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Old Sat, Dec-27-03, 21:14
lusana515 lusana515 is offline
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Plan: cad
Stats: 256/256/200 Female 5' 3"
BF:51%/51%/?
Progress: 0%
Location: England
Talking Please Join Me - I Need Help

I really need some support in joining me on a 7 day challenge,we can set our own goals and just report daily to help each other.

MY GOALS

1 CAD clean no cheats for 7 days

2 No stressing if RM is unbalanced

3 drink 6 galsses water UGH!!!!!!!!

4 record all foods daily

I hope some of you join me.I have regained 30 lb since the summer so really need your help.
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Old Sun, Dec-28-03, 00:25
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Plan: Schwarzbein
Stats: 188/185/140 Female 5'4"
BF:
Progress: 6%
Location: Colorado
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Lusana,

I will join you in your challenge. Christmas if over, and New Year is not a big one, so I'm ready to go. My strategy for the week is quite similar:

1) CALP by the book.

2) Record everything

3) Three exercise sessions

4) Easy on the artificial sweeteners

I'm good about the water, so it hardly seems fair to make it an area of concentration.

Lila
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Old Sun, Dec-28-03, 12:45
lusana515 lusana515 is offline
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Plan: cad
Stats: 256/256/200 Female 5' 3"
BF:51%/51%/?
Progress: 0%
Location: England
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day 1 almost over

Lila,thanks so much for joining me maybe some more will join too I hope we can encourage each other.

I managed to keep all my goals -for me quite an achivement.I am really tired today,could it be that I was on here till 3am this am and still up for work at 9:00am

usually tiredness means binging but it just shows what determination and self control can conquer.

I ate CM ham and cheese,coffee and milk

RM large salad,chicken curry,rice,papadom,naan bread,lots of veg
small bar chocolate,2 large milky coffee with sugar


I didi mean to eat another cm but my timings were all out and I will go to bed early to compensate for yesterday.

If anyone still wants to join us,it will be a 6 day challenge till next saturday.
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Old Sun, Dec-28-03, 16:19
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Dianee Dianee is offline
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Plan: CAD/CALP
Stats: 233/192/145 Female 62"
BF:
Progress: 47%
Location: Idaho
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I will join you in the challenge. I started back on CALP today and it has been really rough. I have this horrible headache that will not go away. I have taken tons of Advil. I don't have a lot of energy and I am just starving. I know by tomorrow this will be so much better, so I just need to get through today.

Here is what I want to do for the week.

1. Follow CALP to the letter and make sure RM is balanced

2. Try not to eat anything sweet at RM for at least 7 days

4. Make sure I drink all my water.

5. Get myself started on an exercise program

Good Luck everyone. Just remember how good we will feel to be back on track again.
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Old Mon, Dec-29-03, 09:13
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Plan: Schwarzbein
Stats: 188/185/140 Female 5'4"
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Progress: 6%
Location: Colorado
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I did really good my first day back - I had a perfect CALP day. The only problem was that I ate leftover ham for three meals, which is too much ham for me. I don't often have ham, but this was a good roast.

CM - tea & a little ham
CM - spinach omelette with ham
RM - cabbage & onion with ham, scalloped potatoes, eggnog
Lots of water

Exercise - 30 min on cross trainer.

Something I have noticed with CAD - if I get a little off, getting back on and staying with it is not too hard. If I get way off, it's a real bear to get back on. Are you feeling better yet, Diannee? How are you doing Lusana?

Lila
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Old Mon, Dec-29-03, 15:34
lusana515 lusana515 is offline
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Plan: cad
Stats: 256/256/200 Female 5' 3"
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Location: England
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DAY 2 LOST 2.5 lb

Well day 2 has been excellent and I am really feeling proud of myself,I am really tired and fed up feeling so maybe my withdrawl from carb city is nearly over-I hope so.I forgot about my water goal so I will down some before bed.

Diane well done and welcome,your goals are realistic so lets support each other.

Lila I also eat the same thing if there are leftovers,I love ham anyway.Your balanced RM puts me to shame but I have promised myself not to stress.I am following cad if I lose if not I'll change to calp.

CM cheese,decaf+cream+splenda

CS decaf++ (I know its not strictly legal but I am seeing if it makes a differance)

CM 2 scrambled eggs,mushrooms,bacon

RM large salad+mayo,chicken curry,1tbs rice,1/2 small naan,1 papadom
lots comp veg,sticky toffee pudding + cream.

I am really pleased with this challenge and hope we all reach day 7
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Old Wed, Dec-31-03, 15:01
lusana515 lusana515 is offline
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Plan: cad
Stats: 256/256/200 Female 5' 3"
BF:51%/51%/?
Progress: 0%
Location: England
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DAY 4

Well I am up another 1lb,boo hoo,I have been neglecting my water intake so will remedy that today.I was so frustrated today and I am wondering whether to stop weighing-I get scared not to as I tend to bury my head in the sand and pig out but I can't stand the dissapointment of not losing or worse gaining.

CM 2 boiled eggs and mayo tea++

cs scrambled egg

cs tuna+mayo coffee++

RM lamb stew,lots veg,small potato,french bread + butter,little bit jam,large mug creamy sweet cocoa.

MY rm was pretty balanced and I didnt need a dessert-yes I repeat I didnt need a dessert!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Wed, Dec-31-03, 20:24
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Plan: CAD/CALP
Stats: 233/192/145 Female 62"
BF:
Progress: 47%
Location: Idaho
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Did great on Day #4. I dropped another 2.5 lbs this morning. I know most of this is water weight from the 12 lbs that I gained over the holidays. At least it is coming off. I did manage to get a little exerciise in last night. I rode my exercise bike and boy, I thought my legs were going to drop off. I could not believe how out of shape I was.

Today's menu

Breakfast
2 scrambled eggs
2 turky bacons

Lunch
brussell sprouts
sm leftover pork chop

Dinner RM
huge salad with ranch dressing
steamed shrimp
sm piece of Hershey's dark chocolate
coffee with cream
diet pepsi

DH made a big platter of steamed shrimp and we just sat around and dipped it into the saice. It was so good.

I did say earlier that I was not going to have any sweets for 7 days. Well tonight I did have some chocolate. To be honest with you, I didn't really enjoy it.

Lusana- Sorry to hear you are up another lb. I know it is frustrating when the scale does not move, but even more so when it goes up. Are you getting close to TOM? Sometimes that will do it. Might help to drink more water too. How much mayo are you consuming at your CM's? Are you giving yourself at least 90 minutes in between snacks or meals? Are you chewing any gum or breath mints? Yesterday you asked about tomatoes, and I forgot to answer you. You have to watch how much tomato you eat. I think you are only allowed like 1/4 of one for CM. You of course can have some at your RM with no problem.

Hang in there. Sometimes you might be eating something that you think is alright and it isn't. It can take time to get this figured out. Make sure that you post everything that you are putting in your mouth. It will help for us to see if you might be eating something that you shouldn't

On to day #5 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

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Old Thu, Jan-01-04, 00:55
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Plan: CAD
Stats: 171/146.0/133 Female 5'4" and 1/4
BF:
Progress: 66%
Location: Seattle, WA
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I know what you mean about trying to decide whether or not to weigh daily...I do the same thing. The daily number has too much control over my mood, but at the same time only weighing once a week isn't very accurate. I think I'll continue to stick to weighing daily, and try to do the weekly averaging thing that the book recommends...it seems like the best way. I just have to remember that the daily number isn't always accurate.
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Old Fri, Jan-02-04, 09:08
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Plan: Schwarzbein
Stats: 188/185/140 Female 5'4"
BF:
Progress: 6%
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I had 4 'prefect' days, then the flu hit yesterday. I cannot eat, and especially not proteins - I had chicken noodle soup & gatorade. Will have to restart when I get over this bug.

Lila
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Old Fri, Jan-02-04, 17:11
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Plan: cad
Stats: 256/256/200 Female 5' 3"
BF:51%/51%/?
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DAY 6

ok I cannot lie I have messed up big time and been totally off plan all day.I was so dissapointed with my 1lb a day gain I am now 1lb over starting weight and feel really scared-if I cant lose weight on cad I dont know what to do.

Sorry to let you guys down you have been doing so well I will go back on cad tommorrow.
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Old Fri, Jan-02-04, 21:28
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Plan: CAD/CALP
Stats: 233/192/145 Female 62"
BF:
Progress: 47%
Location: Idaho
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I had a pretty good day for #6. Yesterday was a little heavy on the food, but otherwise I stayed on plan. I had a 1# gain. I only drank about 1/2 of my water for the day too.

Yesterday's Menu
Breakfast
cheese omelett
homemade sausage

Lunch
beef salami
cheese
mayo

Dinner
Salad
prime rib
mashed potaotes
green beans
Pepperide Farm chocolate cake
diet pepsi
coffee with cream

I really overate at my RM, and my CM's were a little heavier than normal too.

Lila, I am so sorry to hear you have the flu. It is so hard to stay on plan while you are sick. The important thing is, that you get better, and to heck with CAD for right now. You can get back on track as soon as you feel better. Take care and hope that is sometime soon.

Lusanne, Don't stress too much about going off of plan. It can be really frustrating when you see the scale go up and not down. I have not a clue why you are gaining weight, but I am sure there is a reason. DON"T give up yet. Get back on track tmorrow and when you post, list everything that you are putting in your mouth.

Hang in there. I am sure it will get better. We can help you sort this out, so don't worry..
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Old Tue, Jan-06-04, 23:32
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Plan: Intermittent Fasting, LC
Stats: 242/215/130 Female 5'7.5"
BF:too/dang/much
Progress: 24%
Location: Florida
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I feel like I'm doing well. Not great, but well. I've been looking back over my meals and need to re add that salad. My main problem is my H doesn't want to hear about it. Doesn't want to hear about the insulin connection/sensitivity, etc. For myself, it's bad enough, but our younger daughter has a weight problem now. And she is classic CAD. She gets hungry soon after eating carbs. We have a plan, her and I. I'm making her eggs and bacon this coming morning for breakfast (first day back to school). Her lunch will be a salad, some rolled up lunch meat (don't really like that, I'd like to get unprocessed meat. Will work on that), some koolaid/splenda jello and koolaid/splenda to drink. We're still working on balancing the RM. She's wanting, quite understandably, to eat a lot of junk. But, she does ask me. And it's only been a week, so we'll see. I'm concerned that the Splenda may keep her from losing, but I'm hoping since she's a growing child (9), it'll offset that a bit. She does say she feels less hungry. H doesn't have a lot of faith in this. And I can't blame him. I've tried several diets, including Atkins (quit losing after induction). I feel like this one is much more workable for me. Especially since when I would usually "fall off the wagon" was at my evening meal. And for a child, you can't tell them they can't have dessert for a week. Especially when H will eat candy in front of us, drink sodas, etc. This really seems the best option all around. H has started working out again. He asked me if we had cereal. I said yes. (I know we do, as I don't eat it.) He had me take his measurements/weight/date. And he's put it on the calendar 14 weeks from now. I kinda feel like he's giving me a subtle challenge. Now if I can just clean up my meals a bit more. I'm considering only having dessert (of a sugar nature) once or twice a week, and having a fruit for dessert. It's taken a couple of weeks, but I'm to the point I can "consider" not eating the dessert.
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Old Wed, Jan-07-04, 07:18
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Plan: CAD/CALP
Stats: 233/192/145 Female 62"
BF:
Progress: 47%
Location: Idaho
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Hi Teresa,

Welcome to CAD..Did you know the Heller's have a book for kids? For the life of me I can't remember the name of it, but it deals with children who are carb addicts. I have never read this book, but I would assume it is similar to CAD. You might want to see if you can find this. It might give you some pointers that would be helpful for you daughter to stay on plan. Just a thought.


How long have you been on CAD and is this your first attemp? I think once your DH sees how well you and your daughter are feeling and that you are starting to lose the weight, he will start to believe in the plan. Once you are on plan for a few days, it won't even bother you when your DH eats carbs in front of you. Just remember if it gets too tempting, just keep telling yourself you can eat those carbs at your RM.

Let us know how you and your DD are doing.
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Old Sat, Jan-03-04, 17:15
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Plan: cad
Stats: 256/256/200 Female 5' 3"
BF:51%/51%/?
Progress: 0%
Location: England
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DAY 7

OK so I know I am stressed and over anxious but today I only gained 1/2 lb after 24 hours off plan (big time) I just cant understand it.

What I do know is that I love the lack of hunger,cravings and desperate longing for forbidden food this woe gives us.I am really back on plan and totalled a
1 1/2 gain for this week.I know I am retaining water as I am puffy and have swollwn ankles maybe it's TOM-but it is unusual for me.

I have decided that even with the slight gain I am happy with myself this week,I have eaten all the foods I wanted
and not been very hungery or craving much and I have only really overeaten 1 day out of 7 a massive improvement.

Maybe this week I will try not to weigh-almost impossible and very scary for me.I dont know what is worse the anxiey of not weighing or the dissapointment of gaining.

anyway thank you so much for your support Dianne and I hope you are heaps better Lila.

Shall we carry this thread on for another week?

TODAYS MENU

CM bacon(2 slices) 2 scrambled eggs 1 pat butter

CS tea+splenda+cream

CS 2 oz cheese

RM large salad,1/2 apple,small orange,small baked potato,2 pats butter,tuna,1tbls mayo,prawns,small bar chocolate,handful peanut m+M's,2 large milky teas with 2 tsp sugar
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