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[Bruunhilde]

Bruun's Titting UP

Good morning bleep and DG,

Isn't it ironic that alcohol makes you gain so much weight but can't can't lose it by going AF? Bizarre, and right DG, shows how complex our bodies are. I guess the metabolism gets screwed up with AL, it's a CNS (?) depressant and purest sugar. I'm happy to say I'm offically in ketosis for the first time ever! I can't have ANY fruit or anything but a little vegetable and meals of meat. I'm told I'm carb sensitive, which I bet figures in to a type of alcoholic profile. I'm not sure why I'm able to be AF and why my BP is so low in the last week. It was so high on high dose bac and AL, then I continued low dose bac and AL and it went back to normal medicated 145/90.

Then I stopped AL and all carbs, started HCG shots, and it went down alot but still normal, but better at 128/82, around there for four days, then suddenly 112/50, so I eliminated one of my three BP pills. On only two pills and the low dose back, 124/69 today. I'm really hopeful with weight loss I'll be able to eliminate another pill.

At that point I'll remove the bac to see if it's also lowering my BP at this low dose, which it's supposed to do in some people. This would be a good drug for me to be on instead of beta blockers, because it's also calming.

Again, interesting stuff going on in my body. I'm feeling like a science experiment more than ever! I bet you bacsters can relate to that!

bleep, I'm planning on being very moderate, but I am going to let myself have a couple of cocktails at the off-site I'm going to mid-April. I don't want to gain all the weight back nor get all dependent emotionally and otherwise on the AL, so I'll be cautious. I'm thinking the diet is helping tremendously with the AF, and I'm suspecting the HCG is also helping with the cravings. It sure helps with food cravings. So it just goes to reason...

DG - I'm on porcine thyroid. You have a rockin' day yourself! :moon:

[redhead77]

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Bruun, what's the dealio with these HCG shots? What's the theory behind why they work? Are they safe? I mean, do they increase the risk of cancer like other fertility treatments may do?

[Bruunhilde]

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UPDATE: I fell off the wagon. I bought gin because it's got no carbs. I look like shit today; I was really falling in love with the hydrated, perky face I saw in the mirror during the last few days. Now I look like an old patchy witch. So I'm not going to have five martinis tonight. Promise.

Red, HCG is a pregnancy hormone and it supposedly helps burn fat if you stay on a ketogenic diet (like a low cal Atkins) faster than Atkins can. Ketosis is a state your body gets into without carbs which allows you to burn fat not muscle. Google it for details if you need them, I don't really have all of them. I lost 13lbs in the first 15 days and I never lose weight. Of course, I had to stop and gained a couple pounds back even staying on the diet but my time of month is approaching so that adds lbs. I'm in ketosis however, which supposedly means I'm still burning fat.

Also, had heart flutter, and the doc was concerned by my description (not a missed beat or just pain, it was like bird wings fluttering under my breast. He ordered up a ton of tests. And finding my insurance isn't accepted by the local cardiologists, so I have to go to a hospital 30 miles away for the tests. They are evidently concerned.

I'm not too concerned, at all, I just figure it's a great opportunity to get all the tests I thought they should have done all along. With my history and all, it's about damn time.

Red, you don't have to have injections, you can get the drug overseas and take it sublingually or from your doctor. I understand the homeopathic type has mixed results.

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[Bruunhilde]

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Oh, and you can't use HCG if you have any cancer, because yes, it can grow something that's already there. That's the one health question I was asked.

[RedThread12]

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Ouch, Bruun. My empathy for last night.

Re the HCG diet: I've known several women who've done the HCG diet. They didn't use shots, they used homeopathic supplements. They did lose weight.

However, the HCG thing is putting artificial hormones into your system, whether it's shots or sublingual pills or homeopathic drops. I'm not at all saying stop or don't do it. But of everyone I know that has done it, no one has maintained their weight loss and several have experienced severe depression when coming off the HCG supplements.

Forewarned is forearmed is all I have to say. Be prepared and not dismayed if any of this happens in your life. I did some research and was prepared to go that way, but something switched in my body chemistry and I didn't need to. I guess I'm just lucky.

May it work brilliantly and endlessly for you!

[bleep]

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Hope your fall had a softish landing Bruun, and that the wagon is waiting for you...

I have decided I could never do a diet, as such. Surely when you stop, you'll end up back where you started? It would have to be a lifestyle, and a life of being hungry would never work for me, so I'm hoping this healthy eating does the trick.

Hope you're feeling ok Bruun.

[Doggygirl]

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Hi Bruun. I'm so sorry to hear about the gin. I can totally relate to looking in that mirror and not liking what we see compared to the AF face looking back.

I think the "AL (such as gin) has 0 carbs" theory might work for those people who have one drink with a sugar free mixer and stop. For people like us, I really do believe that AL is just the jet fuel version of sugar and will behave that way in the end. Dunno - low carb never worked for me if I was drinking - even supposed "zero carb" booze.

I'm a piggy thyroid meds girl myself. Love that stuff.

I hope you have a better day today Bruun! It's a new day.

DG

[Bruunhilde]

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Thanks DG, Bleep, RedT,

I threw out the bottle. Not losing any weight while drinking like that. And my face looks like hell. So I'm DONE. DG I agree about the zero carbs - I mixed with plain seltzer and fresh lemon, no sweetener at all. But still....

So I felt no joy either night, last night I had four units and it was still too much and still no plug into my Gaba receptors. I think having the low dose baclofen in me over time may have something to do here. I'm a perfect example of having no reward from the drinking but continuing to drink through it to hangover land.

Redt, I hadn't heard about the depression afterwards. Post partum, it would make sense.

It wouldn't be so hard to do AF if I wasn't dieting, and vice versa. I'm depressed just drinking!

Today is a new day and I'm climbing back in the wagon.

[Doggygirl]

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Bruunhilde;1091848 wrote: Today is a new day and I'm climbing back in the wagon.

:yougo:

Nothing tastes as good as thinner feels.

DG

[Doggygirl]

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Bruunhilde;1091848 wrote: Today is a new day and I'm climbing back in the wagon.

:yougo:

Nothing tastes as good as thinner feels. Not wine, and not cheesecake.

DG

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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Just wanted to say hi! You've done so admirably with your goals, I'm quite sure that you'll be able to hop right back into that warm, safe wagon for another good long while.

Be gentle with yourself!
xo
Ne

[Bruunhilde]

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Thanks NE, that means alot. Yes, the wagon sounds great right now.

DG, you are so right. Reminds me of the "choose your hard" saying.

Edit - forgot to mention the the blood pressure is still low but less low on AL. I'm definitely sensitive to the AL.

[Doggygirl]

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Hi Bruun. What's up? I'm thinking of you. I've got my BGP's on for the day and just hopin' you do too.

DG

[Bruunhilde]

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Hi DG,

Hope all is well with you?

The wagon is in the repair shop. I didn't eat dinner til very late yesterday and blew it on the AL front. And diet front (AL calories). Am having anxiety over work so that is a big trigger as well.

I'll be at a conference this coming week so hopefully the AL intake will be reasonable but not sure about the food!

[Doggygirl]

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Good to hear from you Bruun. I'm doing pretty good. Desire for AL is far behind me (at least for now) and for that, I am grateful. Still struggling mightily with sugar and cravings and all that food jazz. I'm so sick of it! I need to get back to some basics. Meals getting off schedule (like your late dinner) really throw me off kilter big time.

When do you leave for the conference? Will you have a chance to relax and re-group this weekend?

DG