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mike4 posted a new activity comment 6 months ago
In reply to: mike4 posted an update in the group Weight & Obesity I am open to any suggestions. For the last 10 years or so I have been around 240 lbs give or take 10 pounds either way as worked out or did not. At the start of […] ViewThanks….looking for a functional doc…..it would be great to work with someone who is on the same page as I am. There is a 6 to 8 month waiting period for the functional doc’s in my area and I have recently signed up for one.
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mike4 posted a new activity comment 6 months ago
In reply to: mike4 posted an update in the group Weight & Obesity I am open to any suggestions. For the last 10 years or so I have been around 240 lbs give or take 10 pounds either way as worked out or did not. At the start of […] ViewHey Margaret – thanks for the words. I am very faithful to the plan and I do need to increase my exersise routine to include more weight resistance. The mystery to me is not a plateau that would make sense its the weight gain that does not make any sense. That being said…I am getting in stronger and healther everyday and your words regarding the…[Read more]
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mike4 posted a new activity comment 6 months ago
In reply to: mike4 posted an update in the group Weight & Obesity I am open to any suggestions. For the last 10 years or so I have been around 240 lbs give or take 10 pounds either way as worked out or did not. At the start of […] Viewthanks for the info – I too take the advance program as more of a life style change as opposed to a short term solution. I am not the least bit discouraged as I know that in so many ways I am getting stronger and healther everyday. A plateau would make sense what I don’t understand is weight gain? I am just trying to figure it out and I am…[Read more]
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mike4 posted a new activity comment 6 months, 1 week ago
In reply to: mike4 posted an update in the group Weight & Obesity I am open to any suggestions. For the last 10 years or so I have been around 240 lbs give or take 10 pounds either way as worked out or did not. At the start of […] ViewEndo insists that calories in and calories out are the only determination in weight control. At the same time not really listening to the quality of my diet. I am convinced that this is some sort of hormone inbalance -so we are not on the same page. I know my diet and exersise practices and calories in and out is not causing me to gain weight.
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Thanks….looking for a functional doc…..it would be great to work with someone who is on the same page as I am. There is a 6 to 8 month waiting period for the functional doc’s in my area and I have recently signed up for one.
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mike4 posted a new activity comment 6 months, 1 week ago
In reply to: mike4 posted an update in the group Weight & Obesity I am open to any suggestions. For the last 10 years or so I have been around 240 lbs give or take 10 pounds either way as worked out or did not. At the start of […] ViewI have not…..trying to take care of the low testosterone first then moving on to the thyroid next……maybe I should have it tested to see if it is an issue now and take care of both if necessary.– I appreciate the thought.
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mike4 posted a new activity comment 6 months, 1 week ago
In reply to: mike4 posted an update in the group Weight & Obesity I am open to any suggestions. For the last 10 years or so I have been around 240 lbs give or take 10 pounds either way as worked out or did not. At the start of […] ViewThe exact same ones that I started out on in April — only in much lower doses as my A1C continues to drop. Like I said it is such a strange dynamic since everything but my weight is going in the right direction.
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Endo insists that calories in and calories out are the only determination in weight control. At the same time not really listening to the quality of my diet. I am convinced that this is some sort of hormone inbalance -so we are not on the same page. I know my diet and exersise practices and calories in and out is not causing me to gain weight.
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Hi Mike, Sometimes on the BSS plan we hit plateaus where are weight remains the same for a month or two. This can be for several reasons, but one that might be tour situation is that our bodies are healing on this plan (especially if you are very faithful to the plan) and will heal what it thinks is the most important. That means that weight may…[Read more]
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Hey Margaret – thanks for the words. I am very faithful to the plan and I do need to increase my exersise routine to include more weight resistance. The mystery to me is not a plateau that would make sense its the weight gain that does not make any sense. That being said…I am getting in stronger and healther everyday and your words regarding the…[Read more]
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Hi Mike, Remember that muscle weighs more than fat of the same volume. So you could be building muscle and adding weight that way!
Have a fun Thanksgiving, Margaret
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Thanks….looking for a functional doc…..it would be great to work with someone who is on the same page as I am. There is a 6 to 8 month waiting period for the functional doc’s in my area and I have recently signed up for one.
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mike4 posted a new activity comment 6 months, 1 week ago
In reply to: mike4 posted an update in the group Weight & Obesity I am open to any suggestions. For the last 10 years or so I have been around 240 lbs give or take 10 pounds either way as worked out or did not. At the start of […] ViewOpps – replied by starting another post.
mike4 posted an update in the group Weight & Obesity right now
I really just walk at a minimum 30 minutes a day. Most days I walk 45 minutes twice a day. May through Mid Sept I walked 30 to 45 minutes a day and swam 30 to 45 minutes per day. I need to do more resistance/weight training – I do some but…[Read more]
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mike4 posted an update in the group
Weight & Obesity 6 months, 1 week agoI really just walk at a minimum 30 minutes a day. Most days I walk 45 minutes twice a day. May through Mid Sept I walked 30 to 45 minutes a day and swam 30 to 45 minutes per day. I need to do more resistance/weight training – I do some but I am not consistant with it. At the end of the summer I was down to 190 and now I am about 202 – again my…[Read more]
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hi mike. If you want to get weight loss kicked into high gear have you thought about getting on the advanced plan for a while. I have been taking my exercise up a notch by adding spirits of jogging in my daily walks. Nicole
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mike4 posted a new activity comment 6 months, 1 week ago
In reply to: Debra Lee James posted an update in the group Hormone Imbalances Reeling from the recent reality that I will never bear children. One very early miscarriage on our own 8 yrs ago. Six IVF failures in past 6 yrs – […] ViewDebra,
I am sorry to hear that also. Time will heal some of your pain. I will offer this thought that might not help now but maybe in the future. I cut my first daughters ambilical cord when she was born and 5 years later in China someone handed me my second daughter who was 13 months old…..the feeling was the exact same. The love was…[Read more]
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mike4 posted an update in the group
Hormone Imbalances 6 months, 1 week agoI am a 50 year old man with low testostrone…..can anyone suggest any natural ways to increase both testostrone and free testostrone numbers? ANY Ideas would be appreiciated!! — thank you.
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mike4 posted an update in the group
Weight & Obesity 6 months, 1 week agoI am open to any suggestions. For the last 10 years or so I have been around 240 lbs give or take 10 pounds either way as worked out or did not. At the start of 2012 I stayed on track and started losing weight and working out. In March I quit eating wheat and in April got diagnosted with diabetes at that point I was down to about 198 pounds. I…[Read more]
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Hi Mike-Great post thank you for sharing. What kind of exercise are you currently doing? Have you ever tried bootcamp style fitness? I just started recently and I love it. It’s definitely a training for all ages all sizes.
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Opps – replied by starting another post.
mike4 posted an update in the group Weight & Obesity right now
I really just walk at a minimum 30 minutes a day. Most days I walk 45 minutes twice a day. May through Mid Sept I walked 30 to 45 minutes a day and swam 30 to 45 minutes per day. I need to do more resistance/weight training – I do some but…[Read more]
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The exact same ones that I started out on in April — only in much lower doses as my A1C continues to drop. Like I said it is such a strange dynamic since everything but my weight is going in the right direction.
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Hi Mike, Sometimes on the BSS plan we hit plateaus where are weight remains the same for a month or two. This can be for several reasons, but one that might be tour situation is that our bodies are healing on this plan (especially if you are very faithful to the plan) and will heal what it thinks is the most important. That means that weight may…[Read more]
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Hey Margaret – thanks for the words. I am very faithful to the plan and I do need to increase my exersise routine to include more weight resistance. The mystery to me is not a plateau that would make sense its the weight gain that does not make any sense. That being said…I am getting in stronger and healther everyday and your words regarding the…[Read more]
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Hi Mike, Remember that muscle weighs more than fat of the same volume. So you could be building muscle and adding weight that way!
Have a fun Thanksgiving, Margaret
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Hi Mike, I’m wondering if you have had your thyroid checked. Hyperthyroid ( that’s when your thyroid slows down) can cause weight gain.
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I have not…..trying to take care of the low testosterone first then moving on to the thyroid next……maybe I should have it tested to see if it is an issue now and take care of both if necessary.– I appreciate the thought.
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Endo insists that calories in and calories out are the only determination in weight control. At the same time not really listening to the quality of my diet. I am convinced that this is some sort of hormone inbalance -so we are not on the same page. I know my diet and exersise practices and calories in and out is not causing me to gain weight.
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Welcome Mike- it is harder to lose weight when you are diabetic and plateaus are a common occurance. Some lasting months. Other healing is generally going on even though you are not losing weight. . I have stayed on the advanced plan since July and probably will be on it for the rest of my life. I have found for me that it is important to pay…[Read more]
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thanks for the info – I too take the advance program as more of a life style change as opposed to a short term solution. I am not the least bit discouraged as I know that in so many ways I am getting stronger and healther everyday. A plateau would make sense what I don’t understand is weight gain? I am just trying to figure it out and I am…[Read more]
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Hi Mike, hang in there man. We’ll support you through this!
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Thanks….looking for a functional doc…..it would be great to work with someone who is on the same page as I am. There is a 6 to 8 month waiting period for the functional doc’s in my area and I have recently signed up for one.
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mike4 posted an update in the group
Supplements 8 months, 3 weeks agoAny good supplements that can naturally raise my testostorone levels?
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If I were you I would talk to my Doc.
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mike4 posted an update in the group
Hormone Imbalances 10 months, 3 weeks agoany ideas to naturally increase testosterone through either diet or exercise–my levels are extremely low.
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BIOIDENTICAL HORMONES are the best thing since sliced bread! My hubby was a shadow of himself by the time we retired. Corporate stress beat him up for too long. Now that he takes a daily bioidentical hormone supplement, his vitality has returned. Bioidentical means it’s stuff that occurs naturally in the body – that’s my highly scientific…[Read more]
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Diet…exercise…sounds like my doctor! Most of his ideas are worse than the cure. Miss Barbara posted something about bioidentical hormones for her husband but everything that I read always mentions menopause, nothing about low testosterone levels. Could I get clairification on this?
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Hey Russ,
When women do bioidentical hormone replacement, they get estrogen (my script has two types of estrogen in it), progesterone, and sometimes a little bit of testosterone. The testosterone gives us more physical energy, IMO, and increases our sex drive. At least that’s how it’s been in my experience.
My hubby, Craig, was prescribed…[Read more]
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The bioidentical hormone testosterone. You’re welcome.
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mike4 posted an update in the group
Diabesity / Diabetes 11 months, 2 weeks agoCan a change in my exercise program cause a week long spike in BG numbers. I went through a stressful time….did not get a job that I thought I would get…and my numbers went up for a few days and then down for one and then have been jumping up and down for the last week or so…..gradually stabilizing now. They had been real good and stabily…[Read more]
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Stress can cause a lot of problems with blood sugar.
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mike4 posted an update in the group
Diet & Nutrition 11 months, 3 weeks agobarb,
I realize that mercury is the issue and on the “american pregnancy association” web site it has an extensive list of highest/high/low/lowest mercury level fish. and Talapia comes in the lowest catagory along with the salomon and scallops which I eat regularly. Maybe orgin is the issue and I just can not remember seeing it addressed…[Read more]
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mike4 posted an update in the group
Recipes 11 months, 3 weeks agoI am always looking for traveling snack idea’s — heading out on a flight for the next few days and I need something that I can have at the hotel for two days. I love nuts and will have some (I am on the advanced plan) but I eat to many walnuts/almonds as it is so I am looking for something else. I will bring Chia seeds for breakfast in the…[Read more]
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Maybe you should make a few of your microwave muffins, put them in sandwich bags, and take with you.
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Could you tell me about the microwave muffins?
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MIKE F4 posted it a week ago. If you go to older posts you will find it.
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sorry, it’s MIKE4
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The other day I made a recipe for something called Power Balls. They didn’t have the consistency I wanted, but I think there is some potential if you play around a little by adding some other things. Here is what the recipe included-
-2 large sweet potatoes cooked and mashed up (skin discarded)
-2 Tablespoons of almond butter
-2 Tablespoons of…[Read more]-
Maybe par cook the sweet potatoes in stead of mashing them? Dice them small? Or only smash some of them.
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mike4 posted an update in the group
Diet & Nutrition 11 months, 3 weeks agois Talapia ok to eat on the advance plan? I can not find it on the don’t or do eat lists
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Hi Mike, In the “My Downloads” above under Nutrition Basics ….. about protien it says to eat mercury-free fish, shrimp or scallops. I love tilapia and have only found it frozen and a product of China so have avoided it hoping to find a more local source. I read somewhere that tilapia farmed in Canada and the US were primarily marketed to…[Read more]
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After your post I looked at the bag of Tilapia I bought at Cosco. Farmed raised and from Indonesia. A lesson for me to pay closer attention to labels. And of course it will wind up in the garbage because I can’t stand the idea of putting that poison fin my body. Thanks for the info
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Whole Foods Carries it.
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mike4 posted an update in the group
Recipes 11 months, 4 weeks agoLooking for a bread/muffin fix on the advanced plan?
1/4 cup flax meal
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
dash of Vanilla
1 teaspoon Cinnamom
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons Extra Virgin Olive OilMix dry ingrediants in a coffee cup and the wet ingrediants in another coffee cup. Then mix them together and put them in the microwave for 1 minute. — take out and…[Read more]
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Mike, thanks for the recipe.
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Will try, thanks!
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will try this today!
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tried it and it tastes like fresh toast without the syrup
Ill have to do this again when I have have a little syrup.
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I just bought some flaxseed meal. Thanks for the recipe tip!
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Hi Mike, Remember that muscle weighs more than fat of the same volume. So you could be building muscle and adding weight that way!
Have a fun Thanksgiving, Margaret