Thanks for your comments, girls. Sorry, I don't mean to keep whining on but I just can't believe I have all these problems. I just wish there was a definitive answer. I've made an appointment to see my own GP for next Tuesday and I shall insist on a referral , but to which type of consultant, I don't know?
I got on the scales on Saturday morning so that I could let the girls at my Saturday Branch know the state of play as they always ask each week and I was pleased to note that even though I wasn't in ketosis any longer I'd still lost weight and had got down to 12st exactly. Yippee! I thought - that's 2st 11lb off! 39lb! Anyway, I jumped on the scales first thing Monday morning and there I was at 12st 11/2lb, the equivalent of more-or-less a 4400 calorie weight gain. Where did that come from? I haven't eaten 4400 calories! I checked this morning- still the same. This afternoon- 12st 23/4lb. And my uniform jacket feels snug. I feel so bloated. My tummy looks swollen and Lynne at work said that she actually thought I looked a little bigger today. What do I do? Shoot myself? I wish I could go back onto the packs again.....................And my chin itchs, and my eyes are a bit sore.
Give up on me, girls. I'm getting boring now.
You'd think by trying to loss weight to get into a healthy state and only putting 'good' things into my body should have me blooming, wouldn't you?
But O NO!
Tuesday, 8 May 2007
Monday, 7 May 2007
The problems continue
We went to Jan and Keith's yesterday evening. Janet commented on my weightloss and of course asked how I'd lost it and then said one of the girls at work had been on LighterLife since Decembe and lost loads. So she wasn't quite as anti the diet as I thought she would be. One thing she did say, however, was that I was looking old, especially around the eyes (thanks a lot, best friend!). A bit of a bummer this as even tjoughI've now reached the riupe old age of 51, NO-ONE would guess I was that age. I've always looked a lot younger than my age.
My chin and eyes hade been itchy again during Sunday. Wondering now if milk could be the problem? Mum gave me a cup of tea with milk on Saturday and then yesterday morning I had Special K with milk and a cup of tea -could that have been enough for a reaction? I was very good with my choice of food at Jan and Keith's and then kept the peace by having a very small slice of cheesecake and scoop of ice-cream. Half hour later I went to the loo and saw red eyes in the mirror!!! God! I'm fed up with all this. Before LighterLife I was eating dairy with no 'obvious' reactions (but could the bowel problems be a reaction - I don't know????)
My chin and eyes hade been itchy again during Sunday. Wondering now if milk could be the problem? Mum gave me a cup of tea with milk on Saturday and then yesterday morning I had Special K with milk and a cup of tea -could that have been enough for a reaction? I was very good with my choice of food at Jan and Keith's and then kept the peace by having a very small slice of cheesecake and scoop of ice-cream. Half hour later I went to the loo and saw red eyes in the mirror!!! God! I'm fed up with all this. Before LighterLife I was eating dairy with no 'obvious' reactions (but could the bowel problems be a reaction - I don't know????)
Sunday, 6 May 2007
Well, I'm trying to eat normally.....
I'm proud of myself for making the decision to keep out of ketosis for the time being and see how things go but, and it's a big BUT, food seems to be having an adverse effect on me. Over the years (and many of them) I have had trouble with my bowel and had tests done at the hospital, as I said on an earlier post. Nothing physically wrong was ever found so I just accepted that I had a problem and got on with life (as you do!). I hate to give too much info but one of the worst problems I've suffered with over the years was an 'explosive' diarrhoea, so much so that I often found it difficult to leave the house in the morning. One of the side benefits, but a very big one, of LighterLife and Cambridge was that the bowel problem cleared up - COMPLETELY. The very fact that I wasn't eating any food meant that my digestive system didn't have to cope with any 'foreign' invaders and, if it hadn't been for the problem with my eyes, then I would have found the ultimate diet and could have stayed on it FOR EVER!
Now I've started eating the digestive upsets are returning with a vengeance. I've tried to introduce foods gradually but feel I should be popping antacids rather than corn just to keep the pain away. Although I've experienced the occasional indigestion episodes, just like everyone else, now the pain is almost constant, and the exp dia is returning as well. John keeps on to me about going to the doctor about it - this isn't new; he's nagged me to go to the doctor for a couple of years or so now to be referred to a nutrionist, especially as we have private medical insurance. I only went to a relief doctor a week or so ago about my eyes and she poo-pooed (excuse the pun) the food intolerance suggestion so I'm a little loath to return. But I think I'm going to have to. I shall make an appointment to see my own GP and ask for a refferal. I really can't go on like this. You never know, the problems I seem to have with some foods may have been contributory to my weight gain (?)
Maybe, Claire, we have more in common than just a fascination for blogs and VLCDs!!!
Now I've started eating the digestive upsets are returning with a vengeance. I've tried to introduce foods gradually but feel I should be popping antacids rather than corn just to keep the pain away. Although I've experienced the occasional indigestion episodes, just like everyone else, now the pain is almost constant, and the exp dia is returning as well. John keeps on to me about going to the doctor about it - this isn't new; he's nagged me to go to the doctor for a couple of years or so now to be referred to a nutrionist, especially as we have private medical insurance. I only went to a relief doctor a week or so ago about my eyes and she poo-pooed (excuse the pun) the food intolerance suggestion so I'm a little loath to return. But I think I'm going to have to. I shall make an appointment to see my own GP and ask for a refferal. I really can't go on like this. You never know, the problems I seem to have with some foods may have been contributory to my weight gain (?)
Maybe, Claire, we have more in common than just a fascination for blogs and VLCDs!!!
Friday, 4 May 2007
Decisions, decisons....
One moment I've decided to get back into ketosis because I can't wait to get the remaining stone to stone and a half off; and the next, I'm thinking, now hang on a minute, I've got the chance here to really establish the basis for a lifelong way of eating to keep slim for the future. After all, even though I'm no longer in ketosis, my appetite is still fairly suppressed and I'm leaving food on the plate after nearly every meal - not something I often did before dieting. I was alsways one to clear my plate! I just can't seem to make my mind up and stick to it.
I think you're right Claire, it is harder to eat than to abstain from food. When on Lighterlife and Cambridge I didn't need to think, all the decision-making had been taken out of my hands. But thank you to both Claire and Lesley for your words of wisdom.
Ok, I'm making a decision right here and now. It will be recorded for prosperity (well?) and I shall stand by what I write (for the next week or so anyway). I am not going to attempt to get back into ketosis for the time being. I'm taking a break to see if I can manage without (thank you, Lesley). After all, ketosis isn't a normal state to be in - and as I'm not feeling particularly hungry - just the occasional 'peckish' moments as you often get on LL - if I hadn't had the ketostix I wouldn't have known I wasn't there anyway. I shall eat low GI on a 90/10 basis. I'm saying 90/10 as on Sunday we're going over to friends for the evening and there's NO WAY Janet is going to let me get away with not being fed. She always bases her tea on salad but with absolutely everything else with it. So I can manage with that fairly well, with picking and choosing and she won't notice. The problem comes however with the dessert. Janet's a M&S junkie and will normally have 2 or 3 desserts on the table and woe-betide anyone who refuses one! I know from experience. So the 10% is a little taster to keep her happy if I can't get away with it. I know, I'm a wimp. But she frightens me!
If I don't lose over the next week or so, or, heavens above(!), gain, then it's back onto the ketone blasting regime again and I'll follow the diet in the book I told Claire about the other day. I hope I can manage without - much more like real life.
I'll say bye for now. I need to get ready to go out. It's Pat's funeral at 10.00am. I'm only going to the Mass, not the cemetery. I just want to show my support for Ted - he's in his mid-80s and looked absolutley devastated when I spoke to him at Church last Sunday. Pat and Ted had run the Gift Aid Scheme at the Church for 30 years. I've worked with them for about the last 5 and took over completely at the beginning of last year. Pat was 81and hadn't been very well for some time and I don't think I'll ever forget the look of thanks and relief on her face when I told them that I would take on the complete kit and caboodle from them. It's sad...........
I think you're right Claire, it is harder to eat than to abstain from food. When on Lighterlife and Cambridge I didn't need to think, all the decision-making had been taken out of my hands. But thank you to both Claire and Lesley for your words of wisdom.
Ok, I'm making a decision right here and now. It will be recorded for prosperity (well?) and I shall stand by what I write (for the next week or so anyway). I am not going to attempt to get back into ketosis for the time being. I'm taking a break to see if I can manage without (thank you, Lesley). After all, ketosis isn't a normal state to be in - and as I'm not feeling particularly hungry - just the occasional 'peckish' moments as you often get on LL - if I hadn't had the ketostix I wouldn't have known I wasn't there anyway. I shall eat low GI on a 90/10 basis. I'm saying 90/10 as on Sunday we're going over to friends for the evening and there's NO WAY Janet is going to let me get away with not being fed. She always bases her tea on salad but with absolutely everything else with it. So I can manage with that fairly well, with picking and choosing and she won't notice. The problem comes however with the dessert. Janet's a M&S junkie and will normally have 2 or 3 desserts on the table and woe-betide anyone who refuses one! I know from experience. So the 10% is a little taster to keep her happy if I can't get away with it. I know, I'm a wimp. But she frightens me!
If I don't lose over the next week or so, or, heavens above(!), gain, then it's back onto the ketone blasting regime again and I'll follow the diet in the book I told Claire about the other day. I hope I can manage without - much more like real life.
I'll say bye for now. I need to get ready to go out. It's Pat's funeral at 10.00am. I'm only going to the Mass, not the cemetery. I just want to show my support for Ted - he's in his mid-80s and looked absolutley devastated when I spoke to him at Church last Sunday. Pat and Ted had run the Gift Aid Scheme at the Church for 30 years. I've worked with them for about the last 5 and took over completely at the beginning of last year. Pat was 81and hadn't been very well for some time and I don't think I'll ever forget the look of thanks and relief on her face when I told them that I would take on the complete kit and caboodle from them. It's sad...........
Thursday, 3 May 2007
I'm not in ketosis anymore
I did a 'wee' test and the stix showed negative this morning. I haven't gained any weight since Monday so that's all to the good but I need to be very careful. I'm trying to decide whether to get back into ketosis or just continue on a purely low GI diet. I like the idea of 'fat-burning' as per ketosis, but it is rather restrictive. I know where things went wrong - on the weekend I drank about 1/2 bottle wine and included a couple of new potatoes with the meal. I tried a tablespoon of wholewheat pasta on Monday and have also had a couple of squares of chocolate (and I mean 2!). I've also included quite a lot of fruit since last Friday. So all in all, regardless of the fact that on a 'normal' weightloss programme, other than the wine, this wouldn't have been too bad, on my regime it's had the effect of knocking me out of ketosis. Luckily, as I said, I haven't gained any weight from the glycogen going back on.
So, decisions decisions. Where's Mel when I need her? At Butlins, that's where!
On a more positive note. One of the girls at work, who is very nice but can sometimes be a little dour, commented on how slim I was looking. I shall remember that while I make up my mind about what to do.
Have a good day everyone.
So, decisions decisions. Where's Mel when I need her? At Butlins, that's where!
On a more positive note. One of the girls at work, who is very nice but can sometimes be a little dour, commented on how slim I was looking. I shall remember that while I make up my mind about what to do.
Have a good day everyone.
Monday, 30 April 2007
Getting in early..
John's left for work, Lizzie's left for school, so I'm getting in with my blog early before I go off to work otherwise I won't stand a chance when we all get home.
Thanks for the lovely comments and hugs Ameythist, Lesley and Cath. I'll try not to get any further ailments, Lesley, Im fed up of sounding like a hypochondriac. John thought the doctor should have looked at carrying out tests, Cath, but, to be honest, I'mjust happy now if I can keep the eyes cleared up - we'll cross that bridge when and if I have any more problems.
I'm cheered up! The hydrocortisone cream has worked. I'm just back to having brownish shadows on my eyes which, as I said before, looks remarkably like a beige eyeshadow.
Seeing John's brother and wife yesterday was very nice. Although Jim and Jo only live in North London we really don't see much of them. We probably only catch up at Christmas and maybe 2 or 3 times during the year. Jo's also lost a lot of weight since I last saw her. She's been doing a low GI diet and has lost about 21/2stone (down to 9st 7lb or there abouts......grrr) and also doing some sort of dance class - NIA. I've never heard of it. I think it's some kind of free-movement class that isn't very widespread in the UK (came from the States, of course) and it sounds all rather hippy to me - just Jo's cup of tea. But I somehow don't think it would fit into the East End or Essex - hence no classes listed on the internet in this area.
I cooked a very nice low GI meal that fitted well into my new regime and had a fruit salad for dessert. I started incorporating fruit into my diet on Friday, mainly so that I could have breakfast! Everyone enjoyed the mea; and I enjoyed a glass of white wine - hmmm.
I had my weekly weigh-in this morning and checked my ketones. I'm still in ketosis and the pink registered on the 3rd one in (according to Heather - LLC- that was perfect for LighterLife, I just hope that's Ok now and it shouldn't be darker). And for the weight result........drumroll.......I've lost 3lbs - weyhey!
Well off to work now to see what the day brings (more of the same I suppose) and I'll try very hard to get on later to check in with everybody. Have a good week.
Thanks for the lovely comments and hugs Ameythist, Lesley and Cath. I'll try not to get any further ailments, Lesley, Im fed up of sounding like a hypochondriac. John thought the doctor should have looked at carrying out tests, Cath, but, to be honest, I'mjust happy now if I can keep the eyes cleared up - we'll cross that bridge when and if I have any more problems.
I'm cheered up! The hydrocortisone cream has worked. I'm just back to having brownish shadows on my eyes which, as I said before, looks remarkably like a beige eyeshadow.
Seeing John's brother and wife yesterday was very nice. Although Jim and Jo only live in North London we really don't see much of them. We probably only catch up at Christmas and maybe 2 or 3 times during the year. Jo's also lost a lot of weight since I last saw her. She's been doing a low GI diet and has lost about 21/2stone (down to 9st 7lb or there abouts......grrr) and also doing some sort of dance class - NIA. I've never heard of it. I think it's some kind of free-movement class that isn't very widespread in the UK (came from the States, of course) and it sounds all rather hippy to me - just Jo's cup of tea. But I somehow don't think it would fit into the East End or Essex - hence no classes listed on the internet in this area.
I cooked a very nice low GI meal that fitted well into my new regime and had a fruit salad for dessert. I started incorporating fruit into my diet on Friday, mainly so that I could have breakfast! Everyone enjoyed the mea; and I enjoyed a glass of white wine - hmmm.
I had my weekly weigh-in this morning and checked my ketones. I'm still in ketosis and the pink registered on the 3rd one in (according to Heather - LLC- that was perfect for LighterLife, I just hope that's Ok now and it shouldn't be darker). And for the weight result........drumroll.......I've lost 3lbs - weyhey!
Well off to work now to see what the day brings (more of the same I suppose) and I'll try very hard to get on later to check in with everybody. Have a good week.
Friday, 27 April 2007
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