I've been following the South Beach Diet for a little over a year now. I've lost a total of 45 pounds using tips and recipes ya'll have posted. I have seemed to hit a wall though and need mostly encouragement.
On January 5th, 2007, I was diagnosed with Uterine Cancer. I had a hysterectomy on Jan 31 and the doctor PROMISED to help me hit my driver's license weight on my birthday two days later. I was just three pounds over that weight and he laughingly told me he did what he could.
Everything was fine and dandy and I was not so patiently waiting my 6 week clearance so I could get back to walking my three miles daily. Well.....he found cancer cells in the fluid in my abdomen and I had to start chemo. Don't be alarmed, though....I'm almost done with chemo.....2 more treatments and I have a good prognosis. The problem is that I have not been able to do much walking from nerve pain in my feet from the chemo and things that were my staples on the SBD now make me gag. I can't eat ham....even the thought of it makes me queasy.... and eggs....barfo!.....and artificial sweeteners leave a horrible medicinal taste in my mouth. Through all of this, I've gained back 10-15 pounds that I thought were gone forever. I'm not supposed to try to lose weight while on chemo, but I don't want to pack on the pounds either. Has anyone had the experience of trying to get back on weightloss track after chemo? I'm hoping the cravings for sugar leave once I'm done ......believe it or not that is a side effect. I've never been one to crave chocolate ice cream before.....now it's an everyday thing. I'm also hoping that when I can stop taking steroids the weight disappears, too. I guess all I'm looking for is a little encouragement, that YES I CAN LOSE THE WEIGHT again...It just seems as though all that hard work was for naught.