SEBRAY: First off, you are NOT supposed to mix up more than one half to one day's lemonade. That article by that woman was all wrong. She mixed up three days at a time, and that is a no no. You want the enzymes to be active, and they start to deteriorate after a few hours. I think she did the cleanse for all the wrong reasons too. I am loving the weight loss, but I did this for the detox. It has had a wonderful effect on how I feel. My joints are better, I am sleeping much better. Now that I am getting 'clean', I intend to change my diet dramatically. I may eat 100% raw foods for a while to see how I feel on it.

BOB: Glad you made it to work. Where do you find these pictures??? :lol:

CINDY: I think I would die without a computer! ! j/k!

PANCHO: They usually get you up soon after surgery and want you to walk. I was up the morning after, and walking the halls of the hospital the whole time I was there. Walking really helps you recover. Just nice, moderate walking. The doctor told me I could go back to Curves at 6 weeks, but my body said otherwise. When I went to work out, my abdomen would get so swollen, and painful, I just waited another four weeks. Just listen to your body and only do what you feel you can handle. I am sure my Lupus slowed down my recovery. Fillise on the other hand, was running through the Atlanta airport, carrying Ms. Belle in a carrier, two weeks after her surgery!

HEART: Right on! There are saner ways to lose weight! :) I do not think the regiment is for everyone. I never thought I could fast for seven days, but I do like the spiritual discipline of it. I figure if Jesus could fast for forty, I probably can for 10.

JACK: I hope you got your aunt all settled in the new place. I don't think I will be going over 10, though I wanted to. Duty calls! I just made a luncheon appointment for Friday, so I will have to start breaking the fast tomorrow to be able to go to the appointment and not sit there while she eats! I guess I could do that, but I won't. It is a long story, but I feel God tugging at me to connect with this woman, in fact I even have prayed about it previously, and was specific that I would wait until she contacted me. She did, so I feel like I need to go. If it were up to me, I would do the detox another week. I guess God has other plans for me. I can always do the detox again later. :shrug:

SARAH: Wow, I bet that man was in BIG trouble when his wife got her hands on him! What a crazy thing to do!

Ok, time for me to climb inbetween the sheets and float gently off to sleep. I can do this because I will shut the kittens OUT of my room!

Night! :wave:

Hey guys....just thought I'd pop in a bit...I hear that sugar busters is recommended to a lot of people who are insulin resistant or have PCOS...so i figured I'd float around and see what i could see.

I went to the Sugar busters web site and nearly had a heart attack when I saw how expensive their food was...holy crap!!! Seven dollars for a personal pan pizza....three fifty for a package of TWO COOKIES :lol:...who buys that stuff? :shrug:

So, do any of you use sugar busters for health related problems? have you found sucess with the program?

Just wondering....


Melissa

Good evening ya'll.
 

My mom found the neatest bread by Natures own. It's 100 percent whole grain with 4 or less sugars depending on the flavor.. They have Maple French Toast, a Cinnamon one and a cranberry one (yum). I don't eat a lot of bread but I thought what a neat treat for breakfast sometime. Maybe with a bit of peanut butter. The kids just love it.

Bob...LOL Too funny. So glad you were abl to go back to work. Hope you continue to feel better.

Monet..praying for you as you break your fast. I'm happy for the positive results you are getting.

Heart...I bet you see 160 before you know it. I saw 159 this morning. Just praying I'll see it for WIW. I told Robert there was a day I would have cried to see the scales up to 159 but after jumping up to almost 169 I'll take it.

Sebray.....yeah on acing your test. It's all that hard work you have put into them. WTG

Cindy..I've had strawberries the last couple of days also. They were on sale at Krogers...LOL I've been making a mock smoothie. Not too bad and really filling.

Nat...hey skinny! Hope you start feeling better and can eat again. Thin is good but stress is not. Sorry you are hurt right now.

Jack-K...praying for you Aunt as she adjust to her new home. Jess and I took a mini walk this evening to sneak in that 3 mile. Our neighbor's cow calved recently and the new fella is just too cute. We did stop long enough to take a picture. :)


Thin...still praying for you and your mama.

Toni..wtg on day 2 of sugar detox..one day at a time. ((hugzz))

Arcayne...too bad your mama can't make it. WTG on passing up the emotional eating. That is totally awesome! Keep up the good work.

Sarah...My daughter trained like that. She was almost 2. I took her to the potty one time and she was dry day and night from then on. My oldest son had his own agrenda...LOL But the day he meet his baby sister he decided he was a big boy. Praise God because I didn't think he would ever get it. By the time our fifth child was potty training we were very laid back about the whole thing. :)

Missy...if you happend to pop in I just wanted to let you know you are not forgotten. Can't wait till you can make it back to the board.

Love and hugs,
Crystle

Welcome
 

Hi MissMellis! Welcome to the board. I personally don't buy any of that expensive stuff. I do spend a little extra for fresh veggies and fruit to help me stay on plan. The reason I started sugarbuster was because my sister and mom are both type 2 diabetics. For me one of the biggest plusses besides the weight loss has been no more indigestion or swelling in my ankles. This month is my 4th year eating this way.

These ladies are a wealth of information so feel free to ask any questions you might have.

Love and hugs,
Crystle
235/159/140

Morning all!
 

Today is my first WW weigh-in so I'm anxious to see what has happened. I go at 9 am.

Last night I had one of the Lean Cuisine spa meals that are made with whole grains. It was salmon and basil and came with whole grain orzo. It was actually pretty tasty for a frozen meal and perfectly fine for SB.

We are supposed to get another three (3!) inches of rain in the next couple of days--this will put us close to 20 inches for the last two weeks. I don't know how much more the ground can take. Flooding is already a problem.

Country--4 years--WOW! That's great. I haven't seen the Nature's Own bread you mentioned, but that's what I buy when I buy bread (most of the time I bake it myself).

Melissa--This is a wonderful WOE for anyone with insulin problems, but I don't think anyone on the board orders the SB stuff. The great thing about this WOE is that you can eat real food. Lean Cuisine is now making a line of foods that are made with whole grains that should be ok and the South Beach stuff showing up in grocery stores now should be ok too (although I thought those were expensive as well). I usually buy just normal food--be sure to read the label to make sure you aren't getting added sugars and that the foods that claim to be whole grain really are.

Monet--Did the kittens let you sleep?

Sebray--Congrats on the exams!!!!

Cindy--I sympathize--my connection wouldn't work on Saturday. I thought my modem had bee fried in one of our storms.

Sarah--Good luck with your cleanse.

BOB--WTG!!! I guess you coughed up that hairball. Belle was worried about you!

Jackie--I have to admit that the portion sizes is something I haven't mastered very well--so I'm really having to learn about that after all this time. No, let me rephrase that. I've known what the proper portion sizes were, I just am making my self actually control them.

Nat--um, I wasn't exactly running through the airport two weeks after I surgery, but my recovery did go pretty well. I think it was a measure of how badly I was feeling before the surgery that I felt so much better immediatly after. I, too, was up and walking the day after. If they can do your vaginally or a lap, the recovery time should be a little easier. Monet and I were both--hmmm, how should I say this--gutted like a fish! LOL!

Heart--Me too on the cleanse. I don't think I could do it. I worry a bit about what it might do to the old metabolism. Monet--do they talk about that in the books? I'm just curious.

OK off to weigh-in. Wish me luck!

Susan

Yippee!!!
 

I got on the scale this morning and I've lost 5 lbs!!!! I's not much, but a good start! Hopefully one that I can continue. Over the last few years I have yoyo'd between 200-235 and never gone any lower. I hope I can keep it up and break that barrier soon.

Fillise- This week was my first weigh in too! 5 lbs gone! :dancer:

Country- My son is insulin resistant at 13 so we're trying to eat better as a family. No diabetics in my family, but several on my hubby's side.

Miss- I just buy fresh fruits, veggies, brown rice and ww pasta at my grocery store. I have a tip for you though, when you cook the pasta I boil it, then mix it in with my meat sauce and let it cook together for a couple of minutes or bake it like a lasagne. It seems to help with the chewyness and my kids like it better.

Monet- congratulations on the detox. I'm having enough trouble adjusting to the new eating habits, I admire anyone with the discipline to do a fast like this!

Sebray- congrats on the exams!

Cindy- I always enjoy reading your menus to see if I get any ideas!

Sarah- Good luck on your detox! Thanks for the prayers!

Heartmom- Hope I can be as successful as you've been with the weightloss! Congratulations!

Bob- Way to go!

Jack- they think that they have a good idea of what happened with my mom. They had her on a very strong diuretic for the fluid around her lungs and in combination with some of her other meds, too much fluid may have been lost leading to some kidney shut down. The latest is that once she gets in balance again, she will move out of ICU into a step down room maybe today.

Pancho- mom's BP is usually somewhat low, but not 80/40. Hopefully they have it figured out now though.

We're leaving tomorrow afternoon to head down to Savannah. Hopefully she will be in the new room by then. My kids are anxious to see her and make sure she's Ok with their own eyes. They've heard all the talk this week and are relieved like the rest of us that it was not caused by anything being wrong with her, you know? They live on Tybee Island, but I don't know if we'll be able to catch any rays. :sunny: I think its supposed to rain. Thanks for all your prayers. I'll let you know how it went when I return!

Just a quick Hi to everyone!

It is pushing 80 today in Ohio...

My DF is thinking of possibly doing the detox if I do well on it.

Monet, give me an update?? How are you day 8? 8-right?

-Sarah

Wiw!
 

Good morning! Its day 8 of the detox and I am going to begin to break the fast today. I will add some orange or grapefruit juice during the day, cut with water. I want to be back to solid foods by Friday afternoon. I feel very good. A number of nagging health problems I had have cleared up. One is the severe joint pain I had. Its MUCH improved. I am sleeping better at night, and I have more energy. This tells me something in my diet is causing some of my problems. Re-introducing foods is going to have to be done very carefully, so I can determine what it is. The two main culprits I am going to be looking at are grains and dairy. Fasting shrinks your stomach, so I am hoping I will be able to eat smaller portions and feel satisfied on less.

It is weigh in Wednesday and so I will report that I am down 15 pounds from last Wednesday morning. Not a typical weight loss, but I have not fasted for 30 years, so it does not surprise me. If I do it again, I am sure it will be less dramatic.

THIN: :cheer: Five pounds is awesome! That is a great start! Remember, if you lose slowly, it stays off better! I am not too disciplined, honest! I think its easier to eat nothing, than to make choices!

FILLISE: I got my :crossed: for your weigh in. The kittens did let me sleep...some! Bast climbed up on me, then wanted to treat the teddy bear like her mother, and nurse! Drives me crazy!

COUNTRY: I am going to look for that NO bread! I have not seen it here yet, though. I used to love to walk down to the pond and watch the cows at my husband's parents house. He was raised on a farm. I was a bit afraid of them until my sister in law showed me how they would run if you tried to approach them!

MISSMELLIS: Welcome to Sugarbusters! I don't purchase that expensive stuff either. You don't need to. My husband and I both do Sugarbusters for health reasons. He has high cholesterol and triglycerides, and my triglycerides were high, but my main reason was insulin resistance. I tried Protein Power and Atkins, but I am also hypothyroid and the thyroid just seems to do better with some carbs, so I lost better on Sugarbusters. ( which is not saying much, since it is so hard for me to lose at all!) When shopping, it is actually easy to find legal breads and pastas, and crackers now. Things like triscuits, 100% whole wheat bread, Hodgson's Mill whole wheat pastas are fine, so there is no need to purchase the expensive stuff. I hope you stick around! We love company! Jack-k and Heartmom have both lost over 100 pounds, so there are big success stories on here. Pancho reached her goal, and has maintained it for a while. Some of us are struggling...but we persevere! It's a great group.

Well, I best get off here and get something done! :wave:

SARAH: We were posting at the same time...yes day 8 and doing great! :) Unfortunately I am not going to make it ten days, and I am bummed. I wanted to. But, I feel like I need to respond to the invitation for lunch from this lady, so I will go for it. I can always do the detox again in a month or so.

I AM SOOOOOO SOOOOOOO SOOOOOO SOOOOOOO $%@^$%@#$#%$^$^$!!!!!!! MAD!!!!!!!!!

I JUST SPENT THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF.....AN HOUR AND A HALF!!! WASTING MY TIME!!! I REPLIED TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU...ARCAYNE...MISSMELISS...MONET...EVERYONE!!! THEY WERE ALL LONG REPLIES AND WELL THOUGHT OUT AND WHEN I WENT TO PREVIEW THE MESSAGE, IT ALL...JUST...DISAPPEARED!!! SO, ANYHOW...HELLO TO EVERYONE....I HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN TO BE P. O. d AT MY COMPUTER FOR TOSSING MY WORK. I'M GOING OUTSIDE NOW TO THROW MUDBALLS AT MY BARN!! HOW'S THAT FOR PRODUCTIVE???

DID I MENTION I SPENT AN HOUR AND A HALF?????

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

PS...I feel better now...kris

Wiw
 

Good morning . The scales were the same as last week. I guess that is better than up right? :)

Tech....I hate when I lose a long post. Sometimes I copy it as I go so I can paste it back if my computer wants to go nuts. Throwing mud is good exercise ya know. ((hugzz))

Monet...don't be suprised if you find red meat to be the culprit on the joints. You have done an excellent job on your fast. I admire your determination.

Thin...WOO HOO 5 pounds is GREAT!

Susan...hope you had a great weigh in this morning. One thing I've learned over the last month is portion control. I've been faithfully putting every single little bite into my fitday journal.

Sarah....enjoy that georgous weather.

Gotta run.

Love and hugs,
Crystle

Weigh in
 

A quick report:

I lost 5.5 lbs this week!!!!!


Yippee!!!!!!

I did a new tracker. I had gained some from what the old one showed so I decided to redo it and keep it up with the weigh in each week.

Susan

ok the new tracker didn't take--oh well I'll have to fix it later.

Hey guys...like my avatar? (is that how you spell it, lol?)

It makes me think of beachy nice warm weather!!! I want it to STAY!

-sar-