The Slimquick label says: Do not use if you have thyroid disease.
Lisa: Congratulations on your loss thus far. Do you use your diet and training log? When do you take you Slimquick? It says before breakfast and then six hours later but I for one do not eat dinner 6 hours after breakfast like the log shows! Just wondered how you're spacing it. I thought it more important to follow the 6 hours and take it before lunch instead of dinner.
Today is my third day using Slimquick and I am happy so far. I have not weighed myself, however, I have not had even one craving and I have lots of energy without the jitters. This is the 4th pill I have ever tried and have never had result from them because they have all given me the jitters and I had to stop before they could do anything for me. I am so determined this time that I have been reading everything I can find about diet and exercise. I knew a lot already but have learned so many valuable things this round that have really made sense and have motivated me. I want to share them so maybe others can learn too. I have put what I have read into simpler terms.
First I want to say that I am 5'3" and weigh 165lbs. A year ago I weighed 117lbs. I went through something too awful to mention and let myself go. I am especially struggling because prior to weighing 117, I weighed 134 my whole life. The awful experience caused me to lose the weight without trying and the post-tramatic stress and depression caused me to gain almost 50lbs. I have fixed my mental health and now want to fix my physical health. I want my confidence back. Right now I hate leaving the house for fear someone will see me who knows me and be thinking the obvious; How fat I've gotten. I hate mirrors and seeing pictures of myself. So this is very important to me. My first goal in losing the weight was to educate myself. I have made the common mistakes already by thinking I could try a pill and still eat what I wanted and skip the exercise. I have gone to the gym 5 days a week only to see no results because I still ate what I wanted. And I have tried to simply quit eating. None of these ways are the right way and they are nothing but ignorant. I am now applying Slimquick with proper diet and excercising 5 days a week. I have completely eliminated alcohol and simple as well as refined carbs. It has really not been that difficult!!! Here is what I learned and wanted to share.
All food is composed of three major components: protein, carbohydrates and fat. All three incombination are necessary to successfully lose weight, it only involves choosing correctly.
PROTEIN allows us to access stored energy (fat) and builds and repairs our bodies (during excercise). Consuming too much protein (as you've heard about red meat) is bad as well. Smart sources include: fish, chicken, turkey, low-fat dairy, soy foods and beans.
CARBOHYDRATES are the most complex element in food and cannot be eliminated completely like in the Atkins diet. Without them, blood sugars spike and dip causing nervousness, anxiety and food cravings. This is where most of us lose our dieting focus. Simple carbs (table sugar, soda, and candy) absorb quickly in to the bloodstream, as do refined carbohydrates like white bread, most cereal, pasta, and white rice. These have had their fiber and bran milled away. Eating them cause an immediate "sugar rush" and then a fast plummet, resulting in your next craving. And believe me, it is not a craving you can resist without being cranky!! At least this is the case with me and last I knew we were all relatively the same on the inside. Here is where the term complex carbohydrates comes into play. I take complex to mean that they take longer to absorb. The speed of carbohydrate absorbtion is so important because the speed determines how much of the hormone called insulin will be produced. Insulin's job is to bring nutrients into cells and to store fat. Therefore, FAST ABSORBTION = MORE INSULIN = MORE FAT STORED. Makes sense right? Complex carbs still have their fiber. Fiber regulates the blood glucose.
FAT is the element in food that supplies us with energy and balances our hormones ( like insulin and cholcystokinin, which signals our brain when we are full and need to stop eating.) Fat also regulates blood sugar and controls hunger. So this must also not be eliminated. There are three types of fat: Saturated, polyunsaturated, and monounsaturated. I take saturated to mean just what it says and common sense tells me to limit these. We have also heard of trans-fat or trans-fatty acids. These are highly processed fats called hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated, such as margarine and shortening. These are absolutely horrible for you. It is actually better to use real butter sparingly than these alternatives. And read labels. Remember when Oreo cookies got all that attention for having the trans-fat? It's in a lot of the foods we eat but it is law to have trans-fat shown on food labels. Not even .5mg is acceptable.
Ever heard of Winsor Pilates? The book has some great tips:
1. Never go more than 5 hours without eating (keeps hormones balanced like insulin and cholecystokinin)
2. Drink lots of water. It breaks down fat and flushes toxins
3. No soda!!!!!!!!!!!
4. No juice!!!!!!!!!!! Always eat the fruit instead. Juice = Sugar
5. Eat breakfast within one hour of rising
6. If you get hungry after dinner, eat a healthy snack no later than one hour before bed. This will help you sleep and keep your metabolism working.
I hope what I wrote here was helpful and easy to understand. I know it seems like there aren't many choices left when we eliminate what is bad for us, but I have purposely searched for great healthy recipes and they are all very quick to prepare. For instance, who likes sauteed mushrooms? They taste like steak right? Sauteed means drenched in butter. I had some with dinner tonight but I cookied them in low-sodium beef broth. They tasted exactly the same!! I have tried to eliminate every aspect that might discourage me. I will be glad to answer any questions. I also have recipes and have learned which foods are good sources of fiber, and which have bad fats and what can substitute where you used to use bread or cereal or potatoes. You would be surprised to know that what you think is healthy really is not. I am not an expert and far from a doctor. I am just super determined and wanted to obtain some knowledge that made sense to me. If nothing else, it has helped me to write this all here. I will now retain it better <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Good luck to all and please check back because I will be weighing myself at the two week mark and no sooner so as not to discourage myself!!! These things can take time ya know?
Karaleign <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
