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I'm In it to Win it.
Easier said then done. Years ago, I was a Atkins nut! long before wl surgery I lost 60lbs. on a low carb diet. I am now doing low carbs in moderation, but now I mostly want to do, high protein diet of course with salads, & veggies w/ fruit moderation. I love watermelon. I retried the low carbs, but couldn't get in to it like before? Perhaps we can help each other? Just let me know and keep me posted. I want to lose 51lbs. which would have me at 199, if I go over 199, then I have to jump on that band wagon to get back and stay there. I came from the heavy weights club, HW 354lbs.
LW after losing 130lbs. was 222. Now back at 250lbs. ;-( I know I will never be skinny Mini, & I am okay with that, but I want to be in onederland at 199lbs. I will take it. Now if more comes off, I will take that too, but for now this is my ultimate goal. My original goal from the doc was 190lbs. Of course back then I wanted more like 175 or 160? can't remember now. But perhaps, speaking in positive terms, when I make it to 199, I can then go for the 189lbs. lol. Just a thought. You are where I want to stop. What was your HW? chat soon jbug

Hello everyone!
Well 21DAY FIX was a lot of food for me. I couldn't catch up. Plus I gained a couple of pounds. UGH!

I returned the whole program last week.
I will stick to my T25. I like that fast pace exercise plan better.

I'm on a low carb diet today.

Well done! :)

I love to cook. Even just for me. Cooking relaxes me. I cook for me and BF during the weekends. then I have a bunch of "leftovers" for my dinners and lunches.  

I learn to cook larger amounts, then put in 1-2 servings containers and freeze it.  A one day of a weekend of cooking gives me 3-4 dishes, (multiple servings).    Packed and labeled, frozen. For longer term saved freezing I vacuum packs. 

Plus I buy semi ready to eat foods: sirloin burgers from Costco, individually frozen fish portioned, Hormel style meats only. When I want dinner- I get veggies (seam - fresh or frozen) and add some meat or fish, and my dinner is good in 15 min... or less... 

as for vitamins and minerals - I take a bunch.  I take multi, plus I take Vit D, B12, B1, B2, K, K2, some A, plus some herbs.  I take calcium and magnesium. and extra C. 

I used to take B -complex instead of the individual B's - but my B6 went off the charts (really really high) and it took me 2 years to bring it down (it is still bit too high)

I need B12 weekly shots. i don't tolerate oral iron (yes-I tried them all with very little effect on my blood iron but with severe pain if I take any) so now - I get iron infusions if I need extra. I had iron infusions last year and this year it is holding nicely.

 This year i was not very good with taking calcium (it constipate me terribly) and my blood work showed that. My calcium was good, but my PTH went up. Itsi still in "normal" range... but for someone who is over 50.. keeping PTH as low as possible is really good idea. 

PTH - is hormone that the body release to get calcium from the bones...  If doc testing blood calcium without testing PTH - it is really not telling you how well you supplement the calcium. The body will maintain steady calcium in the blood - and not taking or absorbing calcium - and magnesium - may cause bone demineralization - osteopenia and osteoporosis = weak bones. As we got older - it worse it may be.

My current bone density scan was very, very good...and i plan to maintain that...  

The bones need Vit D, calcium and magnesium. Plus other small amount of minerals. Plus Vit K2, plus...

I take D3 dry. I chose the 50,000IU dry D3 that I take 2-3 times a week.  that allows me to maintain my D blood work at optimum 60-90.  

For calcium- It is recommended we use calcium citrate. Currently - I use calcium patch... that really helps  with my IBS-C. But since that is rather nicely under control, I plan to add an additional 500mg of calcium citrate to my daily vitamins.  

With IBS-C under control, my iron is really good (the whole iron panel, with ferritin at 165..). if I am lucky - I may not need iron infusions until 2-3 years from now..(unless I would need surgery)

 

What and how much you need - may be determined by you blood work - what is it now - how is it, then either continue as you are doing (were doing) or increase - decrease if needed. 

When was your latest blood work? and what did they test?  

I have to tell my doc what tests to run...knowing what vitamins minerals are critical and also knowing how well I am able to maintain my levels... but even with vitamins minerals that I know i ma doing OK - I still ask my doc to test me at least every 2 years. (i.e. my B1 was always very good, but my latest blood work show low normal B1 - so  i need to increase my dosage. )

I don;t take my vitamins at least 2-3 days before the blood draw.  or in case of B12 - or A, or D - I wait at least one week, or the time I typically have between dosages.

some vitamins could be toxic if taken too much.   

 

very nice... 

I did very good... until I got home and I opened and jar of PB with coconut ...crunchy... 

ate 1/2 jar.. crap.. It was good.. but.. really???