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first this has nothing to do with diets …but we are meeting our cousins from China

as well as he will be bringing his 1 month old baby girl to meet the family(as per tradition she had to be 1 month to come out and socialize My son will be meeting a new little cousin  .

He loves kids his age and it would be nice to see his reactions to a newborn .

Now ….drum roll I got on the scale and I was 187 today.My goal is 186 by Christmas day…not sure if that will happen but I am still excited.My first mini goal is 180.

I have a pair of pants from my skinny days which was my goal jeans but my husband looked at it and said at 27 inch waist  and it was built for someone with no hips.I had two pregnancies so now I am wondering if I need to change my goal out fit like he said ??

I woke up this morning .Hid the scale and ran downstairs to weigh in.

You  see when my ubby and I met I was 120 and that was my normal average weight

till  insulin intolerance kicked in .So yes I am embarassed of all the weight I placed on .

195.8  by the looks of it I may just obtain my goal by Christmas to be in the 180’s

Last year at this time I fell off my diet because of the loss of my grandma who was so close to me. I spent four days at her bed side till she past away.Being that I have been hospitalized myself many times(sadly enough…I know from my experiences that in hospitals once family members are not around they treat the elderly like second class citizens. I guess I turned to food for comfort and being that it was around Christmas and everyone after got together to remember her their was food galore.Being that side of my family is South American (the other chinese) well their is always alot of abundance of food.

And I ate I guess to morn the loss of my grandmother and my twin daughters a few months earlier .

After PCOS really started affecting me  was in my late twenties…. from my regular 120

I ballooned and the more I ballooned the more depressed I became and the more weight I added on.

Also not easy when I have half of my family members all commenting on it . My dad side

being Chinese all short and waifs( I am 5′8) my older sister takes after them on the petite side…made me feel like Shrek with their comments…including my dad.Which hurt the most.

This time it is for myself and for my son.I want him to be thought healthy eating habits by example .

I have altered many of family recipes so that they are healthy for me and do not instead raise my insulin levels .Which meant a total change as well of other types of foods I eat.

I am also dedicated to my daily vitamin and mineral ritual since many people with pcos and diabetis have been found to be lacking in so many from the average person .

My goal is 183 by Christmas ..I am dedicated and highly motivated !!!:)))))))))))))

me at 120 lbs

me at 213 lbsme at 213 lbs

Well the last time I weighed myself was last  Thursday .I was planing to weigh in today but would you believe  butterflies were in my stomach and I chickened out !!!

So my weigh in is tomorrow…would you believe even thinking about it is making me ill …sigh

Well I have been eating a vegetarian diet .Not that hard because since I was a child meat use to leave me with a sick feeling after eating it .Being that I have insulin deficiency growing up in a family that loves to give children sweets was not helpful …I have a huge sweet tooth but I have managed to not give in to my sweet  tooth cravings for the last month and a half .

I have kept at 1000 calories basically for the last week ,without feeling hungry at all .So ask me why I feel sick and worried about the weigh in ….probably because I was only able to find one day in this week to work out

I love biggest looser  though it sets unrealistic weight loss with such short amount of time.

I mean we can not all quit our jobs and dedicate the next few months for weight loss and exercise like their is no tomorrow.

Needless to say I still love that show and watching people victorious at achieving their weight loss goal.

I do watch the previously aired shows of x weighted on slice.ca ,only because the people have 6 months .They are thought about nutrition and coached but in the end it is themselves at home,working around their jobs and family trying to achieve their goal

http://www.slice.ca/Slice/Watch/Default.aspx?categoryID=1189180459

I mean if you can not get on biggest looser ..lol it is the next best thing

I have been really good on my diet .I don’t crave or eat junk food .

Okay I do have one addiction.Coffee with no sugar or cream.

You read negative and good about caffeine .One article on the internet said caffeine jumps starts your metabolism  ..although I want to idealistically believe it ..sorry I can not fool myself:) Because with the amount of coffee I use to

drink I should of been a skinny minny ….okay I did stop drinking coffee while I was pregnant though.

My husband says I should place my son in the stroller and walk during the day  ,

maybe it’s me but I say it’s October and it’s way too cold for my 15 month old to endure…not sure if that is an excuse (sigh)

Well with the funeral of a family member I was away for a couple of days.

Still on track with my diet.No sweet cravings either.I actually woke up and took a walk with my husband and baby today before he left to see the games  with is friends tonight .

I have decided on my goals.I have a medium frame and 5′8

As of last weigh in I was 212.Sigh ..my mini goal is  at least 190 by christmas

I’m determined and highly motivated so I figure I am a step on this already lol

next weigh in is on Thursday/Friday. I’ll keep this updated.

Well against my husbands suggestion of weighing in only at the end of the month ,I decided I will do it at the end of each week .Friday to me is the end of the week .lol so I am nervous .I know it would not be much since the last time I weighed in was Tuesday.But inspiration is good even if it comes in small amounts.

To be honest my inspiration is my sister in law.The wicked witch of the west .lol

You see through high school and throughout my twenties I was actually anorexic. I still remember my mom taking me to see psychiatrists.Their theories made me laugh .They all thought it was my body image and I was doing this for guy ….like far from it .I remember the day I started thinking I was fat ( I was only 140 5′8 back then …but my dad being Chinese and  his family being extremely small …mentioned he thought I was getting fat . Well by the time it came out and my mom was angry at my dad when she found out …well of course he forgot he made that statement .Weird to think I had a 20 inch waist at one time .

Anyways then I was diagnosed with PCOS my periods stopped .My hormones went crazy and the weight started packing on sigh

where does my sister in law come in ?? You may ask

well she was the opposite to me .She went through those years as overweight .

She actually made a comment that fat girls are all hideously ugly and all skinny girls are beautiful !!! (what ) First beauty comes from within .

Many girls I know who are chunky/fat are very beautiful inside and out and yes when they loose weight …to what they are comfortable with they really shine …but to say that if you walk by someone who is overweight it means their beneath you …well then I think your not just insulting the mankind but you make yourself a total idiot .

Okay lol I think I just had a rant instead …and I feel good (smile)

Anyways …my diet is going well . I feel great ! And to be honest I have not felt like I have had this much energy in such a long time

I have to admit before even starting my diet ,I did research on PCOS

bad and good foods and also vitamins and mineral(by the way PCOS is Insulin deficiency) basically the step before diabetes

I wake up and take my multivitamins and seperate supplemts of vitamin D and Chromium .Chromium is in many diet supplemts but is also sold separately.It has been found to work great for PCOS because it improves the efficiency of

Insulin.Okay I don’t believe many things until I try it ! My reason for purchasing it was due to PCOS.  I have been on it now for a month and I do find it is true that it does  reduce my appetite . I can not testify for the other claims this mineral claims  of increasing the metabolism . But as for my appetite I have found that I do not crave  alot of food and do get filled up pretty fast .

What is important really to me …and we’ll see once my doctor does tests again is to see my blood levels

Chromium is a naturally-occurring mineral, trace amounts of which are found in everyday foods like meat, poultry, fish, and whole-grain breads.  When foods are processed, they are stripped of natural chromium, making American diets generally very low in chromium; In 1968, it was demonstrated that when animals do not receive adequate levels of chromium, insulin is not optimally effective, and damage to insulin-dependent systems can occur (Schroeder, 1968).  This led the FDA to recommend a daily chromium intake of approximately 130 mcg, as infinitesimal amounts of chromium are needed to aid the transport of blood glucose across cell membranes

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AnS/psychology/health_psychology/chromiumpicolinate.htm

with an estimated 25‚50 percent of the U.S. population deficient in chromium. The United States has a greater incidence of deficiency than any other country, because of very low soil levels of chromium and the loss of this mineral from refined foods, especially sugar and flours. Deficiencies are more common in both the elderly and the young, especially teenagers on poor diets. Even though chromium is needed in such small amounts, it is difficult to obtain. Given these factors, and the fact that the already-low chromium absorption rate decreases even further with age, chromium deficiency is of great concern. It may even be the missing link in the development of adult-onset diabetes, a serious problem increasing rapidly in our culture. Nearly one in five adult Americans now develops diabetes.

Shirataki noodles were originally developed in Asia, but they have recently come to the attention of people around the world. Because these noodles are almost totally a beneficial type of fiber, they have almost no “bad” carbohydrates. There are some indications that they may have other health benefits as well.

Shirataki comes from the root of a plant (Amorphophallus Konjac, or a few other closely-related species) grown in various parts of Asia, and given many names in different places, including Konnyaku potato (or just konnyaku), konjac, konjaku, elephant yam (although as far as I can tell, they are not related to any other plant commonly called “yam”), and others. The fiber is also known as glucomannan.

Benefits of Shirataki Noodles:

There is some evidence that glucomannan, when tested as a powdered supplement, can play a role in blood sugar control, as well as improve cholesterol control and weight loss (see this report). It also contributes to fiber intake, and can be a substitute for starchy noodles.

How They Are Packakged:

Shirataki noodles come “wet” - packed in liquid. They are ready to eat out of the package. I usually just rinse them under hot water, cut them up a few times with kitchen shears, and add them to the dish I’m cooking.

I love these being half Asian I substitute  it in many of my dishes , as well the fact I love spaghetti .lol I use it with my favorite sauce ( my mother in laws) and it fills my cravings and fills me up .Some people add mozzarella cheese grated with it but I leave that out .

this is great for diabetic and insulin resistance (PCOS )

you find it easily at your asian grocery stores for about a dollar  to two dollars a package .

gluten free and take on the flavor of whatever you cook !!!
it’s about 97% water. The remaining 3% is mostly fiber in the form of a viscous substance called glucomannan, plus some traces of protein, starch and minerals like calcium. It’s the glucomannan that makes it so interesting as a weight loss food though

links to recipes

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipes.asp?food=shirataki&a=

Catabolism: The breakdown of more complex substances into simpler ones with release of energy. In other words, there are certain foods that if eaten, will actually burn more calories than they contain. God is truly amazing! Nearly everything we eat contains calories, i.e., if it’s real food.  A bottle of Diet Pepsi contains ZERO calories because it’s not food, its poisonous Aspartame. If you burn more calories than you consume, you will lose weight. It’s a basic principle of weight loss. So it’s actually healthy to snack on catabolic foods throughout the day when you get hungry, and you’ll be losing weight in the process. Pretty nifty huh?

Some foods, like a piece of chocolate cake baptized in chocolate icing, are high in calories, and take a while to burn off. Other foods, like lettuce, are low in calories, and can be burned off faster. Your body is always burning calories, even if you’re sitting still and doing nothing. Being physically active definitely helps to burn calories faster, but you don’t want to overdo it. Swimming is one of the best and safest exercises, i.e., unless you like to dive into the shallow end of the pool head first. 

So, what are the foods that burn fat fast?

Catabolic foods burn more calories than they contain. For example, an apple contains around 80 or 90 calories. But the energy your body uses to metabolize the apple burns about 180 calories. So, when you eat an apple, your body burns off up to 100 calories more than you consumed. So the saying still holds true… “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.”

Here is a list of high catabolic foods:

Of course, this doesn’t mean you can eat a greasy double-cheeseburger, and then eat five apples to make up for it. What it does mean is, if you are on a diet, eating certain foods will help you burn more calories and lose weight faster. These are foods you can snack on throughout the day, satisfying your hunger without ruining your diet.