Diet @ MindSay 
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I'm using the plan from www.arbonne.com of which I joined to receive the discount of 35%. I generally order about $250 every 4-6 weeks and so the sign up cost of $29 was very reasonable to me. (better than paying full price) I'm using the Figure 8 Weight Loss program in it's entirety including protein shakes, fiber shakes, herbal tea, metabolism supplement, energy drink, and between meal dietary chews. (if you would like more information or would like to order products or sign up, let me know, I'll connect you with my sponsor)
In addition, I walk walking 2 miles 4-5 times a week, and tracking my calories and exercise on www.sparkpeople.com If you check out that sight my ID there is MissChellee
I talk about my weight loss goals to anyone who will listen and tell everyone that I am working hard to lose weight. I have lost 21.5 lbs at this time and have 37.5 lbs to go.
I allow myself a shopping trip after each 20 lb increment, and after I reach the 40 lb mark, I will make an appt with my dr for a referral for body fat and hydration tests to determine how much more I should lose. I'm down 2 sizes and would love to lose 2 more.
I'm more than happy to talk with you about what I'd doing, and I'd love to help you live a more healthy life as well.
My dad has heart disease. My grandmother had heart disease. There is about a 100% chance that I have heart disease. My dad could have avoided his heart attack had he adjusted his diet 25 years ago when he first learned that he may have heart disease. I'm 26 years younger than my father. Some quick math shows that now is the time for me to make some adjustments to my diet to hopefully prevent heart disease from ever having a significant effect on my own body.
Even though his dietary recommendations were much more drastic than the preventative ones that I should be taking, I tried to follow my dad's new diet as closely as I could, error heavily on the side of caution. This meant removing as much sodium as I could from my diet, reducing my portions by half, and cutting back on red meat and potatoes.
Some of these were easier than others to accomplish. I don't eat too much red meat, so that was a simple one. Ditto on potatoes. Sodium is in so many things, so it has proven to be a constant battle. The hardest one for me was portions. I had been eating a normal breakfast and lunch, but many snacks a day, as well as a very large meal at night. Generally, I have done well with my portions over the last 3 months. I have eliminated most snacks from the day, replacing the remaining one with healthy carrot sticks. I have also cut back my dinner meal to about 1/3rd of how much I used to eat. I'm now eating the amount that I need to eat, not the amount that I want to eat.
It is paying off. It is a little chilly in WI today, so I had to break out some fall/winter clothing. I'm wearing a shirt that I wasn't able to wear this past winter. In fact, it was so tight, that I probably shouldn't have worn it last winter, either. I'm also wearing a pair of jeans that I haven't been able to wear for almost 4 years. They are still a little tight in the junk, but they are certainly wearable.
Last night when I was getting ready for bed, I had my shirt off when I noticed myself in the mirror. For the first time in years, I didn't look at my reflection and think, "Ugg - what happened to me?" Instead, I saw my reflection and thought, "Wow. I actually look pretty decent without my shirt on for a change."
My original goal was to eat healthier and nip this heart disease thing in the butt before it gets a chance to cause some serious damage. That was all I really wanted. I knew that I would lose a little weight in the process, but that wasn't something I was necessarily trying for. It's an unintended, but amazing, side effect to get my old body back, as well as find some self esteem that I had assumed was long gone.
Men with diabetes who ate any eggs at all raised their risk of death during a 20-year period studied, according to the study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The study adds to an ever-growing body of evidence, much of it contradictory, about how safe eggs are to eat. It did not examine what about the eggs might affect the risk of death.
Men without diabetes could eat up to six eggs a week with no extra risk of death, Dr. Luc Djousse and Dr. J. Michael Gaziano of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School found.
"Whereas egg consumption of up to six eggs a week was not associated with the risk of all-cause mortality, consumption of (seven or more) eggs a week was associated with a 23 percent greater risk of death," they wrote.
"However, among male physicians with diabetes, any egg consumption is associated with a greater risk of all-cause mortality, and there was suggestive evidence for a greater risk of MI (heart attack) and stroke."
They urged more study in the general population.
Alright, the update: as of now I'm 242lbs, 5'9".
80 pounds more than I weighed 3.5 years ago. What happened? Well, my metabolism is fucked, apparently. Being a vegetarian I dont get the protein I need to burn the calories I eat. Vegetarianism- healthy? I wouldn't exactly call being 100 pounds overweight healthy. But I cant blame it all on the diet, I also blame the four year fit with chronic bronchitis and sinusitis. Basically, this cut off much of my air supply, making it EXTREMELY difficult to exercise, and even do basic activities. Not being able to get enough oxygen to fuel my body I believe is a major contributor. And then its also my fault, of course. Even though it seems as if... I have no control over it, its the things I do subconsciously.
Enough of my nonsense, I'm ready to start getting healthy! Moving off to college and away from the house will be very good for my diet. I wont be stuck in a house full of junk food, I can stock my own fridge with fruit and veggies and yogurts and mmmmm I cant wait!
now, the last time i weighed myself was back in the last week of november/first week of december when me n cyn would still go work out together after class sometimes. (that's another thing that makes getting exercise hard for me, i have no one to go with, and i'm scared that if i go by myself i'll 1. see cyn, or worse 2. see cyn there with mara) when i weighed myself then, i was about 150lbs. this means that in the past 2 n a half months i've GAINED ABOUT 14 POUNDS. seriously, wtf jennifer? n getting dumped sure as shit didn't help that...but yeah, so i guess in a way this information is also all a big "fuck you" to all the ppl that told me i wasn't fat n didn't need to lose weight.
Your Total Energy Expenditure is 2067 calories/day.
This is the approximate number of calories you need to consume to maintain your current weight. If you eat more calories than this on a regular basis or reduce your activity, you will gain weight. If you eat fewer calories than this regularly or increase your activity, you will lose weight. Keep in mind that your total energy expenditure may vary from day to day based on how active you are.
Your Body Mass Index (BMI) is 29.1.
BMI is a measure of whether you are at an appropriate weight for your height. Check the following table to see where your BMI falls. Keep in mind that if you are extremely muscular and fit, the BMI may falsely classify you as overweight or obese.
Underweight: <18.5 Normal: 18.5 - 24.9 
Overweight: 25.0 - 29.9 Extremely Overweight: >30.0
Your BMI indicates that losing some weight would benefit your health. Although individual metabolisms vary, generally cutting back 500 calories a day [1567 for me] will help you lose about one pound per week, which is a healthy rate of weight loss. This is best done by minimizing your extras (foods high in fat and sugar) and by watching your portion sizes from all food groups. Being physically active will help shed pounds and inches even faster.
- Eating iron and folate-rich foods is important throughout the years you menstruate to prevent anemia. If you have anemia, your blood does not carry enough oxygen to the rest of your body, which can cause a lack of energy and other health problems. Good food sources of iron include red meat, poultry, dried peas, beans and lentils and enriched breads and cereals. Folate, a type of B vitamin, is found in dark-green leafy vegetables, dried beans and peas and in fortified cereals and grains.
- Consuming three cups of low-fat or nonfat dairy foods when on a low calorie diet may help enhance weight loss and reduce abdominal fat in adults.
- The calcium recommendation for women in their 20s is 1,000 mg per day, or three portions of high-calcium foods daily. The following chart of calcium-rich foods shows how much you need to get approximately 300 mg of calcium (which equals one portion). Calcium-fortified foods are another option if you have trouble consuming enough calcium from natural food sources.
| Milk (nonfat, 1%, 2% or whole) | 1 cup |
| Cheese | 1-1/2 ounces |
| Yogurt | 1 cup |
| Pudding | 1 cup |
| Broccoli | 5 1/4 cups |
| Dried beans or peas, cooked | 5 cups |
| Almonds | 3/4 cup |
| Tofu processed with calcium | 1-1/2 cups |
| Corn tortillas | 6 |
What counts as one cup of milk?
| 1 cup milk or yogurt | | 2 cups cottage cheese |
What counts as a cup of fruit?
| 1 cup fruit | | 1 medium grapefruit |
What counts as a cup of vegetables?
| 1 cup raw or cooked vegetables | 1 medium boiled or baked potato |
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| Dark-Green Vegetables |
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| Orange Vegetables 2 cups/week |
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| Dry Beans & Peas 3 cups/week |
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| Starchy Vegetables 3 cups/week |
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| Other Vegetables 6 1/2 cups/week |
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| 1 slice bread | | 1/2 English muffin |
What counts as an ounce of meat and beans?
A typical healthy portion is 2 – 3 ounces (or the size of a deck of cards).
| 1 ounce lean meat, poultry or fish | | 1 sandwich slice of deli meat |
so i guess that's everything. also, keep in mind that this has been supposedly calculated to fit my height and weight and family history, so if ur thinking about going on a diet, ur better off doing this shit urself on that website. and if u couldn't tell, this entry is largely just information to help me out. to maintain my weight, i need:
6oz of grains a day
2.5 cups of vegetables a day
2 cups of fruits a day
3 cups of milk products a day
5.5 oz of meat and beans a day
so yeah, again i have lots more that i want to say, but i wanna run into sims world and pig out while i still can, lol.
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