Blogging with Fattiude! Don’t be a fool, eat for fuel. Hallelujah!
The answer: Congestive Heart Failure (which simply means the heart isn’t pumping as it should).
This is a permanent condition, but doesn’t have to be life threatening - it just means I need to do what is necessary to take care of me and my heart (and my weight needs to be third on the list). [...]
Comparing how I feel now to last year when I first started my healthy eating plan:
As I was walking yesterday during Angelgirl’s karate class, I got to thinking about how last year when I first started this journey walking was almost impossible. Now I made it around the outdoor mall three times yesterday (45 minutes).
Last [...]
As mentioned in my previous post am trying to learn more about inflammation (causes fluid retention), since it may be a contributing factor to my unexplained weight gains and very slow weight loss. Here is what I found so far.
Inflammation is the body’s response to a perceived threat– whether it’s a splinter in our finger, [...]
I’m noticing some very nice changes after ONLY 7 days on a low sodium diet plan (loosely based on following the recommendations of The Rice House Diet) - quicker then I have on any other diet plan (and I’ve tried almost all of them).
I have been keeping my daily calories the same as I did [...]
Water Weight (inflammation) – the importance of getting the water out. Sometimes when you tell people how much weight you’ve lost in a week or at the beginning of a diet, they say “oh its just water weight you didn’t lose that much fat.” Not exactly an example of a positive reinforcement or encouragement.
I have often [...]
I will be following a low sodium diet.
The cardiac catherization this past Thursday (two days ago) went fine, no clogged arteries. The doctor however said I need to have a low fat, low salt diet (1500 mg a day) - to get the blood pressure under control. Low fat is not a problem I have [...]
Well it certainly didn’t start the way I had planned - but what in life ever goes according to plan? Point is - I STARTED today regardless.
Background Info.: I am 50 years, 5 feet and 4 inches. The doctor and nutritionist agreed that 140 lbs would be a reasonable goal for me. I am a now [...]
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