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Posted by MN~Sue on 4/20/2005, 4:07 pm, in reply to "Thanks Sue!" Sorry for my delay in replying; I haven't been online too much lately - trying to enjoy the spring weather and get some things done. I agree with all you wrote, same here I can relate on the sweet craving going away. I was real strict with myself, not to eat any 'treat' type foods - candy, cookies, pastry, muffins, etc, not only for calorie and diabetes issues, but in hopes it would decrease sweet cravings. It really has! I found my cravings for such things went away. I started to want fruit for sweets instead, but unfortunately, I have to restrict them too, due to the carb issues with blood sugar problems. So, I limit fruit too, but am so glad I no longer have the sugary carb cravings I used to have. Congrats on seeing changes in your body! I don't think the scale tells the whole story, but the changes you are seeing are a better indicator of success. The scale can go up and down so much, it seems, depending on water retension, perhaps muscle development in place of fat (muscle weighs more), etc. My weight loss seems to go in such spurts. It seems like I lose some weight and then the scale doesn't move lower for the longest time. I am trying to not let that discourage me. I won't relapse as far as diet and exercise as I know those changes have to be permanent, but I am just trying not to get discouraged when I don't see the scale move. I would probably be wise to only weigh weekly or every couple of weeks, but I am still at that anxious stage to see progress on the scale. I just don't want it to discourage me when I do that and see no progress measured in that way. Sometimes it even goes up a few pounds before it settles back down to the lowest it has been - which even happens when I least expect it too, when I have exercised harder, eaten less, etc. I keep hearing on TV ads how menopause and diabetes make it harder to lose weight, so am beginning to wonder if that is part of what is going on with me. Thyroid problems can contribute too, even once it is being treated, from what I have read. I will have to ask the endocrinologist if he feels insulin resistance is getting in the way and if he feels Metformin is recommended (since he mentioned this before and prescribed the drug, but I didn't take it - I wrote about this in my reply to you on the endo forum). I am not ready to take the drug, but I would like his opinion on this after we evaluate my progress after 3 months of low calorie, low-carbing, and, exercise. If he feels I am not making the amount of progress that would be expected after having my thyroid treated adequately and the lifestyle changes I have made, then we will have to figure out a 'plan' of action to improve that. I have made BIG changes in what I eat, portion size, and going from no exercise to 2.75 miles every other day on the treadmill, at what is a good clip for me. I can't really walk any faster without changing to a jog, which for impact reasons, I don't want to do. I will probably have to use some incline before long to increase the aerobic aspect, but for FMS a flat surface is recommended, so I am sticking with that for the time being. I was reading in the treadmill conditioning guide that for fat burning, the length of the workout is more important than the intensity of it, so that was good to hear Thanks for the congrats on the weight loss. Thanks for reading! Love,
Hi Kendra, 
I will post that info in a separate post. I do one hour sessions, which includes a slow warm-up and cool-down in that mileage and one hour session. SO, with the degree of the changes I have made, I would be expecting the weight to drop on a more regular schedule than it is doing - that is why I am wondering if my blood sugar, menopause, thyroid might be slowing things down.
Sue
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