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Well, Im quite impressed. Im down to 156 lbs today, and on Tuesday I go in for my Maintenance consultation. The clinic offers the Maintenance consultation to patients in view of their goal so you know what to expect and to keep you motivated. No doubt to also encourage sticking with the program through Maintenance.

Ill let you know what I find out.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Its a funny thing on the diet. Youre required to drink at least 2 litres (or 64 oz) of liquids per day, with at least 1 litre of that being fresh water. Now, with my freshly squeezed lemon/Splenda/water potion, it tastes so good, Ive been quaffing 4 litres of the stuff alone per day. It helps me stay away from the nasty diet pop and coffee, which I can easily fall back into relying on.

PROBLEMATIQUE:

Heres the problem. While Ive been consistently losing and meeting my bi-weekly weight loss targets, when I have to provide my pee-samples, my ketones are registering very low: a trace (-), 1 (+) or a 2 (++) at best.

Hmmmmmm :-(

ANALYSIS & EVIDENCE:

When I met with the doctor yesterday for my regular consult, he said not to worry - the more liquids the better. However, today the nurse said to stay within 2-3 litres maximum per day. Too much liquid washes away the potassium which helps fuel the ketosis.

I must say that when I look back on my diet sheets, I did have the best "burn" when I had a coffee for breakfast and an 8oz glass of lemon water for the morning, without anything extra. I dont particularly like schlepping my 2 litre jug of water to meetings with me. With moderate liquid intake, I was a consistent 4 (++++) at weigh-in. I would then drink most of my liquids in the afternoon, and have another glass only in the evening with my sacred Strawberry jello cup snack.

CLINIC PRESCRIPTION:

As punishment for delivering a "trace pee", I am banished again for two days from eating fruits to get the burn activated again. No worries though. Armed with my own ketosis sticks at home I can test my burn-efficacy.

SOLUTION:

Im just going to reduce my lemon/Splenda potion by a litre, and see if that helps.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

Otherwise, only another 3 weeks on program to get to my goal weight. I feel (and look!) just great!

Im sure Ill be okay. I certainly didnt cheat on the diet, so I know its not from any sugar interlopers, starch or fats creeping into my system.

But I cannot tell a lie: I do occasionally covet the poutine truck sitting on the corner of Sparks and Bank, and the sausage stand outside the Dr. Bernstein Clinic.

They look tempting...but no...

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More than just a playgroup!!

Thank you to all my sweet friends and Moms at Chase Oaks Church! We all get together often for a playgroup with our kids on the Wednesdays that we dont meet at church. A couple Wednesdays ago when we got together for a playdate with the kids they all brought something with them to add to our stash of baby items that weve been collecting. Now we have so many great things to take to the School Age Parenting Program through PISD. Such a fun way to get together and at the same time, invite everyone to participate in giving to others in a simple, small, easy way. Now that February is over...were going to deliver all the great baby items from the playdate and our family giving bucket. Thanks to all the families who helped us and donated items! You guys are so great!!!

"They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed."
Psalm 37:26

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No More Socks for Christmas says Suffolk Circle

Members of Southwark Circle in London.  Suffolk Circle members will be marching with similar banners, 11.30am, Wednesday 14th December, The arc, Bury St Edmunds.

As a little girl, I used to love helping my mother wrap the Christmas presents.  It was one of my favourite things to do... until I got bored.  And I would get bored.  There were always too many presents and they were always the same, with the long monotony of socks, ties, handkerchiefs or bubble bath.  Sometimes there would be bath salts, just to break the routine.

As I carefully wrapped the presents, which would then be dutifully distributed to all the older members of our family in time for Christmas day, I couldnt help but think how awful Christmas Day must be for old people if every year they opened a pile of socks.  It would be like The Day of The Triffids, except with socks. Surely they already had enough socks or if they didnt they were old enough and sensible enough to buy their own.

Some of those old people were only in their forties.

Im now 43. a ripe old age to be caught in the firing line for chance gifts that belong to the older generation.

"The joy is in the giving, not the receiving" we hear all across the land at Christmas time.

Indeed it is and as a society we get hooked into the joy of giving presents as tokens of our love and kindness, our appreciation and our warmth towards others.  Yet, very often giving is purely duty-bound and an automatic process that ends up with a national pile of unwanted gifts.

"I really dont know what to get Uncle Jim," I heard a lady say last week, as I walked past her and her friend in Bury St Edmunds.  "He never likes what I get but Ive got to get him something because its bloody Christmas!"

It sounded like Uncle Jims joy would definitely not be in the receiving.  And as for the lady concerned, there was certainly no joy in the act of giving either.  It sounded more like she was desperate for some pain relief!

So thank goodness the world is coming to its senses, at least in Bury St Edmunds, where under the auspices of social enterprise Suffolk Circle, a Flashmob & protest march is taking place this Wednesday to encourage people to think twice about what they buy for older friends and relatives this Christmas.  

Suffolk Circle members will gather in the Arc shopping centre at 11.30am, bringing unwanted gifts from last year.  They will march with banners to Suffolk Circle HQ, where the gifts will be donated to the Gatehouse, a West Suffolk charity dedicated to helping those in material and emotional need.

Suffolk Circle believes that wasting money on unwanted presents is even madder in the present economic climate.  For me its all about physical waste too, i.e. the embedded energy and water wastage just to get the thing from the factory, to the shop, to the Christmas tree, only for it to sit in a drawer for 12 months before ending up in a carboot sale, landfill or charity shop

Its not about ingratitude, because actually it really is simply "the thought" that counts and the awareness that an unwanted present puts unnecessary emotional pressure on the benefactor as well as the beneficiary and leaves a trail of material and economic wastage in the process, even if it is just one pair of socks!

Of course it goes without saying that no offence is intended, accidentally or otherwise, towards anyone who really adores getting socks or just simply always needs another pair, whether that be at Christmas or any other time of year. 

And I admit, it really is nice to get a snuggly pair sometimes.
 
Sometimes!

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If you live in Suffolk and would like to take part in the flashmob, please go along on Wednesday 14th December.  11.30am.  Meet opposite the Costa Café, arc shopping Centre, 14 Prospect Row, Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3DG.

Suffolk Circle is a social enterprise whose members can get practical help with life’s little bits and pieces from local Helpers. They can also get out and about, meeting people with similar interests, reconnecting with their community, doing and learning new things. For family members and friends who live further away it’s a great to make sure their loved ones have neighbourly support, as well as a lot of fun, all year round.  Membership costs £15 for six months or £30 for a whole year.

For further details about the Suffolk Circle or Wednesdays march, please contact:
Finbarr Carter, Head of Membership. Tel: 01284 774880, or visit  www.suffolkcircle.org.uk.

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Week 19 57 lbs down and only 10 more to go!!

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Im jumping for joy with a spring in my step. Im officially down to 150 today.

Do you know what that means?

10 more pounds until I reach my goal weight of 140! Holy S&%*!!

I was so good this weekend. We had a Friday lunchtime soccer match with some colleagues (in the 30+ 0C heat) and got in some good cardio for a half hour. Then for the weekend, I did some walking and stuck to the diet religiously (of course.) That yielded a good 3 lb drop for todays weigh-in.

Its interesting though. Ive cut back my liquids to 2 litres only - and really spaced it out throughout the day. I didnt have any pop (no Diet Coke or Coke Zero) and took 2 Senokot.S tablets with each meal, which really kept things moving. I have come to realize that the Aspartame holds is the water retainer and evil culprit to my weight loss success. Good riddance!

I checked my urine with the pee-sticks (my very technical term) a few times a day and I was a consistent 2 (++) burn. Not bad.

Anyway, I go for my Maintenance Consultation tomorrow to see what the revised diet holds that Ill be on and see what I can reintegrate. I reall yhope I see some popcorn and maybe a glass of wine in there somewhere...

140s - here I come!

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A little more than you need to know but for folks on the diet a helpful tip

CONSTIPATION

Because there is no fats in the diet, constipation does occur. Ive always had a lazy bowel to begin with, so I knew it was going to happen. I bought the Senokot.S laxative they recommend, and with after 2 tablets, you go. You then take 1 tablet daily (I just put it with my morning multi vit and potassium) and now Im regular like clockwork. Whew! ;-) The doctor recommended Wheat Bran; the nurses said Metamucil or Benefibre (no salt versions) but I just stuck with the Senokot.S. Works for me, and it does the job beautifully. The bran did nothing for me...

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I just hit on something - a pattern that works for my body.

I noted that once a month, I would get a windfall 4 lb loss over the course of a couple of days. I wasnt quite sure how it happened, since I didnt seem to do anything special.

However, recall that I said that constipation is a problem on the diet? Well, I have found that by taking two (2) Senokot.S tablets before bed, certainly loosens things up.

Then I realized that by taking two tablets at night, and again another one with lunch, kept things very regular for me.

Well, Ive stumbled upon a little co-ing-ki-dink.

It seems that when I take the tablets, drink a good 64 oz of water (with lemon), go for my injections and check-up, my body does an amazing purge of water and solids. After about an hour, the b-complex injection really pushes through the system and causes a good half an hour of "quality time" with myself to evacuate all living things in my system. Not painfully or inconveniently, just efficiently.

Now, this is the third time this has occurred. Both times previously resulted in a total 8 lb loss. Likely the bulk being water and solids (hopefully the keytone fat released as well) but this helps achieve an amazing weekly additional loss.

I feel great, and keeps things moving, so for me, a regular daily evening dose and morning top-up of Senokot.S really works!

By the way - Im at 169 today. Even with my 2 lb jeans on. Yahoo!!!

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Saving energy on the hob!

As part of the British Gas SmartMums campaign, looking at ways, to save energy around the home, I have been asked to illustrate some ideas on video.

So heres me, getting underway with Sunday dinner, demonstrating the advantages of using a steamer instead of a hob full of old saucepans.



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