My good news!!! - 3 Fat Chicks on a Diet Weight Loss Community

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Shopaholic1204 , 03-26-2008 02:15 PM

I've lost 11 pounds since joining 3FC!!! I seriously never thought I'd be able to do that. I'm eating foods I never liked before (i.e-chicken, spinach and broccoli, etc) I have about 39 more pounds to lose and then I'll be the same weight as Dh, lol. My new short term goal is to lose 5 pounds by my 23rd birthday (April 29) so I can get my pierced, lol. I'm starting to feel a lot more postive about myself. Something that I havent been able to do in a really long time. (that made me tear up a bit)

So ya..thats my little update.

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mandalinn82 , 03-26-2008 03:09 PM

Yay! Congrats! That's 5% of your body weight...enough to seriously reduce your risk of diabetes and other weight-related health problems.

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Shopaholic1204 , 03-26-2008 03:16 PM

Really??? I so did not know that!! Thanks for letting me know.

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mandalinn82 , 03-26-2008 03:21 PM

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''We have seen a consistent pattern in our weight loss studies that when patients lose 5%-10% of their body weight, they lower blood pressure, reduce LDL ["bad"] cholesterol, improve glucose tolerance, and in general, lower the risk for cardiovascular disease," says Catherine Champagne, a researcher with Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

Some doctors have reported that they have successfully taken patients off blood pressure and cholesterol-lowering medications after the patients lost small amounts of weight, Champagne says.

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/ma...ticlekey=62665

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Shopaholic1204 , 03-26-2008 03:47 PM

Nice!! Thanks!!

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