is not likely, in fact it’s not humanly possible. So when the scale goes up 3 or 4 pounds overnight, rest easy, it’s likely to be water, glycogen, and the weight of your dinner. Keep in mind that the 3,500 calorie rule works in reverse also. In order to lose one pound of fat you need to burn 3,500 calories more than you take in. Generally, it’s only possible to lose 1-2 pounds of fat per week. When you follow a very low calorie diet that causes your weight to drop 10 pounds in 7 days, it’s physically impossible for all of that to be fat. What you’re really losing is water, glycogen, and muscle.
This brings us to the scale’s sneakiest attribute. It doesn’t just weigh fat. It weighs muscle, bone, water, internal organs and all. When you lose "weight," that doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ve lost fat. In fact, the scale has no way of telling you what you’ve lost (or gained). Losing muscle is nothing to celebrate. Muscle is a metabolically active tissue. The more muscle you have the more calories your body burns, even when you’re just sitting around. That’s one reason why a fit, active person is able to eat considerably more food than the dieter who is unwittingly destroying muscle tissue.
Robin Landis, author of "Body Fueling," compares fat and muscles to feathers and gold. One pound of fat is like a big fluffy, lumpy bunch of feathers, and one pound of muscle is small and valuable like a piece of gold. Obviously, you want to lose the dumpy, bulky feathers and keep the sleek beautiful gold. The problem with the scale is that it doesn’t differentiate between the two. It can’t tell you how much of your total body weight is lean tissue and how much is fat. There are several other measuring techniques that can accomplish this, although they vary in convenience, accuracy, and cost. Skin-fold calipers pinch and measure fat folds at various locations on the body, hydrostatic (or underwater) weighing involves exhaling all of the air from your lungs before being lowered into a tank of water, and bioelectrical impedance measures the degree to which your body fat impedes a mild electrical current.
If the thought of being pinched, dunked, or gently zapped just doesn’t appeal to you, don’t worry. The best measurement tool of all turns out to be your very own eyes. How do you look? How do you feel? How do your clothes fit? Are your rings looser? Do your muscles feel firmer? These are the true measurements of success. If you are exercising and eating right, don’t be discouraged by a small gain on the scale. Fluctuations are perfectly normal. Expect them to happen and take them in stride. It’s a matter of mind over scale.

Hope this helps !!

I must say again...I love this thread. Everyone here has so much useful information. I can not promise that I will stay away from the scale but I will not be critical of myself and I will watch my body for subtle changes if the scale begins to stall. Although I probably should pitch the scale all to gather and just weigh at Publix.

[kycowgirl]

Ima scale ho mysef

Dylan, that stuff will rot your brain

[kycowgirl]

Be back later....gotta go watch "I'm a celebrity...get me outta here !!!" and "so you think you can dance" (Taping in 2 rooms lol)

[Justachic]

Trisha ...... What a cute pic! Looks like a catalog picture for kids clothes.

Have they kicked Janice off yet? That woman is TOO much!

[kycowgirl]

Thanks chic, she loves posing for the camera lol

[kycowgirl]

No, Janice is still there. I cannot stand that B**** !!! Tonight she peed right in camp, spit on the dishes she was supposed to be washing, and stole a granola bar and accepted another one from Sanjaya . Oh she makes me sooooo mad !!!! I want her GONE !!!

I would rather have spidey back than her !!!


ok, time to cool down and watch "So, you think you can dance?" that we taped in the bedroom lol

[Justachic]

She is disgusting! I'm watching that part right now. Who does that?

ETA: Why is everyone kissing her butt on the show? I haven't been watching so I don't know if there are some non drama rules or something but I'd have to say, I'm really easy to get along with but there WOULD be a BIG CAT FIGHT if I was sharing a camp with her!

[kycowgirl]

Looks to me like anything goes. I love how Loe Diamond read the note no pee'ing in camp and she acted all innocent *rolls eyes*. She gave herself away when she asked lou who would do something like that lol. Doesnt she know they are filming 24/7??? She's dumber than a rock !!! They will keep her on for the drama value . I told Tom when they got their hot dogs, i knew she would eat with her mouth open and rub it in the guys faces and she did. Shes disgusting . But if the guys won, she would have taken part of it saying how sick she was and needed food. What a fake !!!

[veronicac]

Originally Posted by kycowgirl

Eeeek, not doing anything where I have to get stuck by needles . Thanks Kim, I also googled it

Trish you can also do drops under your tounge(sp)you just have to do it twice a day,I chose the shots cause im forgetfull lol Im down 20.6lbs 22days.

[kycowgirl]

wow veronica, where do you get it?

[metqa]

Trish I have a new excuse. I was gonna start today , but I gotto go change my EPO for some Borage Oil. I'll start tomorrow morning!

Ohh What a cutie in your AVI!

[kycowgirl]

Thanks metqa

ok, thats a good excuse , but I will expect you back tomorrow on the combo

I have a hair apt in 20 minutes, be back later

[metqa]

Yes Ma'am!