I was out of town last week.. and around way too many bad things! Cookies...!
I gained a little back, however I did stick to excersise, so it could have been worse! LOL
Monday, February 23, 2009
Friday, February 13, 2009
Vitamin D Deficiency and Weight Gain
Vitamin D Deficiency and Weight Gain
Everyday Health member pangea52 writes, "I just found out that I'm very deficient in vitamin D. I've been doing some research on this and apparently it can be related to the inability to lose weight as well as increased weight gain, among many other things. This was news to me! I'm wondering if others are dealing with vitamin D deficiency and what your experience has been with supplements?"
Have advice for this member? Join the discussion!
http://www.everydayhealth.com/CS/forums/383668/ShowThread.aspx
Here is another article I found.
Do you feel tired and achy during the winter months? Your symptoms may be a sign of a vitamin D deficiency. If you suspect you're vitamin D deficient, you can have your doctor perform a simple blood test to check your levels, says Dr. James Dowd, associate professor of medicine at Michigan State University. Bob talks with Dr. Dowd, author of The Vitamin D Cure, about the causes, symptoms and cures of vitamin D deficiency.
Causes:
*Lack of sun exposure: People who work indoors or live in northern climates where the sun shines very little in the winter often don't get important doses of vitamin D from the sun, Dr. Dowd says.
*Race: Latinos and African-Americans are at a much higher risk of becoming vitamin D deficient because they have more melanin in their skin, Dr. Dowd says. "That's because melanin is a natural sunscreen and it blocks the type of sunlight that helps you make vitamin D, so your risk goes up the darker your skin is," he says.
Symptoms:
*Fatigue: "It can be a quite severe fatigue," Dr. Dowd says. In fact, those diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome may also suffer from lack of vitamin D, he says.
*Body aches: "Bone pain, muscle pain, joint pain [are all signs]," he says. "[The pain] typically moves around—one day it's your back that bothers you, a week later it's your shoulders and the next day it is your feet and hands."
*Difficulty controlling weight: Vitamin D plays a role in regulating weight, and Dr. Dowd says a deficiency may make it difficult to keep your weight in check.
Cures:
*Supplements: A daily multivitamin has about 400 units of vitamin D, but Dr. Dowd says you still need to take a straight vitamin D supplement on top of the multivitamin to reach normal levels. "Your average [100- to 200-] pound person is going to require probably between 2,000 and 4,000 units of vitamin D a day," he says.
*Sun exposure: Eating lunch outdoors when possible or going for walk during a break to get sun exposure will help you achieve normal vitamin D levels, Dr. Dowd says. "Increase your sun exposure at midday between spring blossoms and fall colors," he says.
*Eat vitamin D-rich foods: Dr. Dowd says green, leafy vegetables, fish from the ocean and sun-dried produce such as mushrooms, peppers and tomatoes are excellent sources of vitamin D.
Everyday Health member pangea52 writes, "I just found out that I'm very deficient in vitamin D. I've been doing some research on this and apparently it can be related to the inability to lose weight as well as increased weight gain, among many other things. This was news to me! I'm wondering if others are dealing with vitamin D deficiency and what your experience has been with supplements?"
Have advice for this member? Join the discussion!
http://www.everydayhealth.com/CS/forums/383668/ShowThread.aspx
Here is another article I found.
Do you feel tired and achy during the winter months? Your symptoms may be a sign of a vitamin D deficiency. If you suspect you're vitamin D deficient, you can have your doctor perform a simple blood test to check your levels, says Dr. James Dowd, associate professor of medicine at Michigan State University. Bob talks with Dr. Dowd, author of The Vitamin D Cure, about the causes, symptoms and cures of vitamin D deficiency.
Causes:
*Lack of sun exposure: People who work indoors or live in northern climates where the sun shines very little in the winter often don't get important doses of vitamin D from the sun, Dr. Dowd says.
*Race: Latinos and African-Americans are at a much higher risk of becoming vitamin D deficient because they have more melanin in their skin, Dr. Dowd says. "That's because melanin is a natural sunscreen and it blocks the type of sunlight that helps you make vitamin D, so your risk goes up the darker your skin is," he says.
Symptoms:
*Fatigue: "It can be a quite severe fatigue," Dr. Dowd says. In fact, those diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome may also suffer from lack of vitamin D, he says.
*Body aches: "Bone pain, muscle pain, joint pain [are all signs]," he says. "[The pain] typically moves around—one day it's your back that bothers you, a week later it's your shoulders and the next day it is your feet and hands."
*Difficulty controlling weight: Vitamin D plays a role in regulating weight, and Dr. Dowd says a deficiency may make it difficult to keep your weight in check.
Cures:
*Supplements: A daily multivitamin has about 400 units of vitamin D, but Dr. Dowd says you still need to take a straight vitamin D supplement on top of the multivitamin to reach normal levels. "Your average [100- to 200-] pound person is going to require probably between 2,000 and 4,000 units of vitamin D a day," he says.
*Sun exposure: Eating lunch outdoors when possible or going for walk during a break to get sun exposure will help you achieve normal vitamin D levels, Dr. Dowd says. "Increase your sun exposure at midday between spring blossoms and fall colors," he says.
*Eat vitamin D-rich foods: Dr. Dowd says green, leafy vegetables, fish from the ocean and sun-dried produce such as mushrooms, peppers and tomatoes are excellent sources of vitamin D.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Know How Many Calories You Need To Eat?
Here is a link to help you know what your calorie needs are for your height, weight, and age. I was really wanting to know for sure for myself and found this!
http://www.revolutionhealth.com/calculators/daily-calorie-needs
Hope this helps! It did for me!
http://www.revolutionhealth.com/calculators/daily-calorie-needs
Hope this helps! It did for me!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Boy Last Week was Really Hard!
Monday I was on the couch most of the day, not feeling good at all! No excersise!
By wed. I noticed I seemed to have gained weight and realized I was constipated..(I hate that word!) so ON with the fiber suppliment!
Wed. was good. I did a hard workout that morning and then that night I played REALLY hard with the youth playing basketball and had BLAST!
Thurs. was SO Sore and tired from killing myself the night before so no excersise.
Friday the Fiber started kicking in.. Oh Boy! I did work out though.
Sat. I had a REALLY hard time with the fiber..! No excersise because I had my daughters here visiting... but my real weight was showing back up on the scale!
Sunday it finally showed I was back at 135! WHEW! But this morning I weighed in at 134.6!!
So YeeeHaa!! I'm still headin' in the right direction! DOWNWARD on the scale! LOL
By wed. I noticed I seemed to have gained weight and realized I was constipated..(I hate that word!) so ON with the fiber suppliment!
Wed. was good. I did a hard workout that morning and then that night I played REALLY hard with the youth playing basketball and had BLAST!
Thurs. was SO Sore and tired from killing myself the night before so no excersise.
Friday the Fiber started kicking in.. Oh Boy! I did work out though.
Sat. I had a REALLY hard time with the fiber..! No excersise because I had my daughters here visiting... but my real weight was showing back up on the scale!
Sunday it finally showed I was back at 135! WHEW! But this morning I weighed in at 134.6!!
So YeeeHaa!! I'm still headin' in the right direction! DOWNWARD on the scale! LOL
Monday, February 2, 2009
Message for Carley!
Hey Carley.. I think you need to look at this the same way I tell my kids when they stand at the door and see a HUGE MESS and just can't face cleaning there room!
Just take it a little at a time! Don't look at the whole room, because that is too overwhelming! Just take One Corner at a time.. do that..then go to the next..then go to another spot.
Remember.. No Looking around the room at the rest of the mess!! Pretty soon it's DONE!
In other words to apply this to you..
NO LOOKING at the scale at how much you weigh, Just at How Much You have Lost!
Even ONE POUND a week is LOSING Weight!
You need to take EVERYTHING out of your house that is BAD! Sugary Sweets... Chips.. anything that is JUNK! Your kids need to eat the right way too, so they need to get used to healthy snacks too!
Having cookies around the house is bad... so if the kids want cookies, then buy a small bag and have them eat what they are allowed, then have them take the rest out to the neighbor kids! KEEP THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE!! Same goes with anything else like that.
Get baby carrots, apples, oranges, bananas, grapes... YUM! These things are soo yummy! Get wheat crackers...Raw nuts like Almonds or Walnuts. Take a look at the sites I posted for snack ideas!
As soon as you see the weight begin to come off, you'll feel so excited.. that is MY Motivation! Satan tries to get me down if it's only one pound, but a good little spirit is right there to tell me "You're DOING GOOD! Keep it Up! Don't Give Up! Keep Your Goal in Mind!"
Give yourself as many months as you need to lose 2 lbs a week! I gave myself 5 months..until my Bday in May. I'm pretty sure I can do that!
Here is the cool thing for heavier people. The more you weigh, the more calories you burn during excersise! NO FAIR! lol But lets say for example, I run for 15 mins and burn 100 calories.. someone heavier will burn more than me! (I wish I could find that ratio graph!) But I've seen it! Maybe that's why heavier people can lose more weight than smaller ones..they have more to lose, and their muscles have more to deal with making them stronger! SO when they work out they burn more!
So.. I think I know something else for you. I know there are MANY things that you are looking at in your life that needs changing. MAKE A LIST! Don't try to do too much at once!! That is OVERWHELMING!! That's the same as at the beginning of this letter! A kid looking at his Horribly Messy Room and being frustrated at all he has to do! Take it One Step at a Time!
Make that list, and work on one or two things at a time..not the whole list! And Prioritize! Most important first! Your Health is FIRST! A drowning mother cannot save her child while she is drowning! She must get her air first..so she can help her children! Like in an airplane! When they are going over the emergency stuff. They always say the Adult must put his airmask on FIRST then the childs!
A Healthy Happy Mother... nautrally tranfers that to her children! TAKE CARE OF YOU!
Just take it a little at a time! Don't look at the whole room, because that is too overwhelming! Just take One Corner at a time.. do that..then go to the next..then go to another spot.
Remember.. No Looking around the room at the rest of the mess!! Pretty soon it's DONE!
In other words to apply this to you..
NO LOOKING at the scale at how much you weigh, Just at How Much You have Lost!
Even ONE POUND a week is LOSING Weight!
You need to take EVERYTHING out of your house that is BAD! Sugary Sweets... Chips.. anything that is JUNK! Your kids need to eat the right way too, so they need to get used to healthy snacks too!
Having cookies around the house is bad... so if the kids want cookies, then buy a small bag and have them eat what they are allowed, then have them take the rest out to the neighbor kids! KEEP THEM OUT OF THE HOUSE!! Same goes with anything else like that.
Get baby carrots, apples, oranges, bananas, grapes... YUM! These things are soo yummy! Get wheat crackers...Raw nuts like Almonds or Walnuts. Take a look at the sites I posted for snack ideas!
As soon as you see the weight begin to come off, you'll feel so excited.. that is MY Motivation! Satan tries to get me down if it's only one pound, but a good little spirit is right there to tell me "You're DOING GOOD! Keep it Up! Don't Give Up! Keep Your Goal in Mind!"
Give yourself as many months as you need to lose 2 lbs a week! I gave myself 5 months..until my Bday in May. I'm pretty sure I can do that!
Here is the cool thing for heavier people. The more you weigh, the more calories you burn during excersise! NO FAIR! lol But lets say for example, I run for 15 mins and burn 100 calories.. someone heavier will burn more than me! (I wish I could find that ratio graph!) But I've seen it! Maybe that's why heavier people can lose more weight than smaller ones..they have more to lose, and their muscles have more to deal with making them stronger! SO when they work out they burn more!
So.. I think I know something else for you. I know there are MANY things that you are looking at in your life that needs changing. MAKE A LIST! Don't try to do too much at once!! That is OVERWHELMING!! That's the same as at the beginning of this letter! A kid looking at his Horribly Messy Room and being frustrated at all he has to do! Take it One Step at a Time!
Make that list, and work on one or two things at a time..not the whole list! And Prioritize! Most important first! Your Health is FIRST! A drowning mother cannot save her child while she is drowning! She must get her air first..so she can help her children! Like in an airplane! When they are going over the emergency stuff. They always say the Adult must put his airmask on FIRST then the childs!
A Healthy Happy Mother... nautrally tranfers that to her children! TAKE CARE OF YOU!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Don't know what happend! But I'm 135 lbs TODAY!
Ok..so maybe since it's Fast Sunday, I may have lost a smidge extra since this morning..LOL! Before church I was 135.6..not I'm 135! Hehe
I'll take what I can get! It PUMPS ME UP!
I have been looking for a 2 lb week and now I have it. Whew! Thanks again Heavenly Father!
I'll take what I can get! It PUMPS ME UP!
I have been looking for a 2 lb week and now I have it. Whew! Thanks again Heavenly Father!
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