Thanks So much!!
Hi Everyone,
Gosh thanks so much for your responses and support, I would have never guessed so many of us are going thru this, you feel so alone when it is happening and you keep questioning yourself--"why and how did this happen!"
Someone once told me that we are born with a certain metabolism and we cannot change that? Is that true or was that person mistaken?? If it is true than that would mean that what we are going thru is truely fixable, or if it is not true than that would mean we would just have to adjust to the new US!!
I remember the days when I would eat anything and everything I wanted and with no exercise,---I know what you are thinking yeah when you were a teenager--But no this was only about 4years ago--when I was 38yrs old I took up exercise and dieting at 39?? I never had a clue what a calorie was, haha!! Much less fat grams, not even how to read a label, haha! So of course back then I would eat lots of cake and icecream, eat pizza at midnight and drink on the weekends, etc!! and i have no Idea what so ever what my metabolic rate was back then but I would say it had to be pretty high!! I don't think I have ever weighed more than 115pounds in my entire life--So does that mean that I will get that back?? About a 1 1/2 years ago I had a metabolic test done and it was 1300 and that was after dieting for a year and I was already started my running thing, so does that mean that before that my metabolic rate was even higher? I will tell you that when I started this whole diet thing I did not even know what my maintence calories should be and still don't to this day--So with that being said:
I am def going to order that gowear, already checked it out on amazon, thanks for the scoop on that!!
I also remeber that the first 1 year I was working out, and started to diet, I thought this is great I feel great, I have great energy, my body toned up really quickly probably because I was a virgin to dieting--But I always thought I was doing the right thing--and I loved the results so I just kept eating that way and I did not know any better, Like Leigh says about have knowledge--wow I did not know a thing about refeeds, etc, that was all greek to me until this year!! Well when I took up running, I loved and I was good at it, did not realize I would get so hooked, I went to my first 5K and that was it for me--I was hooked, and I was doing great, getting faster and faster and started to up my mileage just to see if I could do it, and my hubby still says to this day--If you would have only stayed with the shorter distances, this probably would not have happen---
Well I ended up getting a running coach, was on a running Team, an I loved it, But I never forgot one day this girl came up to me and Said "Wow you have a great body, so tone, so muscular, How do you do it? What do you eat? I told her a few examples, and said proudly "I have alot of discipline!! And she said but what about your Carbs--don't you think you need carbs to refuel and I said sure, I have my cup of oatmeal and 1/2 banana a day, and the rest of my meals are protien, and She said well I guess it works for you because every race you are getting faster!! Well look at me now!! Not running at all and I remember going to a race to chear the Team on and I said to that girl--Gosh you were so right about the carb thing, I had just jumped into running hobby without knowing the rules, and how to play the game, and how important fuel is!! I had been working out already about 1 year and I hit a wall about 6 months into running, that is when my thyroid went out of wack, But I will tell you all right now---If you would have told me this was going to happen or even could happen I would have laughed and said NO WAY--I am in the Best shape of my life right now and it is not possible--GOSH if we could only go back in time!!
Sorry for the long post, thanks for listening and thanks for support again, Dessie
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