Hey, Sue.

80 lbs in 3-4 months?? OMG... Didn't that scare you?? That's awfully fast. A healthy loss is no more than about 1-2 lbs a week.

Carbs are not an issue for me. I eat whatever carbs I feel the need to, but I mostly need whole grains and lean protein to stabilize my blood sugar, which is getting low again after being normal for about 4-5 years. It's extremely important for me to: 1) eat small meals about 5-6 times a day, with plenty of lean protein; 2) drink a lot of water; 3) never skip a meal for any reason; 4) get proper sleep; 5) fill up on vegs; and 6) move around as much as possible, although at this point, with nasty plantar fasciitis in my right foot, walking is out. I want to get a bike or start swimming.


Stay well!

LIZARD

Hi Lizard,
I find it interesting how you can eat grain and proteins that's 2 things I have to cut back on because to much grain makes me gain weight and alzheimers runs in my family genes so I have been told to cut back on the proteins. Proteins also cause me to have sz.
To be honest it made me feel really good when I lost all the weight because I was overweight at the time and since I've lost the weight the most I've ever weighed is between 127 and 132 lbs.
Just like you mentioned I've learned to eat small meals and I've found it a big help to eat slowly because that way I fill up faster. Here's wishing you well and May God Bless You!

Sue

I must have the protein in order to stabilize my blood sugar. The high intake of sugar makes my glucose crash and can result in szs. The cool thing is that, now I know how to work my food portions and lose while I get my sugar under control. It's so cool!


LIZARD

Hi Lizard,
I'm glad that you are able to keep your surgar under control. I'm watching the starch foods and carbs. I take in because diabetes type 2 runs in my family and I don't want to end up with it. I ask myself if the reason why diabetes started with my father is because he was way overweight and he drank a lot of alcohol over the yrs. which I have heard can lead to diabetes.
Here's wishing you well and May God Bless You!

Sue

Have you ever been dx'ed with hypoglycemia? I had symptoms all my life and nearly passed out waiting for lunch my senior year of high school. I was in govt class when my teacher asked what was wrong. When I told her I was getting sick because I had to eat, she asked if my blood sugar was low. All I knew was that, for years, I had known that if I ate, particularly protein, I felt better. Hearing that, she urged me to get tested. Sure's *****, yep, really low--upper 40s!

From there, all I knew was that I had a reason for feeling like crap and thought I knew what to do...'til I started gaining weight quickly, and my pregs did me in. After my son was born, I had horrific crashes and soon discovered that nursing him wasn't helping, so I made the tough decision to stop. He was 2 mo.

I kept piling on weight after that, and I sought the advice of an endocrinologist who put me on a ridiculous 900-calorie diet of 2/3 carbs! I nearly died!!!!! From there, I simply gave up and ate what I damn well pleased, accepting that I'd probably die by 50 yo. (I'm 40 in two more months.)

Then I went to visit my mom last summer. A few months before, we had talked about all of this, and I told her that my dream "diet" would be one that taught me how to properly portion my food without a lot of hassle (i.e. constant measuring), cut the fat, increase the lean protein and fiber, and help me know what I was eating. She asked me to go to a WW meeting with her, and for breakfast before we left, her hubby (they married when I was 28, so he's not my "stepfather"--y'know??) made me my typical breakfast sandwich WW-style. 6 measley points, and God...it was so good!!!!!!!! I was then off an runnin' learning how to substitute in lower-calorie, higher-fiber, lower-fat ways to get my "fix" and not deprive myself. That was August 18 of last year, and nearly 80 lbs are GONE FOREVER. I have learned how to disperse my points through the day, eating about 5-6 times a day, and I'm losing while I eat what I want, too!! It's so cool!!

If you're serious about it, go to www.weightwatchers.com. There are message boards there, too, so you can get hands-on support and tips.

Good luck!!!!!!!!!!!


LIZARD

Thanks for the PF advice. I've been researching it over the past few weeks after I had to quit walking because my foot made me pay dearly. My biggest problem has been remembering to do the stretching. At least I finally have semi-decent shoes, which is helping a lot. I have also found that rubbing that new topical pain reliever, ActivOn, on it, really helps.

Do you do the stretching forever?? Does it ever actually heal completely? I really thought losing nearly 80 lbs would make it better, but it seems even worse than before I started WW. I'm wondering if I actually injured it. Maybe it's time to see the podiatrist??

Thanks so much for all your input!

LIZARD

Hypo crashes and some SPs can actually be very similar, so you're right to explore that possibility. Good luck, and please let me know.


LIZARD

is it the seizure or causing the seizure, one of those which came first the chicken or the egg things...

as for the PF it can be sciatica related, my pf got better but turned into IT band problems (same leg), the IT band runs from the outside of the knee to the hip. Stretching is always good.

Good shoes are important. Get new shoes often (I've been told every 3 months), before they wear out on the bottoms.

I've read that taking tegretol can cause/ aggrivate tendon and ligament injuries, so who knows. If it's not one tendon it's another.

3 months, huh?? Well, at least I have a good excuse to give my hubby for buying shoes. Interesting about Teg, too...I was on it for almost 3 years, and I blew up like a balloon from it! My blood sugar went berserk, and I gained 50 lbs in about 2 years. I'd only been off of it about 2 years when I got preg with my daughter and had really bad sciatic pain. I also have a funky walk from scoliosis and a limp from a shunt infection (see siggy). My right leg is the longer one and took most of the weight, so it doesn't shock me that it has the PF. I just have to make it better!! UGH....


Thanks!

LIZARD