WATCH-ME'S Goal Seeking Journal - Page 28

WATCH-ME-SHRINK · 08-14-2008, 08:45 AM

Pam, thanks SO MUCH for sharing this with me!

Go, Pam! I know EXACTLY what you're feeling...been there, girl! Nothing like it. I'm tellin' ya!

Don't worry about the increase on the scales after refeeds. It may be, that like me, once your body adapts to the carbs/refeeds, they'll be used up more efficiently and you may gain little if any on refeed days. There were a few times that I weighed on the morning after refeeds -- major carbs and cals, btw -- and no weight gain at all, followed by increased "lean." How cool is THAT?

Lean is where it's at. That's what you're after. Numbers on a scale are so meaningless.

This strategy, if done correctly, and with hard work on energy expenditure/workouts, can bring about amazing changes in our bodies. Stick with it. Be patient. Don't get hung up on the scales. That should be your source of least validation right now, K?

Do keep me posted. It makes me happy and fires me up just to hear of your success!

hummingbird11 · 08-14-2008, 10:57 AM

well then, let's keep that "happy fired up feeling" going strong because...

THE WHOOSH FAIRY VISITED ME LAST NIGHT !!!!!

MY WISH YESTERDAY CAME TRUE

(I'M IN SHOCK)

I WEIGHED 3 TIMES THIS AM

AND EACH TIME SAID

159 LBS !!!!!

WATCH-ME-SHRINK · 08-14-2008, 11:20 AM

I VISITED YOU........!

THIS IS ONE GREAT DAY!

fitmama · 08-14-2008, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PamF

Twyla:

Just wanted to update you on my TKD/CKD experience so far. First of all, let me tell you how amazed I am about how I feel. I have more energy not only during workouts, but also throughout the day. I was up 4 pounds right after my refeed (which was on Saturday), but today (Thursday), I am down 5 pounds. My energy level at my Monday and Wednesday spinning class was through the roof, and I sweated more than I ever have. And, probably even better than the energy levels, is the fact that I am hardly ever hungry. I used to be constantly hungry all the time, grazing in between meals, and never full after meals. This week, I eat at mealtimes, but I don't get hungry in between, and I AM LOVING IT.

I am planning a refeed again this Saturday, so I hope this one week wasn't a fluke, and the positives will continue each week. The only thing I am worried about is if I put on 4 pounds after each refeed, and then just take it back off during the week without losing any more, then I am just spinning my wheels. Time will tell, I guess.

I do not have my own journal. I usually just lurk around low carb friends, hardly ever posting. However, I have been so excited about this refeed stuff that I wanted to share it with you.

I'll keep ya posted.

Pam

What is the TKD/CKD experience? How do you do this?

fitmama · 08-14-2008, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WATCH-ME-SHRINK

Mari,

I began with 10 Years Younger in 10 Hours, but you can either start with that one, or with Callanetics Evolution, as they're very similar, and a lot of people really like the newer Callanetics Evolution, more up to date. (I've done both, and they're both very effective starters.)

Callanetics is deceptively challenging, but it's worth the effort. This type of training will give you increased strength with incredible flexibility and improved posture. So many things I've read lately suggest that it's a good idea to include flexibility training (yoga or Pilates) along with your strength training, and Callanetics will DO THE JOB. In fact, of the people I know who have done both Pilates and Callanetics, they say that Callanetics is more challenging than Pilates. It's one of those workouts that challenges you to fatigue, yet relaxes you when you're finished, all at the same time.

You can order from Amazon. If you decide to start Callanetics, I would do it at least 3 x a week for best results. It takes about 50-60 mins to get through those that I've recommended to you.

Let me know if you have other Q's in this regard.

Thank you...I actually saw it on the Target websit for less $$$. I am going to buy it at the store and begin next week.

WATCH-ME-SHRINK · 08-14-2008, 11:56 AM

Mari,

TKD/CKD acronyms for

Targeted Ketogenic Diet

or

Cyclical Ketogenic Diet.

Here's the link that tells how it's done.

Fat loss with ketogenic: cyclical & targeted ketogenic w/weight training

WATCH-ME-SHRINK · 08-14-2008, 08:18 PM

THUR AUG 14

Finished out the day as intended, planning on higher cals. I should have paid stricter attention to fat perhaps, since my carbs were over 100, but it's not too over the top.

It was very tempting resisting the garlic/cheese biscuits that I made for dinner for the boys tonight. They love them, and they are soooo delish. It's torture being near them and not getting to eat one. My middle son wanted my homemade potato soup with garlic/cheese biscuits. I prepared their meal, and I ate a spinach salad topped with ground turkey/peppers/onions and salsa.

I got in an hour nap after cooking dinner tonight. I needed the nap, but I'm always groggy when I first wake from a nap (unless it's a power nap), and when I woke, it was now-or-never time to run, getting late. So as a result, I didn't have the stamina for my run tonight until my second interval kicked in. But I ran more minutes tonight, so it worked out I guess. Didn't eat any pre-run carb snack before the run either, so that may have been a factor.

Compliments today validated my success of late. It's always nice when people notice. Fuels more motivation.

TODAY'S TOTALS:

CALS 2043

PROT.....197 GR.....39%
CABRS...113 GR.....19%
FIBER......33 GR
FAT.........90 GR......40%
ALCOHOL 10 GR.......3%

WORKOUTS:

20 mins Ab Jam
5 mins weighted glute bridges
25 mins HHA Fat Blasting Cardio w/ weights

200 crunches
35 mins cardio (C25K running intervals)

WATCH-ME-SHRINK · 08-15-2008, 03:47 AM

A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg

fugacious
PRONUNCIATION:
(fyoo-GAY-shuhs)

MEANING:
Lasting a very short time.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin fugere (to flee) which also gave us other words such as fugitive, centrifugal, refuge, and subterfuge.

Used in context:

"The window each month for seeing a drop in her scale weight is indeed fugacious."

(sigh)

hummingbird11 · 08-15-2008, 12:08 PM

GREAT JOB!!!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by WATCH-ME-SHRINK

It was very tempting resisting the garlic/cheese biscuits that I made for dinner for the boys tonight. They love them, and they are soooo delish. It's torture being near them and not getting to eat one. My middle son wanted my homemade potato soup with garlic/cheese biscuits. I prepared their meal, and I ate a spinach salad topped with ground turkey/peppers/onions and salsa.

lisabinil · 08-15-2008, 02:58 PM

You are too much skinny gal!

Quote:

Originally Posted by WATCH-ME-SHRINK

A.Word.A.Day
with Anu Garg

fugacious
PRONUNCIATION:
(fyoo-GAY-shuhs)

MEANING:
Lasting a very short time.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin fugere (to flee) which also gave us other words such as fugitive, centrifugal, refuge, and subterfuge.

Used in context:

"The window each month for seeing a drop in her scale weight is indeed fugacious."

(sigh)

hummingbird11 · 08-17-2008, 10:31 PM

HAPPY MONDAY !!!!! HERE'S TO A GRRREAT WEEK !!!!!

WATCH-ME-SHRINK · 08-18-2008, 07:19 AM

UPDATING WORKOUTS FOR THE WEEKEND BEFORE I FORGET:

FRIDAY

1 Hour Super Callanetics a.m.
3 sets backward lunges
25 mins cardio elliptical p.m.

SATURDAY a.m.

20 mins LB weights
30 mins UB weights
10 mins abs
20 mins HIIT elliptical

SATURDAY p.m.

42 mins cardio (C25K intervals)

SUNDAY

200 crunches

Terrible mood. No cave to hide in. Kept the mute button pushed all day.

Hoping for a better week.

Lisa & HB.

DaisyGG · 08-18-2008, 07:25 AM

I hope you feel better as the day goes on Twyla. I've been in a mood myself (perimenopause or maybe I'm actually menopausal! blech) and I was cranky to my sweet DBF last night. I felt like a real turd.

You are always so upbeat you can be cranky on occasion yes? Hang in there girl. I'm always pulling for you.

hummingbird11 · 08-18-2008, 09:53 AM

even when you're a grumpy-saurus

hummingbird11 · 08-19-2008, 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WATCH-ME-SHRINK

Don't look far into the future, and don't look behind.

We can't do a thing about either one.

But we can make the best of today.

One day, one step at a time.

Amen, sister!

LinCO · 08-19-2008, 08:47 AM

Twyla, I was googling Callanetics and your thread popped up first. Now I've been reading all this information you've posted, and I'm really glad to learn about FitDay! I have done weight training on and off forever-used to teach aerobics, too-and I always knew I was short on protein. Well, sheesh! 16% protein?!? I've been tracking thru Weight Watchers for years and one problem I have with them is you can eat only donuts if you stay in your points level. I've been reading Oxygen magazine lately and I'm motivated to change my WOE. I'm currently at 23% bodyfat.

So thanks a million and here's a question: aren't you running a huge calorie deficit according to FitDay? I was reading in Oxygen, according to a nutritionist, gymnasts who ran a 500 calorie deficit lost less weight than gymnasts who ran a 300 calorie deficit. (That's the other thing about FitDay, I was running 900+ calorie deficits!! Hmm, and not losing fat. Starvation effect.)

Here's another question: are you measuring your bodyfat loss? I didn't read your whole journal, but it seems like since you started the keratogenic WOE or whatever I'm trying to say, you've quickly lost several sizes. Is this WOE giving you far better results than others?

I wanted to share this with you and the other reader who were suffering with PMS: my mom told me that, in the old days, Native American women would go to a Moon Lodge (a separate house) during their periods. They cycled together, as women do when they're living together. So they all took a break together during that time. I took that to heart and moved into a house where I could have my *own* room-decorated all girly-and during that time, I moved in there. It was incredible how helpful this was to me. I still do this with my husband, have my privacy. Although with 3 kids, it's limited privacy!

WATCH-ME-SHRINK · 08-19-2008, 10:23 AM

Linco, glad you stopped in to my journal. Nice to meet you.

As for the deficit Q, I wish I could answer that honestly. When you factor in all of my workouts/activities, the logical answer would be yes. I have thought the same thing for a couple of weeks, and I'm somewhat stalled with progress right now. And I have to wonder if it is a calorie deficit thing, body just adjusting to more carbs, pushing myself too hard, or all of the above.

It hit me over the weekend, all of it, and I just decided it was best to UNPLUG for a while until I could mentally regroup and reflect on how I should proceed. If nothing else, the "time away" has served to galvanize my perspective and focus. Still reflecting...!

As for the ketogenic thing, yes, it helped me tremendously in terms of increasing lean body mass. The scale does not show the true success that I experienced during those weeks, as much as the body fat calipers and the way my clothes were fitting better. I was planning on measuring my BF again this past Saturday morning, and it totally slipped my mind. Saturday mornings are the only time I can work it out, and I totally forgot. It didn't dawn on me until I had already carbed up for the morning and had put in about an hour of weights, and that is NOT when you want to measure.

Last time I measured was about 3 weeks ago or so. I've continued to lose body fat over the course of the past several weeks, and that's kept me going.

I think increasing my calories to maintenance level before beginning TKD helped my metabolism tremendously, and I'm trying to decide if that may be in order again. Not sure. I have increased my workouts substantially in the last 4-6 weeks, and I need to either cut back on workouts or increase or modify my nutritional needs. Just needed to push away from it all this weekend and not think about it.

As for PMS, interesting observation. That time of the month is such a sabotage for me. So defeating/annoying!

I encourage you to keep Fitday as regularly as you can. It can be one of the most useful tools in trying to pinpoint the changes necessary to achieve our fitness goals.

DaisyGG,

I know we all get the grumpies occasionally, so true! I'm the type that when I do, I want to be left the heck alone!

Solitude. Unplug. Introspection. All of the above.

HB, one day at a time. Check.

LoraJR72 · 08-19-2008, 10:36 AM

Hi, Twyla

Reading your journal from the beginning and very curious about "carb rotation". I'm wondering if this could work for me.

KUTGW!

Lora

WATCH-ME-SHRINK · 08-19-2008, 10:51 AM

Lora,

What plan have you been doing lately?

LinCO · 08-19-2008, 10:58 AM

Thanks for the answer, Twyla! You are really helping us with your thoroughness and your dedication to detailing everything you're doing.

Another nutritionist in Oxygen said the #1 thing her clients were doing wrong is eating too little.

Thanks again and bless you for all your efforts in educating others.

Laurie

WATCH-ME-SHRINK · 08-19-2008, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LinCO

Thanks for the answer, Twyla! You are really helping us with your thoroughness and your dedication to detailing everything you're doing.

Another nutritionist in Oxygen said the #1 thing her clients were doing wrong is eating too little.
Thanks again and bless you for all your efforts in educating others.

Laurie

Laurie!

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

Big eye opener for me. Maybe I should be thanking YOU!

(By the way, don't you just LOVE Oxygen Magazine! Great read.)

LinCO · 08-19-2008, 11:33 AM

Hee hee-"No, no, thank you!" "No, thank YOU!"

Yes, I do really like Oxygen. I've been doing the circuits in one of their issues, on the weekends when I'm not so sore from Pilates. However, I have a large frame and I DO get too big when I lift a lot. So a lot of what Oxygen is talking about, I'm not doing. I'm loving Pilates and it reminded me of the hard work in Callanetics.

One thing I am LOVING about Pilates is my quads are firm but not knobby like they'd be if I was weight training.

Y'know, I bought Tosca Reno's books (Eat Clean) and she is not against whole grains. The WOE you've been writing about is like getting ready for a competition. Not that there's anything wrong with that! You've been getting great results. When I lifted a lot, for years I wouldn't step on the scale, I'd just measure my butt. Hmm, I am trying to think and talk to a 5 year old.

:-)

hummingbird11 · 08-19-2008, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WATCH-ME-SHRINK

I'm somewhat stalled with progress right now. And I have to wonder if it is a calorie deficit thing, body just adjusting to more carbs, pushing myself too hard, or all of the above.

It hit me over the weekend, all of it, and I just decided it was best to UNPLUG for a while until I could mentally regroup and reflect on how I should proceed. If nothing else, the "time away" has served to galvanize my perspective and focus. Still reflecting...!

Stalled with progress? How to proceed?

What is your Goal? Aren't you already there?

Your stats say:
166 (12+) /Size 6/Fit & LEANER...140-145 (5'7)

Well, you're now a size 4-6; you're definitely LEANER; and I'd bet you weigh btwn 140-145.

Are you "pushing yourself too hard" because you think you might be dissatisfied with "maintenance mode"?

Does there really need to be a "next step". Any reason why you can't stay the successful course you're on?

As for PMS, maybe a healthy attitude adjustment is in order?

Instead of: "that time of the month is such a sabotage for me; so defeating/annoying!"

How about: "it's natural for me to feel moody/hungry at that time of the month so I'm NOT going to beat myself up over it!"

"I'm a woman; I was born with raging hormones; I have lovely children due to my magnificent yet emotionally complicated genetic make-up; and with my intense exercise regimen, a PMS binge is not the end of the world. Far from it. Thank gawd I'm not a woman living in Iraq or Soviet Georgia or Somalia or Darfur or anywhere else on the planet except the majorly screwed-up and corrupt good 'ol US of A where I'm free to be the woman I want to be!"

Just a little perspective and some food for thought as you continue to reflect on WHAT YOU REALLY WANT ...
I don't know about you, but as I age, I find true inner peace comes from accepting things I cannot change.

The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.

XO,
HB

08-14-2008, 08:45 AM	#811
WATCH-ME-SHRINK Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,328 Gallery: WATCH-ME-SHRINK Stats: 166 (12+) /Size 4-6/Fit & LEAN 140-145 (5'7) WOE: Atkins to BFFM to LC/TKD	Pam, thanks SO MUCH for sharing this with me! Go, Pam! I know EXACTLY what you're feeling...been there, girl! Nothing like it. I'm tellin' ya! Don't worry about the increase on the scales after refeeds. It may be, that like me, once your body adapts to the carbs/refeeds, they'll be used up more efficiently and you may gain little if any on refeed days. There were a few times that I weighed on the morning after refeeds -- major carbs and cals, btw -- and no weight gain at all, followed by increased "lean." How cool is THAT? Lean is where it's at. That's what you're after. Numbers on a scale are so meaningless. This strategy, if done correctly, and with hard work on energy expenditure/workouts, can bring about amazing changes in our bodies. Stick with it. Be patient. Don't get hung up on the scales. That should be your source of least validation right now, K? Do keep me posted. It makes me happy and fires me up just to hear of your success! __________________ *Twyla* God BLESS America....."Here in America, in God We Still Trust." *"Research, absorb what is useful, reject what is useless and add what is specifically your own." Bruce Lee* 351 HOURS OF SUPER CALLANETICS .....THE MAGIC! The flag of the United States is a living symbol that calls to our spirit, reminding us of the greatness of America. We cherish and uphold it because it is the standard of honor under which we live.

08-18-2008, 09:53 AM	#824
hummingbird11 Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texan w/ Hawaiian Soul living in California Posts: 4,982 Gallery: hummingbird11 Stats: 175/155/145 ~ 5'8" ~ 45 yo WOE: Organic Controlled Carb; Exercise; Water; No Sugar Start Date: 3/24/08 & Every Day!	Love ya, T even when you're a grumpy-saurus

08-14-2008, 10:57 AM	#812
hummingbird11 Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texan w/ Hawaiian Soul living in California Posts: 4,982 Gallery: hummingbird11 Stats: 175/155/145 ~ 5'8" ~ 45 yo WOE: Organic Controlled Carb; Exercise; Water; No Sugar Start Date: 3/24/08 & Every Day!	well then, let's keep that "happy fired up feeling" going strong because... THE WHOOSH FAIRY VISITED ME LAST NIGHT !!!!! MY WISH YESTERDAY CAME TRUE (I'M IN SHOCK) I WEIGHED 3 TIMES THIS AM AND EACH TIME SAID 159 LBS !!!!!

08-14-2008, 11:20 AM	#813
WATCH-ME-SHRINK Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,328 Gallery: WATCH-ME-SHRINK Stats: 166 (12+) /Size 4-6/Fit & LEAN 140-145 (5'7) WOE: Atkins to BFFM to LC/TKD	I VISITED YOU........! THIS IS ONE GREAT DAY!

08-14-2008, 11:56 AM	#816
WATCH-ME-SHRINK Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,328 Gallery: WATCH-ME-SHRINK Stats: 166 (12+) /Size 4-6/Fit & LEAN 140-145 (5'7) WOE: Atkins to BFFM to LC/TKD	Mari, TKD/CKD acronyms for Targeted Ketogenic Diet or Cyclical Ketogenic Diet. Here's the link that tells how it's done. Fat loss with ketogenic: cyclical & targeted ketogenic w/weight training

08-14-2008, 08:18 PM	#817
WATCH-ME-SHRINK Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,328 Gallery: WATCH-ME-SHRINK Stats: 166 (12+) /Size 4-6/Fit & LEAN 140-145 (5'7) WOE: Atkins to BFFM to LC/TKD	THUR AUG 14 Finished out the day as intended, planning on higher cals. I should have paid stricter attention to fat perhaps, since my carbs were over 100, but it's not too over the top. It was very tempting resisting the garlic/cheese biscuits that I made for dinner for the boys tonight. They love them, and they are soooo delish. It's torture being near them and not getting to eat one. My middle son wanted my homemade potato soup with garlic/cheese biscuits. I prepared their meal, and I ate a spinach salad topped with ground turkey/peppers/onions and salsa. I got in an hour nap after cooking dinner tonight. I needed the nap, but I'm always groggy when I first wake from a nap (unless it's a power nap), and when I woke, it was now-or-never time to run, getting late. So as a result, I didn't have the stamina for my run tonight until my second interval kicked in. But I ran more minutes tonight, so it worked out I guess. Didn't eat any pre-run carb snack before the run either, so that may have been a factor. Compliments today validated my success of late. It's always nice when people notice. Fuels more motivation. TODAY'S TOTALS: CALS 2043 PROT.....197 GR.....39% CABRS...113 GR.....19% FIBER......33 GR FAT.........90 GR......40% ALCOHOL 10 GR.......3% WORKOUTS: 20 mins Ab Jam 5 mins weighted glute bridges 25 mins HHA Fat Blasting Cardio w/ weights 200 crunches 35 mins cardio (C25K running intervals)

08-15-2008, 03:47 AM	#818
WATCH-ME-SHRINK Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,328 Gallery: WATCH-ME-SHRINK Stats: 166 (12+) /Size 4-6/Fit & LEAN 140-145 (5'7) WOE: Atkins to BFFM to LC/TKD	A.Word.A.Day with Anu Garg fugacious PRONUNCIATION: (fyoo-GAY-shuhs) MEANING: Lasting a very short time. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin fugere (to flee) which also gave us other words such as fugitive, centrifugal, refuge, and subterfuge. Used in context: "The window each month for seeing a drop in her scale weight is indeed fugacious." (sigh)

08-17-2008, 10:31 PM	#821
hummingbird11 Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texan w/ Hawaiian Soul living in California Posts: 4,982 Gallery: hummingbird11 Stats: 175/155/145 ~ 5'8" ~ 45 yo WOE: Organic Controlled Carb; Exercise; Water; No Sugar Start Date: 3/24/08 & Every Day!	HAPPY MONDAY !!!!! HERE'S TO A GRRREAT WEEK !!!!!

08-18-2008, 07:19 AM	#822
WATCH-ME-SHRINK Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,328 Gallery: WATCH-ME-SHRINK Stats: 166 (12+) /Size 4-6/Fit & LEAN 140-145 (5'7) WOE: Atkins to BFFM to LC/TKD	UPDATING WORKOUTS FOR THE WEEKEND BEFORE I FORGET: FRIDAY 1 Hour Super Callanetics a.m. 3 sets backward lunges 25 mins cardio elliptical p.m. SATURDAY a.m. 20 mins LB weights 30 mins UB weights 10 mins abs 20 mins HIIT elliptical SATURDAY p.m. 42 mins cardio (C25K intervals) SUNDAY 200 crunches Terrible mood. No cave to hide in. Kept the mute button pushed all day. Hoping for a better week. Lisa & HB.

08-18-2008, 07:25 AM	#823
DaisyGG Senior LCF Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 813 Gallery: DaisyGG Stats: 196/189/158 5'8" ~ 220 in 1997 WOE: 30-50 carbs per ~ whole foods Start Date: 10.14.08 ~ This is the last start date	I hope you feel better as the day goes on Twyla. I've been in a mood myself (perimenopause or maybe I'm actually menopausal! blech) and I was cranky to my sweet DBF last night. I felt like a real turd. You are always so upbeat you can be cranky on occasion yes? Hang in there girl. I'm always pulling for you.

08-19-2008, 08:47 AM	#826
LinCO Junior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4 Gallery: LinCO	Twyla, I was googling Callanetics and your thread popped up first. Now I've been reading all this information you've posted, and I'm really glad to learn about FitDay! I have done weight training on and off forever-used to teach aerobics, too-and I always knew I was short on protein. Well, sheesh! 16% protein?!? I've been tracking thru Weight Watchers for years and one problem I have with them is you can eat only donuts if you stay in your points level. I've been reading Oxygen magazine lately and I'm motivated to change my WOE. I'm currently at 23% bodyfat. So thanks a million and here's a question: aren't you running a huge calorie deficit according to FitDay? I was reading in Oxygen, according to a nutritionist, gymnasts who ran a 500 calorie deficit lost less weight than gymnasts who ran a 300 calorie deficit. (That's the other thing about FitDay, I was running 900+ calorie deficits!! Hmm, and not losing fat. Starvation effect.) Here's another question: are you measuring your bodyfat loss? I didn't read your whole journal, but it seems like since you started the keratogenic WOE or whatever I'm trying to say, you've quickly lost several sizes. Is this WOE giving you far better results than others? I wanted to share this with you and the other reader who were suffering with PMS: my mom told me that, in the old days, Native American women would go to a Moon Lodge (a separate house) during their periods. They cycled together, as women do when they're living together. So they all took a break together during that time. I took that to heart and moved into a house where I could have my own room-decorated all girly-and during that time, I moved in there. It was incredible how helpful this was to me. I still do this with my husband, have my privacy. Although with 3 kids, it's limited privacy!

08-19-2008, 10:23 AM	#827
WATCH-ME-SHRINK Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,328 Gallery: WATCH-ME-SHRINK Stats: 166 (12+) /Size 4-6/Fit & LEAN 140-145 (5'7) WOE: Atkins to BFFM to LC/TKD	Linco, glad you stopped in to my journal. Nice to meet you. As for the deficit Q, I wish I could answer that honestly. When you factor in all of my workouts/activities, the logical answer would be yes. I have thought the same thing for a couple of weeks, and I'm somewhat stalled with progress right now. And I have to wonder if it is a calorie deficit thing, body just adjusting to more carbs, pushing myself too hard, or all of the above. It hit me over the weekend, all of it, and I just decided it was best to UNPLUG for a while until I could mentally regroup and reflect on how I should proceed. If nothing else, the "time away" has served to galvanize my perspective and focus. Still reflecting...! As for the ketogenic thing, yes, it helped me tremendously in terms of increasing lean body mass. The scale does not show the true success that I experienced during those weeks, as much as the body fat calipers and the way my clothes were fitting better. I was planning on measuring my BF again this past Saturday morning, and it totally slipped my mind. Saturday mornings are the only time I can work it out, and I totally forgot. It didn't dawn on me until I had already carbed up for the morning and had put in about an hour of weights, and that is NOT when you want to measure. Last time I measured was about 3 weeks ago or so. I've continued to lose body fat over the course of the past several weeks, and that's kept me going. I think increasing my calories to maintenance level before beginning TKD helped my metabolism tremendously, and I'm trying to decide if that may be in order again. Not sure. I have increased my workouts substantially in the last 4-6 weeks, and I need to either cut back on workouts or increase or modify my nutritional needs. Just needed to push away from it all this weekend and not think about it. As for PMS, interesting observation. That time of the month is such a sabotage for me. So defeating/annoying! I encourage you to keep Fitday as regularly as you can. It can be one of the most useful tools in trying to pinpoint the changes necessary to achieve our fitness goals. DaisyGG, I know we all get the grumpies occasionally, so true! I'm the type that when I do, I want to be left the heck alone! Solitude. Unplug. Introspection. All of the above. HB, one day at a time. Check.

08-19-2008, 10:36 AM	#828
LoraJR72 Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Over the river and through the woods... Posts: 4,612 Blog Entries: 1 Gallery: LoraJR72 Stats: 186/132/127 - 5'6" WOE: Egg/Protein Fast Rotation Start Date: October 20, 2008	Hi, Twyla Reading your journal from the beginning and very curious about "carb rotation". I'm wondering if this could work for me. KUTGW! Lora

08-19-2008, 10:51 AM	#829
WATCH-ME-SHRINK Blabbermouth!!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,328 Gallery: WATCH-ME-SHRINK Stats: 166 (12+) /Size 4-6/Fit & LEAN 140-145 (5'7) WOE: Atkins to BFFM to LC/TKD	Lora, What plan have you been doing lately?

08-19-2008, 10:58 AM	#830
LinCO Junior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4 Gallery: LinCO	Thanks for the answer, Twyla! You are really helping us with your thoroughness and your dedication to detailing everything you're doing. Another nutritionist in Oxygen said the #1 thing her clients were doing wrong is eating too little. Thanks again and bless you for all your efforts in educating others. Laurie

08-19-2008, 11:33 AM	#832
LinCO Junior LCF Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 4 Gallery: LinCO	Hee hee-"No, no, thank you!" "No, thank YOU!" Yes, I do really like Oxygen. I've been doing the circuits in one of their issues, on the weekends when I'm not so sore from Pilates. However, I have a large frame and I DO get too big when I lift a lot. So a lot of what Oxygen is talking about, I'm not doing. I'm loving Pilates and it reminded me of the hard work in Callanetics. One thing I am LOVING about Pilates is my quads are firm but not knobby like they'd be if I was weight training. Y'know, I bought Tosca Reno's books (Eat Clean) and she is not against whole grains. The WOE you've been writing about is like getting ready for a competition. Not that there's anything wrong with that! You've been getting great results. When I lifted a lot, for years I wouldn't step on the scale, I'd just measure my butt. Hmm, I am trying to think and talk to a 5 year old. :-)