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General Discussion / Re: Former Sweet Tooth Addict Feedback Requested
« on: January 15, 2012, 01:28:11 AM »
Xylitol is a natural sugar substitute.  Buy it for baking where it is wonderful and see if you like it in coffee.  You may have luck sweetening you coffee with sugar-free syrups.  Heavy whipping cream is great as a replacement for evaporated milk.  "Real" mayonnaise is very low carb.  Salad dressings have a wide range of carb counts.  In general, look at the labels and be careful of the "light" dressings.  They tend to be higher in carbs because the fat in the original recipe is replaced with sugar to make them lower in calories but higher in carbs.  In my experience, creamy dressings like ranch and bleu cheese are pretty low in carbs.

Good luck.  The planning effort will be well worth it.

You're a night owl, aren't you?

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Lean On My Shoulder / A Migraine Headache
« on: January 15, 2012, 01:14:52 AM »
This was a new experience for me and the doctors say that 59 is a bit old for a first migraine but it hit hard and fast on Friday morning.  Because of the suddenness, my risk factors being low (that age thing) and a botched spinal tap (lumbar puncture for those medicos among us), I was misdiagnosed as having a cerebral hemorrhage, potentially fatal without brain surgery, and transferred to a trauma center.  There they figured out that it was a migraine, gave me lots of really good drugs and I was home 24 hours later.  Great ending to a bad day! 

There were a couple of FTS-related fun moments.  The transport team needed my weight.  I'll admit that I rounded down to the closest 5 pounds but one of them joked that it was nice to get a light-weight for once.  That made me smile through my drug-induced haze.  Then, when the results of a urinalysis came back with a very high ketone level, the concerned doctor just gave me a funny look and an odd ohhhh when I told her that I'm a low carber.  No more questions after that.

I'm home and fine and researching risk factors to see what I can do to prevent a recurrence.  Job-related stress is all I can identify so I'll need to work on that.  My headache started within 30 minutes of my closing the books for 2011.  The company I work for claims to be focused on wellness so I'll see if they really mean it. 

Any advice about dealing with migraines would be greatly appreciated.

 

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General Discussion / A substitute for the BRAT diet when we're sick?
« on: January 15, 2012, 12:57:41 AM »
Doug,
I was quite ill this past weekend (I'll post the good, bad and funny in another topic) but what to eat when my digestive tract was so very unhappy was really a challenge and one I wasn't prepared to deal with.  The traditional (and obviously carb-laden) program is bananas, rice, apples and toast.   (BRAT), supposedly because they are gentle to digest.  I didn't even know what to ask for besides sugar-free jello.  My husband would have gladly gone to the grocery store so availability wasn't the problem.

And suggestions on what low carb options there are when we are down and out?  I'd like to be prepared in case it happens again.

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General Discussion / Re: So I am curious
« on: January 13, 2012, 09:38:03 AM »
freeinhim,
jen1975 and I are both in the Denver area and bigjoey is in Sterling.  Small world.

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General Discussion / Re: So I am curious
« on: January 12, 2012, 06:19:33 PM »
I used to be a CPA but now I'm just the A part.  I work in the financial reporting department of an oil and gas exploration company.

I also have a husband, 5 daughters, 2 sons-in-law and three granddaughters. 

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General Discussion / Re: ok, what am I doing wrong
« on: January 11, 2012, 11:39:33 AM »
50 ounces of water seems a bit light.  I've always heard that 8 ounces a day plus 8 ounces per cup of caffeinated beverage is the minimum.  It seems backwards, but not enough water can cause your body to retain water.  The theory is that your body holds on to all the water it can because it doesn't know if there will be enough.  There have been times I've used more water to jump start loss.

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Click Here To Share Your Success Story / Re: Started yesterday and feeling good.
« on: January 10, 2012, 11:44:35 AM »
Good luck but you already are lucky.  You found the right tool to get where you need to be.

Keep checking in.  Everyone here has your back.

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General Discussion / Re: My Fitness Pal website
« on: January 10, 2012, 10:22:24 AM »
I love my husband and daughters dearly but they are all skinny.  Imagine not even having someone to hide behind in family pictures.

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Click Here To Share Your Success Story / Re: My first week weighin!
« on: January 10, 2012, 09:54:09 AM »
Having experienced both "niacin burn" and  hot flashes, I'll take a hot flash any day. 

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General Discussion / Re: new girl
« on: January 10, 2012, 09:52:27 AM »
Welcome, Sweeties.  The only thing I want to add is that not everyone has a difficult detox.  I breezed through it.  I don't suggest you set yourself up for failure by not being realistic, but you may be one of the lucky ones.  My trick for the sugar cravings was to eat a few dill pickle slices.  The taste buds for "sour" are right next to the taste buds for "sweet" so that will often help you get through it.  Another craving tip that my brother got in an stop smoking clinic:  cravings only last for seconds.  Count to ten and move away.

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Click Here To Share Your Success Story / Re: My first week weighin!
« on: January 09, 2012, 03:49:42 PM »
I had a less severe reaction to the same med, recommended by the same doctor.  I didn't get weak but I was red and burning and itchy.  So much for slow release.

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General Discussion / Re: Jo ...
« on: January 05, 2012, 03:13:31 PM »
Russell Stovers makes them sugar free in your choice of milk or dark chocolate.

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Ask Umpa / Re: Hair is thinning /Sea Kelp ?
« on: December 29, 2011, 11:23:18 PM »
Make sure your thyroid is working.  Hypothyroidism causes hair loss, too.  The good news is that it is reversible if that's the cause.


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General Discussion / Twas the Night Before Christmas
« on: December 22, 2011, 09:52:10 AM »
My apologies to Clement C. Moore.

‘Twas the night before Christmas
And all through the manse
The elves were all happy
And doing a dance.

Santa was skinny!
Oh, my, what a joy.
He’d cut out the sugar,
Just look at that boy.

His robes were all flowing
Like loose fitting garb.
What on earth happened?
The man went LOW CARB.

A one-minute muffin,
Such a joy to behold.
Santa’s now skinny,
The world must be told.

The air, it was cold.
His breath showed a wisp.
What’s that in his hand.
Why it’s a BranCrisp.

His life will be longer,
His wife can relax.
He cut-out wheat flour.
Replaced it with flax.

While visions of sugar plums
Filled little kids’ minds,
He’d  lost sugar cravings
And snacked on pork rinds.

My thanks to the forum.
Keep up the good fight.
Merry Christmas to all,
And to all a good night.

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General Discussion / Re: Have yo told a female family member?
« on: December 08, 2011, 03:29:13 PM »
I told my sister.  She is 10 years post-gastric bypass and had a lot of digestive issues.  She has lost 14.5 pounds in the 2 months since she started FTSing and, best of all, her digestive issues seem to be a thing of the past.  She has managed to keep off 100 pounds from her initial post-surgery weight loss, but she's happy to be on FTS and losing the rest of her excess weight.

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