I need a diet with a difference.
Hi everyone
I have a huge problem, I cant put on weight, I really need some advice on this (Honestly this is ghastly everyone thinks i am anorexic or on drugs cos I am so thin and I am neither!!). The doctor put me on maxijule, but even this didn't work. I know I need to quit smoking as this hinders me. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
L & L Shelli
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I assume your GP has checked your thyroid hormone levels.
Was weight loss sudden or have you always been that way inclined?
Are there any other symptoms ie fatigue, depression, allergies, IBS, etc? [:@]
Your doc probably won't like it, but suggest reading Atkins Diet book. Would read book rather than stuff on the web. The diet isn't for weight loss - it stabilises the metabolism, so most folks use it to lose weight because they're over weight.
If you've a problem with candida (written more blurb on other threads about this) - sugars & complex carbohydrates may be aggravating the situation. Have been there - the more I ate of these the thinner I became cos I was just feeding the candida.
Colloidal minerals may well help, but not one in fruit juice, if the above applies.
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Give up smoking and you will soon put on weight
love Kim xx
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Hi Kim
yeah i know but stress levels are up and fags seem to be the only thing that help.
Any ideas on how to quit?
Ty L & L Shelli
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Take your power back, do a Reiki course, take some nicotine chewing gum to assist you break the addiction and be determined
You have the will to choose and conqueor.
I have realised that when we continue to smoke it is because we not loving the self 100% so more work to do here my love because if we truly love the self why would we choose to poison the self?
being love
kim xx
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Hiya Shelli!
Courtney Cox actually used the Aitkins Diet to put on weight. She said (like you) that people always thought that she had an eating disorder.
Good look
Tx
BTW I stopped smoking last November and it was relatively easy. I did it by going on the internet and looking at pictures of people with cancer and other smoking related diseases. It is a bit gruesome I know but for me, the picture of a diseased lung and a healthy one did nothing for me. But when I saw an actually body part or person with it it terrified me. For the first time EVER I had given up the fags because I WANTED to, not because I knew that I should. That makes a big difference. I actually read somewhere that it is a misconception that the fags calm you down as they actually increase you blood pressure (or something like that) or maybe it is that they increase you heart rate (Im not that sure now!!!!)
Anyway good luck, I know it is hard-especially with the daily stresses that you face[sm=1kis.gif]
Tx
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Hi all
I went to a session on EFT recently and the therapist said that the reason people can't give up smoking is because people's subconscious minds think that smoking is good for them. This is because a cigarette arrests the withdrawal symptoms from the previous one and the subconscious can't see that it was a cigarette that created the feeling in the first place because of the time delay. EFT can help stop the cravings apparently. It's easy enough to do and worth a try!
Petal x
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Hi Petal
where do i learn about EFT?
ty L & L Shelli
I have a huge problem, I cant put on weight, I really need some advice on this (Honestly this is ghastly everyone thinks i am anorexic or on drugs cos I am so thin and I am neither!!). The doctor put me on maxijule, but even this didn't work. I know I need to quit smoking as this hinders me. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
L & L Shelli
Answers:
I assume your GP has checked your thyroid hormone levels.
Was weight loss sudden or have you always been that way inclined?
Are there any other symptoms ie fatigue, depression, allergies, IBS, etc? [:@]
Your doc probably won't like it, but suggest reading Atkins Diet book. Would read book rather than stuff on the web. The diet isn't for weight loss - it stabilises the metabolism, so most folks use it to lose weight because they're over weight.
If you've a problem with candida (written more blurb on other threads about this) - sugars & complex carbohydrates may be aggravating the situation. Have been there - the more I ate of these the thinner I became cos I was just feeding the candida.
Colloidal minerals may well help, but not one in fruit juice, if the above applies.
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Give up smoking and you will soon put on weight
love Kim xx
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Hi Kim
yeah i know but stress levels are up and fags seem to be the only thing that help.
Any ideas on how to quit?
Ty L & L Shelli
Answers:
Take your power back, do a Reiki course, take some nicotine chewing gum to assist you break the addiction and be determined
You have the will to choose and conqueor.
I have realised that when we continue to smoke it is because we not loving the self 100% so more work to do here my love because if we truly love the self why would we choose to poison the self?
being love
kim xx
Answers:
Hiya Shelli!
Courtney Cox actually used the Aitkins Diet to put on weight. She said (like you) that people always thought that she had an eating disorder.
Good look
Tx
BTW I stopped smoking last November and it was relatively easy. I did it by going on the internet and looking at pictures of people with cancer and other smoking related diseases. It is a bit gruesome I know but for me, the picture of a diseased lung and a healthy one did nothing for me. But when I saw an actually body part or person with it it terrified me. For the first time EVER I had given up the fags because I WANTED to, not because I knew that I should. That makes a big difference. I actually read somewhere that it is a misconception that the fags calm you down as they actually increase you blood pressure (or something like that) or maybe it is that they increase you heart rate (Im not that sure now!!!!)
Anyway good luck, I know it is hard-especially with the daily stresses that you face[sm=1kis.gif]
Tx
Answers:
Hi all
I went to a session on EFT recently and the therapist said that the reason people can't give up smoking is because people's subconscious minds think that smoking is good for them. This is because a cigarette arrests the withdrawal symptoms from the previous one and the subconscious can't see that it was a cigarette that created the feeling in the first place because of the time delay. EFT can help stop the cravings apparently. It's easy enough to do and worth a try!
Petal x
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Hi Petal
where do i learn about EFT?
ty L & L Shelli