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Hello there! It has been a long time since I posted, but thought I would jump in and say hello again. I see that many of us CF moms want to lose weight. It is very hard to take care of ourselves & keep up the diet of our little ones & not take bites of their delicious food that is HORRIBLE for us! But doesn't it taste better with butter & whipping cream?????? LOL!
Anyway, I am sure my story mirrors many of yours. You found out about CF, it swallowed your life & "me" time. You constantly worry, fuss & everything else that comes with our new lifestyle. And of course...you gain weight! I did. Three things hit my body at once: hit my 30's (slower metabolism), stopped nursing & found out about Erin's cf. I gained about 25 lbs within a year. We have known about her cf now 5 years & I still feel like I am adjusting.
Well, I am not a dieter & don't advocate a lot of the programs out there. But, I did find one book (by accident) that made sense. I somewhat followed it & it made a difference in my life. I was eating too much sugar & bread. It is called Dr. Gott's No Sugar, No flour diet. Sounds insane, but is not really. I did not follow the no flour entirely, but watched my sugar intake. I cut out real sugar in my coffee, quit sodas & only ate desert once a week. I tried not to eat anything with flour...very hard, but considerably cut down. The good thing about this one is you can eat potatoes, cheese & I ate chips that were not tortilla chips. I ate fresh fruit & veggies with normal portions of meat. My saving grace was a pb & j (sugar free j) on wheat.
Anyway, I lost 20 lbs rather quickly & gained an amazing amount of energy. I quit having headaches and night & rested better. My hang-up was sugar & processed "snack foods". You don't need to buy the book, but I just wanted to share a very simple, non-restrictive way that I lost my weight. I am healthier for it <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">.
Good luck to all!!!
Hello there! It has been a long time since I posted, but thought I would jump in and say hello again. I see that many of us CF moms want to lose weight. It is very hard to take care of ourselves & keep up the diet of our little ones & not take bites of their delicious food that is HORRIBLE for us! But doesn't it taste better with butter & whipping cream?????? LOL!
Anyway, I am sure my story mirrors many of yours. You found out about CF, it swallowed your life & "me" time. You constantly worry, fuss & everything else that comes with our new lifestyle. And of course...you gain weight! I did. Three things hit my body at once: hit my 30's (slower metabolism), stopped nursing & found out about Erin's cf. I gained about 25 lbs within a year. We have known about her cf now 5 years & I still feel like I am adjusting.
Well, I am not a dieter & don't advocate a lot of the programs out there. But, I did find one book (by accident) that made sense. I somewhat followed it & it made a difference in my life. I was eating too much sugar & bread. It is called Dr. Gott's No Sugar, No flour diet. Sounds insane, but is not really. I did not follow the no flour entirely, but watched my sugar intake. I cut out real sugar in my coffee, quit sodas & only ate desert once a week. I tried not to eat anything with flour...very hard, but considerably cut down. The good thing about this one is you can eat potatoes, cheese & I ate chips that were not tortilla chips. I ate fresh fruit & veggies with normal portions of meat. My saving grace was a pb & j (sugar free j) on wheat.
Anyway, I lost 20 lbs rather quickly & gained an amazing amount of energy. I quit having headaches and night & rested better. My hang-up was sugar & processed "snack foods". You don't need to buy the book, but I just wanted to share a very simple, non-restrictive way that I lost my weight. I am healthier for it <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">.
Good luck to all!!!