Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

Biggest Loser Finale

Question:

|| || ||| I didn’t say "eating right", I said control your eating. || || To me controlling my eating is eating right.  :-)  That is just the || way my mind looks at it. || || || |||  That means you ||| have to less than your body needs to maintain its weight.  And low ||| carb allows folks like us to do that relatively easy. || || I agree. When I eat crap I can eat *hundreds*..even *thousands* of || calories.  When I stick to low carb I average around 1500 calories || per || day, which surprised me greatly when I first started doing a food || journal. || || ||| That’s what I mean. If you’re eating excess carbs then you are not ||| controling your eating, though, according to some, you may be ||| eating right. || || Controlling my eating is eating right. When I go out of control || things || are very very bad.  *Very* bad. || || ||| Could that be water weight or due to sodium? || || Water weight I think. Since I found out from a recent EKG I had a || heart attack I have quit eating salt and all sodium laden foods. || || ||| Maybe…but it doesn’t sound like you gained 6 lbs of fat over ||| night. || || It was probably water but I do gain very easily.  When I was pregnant || with my first son I gained over 50 pounds easily.  Close to 1 || hundred. Okay….you certainly didn’t gain 50 or 100 lbs of water.  But if you consistently overeat and are sedentary, weight gain comes on quickly.  Some of us have greater capacity than others to overeat – significantly.  I speak from experience, too.

Response:

Okay….you certainly didn’t gain 50 or 100 lbs of water.  But if you consistently overeat and are sedentary, weight gain comes on quickly.  Some of us have greater capacity than others to overeat – significantly.  I speak from experience, too.

It is a constant battle for me to not overeat….even on low carb.

Response:

How would you know? You’ve never lost any weight. You still weigh 400 pounds. The best thing would be for you to quit giving diet advice, because you don’t know anything about it. — Now piss off.  You cannot possibly be this stupid and remember to breathe.   You must be trolling.  – Carmen

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – You don’t have to exercise to get your weight down….just control your eating. Actually, I am one of those folks who *do* need to exercise to get my weight down.  Just eating right does not cut it for me and I have always been this way and have learned this over the years. The other night I was just thinking about my life pre- and post-children and my weight was much less BEFORE I had my kids because I was outside all the time walking, hiking, swimming, etc.  I even dabbled in jogging a couple of years before I had my first son and it was then that my weight was at an all time low of between 150 and 160 pounds but I was not watching what I was eating at that time.  I was 19 and ate whatever I felt like eating. When I do not exercise I can put on weight very very easily if I pack in the excess carbs.  I have seen as much as 6 pounds overnight.  I’ve often wondered if that is related to my PCOS in some small minor way.

Response:

I didn’t say "eating right", I said control your eating.

To me controlling my eating is eating right.  :-)  That is just the way my mind looks at it.  That means you have to less than your body needs to maintain its weight.  And low carb allows folks like us to do that relatively easy.

I agree. When I eat crap I can eat *hundreds*..even *thousands* of calories.  When I stick to low carb I average around 1500 calories per day, which surprised me greatly when I first started doing a food journal. That’s what I mean. If you’re eating excess carbs then you are not controling your eating, though, according to some, you may be eating right.

Controlling my eating is eating right. When I go out of control things are very very bad.  *Very* bad. Could that be water weight or due to sodium?

Water weight I think. Since I found out from a recent EKG I had a heart attack I have quit eating salt and all sodium laden foods. Maybe…but it doesn’t sound like you gained 6 lbs of fat over night.

It was probably water but I do gain very easily.  When I was pregnant with my first son I gained over 50 pounds easily.  Close to 1 hundred.

Response:

|| The eating is definitely in control- if I want to have a lower weight || average, I’ll need to get back to walking- I’m about to break that || barrier this week:). || Right.  that’s where the true power of exercise (as far as weight loss is concerned) is.  Once get near or under maintenance, then exercise can provide a nice boost. || — || Diane || || ||

||||| I think Ryan, but I thought it was a great twist to send them home ||||| into the world before the big weigh in- I doubt that I’d blow it ||||| with $250 K as a prize. The website is good- lots of before and ||||| after pics. Both meal plans reduced the carbs and kept calories in ||||| control, I hope they mention it in the finale. ||||| ||||| One thing that stuck with me from the trainer to Maurice- If he ||||| wanted big losses- to do cardio 2x a day. Granted that was the ||||| only thing he had to worry about all day- It was surprising how ||||| little he would lose in a week- I wondered what held him up. ||||| ||||| It impressed me  to get my butt in gear if I want the scale to go ||||| down. ||| ||| You don’t have to exercise to get your weight down….just control ||| your eating. ||| ||| However, there are BIG advantages to exercising and it will assist ||| in weight ||| loss. ||| ||| Bottom line: control your eating first (low carb is great for that, ||| but not ||| the only way), and add reasonable exercise second (combination of ||| weight training and some form of cardio, recommended).

Response:

The eating is definitely in control- if I want to have a lower weight average, I’ll need to get back to walking- I’m about to break that barrier this week:). — Diane

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – || I think Ryan, but I thought it was a great twist to send them home || into the world before the big weigh in- I doubt that I’d blow it || with $250 K as a prize. The website is good- lots of before and || after pics. Both meal plans reduced the carbs and kept calories in || control, I hope they mention it in the finale. || || One thing that stuck with me from the trainer to Maurice- If he || wanted big losses- to do cardio 2x a day. Granted that was the only || thing he had to worry about all day- It was surprising how little he || would lose in a week- I wondered what held him up. || || It impressed me  to get my butt in gear if I want the scale to go || down. You don’t have to exercise to get your weight down….just control your eating. However, there are BIG advantages to exercising and it will assist in weight loss. Bottom line: control your eating first (low carb is great for that, but not the only way), and add reasonable exercise second (combination of weight training and some form of cardio, recommended).

Response:

I think Ryan, but I thought it was a great twist to send them home into the world before the big weigh in- I doubt that I’d blow it with $250 K as a prize. The website is good- lots of before and after pics. Both meal plans reduced the carbs and kept calories in control, I hope they mention it in the finale. One thing that stuck with me from the trainer to Maurice- If he wanted big losses- to do cardio 2x a day. Granted that was the only thing he had to worry about all day- It was surprising how little he would lose in a week- I wondered what held him up.

My guess is that Maurice just ate a lot.  I think I remember reading that the contestants were free to eat whatever they wanted. It impressed me  to get my butt in gear if I want the scale to go down.

– Michelle Levin http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick I have only 3 flaws.  My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

Response:

Anyone following this TV show? The finale is this Tuesday night 8pm NBC. — Diane

Response:

Anyone following this TV show? The finale is this Tuesday night 8pm NBC.

I’m following it. I cannot wait to see who wins. At this point I am guessing Gary.

Response:

I think Ryan, but I thought it was a great twist to send them home into the world before the big weigh in- I doubt that I’d blow it with $250 K as a prize. The website is good- lots of before and after pics. Both meal plans reduced the carbs and kept calories in control, I hope they mention it in the finale. One thing that stuck with me from the trainer to Maurice- If he wanted big losses- to do cardio 2x a day. Granted that was the only thing he had to worry about all day- It was surprising how little he would lose in a week- I wondered what held him up. It impressed me  to get my butt in gear if I want the scale to go down. — Diane

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Anyone following this TV show? The finale is this Tuesday night 8pm NBC. I’m following it. I cannot wait to see who wins. At this point I am guessing Gary.

Response:

|| I think Ryan, but I thought it was a great twist to send them home || into the world before the big weigh in- I doubt that I’d blow it || with $250 K as a prize. The website is good- lots of before and || after pics. Both meal plans reduced the carbs and kept calories in || control, I hope they mention it in the finale. || || One thing that stuck with me from the trainer to Maurice- If he || wanted big losses- to do cardio 2x a day. Granted that was the only || thing he had to worry about all day- It was surprising how little he || would lose in a week- I wondered what held him up. || || It impressed me  to get my butt in gear if I want the scale to go || down. You don’t have to exercise to get your weight down….just control your eating. However, there are BIG advantages to exercising and it will assist in weight loss. Bottom line: control your eating first (low carb is great for that, but not the only way), and add reasonable exercise second (combination of weight training and some form of cardio, recommended).

Response:

You don’t have to exercise to get your weight down….just control your eating.

Actually, I am one of those folks who *do* need to exercise to get my weight down.  Just eating right does not cut it for me and I have always been this way and have learned this over the years. The other night I was just thinking about my life pre- and post-children and my weight was much less BEFORE I had my kids because I was outside all the time walking, hiking, swimming, etc.  I even dabbled in jogging a couple of years before I had my first son and it was then that my weight was at an all time low of between 150 and 160 pounds but I was not watching what I was eating at that time.  I was 19 and ate whatever I felt like eating. When I do not exercise I can put on weight very very easily if I pack in the excess carbs.  I have seen as much as 6 pounds overnight.  I’ve often wondered if that is related to my PCOS in some small minor way.

Response:

|| || ||| You don’t have to exercise to get your weight down….just control ||| your eating. || || Actually, I am one of those folks who *do* need to exercise to get my || weight down.  Just eating right does not cut it for me and I have || always been this way and have learned this over the years. || I didn’t say "eating right", I said control your eating.  That means you have to less than your body needs to maintain its weight.  And low carb allows folks like us to do that relatively easy. || The other night I was just thinking about my life pre- and || post-children and my weight was much less BEFORE I had my kids || because I was outside all the time walking, hiking, swimming, etc. || I even dabbled in jogging a couple of years before I had my first || son and it was then that my weight was at an all time low of between || 150 and 160 pounds but I was not watching what I was eating at that || time.  I was 19 and ate whatever I felt like eating. || || When I do not exercise I can put on weight very very easily if I pack || in the excess carbs. That’s what I mean. If you’re eating excess carbs then you are not controling your eating, though, according to some, you may be eating right. ||  I have seen as much as 6 pounds overnight. Could that be water weight or due to sodium? || I’ve often wondered if that is related to my PCOS in some small || minor way. Maybe…but it doesn’t sound like you gained 6 lbs of fat over night.

Response:

Filed under: PCOS Diet

Related Posts

• Anyone there?
• links for medical research supporting low carb
• adrenals/17-ketosteroid levels?
• High Cholesterol & Triglycerides?
• Darned if I do, Darned if I don't
• metformin update....kinda long but read!!
• Update
• Is this Dr. right????
• ??????
• low carb diet???