Abiyah, you asked how it happened you lost that weight in such a short amount of time. If you look at what you dropped, it was things with a lot of sugar (pop) and salt (canned foods). Your body did two things: it dumped a LOT of water due to the reduction in salt, and it did NOT add the sugar as fat to replace whatever you were burning up. This is also why Preach was able to lose weight just cutting out sugars and salt (fries).
There are a few other helps with eating to maintain energy (which in itself helps you lose weight). Start the day with protein. It stays with you longer than anything else because it is harder to break down. Avoid sugars and added salts. For the women, make sure you have at least three servings of a calcium-laden food a day. For some reason, this also helps lose weight. Yogurt, cheese, and milk are the biggest contributors in the dairy area; but you can also eat a number of vegetables which have calcium such as broccoli --
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/whycal/vegetables.cfm
nuts help control diabetic tendencies and are high in vitamin e. Don't be afraid of them, but don't go crazy on them, either!
Oatmeal does not HAVE to be for breakfast! Eat it as a snack with some fresh fruit on top in the middle of the day and you will be surprised at how much better you feel!
The important thing is, no matter what your weight or what you are trying to achieve, please do what is healthy and good for YOU.
Just to answer any questions about how come I learned some of this stuff -- my pancreas was kicked in half by a horse when I was 21 and I am what is called a brittle hypoglycemic, meaning they expect it to flip into diabetes at any time and so I try to baby my poor little half pancreas as much as possible by not overloading it on insulin demand. That means exactly what I have mentioned above in terms of eating habits. I'm a little overweight, but nowhere near what was expected with this problem. Especially considering it is easy for me to get very dizzy and disoriented if I get hungry (low blood sugar) or eat too much (pour out insulin with resulting low blood sugar) -- so the tendency is to snack my life away! Slowly but surely -- and it has taken years -- I've learned how to live with this and still stay energetic and healthy and only minimally overweight. I can live with that!
There are a few other helps with eating to maintain energy (which in itself helps you lose weight). Start the day with protein. It stays with you longer than anything else because it is harder to break down. Avoid sugars and added salts. For the women, make sure you have at least three servings of a calcium-laden food a day. For some reason, this also helps lose weight. Yogurt, cheese, and milk are the biggest contributors in the dairy area; but you can also eat a number of vegetables which have calcium such as broccoli --
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/whycal/vegetables.cfm
nuts help control diabetic tendencies and are high in vitamin e. Don't be afraid of them, but don't go crazy on them, either!
Oatmeal does not HAVE to be for breakfast! Eat it as a snack with some fresh fruit on top in the middle of the day and you will be surprised at how much better you feel!
The important thing is, no matter what your weight or what you are trying to achieve, please do what is healthy and good for YOU.
Just to answer any questions about how come I learned some of this stuff -- my pancreas was kicked in half by a horse when I was 21 and I am what is called a brittle hypoglycemic, meaning they expect it to flip into diabetes at any time and so I try to baby my poor little half pancreas as much as possible by not overloading it on insulin demand. That means exactly what I have mentioned above in terms of eating habits. I'm a little overweight, but nowhere near what was expected with this problem. Especially considering it is easy for me to get very dizzy and disoriented if I get hungry (low blood sugar) or eat too much (pour out insulin with resulting low blood sugar) -- so the tendency is to snack my life away! Slowly but surely -- and it has taken years -- I've learned how to live with this and still stay energetic and healthy and only minimally overweight. I can live with that!
