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Jody72

Joined April 2010

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Start Weight

140.0 lb

Lost so far: 1.5 lb

Current Weight

141.5 lb
Performance: losing 2.2 lb a week

Goal Weight

120.0 lb

Still to go: 21.5 lb

I'm restarting my diet after eating to my hearts content after quitting smoking. I gained almost 20 pounds and it seems almost every spring I'm rushing to lose weight so I can fit into smaller clothes.

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The Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred- 30 days

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cals: 115kcal | fat: 0.97g | carbs: 23.01g | prot: 3.78g

Garbanzo and Rice Salad

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Why am I not losing?
Nicotine speeds up your metabolism. What I've read is you take a puff and it sends signals to the brain to release fats and sugar. Smokers need to eat more calories to maintain their weight then nonsmokers. I gained almost 20 pounds when I quit back in January. Don't fret though it doesn't have to happen to you. I was also sitting on my butt playing FB games lol.

A couple things you can try:

1. You could probably stand to cut out about 200-300 more calories a day and watch your carbs.

2. 20 minutes of exercise a day is no longer the standard. Try working up to 30 min to an hour doing a mixture of cardio and strength.

I hope that helps. Congrats on quitting smoking. =)

posted 27 Jun 2011, 14:45

Thyroid Issues Anyone?!?
Hey Josie, Even though the book recommendation wasn't for me, I wanted to say thanks for posting. I haven't studied up that much about hypothyroid, you would think after 9 years I would know more. I was diagnosed with graves first so that is what I focused on, so will be picking up the book if I can find it.

It's funny you mention low pulse. I went in for surgery (unrelated to thyroid) a couple years ago and the nurse that was taking care of me after surgery was really upset at how low my pulse was. I think it was in the 50's. Nothing was done then, but it raised an eyebrow, so I asked my endocrinologist at the time. She said congratulations for having such a healthy heart. At that time I was running and doing yoga trying to lose weight.

I also can't stand to be outside in the winter. The cold actually hurts me.

Because I was stable for so long I asked my family doctor to take over so I didn't have to make another trip to the endocrinologist. I'll see him next month for a check up. I'll talk to him about the dessicated pork thyroid then and also do some of my own research. Thanks again for the tip.

posted 26 Jun 2011, 22:08

Thyroid Issues Anyone?!?
I have no thyroid either. I got graves disease 9 years ago and the only cure was radioactive iodine. I'm now on 137 mcg of levothyroxine and steady for about 5 years now. What I've noticed is that I can not eat the minimum calories (1200) no matter how healthy on a daily basis and still lose weight. I came to the conclusion that when I was all in out tired and eating junk food to get some pep (which didn't work by the way) that I actually lost a lot of muscle. I'm now in process of building back some muscle and am not focusing so much on losing weight any more. Try exercising and I mean really exercising. You CAN do better than 10-30 min a day. I know you're tired but one of the benefits of exercising is gaining energy. The more you exercise the better you feel, the more you want to exercise. It gets to be like an addiction, I have to get a work out in or else I'm cranky.

If you want to eat for energy, try eating most of your veggies raw when possible. I saw that you were on to the Carb situation with your last journal entry that should help as well.

posted 25 Jun 2011, 22:29

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