#and when I gained a little weight a few years before gallbladder

[mthrodrgns1315]

Here We Go...

Hyperemesis Gravidarum:

noun

persistent severe vomiting leading to weight loss and dehydration, as a condition occurring during pregnancy.

Most people by now know of Kate Middleton's multiple hospitalizations as a result of her severe Hyperemesis Gravidarum. We've heard of her sickness, her hospitalizations, her emergency IV fluids, etc. We also heard the media downplay it, which was absolutely heartbreaking for those of us in the general public who also suffered from it.

Like Princess Kate, I also suffered from it. Twice. They were the two worst experiences of my life (aside from losing my beloved cat and everything my little family owned in the Paradise, CA Camp Fire on November 8, 2018). Throwing up every 15 minutes like clockwork, all day and all night, unable to eat or drink anything, being hospitalized and requiring emergency IV fluids (a challenge in itself because I was so severely dehydrated that my veins collapsed), wishing for anything to make it stop, losing 30 pounds in two weeks, being starving but unable to eat. Every. Single. Day. For four straight months. Twice. And compared to most fellow HG sufferers, I had it easy!

But I was promised that giving birth would be the end of it all. That, as soon as I held my little baby in my arms, as soon as I welcomed them into the world, it would all end. Like magic. Boom. Over. Done. And while the constant vomiting did end as soon as I gave birth, and while I was able to eat chicken nuggets (or everything for that matter, but chicken nuggets were my biggest craving) for my first postpartum meal, the magical end to it all was...not a lie, but definitely not as promised. I can't call it a lie, because Hyperemesis Gravidarum is researched so rarely and has been studied so little, that no doctor knows all the effects (short or long-term) of it yet.

For myself, and a very large majority of the women in the Hyperemesis Gravidarum survivor's group on Facebook, the after effects consist of regular and unexplainable nausea, gallbladder disease, PTSD, anxiety, depression, flashbacks, and eating disorders (overwhelmingly binge eating).

When I gave birth to my kids, I had dropped to my lowest weight ever: 135 lbs. Which is typically an ideal weight for my height, but I had been literally starved down to that weight. So although my weight was healthy, I did not, in ANY way, look healthy. My eyes were dark and sunken. My cheeks were hollow, my collar bones jutted out, I was anemic, etc. It's been seven years since my first HG pregnancy, and my relationship with food is anything but healthy now. In one year since having my youngest (now 5), I ballooned from 135 to 200 lbs. I have since been diagnosed with a binge eating disorder and have been struggling greatly to overcome it. My reactions to food are extremely unhealthy, because to my brain, survival mode has become permanent. There is a constant uncertainty on when I will be able to have my next meal, or if I will be able to keep down the one I've just finished. As a result, I eat as much as I can (until it is literally painful for me before I've even left the friggin table), as often as I can. I get highly defensive over my food, basically behaving much in the same way as a dog with resource guarding problems does. Because it's mine. MY food. If I don't eat it all right this very second, eat every single morsel, I will pay for it later. I will starve to death. I will throw it all up. I will, once again, end up in the hospital, being poked and prodded with thick needles as an entourage of nurses attempt multiple veins across my arms, hands, and fingers to administer IV fluids. Of course, none of this comes true anymore. I can no longer have kids. My OB/GYN saw to that when she "obliterated my tubes." Just picturing being pregnant again makes my entire body shake it scares me so much. I am absolutely terrified I will end up pregnant again through some freak accident of nature.

And even though I KNOW all this, even though the rational and logical side of my brain is more than well aware of these facts, the part that is still gripped by PTSD after all these years is what controls my actions regarding food in the end. My weight number continues to grow, as does my jeans size and waistline (and boobs, much to my dismay).

So here I am, doing a public journaling of sorts, hoping that having some public accountability will help me push through the mental issues in the aftermath of multiple HG pregnancies. My goal is to get down to my ideal weight of, ironically, 135 lbs (a healthy weight for my height), but this time, I will do it in a healthy way. I won't restrict my eating, doing fad diets or by starving myself (as I've, sadly, tried before). This time, I'm going to exercise, starting slowly and working on making it a daily habit rather than forcing it, and I will work on rationalizing through my anxiety and fear surrounding food, while also working to portion out my food better. My hope, is that I will become a healthier person, more mentally than physically. Because, to be honest, it isn't even really the weight that bothers me. Most people tell me I don't look 200 lbs (thanks to an hourglass figure that gains weight proportionately). It is the physical effects of that weight that bothers me: my knees always hurt, I am constantly tired, etc. But more importantly, it's the mental effects this eating disorder causes that really, truly bothers me. It is the main reason for my depression, for my anxiety. Because every time I binge, I feel terrible afterward. I am in literal physical pain, and I feel guilty; I've snapped at my kids who just wanted one tiny bite (just a little taste), I feel guilty for letting myself do it again, I feel physically exhausted and even more depressed, and I feel absolutely stupid for ignoring the rational part of my brain again and letting my trauma take over, I feel just generally...terrible.

I'm gonna try to post daily, working through my progress and (let's be real) setbacks, my thoughts and mental changes, my moments of logic, my downfalls, and my triumphs. I, in no way, expect this to be easy. I know this will be hard, but I made it through HG twice. I can do this too, eventually. And maybe I can help women in the same position I'm in along the way.

Well, now that I've rambled for a few pages, here I go.

#HG #binge eating #Hyperemesis Gravidarum #PTSD #overcoming trauma

[alittleroseandhoneyblog-blog]

Sticks and Stones

A comment left on one of my photos!*

Let’s start this by simply saying Thank you!

Thank you for taking the time to comment on one of my photos – thank you for providing your opinion on a topic that we as women face on a daily basis – I want you to know that when you attacked my body, you did not effect me in a negative way – you did not discolor my self esteem, you did not hurt me (as I have been through far worse) and you certainly did not make me think any less of myself– in fact you empowered me.

You’ve made me stronger, so thank you!    

In many ways you are right, your opinion is exactly that – but it’s your form of “fit” that I do not fit into – not mine (or those who love me)  You see, this whole industry is in the eye of the beholder – it’s what we choose to get out of the process that matters, it’s all indifferent and perhaps if you removed your rose-colored glasses you would see beauty in all the different shapes and sizes the human body comes in rather then taunting those around you for not having your form of fit.

Those comments set us back, they linger and are a leading cause of so much self doubt and self sabotage and that conversation needs to change, you cannot be teaching children that – in fact, you should be educating yourself because YOUR perception of what “FIT” is needs to change.

FIT is defined as

“in good health”

……especially because of regular physical exercise.  

Well, that sounds like me…I mean

I have climbed the CN tower stairs, twice – all 1,776 of them.

I dance, every day for upwards of an hour or two

I lift weights every day

I fuel my body properly; I do not diet or restrict what foods I put into my body (because I am human)

So contrary to an unsolicited opinion on MY body…I AM FIT and here’s the thing- YOU (whoever you were) don’t get to decide – 

I have moved past that way of thinking – and I invite you to as well!  

I am not an expert.  I do not have a flashy background it fitness, I am not a trainer or a nutritionist – but what I do have is life experience, I’ve been through trauma (that I am still healing from) I have demons that I have been so ashamed to face until recently because of fear of judgement from not only strangers but from people who frequent my table.  The truth is none of this is easy to talk about, no one wants to stand up and talk about their body in a negative way, or relive their toxic relationships no one wants to risk appearing weak when there is already so much judgment out there, but guess what, we all have pasts, we all have gone through something that has lead us to be who we are today and just because someone has a similar story and lived through similar situations (and survived) doesn’t mean that your story is any less validated, it doesn’t make the experience any less traumatic or hard and it certainly doesn’t mean that you don’t have the right to tell it – we tell our stories in hopes that it helps someone so that it shows that we can go through dark times and still rise – we should be encouraging people to read their chapters out loud instead of claiming rights to something that many of us have faced whether its disordered eating, body image, mental health, self sabotage, relationships…and so much more. 

My first ever heartbreak had a lot to do with my weight at 21 … I will never forget how I watched a man that I loved fall out of love with me as the number on the scale went up. I was insecure about it but we never talked about it - I never asked the right questions I never asked if he was still attracted to me (as he gained the same “happy” weight I did) I didn’t ask if he was falling out of love with me but up until that point I never struggled with my body image and I believed that the number on the scale didn’t define me – but the truth is, it DID (in my own mind at least) – and in the end he broke up with me.  Truthfully, I can pinpoint that to exactly when my negative relationship with my body started.  B and I ate out a lot and If we weren’t eating out then I was cooking big meals that were greasy and with portion sizes that were out of control, I thought food solved everything. I gained about 30 “happy pounds” and hit my second puberty. My hips went up 5 sizes, my boobs were out of control and I didn’t recognize the girl I saw in the mirror anymore.

Dating as a chubby girl was seriously depressing so much so that I tried online dating (I know, save the judgment for later) I remember only using pictures of my face and avoiding anything that showed my body – and I ended up meeting this guy and after a few days of us texting we went for a movie (we had a wonderful time and he seemed really into me) but unfortunately on the ride home he pulled over 3 times and PULLED IT OUT…(I am not joking and there is a whole other story to this) anyways – I declined – politely (3 times, once with tears lol)  I could tell that his ego was a little hurt.  Shortly after he dropped me off at home I got a message from him that said… “you know you’re a lot bigger in person” as if that was the reason he wasn’t going to see me again - (not that he was a total pig) but honestly I was shocked and so embarrassed that someone openly commented on my weight (that wasn’t my grandma) and I wont lie It really hurt my feelings,  but I politely reminded him that the weight was something I could easily work off, but he was stuck with a small dick for the rest of his life (lol) and so we never spoke again (until he came across my social media last year and has been creeping ever since!!)

The truth is in that moment I became so desperate to have my old body back - to be able to fit into my old pair of jeans (the “before” him jeans) that I started skipping meals – I lied to my loved ones about what I was putting in my body - I ended up in the hospital - multiple times with stomach pain and exhaustion - I took a leave of absence from work because I was too sick to even get out of bed.  

I DID THAT - I starved my body and all I can remember thinking at the time was that it worked, I lost the weight as if it was some miracle.  It didn’t change anything- I was still sad, I was still skipping meals and I knew that mentally I was not in a good place and it didn’t help that 6 months after the break up that spiraled all those negative feelings just announced he was getting married.  This went on for about a year, where I struggled with disordered eating and my body image - I met matt, at my thinnest and I maintained that as long as I could - fast forward to pregnancy (which turned out the be incredibly unhealthy) I was still  starving my body, its really the only pattern I knew and I continued to watch my weight,  I didn’t want a repeat of what happened with B, So I limited my calorie intake – But once I realized what I was doing I started eating smaller meals more often, then the portions became larger, and within a few weeks I went from not eating the foods I wanted to eating everything in sight.  I would over-eat…and then eat and then eat some more…and in 3 months I gained almost 40lbs (60lbs my total pregnancy), went borderline Diabetic and ended up having a premature birth at 7 months followed by my gallbladder being removed shortly after-  great experience, right!  

My mentality at that time was “Well my body is changing anyways, may as well enjoy it…”

Or “I’ve already gained this much weight, what’s another few pounds….”

WRONG, wrong, wrong WRONG - that is not a healthy mentality at all and again is a part of that self sabotaging culture that we as women live in.

I wasn’t surprised that 5 years later I still owned 95% of that “baby weight”, I knew I needed to get serious – I put blinders on when it came to my health I was overweight, I was lazy and I lacked motivation to work out and it wasn’t until about a year ago that I actually committed to something that worked for me… (did you catch that… “something that worked for me”, because everyone is different ) Anyways- It certainly didn’t happen overnight, and I had to overcome a lot of personal demons that ended up being bigger then just a negative body image - I had to get raw and admit that in some situations I was the toxic person – that I allowed my circumstances and for that I carried so much guilt. 

The point is! 

As human beings we need to learn to co-exsist with all of our demons whether its food, weight or body shape or even our mental health – we need to be as patient with ourselves as we are others, mindful of our own feelings, our own needs and we need to cultivate in them.  This is why this conversation is so important to me – why I choose to address certain things, why my social media is public- no one but me has the right to narrate my story and so the best I can do is live well,  without fear of judgment, comfortable in my skin, in my decisions 

- Although I am as open as I can be, I choose to be very conscious about what I post on social media (for a few reasons) - One is simple, my husband has to approve of the content being posted. Out of respect and love for that man who has supported me unconditionally throughout this process, regardless of being 1000% confident in my “now” body, he prefers some things to stay private (in which I totally agree) but the other is because there are people (no scratch that) women out there whose “dream body” is my “then” body –  and the words I use to describe how I felt in my own skin during that time can damage someone else’s perception of their dream body, it can become discouraging – But understand this, I know now that my body was actually never the problem. That additional weight I carried, was beautiful. I admit there have been things that I have been insecure about, yes but that was society making me believe that my body didn’t look right,  that was social media and marketing saying you are only worthy of real love at a 120lb and everything else is unlovable.  That was my own self sabotage that made me believe I wasn’t good enough as is and so I went to drastic measures to try and comply to what society told me beautiful should be and throughout this entire process I wish I would have told myself sooner that being a size 12 did not change my banging personality or my sense of humour and being a size 8 didn’t change my heart, or how I viewed the world and being a size 4 now doesn’t make me any better of a person then I was 10 years ago when I felt my worth was dictated by the number on the scale.  I have had to accept that not everyone will see “fit” the same way I do and unfortunately because I have decided to put my life on social media the way I do, I have opened a window for others to form that opinion of me, I have allowed them judge me, to be passive towards me or to even question my character and in some cases those opinions will be voiced but I welcome them and if by chance you are that person who wants to dim my light know this you can’t break me - I am 10000% comfortable and confident in who I am – Broken past, Belly fat, cellulite, saggy boobs and all (Lol)

I will end with this, I will not apologize for “showing off” as I have earned the right to – I will not apologize for over coming the two worst relationships I’ve ever had and will ever have in my life (food and my self worth) – I will not apologize for being my own version of fit even if it doesn’t align with yours and I certainly will not apologize for being who I am.

As far as I am concerned, as long as you are not harming others in any way, live unapologetically in all you do.  You don’t need validation from anyone or anything!

#fitness

[ahumanfemale]

Everything.

Hello all, I’m new to the Strike fandom but not to the series - I’ve been hooked since the first, all those years ago.  I’m about a third of the way through Lethal White and felt the need to try my hand.  Also up on ao3 if that’s easier for anyone.

xoxo, ahf.

Robin imagined the worst.

She couldn’t help it — an occupational hazard, she would say, after the last three years of her life.  Murder and mayhem and trauma that left lasting scars.  Of course, it was tempered with victory and justice and a profound sense of validation, but those attitudes were less likely to be affected on a night like tonight.  When the weather was hot and balmy and she was running from the train station so quickly it felt like she couldn’t catch her breath or steady the frantic jackhammer of her heart against her ribs.

Cormoran was hurt.

The bloody idiot had promised her.  Promised.  A covenant that had always held the utmost importance in their partnership, and Cormoran had broken it.  Had made a move on the suspect after swearing the weekend would be spent surveilling while Robin was in Masham, visiting her mother after her emergency gallbladder removal.  It had been understood between them that their conclusion was not yet proven, that there was still evidence to collect before they could be sure, and that he would keep an eye on Roger Marshall until Robin could return to London.

She’d planned on taking the redeye Monday morning and going straight to work from the station bright and early, and instead she’d gotten a frantic call from Ilsa in the middle of Sunday afternoon when she was putting supper in the oven.  

You have to come home, Ilsa had pleaded, sounding distraught.  It’s Cormoran.  

Robin had hardly needed to hear anything else.  She dropped the tea towel on the kitchen table, had kissed her mother goodbye, and had asked her father to drive her back to the station.  It had been clear from the expression on her face that there were to be no questions or refusals.  Her normally practical father than driven over the speed limit the entire way, offering comforting pats on her knee as she phoned Ilsa back to let her know she was on her way.  It was only after she’d bought a ticket and found a relatively quiet space within the station that Ilsa had been able to explain.  

They had been working in conjunction with the Met on a kidnapping case, hired by the young girl’s wealthy grandparents after her ransom insisted they were not to contact the police.  Of course, hiring private detectives was very nearly the same thing, but Cormoran had somehow maintained that they could hunt down leads without drawing the same attention as CID.  It was assumed that the child’s estranged father had taken her after gaining nothing in his divorce from his clients’ wealthy daughter but neither Cormoran nor Robin had believed that to be true.  To Wardle’s complete consternation, they had insisted on looking further.  It was a formerly beloved tutor, it turned out, who had taken young Camilla Evans from her bed in the middle of the night, leaving a typed letter devoid of all forensic evidence for her mother to find in the morning.

Not that they had been able to prove it, nor that they had been able to find the child.  Cormoran did not believe the girl to be in danger if things stayed as they were, if Marshall stayed in control and confident, and so he intended to watch until eventually the man led them to where he was keeping her.  Or at least that was the plan discussed moments before Robin hopped on the train to Yorkshire, worried more for her ill mother than she had been for the disheveled and exhausted hulk of a man waving her off from the platform.  

How wrong she’d been.

Her former mentor and boss, current partner and best friend, had instead followed Roger Marshall to a seedier part of London just in time for the man to receive a phone call from someone who had talked to Cormoran earlier in the day - a warning, not that it was likely the person on the other end of the line knew it.  Cormoran had been behind the man on the street as the voice on the line offered, Oh, that private detective.  You know!  The one in all the papers.  Great beast of a man, even bigger in person.  Did you know he’d been hired to find Camilla?

Robin knew, just has Cormoran had earlier in the day, that Camilla was in more danger at that moment than she had been since her disappearance three weeks before.  And when the man had rung off and hurried to a small rental house around the block, Cormoran had spotted a blade in the man’s pocket.  What else could he have done?  Call Wardle, which he did, and then follow the man around the back of the house to find a cellar with walls so thick not a soul would have heard a rock concert through them.

What happened? Robin had asked Ilsa, feeling sick when she heard tears in the attorney’s voice.

He went after him, because he’s Cormoran and of course he did.  The woman sniffled and Robin could see in her mind the woman pressing her glasses back up her nose, unconscious of the reflexive gesture.  The little girl is fine and the evil prick is in custody, but he got in a good jab before Wardle showed up.  It’s- God, Robin.  It looks awful.  I couldn’t, I can’t—

I’m on my way, it’s okay.  I promise it’ll be okay.

She didn’t know quite how she could promise that, but of course she did — whether it was a promise to herself or Ilsa, she couldn’t say.

That was close to four hours before and now, running down Denmark Street in the dark, Robin felt breath catch in her lungs.  She’d found out through text messages on the trip that Cormoran would live, that the damage would heal, but that he’d also refused to stay in hospital.  Had checked himself out against medical advice and against pleas, accusations, and threats from both Nick and Ilsa.  It didn’t surprise Robin, not really, but she found herself fuming all the same.

It’s Cormoran.

Ilsa’s voice whispered in her ear while her eyes burned.

It’s Cormoran.

It’s Cormoran.

It’s—

She’d arrived.  

Taking the steps as quickly as possible, she picked up the pace at the sound of raised voices coming from upstairs.  Female, she noted immediately, high-pitched with emotion.  The second voice was the low grumble of a male arguing.  Cormoran and Ilsa, she’d be willing to bet, as she hurried her steps a little more.  When at last she’d come to the door and pushed her way inside, it was to the sight of Ilsa standing in front of the couch with her mobile to one ear and her hand to another to block out the sound.  She barely had time to take in the fact that Ilsa was clearly arguing with someone on the line before her eyes sought out what she’d come for in the first place.

Cormoran.

…

Cormoran stood, transfixed.

For a long moment he thought she was a hallucination — something his brain had dreamed up to comfort him, because of course he’d known Robin wasn’t in London.  Robin was in Masham with her mother after an operation.  And yet this woman in front of him looked like his Robin, breathed like her.  Smelled like her, he thought with an inhale as her subtly sweet perfume drifted into his nose.  Hell, she even sounded like his Robin as she assured Ilsa that she would stay with him, that Ilsa could go and attend to whatever client was having an emergency somewhere else in the city.

Listening probably would have been a good idea, he bet, as Ilsa had shouted something else vaguely menacing in his direction before storming off and leaving him and the hallucination standing on opposite sides of his still shabby office.  Alluring blue-grey eyes met his and his heart thudded in recognition.

Robin.

The hallucination was real.

Imagine that.

Ilsa had practically slammed the door behind her as she left, the raucous noise still echoing in the air between them, but still through the fog of pain medication and exhaustion she was the only certainty his mind could lock on to.  Her hair, burnished rose gold over the shoulders of her dark blouse.  He rarely saw her in dark colors, he realized hazily.  Always pastels and florals and smart professional outfits that were flattering without being provocative — of course, nearly everything Robin wore was provocative to him, just because she had the virtue of being Robin.

Robin, who was breathing hard and mysteriously silent.

Cormoran knew better, of course.  He had long since perfected the art of the pointed silence as a means of gleaning information from an unwilling source.  Still, with the weight of her stare on him from a few feet away, the words came and came quickly.

“Caught a train back, did you?” he said and heard the slight slur in his speech.  “That’s good, I guess.  I hope it was a good trip.  I mean, not that you coming back was good.  M’sorry, that’s not what I meant.  Damn it…”

She only kept those alluring eyes trained on him.  Nearly unblinking, narrowed in on him either because of the dark or in spite of it.  In spite of him, most likely, and that only kept him stammering.  Muttering about Masham, asking after her mother’s health following the surgery.  Talking about the bloody weather, of all things, until the very moment that Robin took pity on him and moved.  To leave, probably, if she knew what was best for herself.

Or not.

Closer.

Robin was coming closer.

Walking on worn trainers until he was backed up against the pitiful desk and she was face to face with him.  With his dilated pupils, with his vague reek of warm copper and harsh antiseptic.  Had he known he was going to get knifed that morning he might have been compelled to keep a spare shirt handy.

A fact that he apparently uttered aloud, because Robin’s hands lifted up to the shirt in question without so much as a pause.  She touched the vertical line of buttons and glanced up, meeting his eyes.  His dark to her light, earthen to tempestuous sky.  

Entirely without thought, he nodded.

In a second she had two handfuls of fabric and had tugged his shirt clear of his trousers, exposing the mat of dark hair that covered his midriff.  Had he been more cognizant of the moment he might have experienced some trepidation; some sense of self-consciousness at the bit of his stomach that was soft and expanding over the cusp of his belt.  As it was, he stood numb and waiting as Robin pulled his shirt up and out of the way.  

The wound was deep, or so they told him.  Eight or so inches across the ribs on his upper left side, a puncture and rip that had nearly blinded him with pain in the seconds after it had happened.  He’d had just enough wherewithal to knock Roger Marshall out of his shoes before collapsing and blacking out.  Seconds, minutes, he wasn’t sure how long.  Only knew that he woke up when Wardle had shaken him to within an inch of his life and then cursed him up one side and down the other at how much it had hurt.

Now it was sutured and bandaged and gauzed and taped, kept entirely from sight even if it did still hurt like the bloody devil.  When Robin reached out to touch the edge of that gauze he flinched in anticipation but let her, realizing as she moved that the scar very nearly matched the one on her right arm.  The one rent into existence by Donald Laing almost two years before.  

If she embraced him, he thought drunkenly, the two might just line up.  

“It’s fine,” he said, hoping the words he spoke would drive away the ones he’d thought, “I’m fine.”

Robin nodded, and then hit him.

It was hardly a glance, aimed at the meat of his chest rather than somewhere nearer the wound on his side, but Cormoran blinked in surprise anyway.  

“Robin, what—”

Another smack, this one to the right side of his chest.  Another, and then another.  Seemingly delivered flailing but somehow careful enough to never land anywhere near somewhere it might actually hurt him.  After a moment he stopped bracing against them and let Robin go, feeling something crack in his chest at the first broken sob to escape her throat.  The sound of her crying had an uncomfortable effect on him, forcing something like agony to crawl into his throat and lodge there for him to swallow around.  It was all he could do to wrap his arms around her shoulders and let her have her fill while he fought the sting behind his eyes.  He held her while she struggled, while she cried, until she stopped landing blows and collapsed into him.  It was the first hug they’d shared since the one on her wedding day, though Cormoran had the fleeting thought that he’d felt worse then than he did now.

Still, Robin shook and wailed against his chest until his button up was damp and his arms were the only thing holding her upright.

When finally she quieted, hiccuping every other breath, Cormoran huffed a flippant laugh.

“Feel better?” he asked.  “Talk about a hostile work envi—”

“You don’t know, do you?”

Her interruption set him aback, made him tilt his neck so that he could see her tear streaked face.  She was serious, he quickly realized.  There wasn’t a hint of a rueful smile on her face, the light in her eyes had dulled to smoke.

“I— what?”  

“You don’t know that if something were to happen to you, if you—”  Her voice broke, her misery shattering him like glass.  “Everything.  I’d lose everything.”

She looked shell-shocked now, breath coming quick even as her hand rested lightly on the knife wound Roger Marshall had bestowed upon him.  Under his shirt, so delicately skin to skin.  His addled brain couldn’t decide which sensation to process first; the feel of her so close, touching him, was headier than the best whisky in London.  Then again, her words bounced between his ears taunting and teasing and promising things they had no business promising.

Everything.  I’d lose everything.

“You didn’t lose me, Robin,” he said stiffly, wishing he were something approximating sober for the first time all night.  “It missed everything it needed to.”

“And if it hadn’t?” she asked emptily.  She sounded very much like the hypothetical part of the question was irrelevant and Cormoran found himself pulling her a little closer, arms closing around her a little tighter.  It hadn’t even occurred to him to let her go.  Frankly, he wasn’t sure he could have if it had.

Cormoran, for most of his adult life, had felt… expendable.  He was no one’s nearest and dearest, always a fleeting and peripheral character in the everyday lives of the people close to him.  Supposing the worst had happened he had no doubt believing people would mourn.  His sister would be miserable but she had Greg and the boys, would inevitably see his demise as living by the sword and dying by it.  Shanker would loot his corpse and nod farewell, visit him and Leda together when it occurred to him.  Nick and Ilsa would miss him, he supposed, but they again had each other.  It hadn’t occurred to him until just that moment that the woman in his arms might feel differently.  To her, perhaps, he was irreplaceable.  

She means her job, you tit.

“Don’t worry, I’d see you’re taken care of,” he started and this time Robin picked her head up, surprised.  “Ilsa got on my case a few months back, insisting I make a will.  I don’t have much, but I have this office and the agency.  If someone one day manages to kick my bucket, ‘CB Strike Investigations’ becomes ‘Strike-Ellacott Investigations’ and she’s all yours.”

Robin stared.

“You’ve worked so hard and done so much and… I have no doubt that I would have lost all this by now had Temporary Solutions not cocked it up and sent a temp I’d already canceled,” he said and felt the lump in his throat grow.  “This agency is nothing without you, Robin Ellacott.  It’s yours just as much as it is mine.”

I’m nothing without you, he thought wretchedly.  I’m yours.

But, no.  More words he could never take back, and so he never offered them.

“So.  Don’t worry about making a living,” he continued and cleared his throat.  “I’ve got it all worked out, for once.”

She was silent for so long Cormoran thought she might start hitting him again.  Maybe he would have deserved it, he didn’t know.  The world was fuzzy at the edges and he was exhausted and Robin was really there.  She wasn’t a hallucination, not a dream like she sometimes was, and she was so close—

She was kissing him.

Full lips, soft and smooth, were pressed to his.  Robin had come up onto the tips of her toes and taken two handfuls of his shirt again and maybe his brain was starting to catch up because suddenly he was kissing her back.  His hands at least knew what to do, coming up to cradle the back of her neck with one and the soft line of her jaw with the other.  For long, glorious moments they shared air and the taste of weak hospital tea on his lips and he reveled in the feeling of his heart clamoring out of his chest, fighting to get to her.  

Everything.  I’d lose everything.

She opened her mouth to him and his knees threatened to buckle.

I’m nothing without you.

When at last they separated, Cormoran wondered if he had ever truly been kissed in his life.  The raw emotion in Robin’s eyes threatened to bowl him over, send him crashing to the floor just as surely as his awful right knee could and often did.  Was it… was it even possible?  What in God’s name could a woman like Robin want to do with him other than give in to an urge to spend a few nights in the slums?

“I don’t give a damn about the job,” she said, breathless but stern.  Her eyes darted to his lips again and he wanted to crumble.  “I give a damn about you.”

Cormoran stared this time.

“Do you understand me, Cormoran Blue Strike?” she asked.  “Do you know what I’m telling you?”

He nodded, wordlessly.  

Christ, how his heart was drumming.

“Besides,” she started again, this time with an air of teasing in her shaky voice, “I could always go join the Met.”

“What?!” he cried finally, scandalized and still feeling lighter than air.  “And what would happen to the agency?”

“I’d sell it to Shanker for wine money.”

“Over my dead body!”

“Well, yeah,” she said dryly, sniffling, “That’s the idea.”

He scowled so deeply it made her laugh, brittle after her tears but still the best thing he’d ever heard.

Music.

It was music.

“Guess I might as well live then,” he growled, surly and gruff and still happy enough he might fly apart at the seams.  

Robin grinned.

“Now you’re getting it,” she told him matter-of-factly and kissed him again.  All light and laughter and something so dangerously close to love it threatened to break him.

Everything, he thought as he tasted her for the second time that night.

She’s everything.

“Come on.  Let’s get you to bed,” she said finally, pausing between words to press fleeting kisses to his lower lip and the scruffy edge of his chin.  “You’ll have sleep on your side so you don’t tear anything.”

“You planning on joining?”

Robin Ellacott, consummate professional, blushed some intimate shade of rose he’d never before seen on her and Cormoran found himself dying to chase every bit of skin where that color might have bloomed.

She beamed at him.

“If you want,” she offered, coy only because she was unsure.  

“Can’t say I’ll be much fun,” he admitted, only because his better judgment had temporarily won out.  “You know.  Knife wound and all.”

“Then I’ll just have to be patient then, won’t I?” Robin asked, voice low and exaggeratedly wicked, and he heard himself chuckling despite the blood that rushed decidedly south of his brain.  “Come on then, pin cushion.  Let’s get some sleep.”

She stepped away, heading toward the door that would take them up to his tiny flat.  Robin had been up the steps so many times he could hardly count them, but this time she’d be staying.  It baffled him to realize he’d be falling asleep next to her that night, waking up next to her in the morning.  How had he gotten so lucky?”

“Cormoran?”

Her voice was on the steps now, inquisitive.

He stifled an elated chuckle and pushed himself away from the desk, limping to follow her.  He’d follow her anywhere, he realized as she held a hand out to him.

Taking it, he gave her slight fingers a small squeeze.

“Lead the way.”

She always did.

#bbc strike #the strike series #cormoran strike #robin ellacott #ilsa herbert #cormoran x robin #cormoran x robin fic #bbc strike fic #angst #first kisses #cormoran is an idiot #forgive an american for her spelling

[shrinkingheather]

My First Month On Keto

Ok, so, I have officially finished my first month. Let me tell you, this wasn’t an easy month. I was just getting over the flu and a slew of illnesses that plagued me because my immune system was crap after the flu. After the first week, my husbands grandfather died. He was a good christian man and lived to be 98. He was ready to go be with the love of his life who had died 14 years (I think) prior. So, we had to travel almost 1,700 miles by car for the funeral. That meant truck stop foods and snacks. After starving the first day with what I could do keto, I decided I was taking the travel time off and get back to it when we got home. The night we got home was my daughter’s 15th birthday, so we finished it off with pizza and a rainbow cake (all from the store because it was 10 PM!). I got back on track the next morning. That being said, here is how month 1 (with a week off that I am not counting) went. Month 1: Week 1. Ok, so the eating wasn’t too bad. It took me a few days to really figure things out, and realize not everything was keto friendly, even if it seemed it was. I saw a post on FB the other day where someone said carbs are the cockroaches of Keto, they come out of no where and seem to be everywhere. WOW! Isn’t that the truth! My bologna that I love is full of them, so sad! Carbs are in cheese, cream, veggies... it’s nuts! I had started using My Fitness Pal as my food calculator since I had used it before, and quickly learned, it doesn’t track net carbs. In keto, you must count net carbs or you would eat nothing, you’d always be over carbs. Thanks to some great FB posts, I found Carb Manager. Ok, I love this app! And I make nothing for saying that, it’s just genuine truth. Once I got the food down, I ordered a ketone supplement. Now, I have high blood pressure, so, I was shocked when I checked out the nutrition information on them and found out sodium was in the thousands on most of them, like I literally could have died. Glad I checked! I did find a product called keto magic. This has been a God send for someone like me with high blood pressure. It’s just 180 mgs of sodium per serving, that is totally doable, and has electrolytes. The only down sides to it are 1. It only comes in fruit punch flavor... I am not a fan. It’s not horrible, but for me, it’s not a preferred flavor. It’s very sweet (even though it has no cane sugar). The other is the smell. I’m not going to lie, I am all about honesty, this stuff stinks in powder form. But I promise, once it’s mixed in the water (which is does so easily), the stink is gone. The herb they use in it to produce ketones instead of salt causes the smell. I will take the smell over sodium! Anywho..... I am glad I bought it, because a few days in, I got hit with the keto flu. Headaches, upset tummy most of the day (though I was lucky, I don’t throw up much even when sick... so there was none of that, just general queasiness), and leg cramps, oh they were daily. But the keto magic helped once I got it. It didn’t take it all away, but made it bearable, which I am grateful for. It’s just a part of starting keto, most people go through it, it’s your body adjusting to not having carbs for fuel, and it’s usually gone in a week. I also had the dreaded bowl dump syndrome for a few days. Anyone without a gallbladder already knows what this is. It is the sudden need to poop, and it’s never pleasant, it is like molten lava people. Just keeping it real. I’ve suffered with it for years since I lost my gallbladder if I eat too much fat. And of course, that means eating a high fat diet makes sense, right? HAHAHA. The good news is, it only lasted 3 days, it’s been ok since then, even without the gallbladder. Eating veggies is key! If you do keto... EAT VEGGIES, seriously, you will thank me when you aren’t backed up 3 weeks from Tuesday, or praying the molten lava will end, or wishing death to come, whichever happens first, lol. So, I didn’t have a HUGE loss like so many people do when starting keto. I am attributing that to the fact that I was already on a lower carb eating plan, and I didn’t have a lot of water to lose, which is what those big losses are, mostly water your body has been harboring. I lost 4 lbs the first week. not to bad, especially for me. As I said, I took a week off on week 2... so I started week 2 after that, so bloated that I looked very over due to  have a baby, it was nuts, but I had only gained a lb. Goes to show wheat affects me more than I realized. So, week 2 went better. Just a little keto flu the first day or two, nothing like the first week, and I think it’s only because I took the travel week off. But what that taught me was that cheating on the WOE (way of eating) makes me feel miserable. I lost about 2 lbs in week 2 (not including the one I gained back from traveling). and I discovered pinterest keto recipes. Trust me, you will be grateful for them later if you go that route. Week 3, I got stuck on weight, but my pants were getting more loose. Not much happened weight wise in week 3. The keto flu was gone, weight didn’t change, I just went about my normal life. The only big thing was, Jim (hubby) started seeing the changes and jumped on board with me, though he is doing dirty keto, I am strict keto. The best thing I started to see at this point was an improvement in my blood pressure. It went from being high all the time (even with my supplements), to being... NORMAL. I haven’t seen normal in like 5 years with my blood pressure, so this was great for me. I had run 150′s/90′s for a LONG time. Suddenly I am running 120′s/70′s! WooHoo! Week 4, Still stuck most of this week in weight. BUT, I dropped from my 3rd belt loop to my 4th belt loop. Like, I have not ever, EVER used the 4th loop in the 6-7 years I have owned this type of belt. So, that was exciting, something is happening there. And my blood pressure continues to normalize. I haven’t taken any supplements this week to see who it goes, so far so good (though today is Easter, and I attempted ham, we will see how that goes. If anything throws my BP out of whack, it’s ham!) And on my last day of week 4, I finally had another little drop in weight. I am down 7.5 lbs since starting a month ago, and 1.6 lbs from my first big scale goal! No pictures as of yet to compare, but as soon as I can get my daughter to take some, I will get those posted up to compare.

#ketogenic #keto

[parkverse6-blog]

Typically the 10 Best Low-Carb Fruit and vegetables to Eat on typically the Keto Diet

Few diets possess gained just as much acceptance inside recent years as typically the ketogenic diet. The well-liked eating tactic, nicknamed often the keto diet plan, consists of substantially reducing your carbohydrate take in to put you right into a state of ketosis, or perhaps the point where your physique changes from using carbs to fat as a new primary fuel reference. This kind of shift can happen right after just a few days and nights of eating a diet plan that’s very low in carb supply (think: between 20 plus 50 grams of carb supply daily, depending on often the individual), according to an overview published in February 2014 in the International Diary of Environment Research plus General public Health and fitness. That’s due to the fact your cns relies largely on blood sugar, which can be derived from carbs, to work, and it must discover an different vitality supply ASAP. But ahead of a person try this keto diet, you should know just what you’re signing up for: “[Keto is] a very high-fat diet plan, which contains reasonable health proteins, and very, very very little carbohydrates, ” says Georgie Worry, RD, author associated with Low fat Habits for Life time Weight reduction which is established in Alberta, Canada. To reach ketosis, you must limit your daily carb consumption to 20 to 60 grams (g) per day, which is a lot lower than the recent recommended regular allowance, as well as RDA, involving 130 gary the gadget guy of carbohydrates per moment to meet the common bare minimum amount of sugar and carbohydrates used by the brain, per typically the State Academies of Savoir, Executive, and Medicine. In addition to regrettably, this low-carb cut can make it tricky to find enough fresh vegetables in the diet, as some greens present a high carb count. It is very no wonder that as a outcome, folks on keto seem to take less fiber than usual, which can exacerbate signs and symptoms such as costiveness that will transpire as part associated with the so called keto flu virus. This period frequently lasts about two weeks, although tummy trouble can remain a problem long after that if your dietary fiber intake remains to be low. Upping your intake connected with that gut-friendly source of nourishment is usually just one of often the reasons it’s hence crucial to prioritize incorporating manufacture to your plate when you are performing keto. Furthermore, selected vegetables will provide the vitamins and minerals your entire body needs to succeed — without having banging you out of ketosis. CONNECTED: What Happen to be the Best and Undesirable bad Fats to Eat on the Ketogenic Diet? Speaking of following a wholesome diet, you’ll want for you to seek the advice of a registered dietitian plus your healthcare team before going on a restrictive diet like keto. One of the reasons keto is of interest is the likely for quick, temporary fat loss, says Leah Kaufman, CDE, RD, operator of Leah Kaufman Eating routine in New York Town. You are getting to find no absence of anecdotal facts by means of way associated with before-and-after pictures online, nonetheless it’s real there is definitely some early homework to support the idea that will keto may help you whittle your own personal waist. For instance , some sort of meta-analysis published around January 2015 in the log Morbid obesity Reviews suggested one probable reason the keto eating habits leads to weight decline is that ketosis may restrain urge for food, even when you are restricting calorie consumption. Yet extra research is needed to confirm those findings, the budding writers noted.

Still, Kaufman warns, “I would be careful if trying to use typically the keto diet as some sort of lasting approach. ” A lot of documented dietitians (RDs) will definitely say keto is some sort of three-month eating habits max, but the aforementioned Feb . 2014 review suggested those with unhealthy weight may be equipped to go by keto safely and securely for a person year, so long because they’re under the direction of a physician. Simply manage Happening the keto diet: your five recipes to try . Having The particular highs and lows involving keto restricted macronutrient requirements, is considered not an easy prepare to adhere to. “If a person feed on outside often, vacation, or perhaps interact socially with your current pals at dining establishments about a good regular basis, this can be borderline-impossible to stay around the keto eating habits, ” Anxiety says. Right after all, it’s easy for you to go over the regular carbohydrate amount helped in the keto diet — despite appearing high at potassium, a large banano can pack a new massive 30 g of overall carbs, notes the U. S. Typically the keto diet: Its highs and lows plus 5 recipes of Agronomie (USDA). (Total carbs are different from net carbs; roughly communicating in, net carbs are typically the variety of carbs left around when you take away the particular amount of fiber plus sugar alcohols in a new presented food, per Atkins diet. apresentando. Keto dieters frequently count these carbs. ) ASSOCIATED: A Detailed Guideline to the Potential Health Benefits and Risks in the Keto Diet In supplement, among other groups, such as expecting a baby or breastfeeding a baby ladies, typically the keto diet normally isn’t recommended for folks with kidney or maybe liver organ problems, type a single diabetes, heart disease, gouty arthritis, any person whose gallbladder has recently been removed, or individuals together with a family background involving cancer, Fear tells. Underside line: If you’re planning about trying the keto diet program, consult your current healthcare staff first. “A patient will need to go through a medical assessment to make positive that they are an applicant for something like [keto], and then that should be medically monitored, ” Kaufman says.

#keto supplements #keto dietary supplements #keto diet

[cosmosogler]

starting late because i was watching a video essay. worth it. well, “late” as in 11:40 instead of like 11:30.

today i...? i woke up on time basically. i don’t remember what i was dreaming about any more. maybe i could start writing that down. i could.

i think i goofed off online for a while and then went downstairs because i desired salsa. dad had left to pick up mother from the car repair shop. i KNOW i did something in that time span but i really don’t remember at all. 

just as i was grabbing the chips they returned with donuts. so i had... salsa and a chocolate donut. i’m cool.

while i was nibbling on my brunch i went through all the mysterious discs i had found both in my closet and on my shelves. none of them were labeled so i had to put each one into mom’s computer to figure out what it was, and then label it and put it in a case instead of laying around in envelopes. target’s old photo service is gone and the viewing software isn’t compatible with newer computers so i thought i had lost all those images, but i found a workaround (after i had emailed customer service... of course). i also labeled all the leftover photo envelopes. that saved me a lot of time later when i didn’t have the chair or desk.

when i finished with that i made plans to get some supplies with mother around 5. then i tidied up my to-do jar and cleaned the bathroom entirely. like it’s sparkling. the disinfectant made me lightheaded though so i had to spray and then leave the fan on for 5 minutes while i did other things outside the bathroom, and then wipe, and then spray again... i also fixed up the cleaning supply closet a little bit. i need dad’s help to fix the sink i think. not sure how to proceed with that. it’s not clogged, but it’s draining slow. i don’t know what my sister does with that sink but there is constantly hair all over it.

after that i still felt restless and agitated so i organized my entire bookmarks bar. i kind of just dumped everything into what looked like the right folder... i’m going to have to go through each folder individually later and check for broken links, or things i can group together so that one folder isn’t overwhelmingly large. and i’ll definitely need to start actually looking in the folders when i’m bored and need something to do. ha ha...

i downloaded a couple new songs from oc remix and updated my ipod as well. and fixed some of my albums that were acting weird on the menu. half of one of them was marked as a compilation and the other half was not. 

then it was just after 5 so i bullied mom out of the house. we went to michaels and i got some rubber bands and photo albums. mom got some replacement stuff for her kitchen shelves. when she actually does the replacements i’ll be able to finish that project.

i also convinced her to stop for noodles for dinner. i called home to see what dad and my brother wanted... dad ended up snapping at my brother super loud. it was loud on the phone and i knew he was in a different room. my brother ended the conversation very quickly after that when previously he had been a little more interested in the menu. i know the feel.

so when i got home i shoveled pasta in my mouth (and managed to eat it all!!) and took my albums upstairs. i was pleased to find that i had bought exactly as many albums as i had envelopes, when at the store i had had to guess from memory. unfortunately some of the envelopes were so sparse that i could put two sets in one album. so i have two albums left over in case i come across any more loose pictures.

and i read for a while. i shouldn’t have... my eyes REALLY hurt and i was grinding my teeth super hard again today. it’s hard to want to use my reading glasses when i use the computer... it feels like it’s just out of the range i would hold a book at so the glasses aren’t quite what i need. but it would probably be better than just using my eyes vanilla style. 

i am again avoiding doing emotional work by keeping myself super busy with projects. at least my living space looks super nice. but i am running out of useful ways to procrastinate. 

i noticed today when i put on a previously tight shirt that it was... not tight at all. it fits me like it used to in high school. and i might actually need a belt for these shorts. it’s weird. i took a quick look in the mirror and i do look more like how i look in my head. very bizarre. i kind of hope i don’t gain the weight back after the surgery. i don’t see why i would, but, i am nervous about it anyway. i’m not thin by any measure ‘cause i got a pudding bod, but the weight loss since my condition started is very noticeable by now. it hasn’t really leveled off either.

i try not to think about my weight/appearance too much because i think if i thought about it every day i would never be satisfied with myself. at least, i would consciously be not satisfied and it would bother me. so i just don’t look at myself much. but a lot of people who know me have been all, “you look good!” and “you’ve really lost weight, huh?” and it’s like... ok, thanks for thinking i look “good,” as in “better,” because i wasn’t good before apparently. but also, thanks for not paying attention to the fact that i don’t FEEL good at all. that’s why it’s a disease or disorder. like cool, i’m glad that my horrible gallbladder malfunction makes it easier for you to look at me. i haven’t been able to eat regular meals in six months, but you know, losing weight is more important than a functional digestive system. i wish there was a comment i could make that would like, slap them on the wrist verbally when they pull out the “you look good”s. 

i dunno, my outfit or hair are things i have more control over. and i understand telling someone that you like they way they look, or pointing out a beautiful tree so that others can also appreciate its beauty. it’s not comments on appearance that are inherently... insensitive. but if your family member has had a chronic illness for the better part of a year and the best you can pull out is “at least you lost weight!”, then maybe something is wrong? 

ehhh. i also organized my jewelry into a single case (and earring frog). and a little bag for all my hair clips. i will be ready for any seasonal theme in grad school now. i even found a spoopy skeleton necklace and cannibalized an old chain to fix the exo necklace i bought at the concert with my sister. the trinket is fairly lowkey so i might be able to convince myself to wear it.

ok, it is hitting 12:20. i’ve been writing for a while. i don’t really want to go to bed... i am profoundly bored. well, not bored, i’ve been keeping busy enough and doing things when i have the energy. i guess a better thing to put my finger on would be “profoundly lonely.” i basically just dump everything i have to say on asher. i have trouble leaving him alone for more than a few hours. my sister’s always at work or school (both are full time) and my brother... i’ve found that he doesn’t really have a lot to say to me. it’s really hard to talk to him unless i’ve got some cousins around to diffract some of the attention. joking around with him has been a little fraught since those holocaust “jokes” last year. and if we’re not joking around, we don’t really have a solid language to communicate with. i can only make so many puns. 

and my best puns are only when i am possessed by the spirit of terrible, terrible jokes. otherwise they get kinda forced even when i have a large vocabulary to work with. but the spirit is on and off, i can’t do that on command.

it’s my bedtime. it’s hard to sleep when you’re... (lonely) (depressed) (restless) (sore) too tired to sleep.

[powerpinkbeauty]

Say No to Birth Control Medications

At what age did you begin taking birth control? Do you know how much damage birth control causes? Yes, we believe doctors tell us all of the side effects of birth control but reality is they do not. Doctors and pharmacies only inform us about the average and instant side effects. Birth control is a very high estrogen pill which is not good for a women's body. There are a number of damage being done to the body because of birth control.

There are many different types of birth control such as: the pill, the patch, injections, implants, vaginal ring, IUD's and spermicide. Some women use these products daily for years. It prevents women from unwanted pregnancies correct, but the long term effects overrides that one benefit. The basic side effects are inter-menstrual spotting and nausea with taking the pill, nausea and weight gain with the depo shot and breast tenderness and other pre menstrual symptoms comes with the IUD. Unlike condoms which has no side effects at all. What our doctors do not tell us is that birth control on a whole can cause hormonal imbalance. Women are suppose to have normal menstrual bleeding every month. Birth control sometimes skips periods which is not good for the female body because the body needs to release the old tissue that is no longer needed.

According to an article with a food and drug administrator named Dr.Axe, the effects of continuously raised estrogen levels in female bodies are due to taking birth control and it being dangerous. The long term effects of birth control can potentially be an increase of being at risk to breast cancer, blood clotting, heart attack and even strokes. Other long term effects are high risk of high blood pressure and gallbladder or liver problems. Two long term effects that have been researched for proof is, depression and the negative impact it has on your fertility after you stop taking birth control after a long term use.

In the Harvard health article, a lot of women complained about birth control making them feel depressed. Doctors, after much research documenting complaints by patients have realized that women going through mood swings is associated with the hormonal medication after doing much research. Studies were done on females ages 14 and up and many records show there has been a growth of depression linked to birth control. “This study looked at women aged 15 to 34 between 2000 and 2013, and excluded those with preexisting psychiatric conditions, as well as those who could not be prescribed hormones due to medical issues like blood clots, and those who would be prescribed these medications for other reasons. They also excluded women during pregnancy and for six months after pregnancy, and recent immigrants. This way they wouldn’t accidentally include women with an unrecorded history of any of these conditions.” (Harvard Medical School Research) The research proved that the hormones were a trigger for depression. Mostly the birth controls that was not taken orally had higher possibility of triggering depression like the ring, the patch and IUD. Depression was shown higher in teenager from ages 15 to 19 years old. IUD effected nearly all ages and was a higher risk of causing depression.

Another long term effect of birth control is the affect it has on fertility. This is one of my main apprehension as a female, which is why I choose not to take birth control. The prolong use of birth control complicates the body and harmfully effect long term fertility. It unsettles women menstrual cycle. While normal cycles should have 28 days in between, birth control disturbs it causing too little of 10 days cycles or too long of 35 days cycles, which would confuse the ovulation process delaying a potential pregnancy. It is now disturbing ovulation because it throws off the regular timing of it. Birth control imbalances the bodies natural hormones causing the body to overload with hormones. Birth control changes the cervical mucus as well. Discharge becomes too thick compare to how it was before and now becoming too thick for the sperm to travel through the cervix to get to the egg and fertilize it. Birth control also changes the uterine lining by not allowing the correct balance of progesterone to make a healthy uterine line for attaching. All of this changes the body even after women have stopped taken the birth control, especially the older you get. I personally know someone who has been taking birth control from the age of 17 years old now being 34 and is having complications getting pregnant. When she does she is not able to hold it past a few weeks because of the birth control. The doctors told her she would have to wait a few more months, which is already going on two years for her body to get back to normal from all of the extra hormones.

For those that uses any sort of hormonal birth control, my personal advice is to stop. There are natural birth control alternatives that can be used instead. You can use condoms or pay attention and keep note of your ovulation days. These alternatives obviously do not have any side effect and does not interfere with the body. Doctors should inform patients more on the extra high risk dangers of birth control. Yes, all medication has possible risks but at least inform patients of them all. Doctors need to be more attentive of that so they can advocate commendably. Women needs to know that the hormones in these birth controls is not only preventing pregnancy now but also delaying pregnancy for the future.

Kamilah Tesheira is a 22 year old college student majoring in Childhood education / Special Education. I am currently a elementary school paraprofessional becoming a teacher.

#birth control #anti birth control #no extra hormones

[lokeanrampant]

So.  I apparently have a trigger.  It’s an ugly one and it hits hard and it returned me to a very unhealthy place.  Long post and Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified ahead.

And thank you, anon, for your words.  I hope you’re right.

I have recently been diagnosed with a few things and have medications which are helping, but this particular medication is having an amazing and GOOD effect on me.  I am awake and aware, I don’t need to do three things at once to focus on something, I actually can focus, so much good stuff.  But yes, it has an effect on my appetite.  I have fantastic willpower and I generally really, really hate anything that fucks with my appetite cause that will generally lead to me not eating enough.  So that’s what I’m dealing with here.  I probably wasn’t eating enough, but I felt good and I was basically grazing, so I figured, okay, we’re still okay.

Only...the doc who prescribed pull that trigger fucking hard.

So the medication works for ADHD and though I have a sensory processing disorder, she can’t quite say I have ADHD.  But she can put in her notes that she is prescribing it for “binge eating,” not because I have it, but because she thinks the med will help.  And it has.  I felt better than I had in years.  So I’m on this for about a month and doing great.  My therapist was THRILLED with my progress and we were going to really work hard on my BDD.  

Then I had the follow-up appt.  Where the doc kept harping on how well the med worked for my binge eating and controlling cravings and overeating.  Like over and over and over.

Let me tell you a lil something about me.

I’m a stress-starver.  It comes from my teens where I was constantly told that, being overweight and trying to lose weight, I ate too much, that I ate like a pig, eat less.  This is from DOCTORS, mind you.  Yes, doctors told me this.  Constantly.

So I did that.  I ate less.  Still couldn’t lose weight.  Same deal - “you eat too much.”  So I ate less.

I was down to one meal a day:  a sandwich.  Two pieces of bread, some mayo, some chicken.

Guess what?  Yep, “you eat too much.”

So I STOPPED eating.  Food was the enemy.  My body needed fuel, but I didn't want it and the docs assumed I ate and never stopped and kept telling me to eat less and less and less.  Obviously, I was still eating too much, right?  So hey, okay, I’ll eat less.  Just enough to keep me standing...and sometimes, not even then.  Super healthy, yo.  Bodies don’t like to lose weight in Starvation Mode.  But I was too fat for that and I ate too much, right?  So I essentially stopped eating.

That's not binging.  It's not binge/purge.  It's punishment for being fat and ugly and self-harm by restricting food because I wasn't worthy of it and it was ultimately bad for me.  If I had been a skinny bit, they probably would’ve diagnosed me with anorexia, but I just never presented with that low body weight or being underweight.  Nope.  Not me.  There is now an atypical anorexia that doesn’t present the classic way, but who are not underweight after significant weight loss.  And even then, I haven’t had significant weight loss in years.  

So there we are - eating disorder NOS, atypical presentation that doesn’t match anorexia, bulimia, binging.  It’s a much bigger diagnosis catch-all than you might realize.

It took me a long time to have a healthier relationship with food, and it's still not great, but it's okay.  Ask anyone in my life and they will tell you the same, that I don't overeat.  Even when I pms and actually crave a junk food?  I don't binge and I normally find a healthier alternative anyway (because junk food doesn't make me feel great).  

There is no secret or hidden eating.  There can definitely be guilt and self-loathing for eating, especially if it's not low-carb, but it’s rare...or at least, it was.  My food intake is not out of control.  I almost never overeat (it doesn't feel good!).  The only time I eat when I am not hungry is normally because I couldn't eat when I was hungry and then proceed to feel ill because my blood sugar has dropped.  Then I have to eat.  But it's not binging.  It's not healthy, and it doesn't fit the major eating disorders, but it's still not binging.

Do I have major body image issues?  Fuck yes.  I have Body Dysmorphic Disorder.  I have horrible self-image and will be sent into a major tailspin if I see photos or, gods, video.  I will stop being able to look in a mirror.  I have covered mirrors for days before.  I will have trouble showering unless I do it with my eyes closed so I don’t have to see the hideousness of me and even then, I still have to touch it to clean it.  I’m very self-critical and hate this body in which I feel trapped.  But I still do things.  I’m still working.  I do theater.  I garden.  I DO THINGS.  I also have an intense fear of gaining weight to be even larger than I am.  Even if I know that I am not the heaviest person in the room, and I can know that, logically, even with sizes or measurements, I will still feel larger, heavier, uglier.  I will feel like the largest, heaviest, ugliest person there even if I know someone is twice or more my size.  My friend at work is probably a good 100+lbs heavier than I am and I just think she’s gorgeous.  Her weight doesn’t matter.  She’s attractive inside and out.  But me?  No.  I”m fat because fat was taught to me as an ugly word.  So I am fat, because it’s ugly.  Other people aren’t fat because they aren’t ugly.  

So what happens when you tell someone, who has already told you all this history about being told you’re fat because you eat too much and that you need to eat less....so YOU DID and that’s also why you stopped going to doctors because you were eating barely enough to stay standing and they still said that, so they obviously didn’t know a fucking thing, and that yet again, I apparently have NO. FUCKING. CLUE. WHAT FOOD I PUT IN MY MOUTH.  

What happens when you tell someone like that that they are binging and eating too much?

Answer:  I stop fucking eating.  

I’m right back to being 18yo and crying because I’m hungry because food is the fucking enemy.  Because apparently, even what I eat, which is definitely light for American portion sizes, but actually really fucking healthy portion sizes, is still too much.  

Even though my sis has been concerned because the medication is altering my appetite to the point where I really don’t eat more than 4oz at a meal, if that...which I did when I was having extreme gallbladder pain at one point.  

Even though she, several friends, and a friend/coworker know how I eat, what I eat, that I don’t overeat, that I can make a sub-in-a-tub style salad into multiple, low-carb, healthy wraps and have lunch for two or three days.  

That I don’t eat or even LIKE much sugar (why the FUCK is everything so gods damned SWEET?  Holy fuck.).  I vastly prefer savory (spice is nice).

I don’t tend to eat breads or potatoes because they make me feel bad (bloaty, ewww...so probably a gluten intolerance?  I don’t know, but I know I don’t feel well when I eat them, so hey, idea!  DON’T EAT WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BAD.  Crazy AF, I know, right?).

People who know me envy the self-control and willpower that I have regarding food.  They don’t realize it came out of such self-loathing and self-harm mechanisms.  I’ve made it healthier.  I’ve gotten better with food and in a lot of ways, that was because it didn’t really matter what I ate after a point, my weight maintained.  It wasn’t the food...or it wasn’t just the food.  

There’s a fuckton more at work regarding metabolism and hormones and shit that just fuck up a body.  And one medication stopped the bad thoughts from auto-play 24/7 and helped reduce stress to the point I was like, fuck, is this what I am supposed to feel like?  And then this new one, that helps me feel awake, aware, and focused reduced that anxiety even MORE and it’s like another layer of fog is lifted?  To realize how much CONSTANT STRESS AND ANXIETY I had that was literally non-stop fight-or-flight mode?  Gods, no wonder I couldn’t lose weight.  My body was always prepped for disaster and wanted to keep every fucking thing.  I finally felt that I could maybe make a difference and not only feel healthier, but maybe actually get healthier, be in better shape, lose weight.

But to be told that I’m still a binge eater, when I fit only the “feel guilt or shame over eating” NOW, because you brought all that shit back by telling me that I still overeat and that’s why I’m fat and hey, this med is really controlling your binging?

Dinner last night was eight...yes, 8, cashews.  It took me from 9:30 to about 2:30pm today to eat a Sargento’s snack pack (cheese, cashews, raisins in this one).  I had a electrolyte water (36oz or so) and am working on my second bottle (fairly normal).  I went out with friends tonight and managed to slow sip a beer over about two hours as someone was buying and really wanted to buy us a drink, so hey, I got some calories in the beer.  Couldn’t eat though.  The thought of eating today was met with instant recoil.  Food becomes the enemy once again.   It becomes a hyperfixation because it's too much, too much, it's bad for you, stop eating, yes even 4oz is too much, you don't need that much.  And no, I don’t weigh myself or count calories/fat/etc for the same reason - it became a hyperfixation and an emotional minefield where any little (and frequently normal) fluctuation sends me into a very bad place.  If I need to do something like that, measurements are easier for me.  

And that’s not a place I want to be.  I worked SO HARD to not be there.  I KNOW the way I eat is healthy.  I know the portion sizes are good.  I know how to read labels (questionable reliability, but it’s what we’ve got).  I can make good food at home.  I can choose fairly healthy if I’m out and about.  I had made my peace with food and while we would never be great friends, we at least weren’t enemies any more.  

I am trying.  I am.  I, oddly, have some support around me.  A friend really helped tonight, but it’s a serious work-in-progress.  I managed to eat about 8-10 shrimp around midnight but I couldn’t do that with someone watching.  It’s back to the high school cafeteria where it literally didn’t matter what you ate, if you were fat, you weren’t supposed to eat at all.  It’s feeling guilty to be seen eating because you actually have the nerve to have a body that requires sustenance and they will judge you any bite you consume.  The doctor created guilt around food I hadn’t had for YEARS.  Admittedly, I still don’t like work lunch/break rooms, but I just don’t care to socialize with some people and I can keep my phone charged at my desk.  Win-win.  And I don’t generally have a problem eating at restaurants or with friends.  

My friend tonight told me that i am NOT that person I was.  And I’m not.  I have changed so much since then.  And since I know what the doctor said is false, it’s rather like someone yelling at me because they hate my hair for being blonde when it’s black.  It makes no sense and what they said isn’t real; it shouldn’t mean anything.  But it’s a whammy and when you already have a predisposition to fall into self-hate and self-harm, it’s a nasty, ugly whammy that lingers.  It’s an old, well-worn pattern of badness that is only comfortable because you lived it for so long, you know how it works.  

I’m upset.  I’m angry.  I’m furious.  I’m hurt.  

And I don’t know how long it will take to climb out of this.

#tw: self-hate #tw: self-harm #tw: eating disorder #tw: body dysmorphia #wheeeeee #long post #personal #feel free to ignore #I just needed to vent

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I kind of just need to vent to the void right now. I've had so many ups and downs this year, but the downs seem to outweigh the ups by a lot. 

It's probably easiest if I start from the present.

My parents called me a couple hours ago and said that my cat has stopped eating and drinking and it's time to put him down. I've known this was coming for a long time. His health has been steadily going downhill for the past few years. He just turned 19 in November. He's been having trouble using the litter box due to arthritis, he limps going up and down the stairs, he gets fluids twice a week, he's on blood pressure medication and prescription food, and he's blind because before we caught his high blood pressure, it got so bad that his retinas detached. I actually saw my cat this past weekend when I was home after I had surgery (more on that in the next paragraph lmao), and I even thought about bringing up euthanasia to my parents. He's skin and bones. He lost so much weight before and never gained it back, and he has skin tumors all over his body that aren't cancerous, but he has one on his face that bleeds a lot and actually even got infected once. Practically all he does is sleep, eat, pee/poop, and meow. He snuggles a little but he gets so disoriented whenever you pick him up or he's trying to walk around on his own.

And I said that I saw him this past weekend after I had surgery, and that was also really unplanned. I had been having really bad abdominal pain that I thought was my gallbladder so I went to see a doctor (not my primary, but in the same practice) and she told me it was probably just gas. I actually had to reschedule the second round of a job interview because the pain was so bad and I felt like I needed to see the doctor ASAP. So I left the doctor thinking I was crazy and it was just gas, but the only two times I ate between that day and the next, I had really bad pain again, so I went to the ER. It turned out I was right and I had tons of gallstones and one of them was actually stuck in my bile duct which was where a lot of the pain was coming from. So I told my boss I couldn't make it to work the next day and was admitted to the hospital for five days and got my gallbladder removed. And the gallstones were all my fault because I have an eating disorder and one of the risks of rapid weight loss is gallstones and I KNEW THAT and I even tried to eat super healthy so I wouldn't get gallstones but I got them anyway and it's all my fault!!! And because of the surgery, I was out of work for a week. I tried to go back to work today because 1. I need the money and 2. I needed to put in my two weeks (great timing, right?) but I ended up leaving early and my boss wasn't even in today, so I had to call her and tell her I wouldn't be in tomorrow either and also I'm quitting. I've only been there since September and I feel awful for leaving so soon but I'm just not making enough money. I've been having so much anxiety over this whole situation. Oh yeah, and I work at a cat only veterinary hospital. I was hoping I would be out of there before we had to put my cat down.

I left a job I REALLY enjoyed for the job at the vet because they wouldn't give anyone full time, and I've been trying really hard to support myself. I would say a good 90% of my friends and the people I talk to are people from the job I left. It was my first job out of college and I was there for a year and a half, and we were around awesome animals all the time, and I was an entertainer, which is really the only occupation that I don’t think I could ever get tired of. We were a big team of like, 30 people, but we were all close and partied together a lot and made so many good memories.

I was actually going to leave that job a lot earlier, though. In January, I was offered an entertainment position on a cruise ship. But you have to pass a pretty rigorous physical, and I was worried my history of depression would fail me. I was wrong. My depression wasn’t a concern, but my INCREDIBLY WELL CONTROLLED ASTHMA WAS. I take medication ONCE A DAY and the last time I even had an asthma attack was in fourth grade, but apparently just the fact that I take medication to control it was enough to disqualify me from working on a cruise ship. I didn’t find that out until May, and my lease was up in three weeks (living with a shitty roommate who is now an ex-bff) and had to reconfigure my entire life’s plan in that same time frame.

But even before that in January, I decided that I wanted to lose weight. I was really hating how I looked and how overweight I had gotten and how I would lose 30 pounds, then gain it back and more over the course of a couple years. But weight loss was slow and hard and I had no willpower (lol I still don’t). I decided that I should just force myself to have an eating disorder so I could lose weight. But that was hard, so at my annual checkup with my doctor, I wanted to ask for appetite suppressants. She said no because they’re not safe in the long run, and if I really wanted to lose weight, it was as simple as calories in, calories out. My good old friend CICO. Immediately as she said that, it was like something in my brain snapped and I was pissed off that she wouldn’t give me appetite suppressants, so I would show her! I was going to go CICO to the extreme. And I fucking did. I lost around 50 pounds in five months, mostly by starving myself when I was able to. At this point, I would still really like to lose weight, but every day is a toss up between starving and binging, and the amount of calories taken in by binging far outweighs the amount of calories burned by starving, so guess which direction the scale is going 🙃

My birthday is on the 28th of this month and with everything going the way it is, I just don't know if I'll even be able to enjoy it or do anything. I can't even drink for a month because my liver took a hit from my gallbladder acting up. And being at the end of the year, where it’s time for reflection and shit, I just don’t really feel like I have anything happy to reflect upon. I’m not even really excited about my new job. I’m excited about the money, I guess, because I’ll probably actually FINALLY be making enough to support myself without my parent’s help, hopefully. And I think I’ll enjoy the job enough. But I’m just not really excited about it.

#super long post #extensive year in review #you like details? #you got details #personal #super personal #see how shit my year was 2k18 #up close and personal #you've heard this all before but here it is in once not-so-concise post

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3 Week Diet Program 2018 - How to Lose Weight Fast For Women

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3 Week Diet Program 2018 - How to Lose Weight Fast For Women

3 Week Diet Program 2018 – How to Lose Weight Fast For Women You're about to learn the underground fat burning secrets of elite bodybuilders celebrities at fitness gurus who use a little-known Extreme diet system that literally forces your body to melt away one to two pounds of stubborn body fat every single day for the first seven days and Then another three quarter to one full pound of fat every day in the two weeks that follow And yes, these results are typical hi there My name's Brian, and I want to tell you a secret It's a secret

That's taken me over seven years to fully understand it's also a secret that the diet and fitness industry does not want you to know about and As much as I hate to say it? It's a secret that your very own doctor won't even share with you even though deep down inside They know it to be true The secret I'm talking about has to do with weight loss But not the same old eat less and exercise more type of weight loss that results in losing weight at a snail's pace I'm talking about making jaw-dropping rapid body Transformation where after just 21 days you've lost up to 23 pounds or more of pure Body fat trimmed 2 to 4 inches off your waistline went down to 2 3 dress sizes Developed a flatter stomach Increased your metabolism Skyrocketed your energy levels lost significant inches of fat from your hips thighs belly and butt and have taken complete control Over your body weight for the rest of your life I'm talking about the body's ability to effectively do all of this and more in just 21 days Now I can understand if you're skeptical, but let me explain I've been involved in the diet and fitness industry since 1999 I'm a certified personal trainer a certified sports nutritionist and author speaker and creator of the three-week diet a Science-based system that has literally helped thousands of people worldwide to lose weight faster than they ever Imagined was possible and in the next few minutes I'm going to share a ton of free weight loss information with you So let's get started the first thing you should know is that the extra weight you are carrying around is probably not your fault the fact is there are probably several Reasons that you've struggled to lose weight in the past and my guess is that you fall into one or more of these categories One you are getting bad information with regards to how we really gain and lose weight, too You're suffering from cellular inflammation 3 you're counting calories or focusing on the eat less exercise more mantra that the medical community has been brainwashing us with for decades for You don't have an easy to follow step-by-step plan of action laid out for you 5 you're not seeing real results for the effort You are putting out and you're jumping from one diet to the next hoping something will eventually work now Let's break these reasons down to get to the specifics number one you're getting bad information Let's face it There's not a single industry out there That's filled with more Hype and empty promises than that of the diet industry I mean really doesn't it seem like there's a new faster and better Diet product to come along almost every single day The fact is the diet industry spends millions and millions of dollars every year Trying to convince us that they have the answer to our weight-loss Problems the problem is they don't actually want you to know the real secrets to weight loss because if word were to get out it Would surely put a dent in their? multibillion-dollar profits Now I've been in the fitness industry since 1999 and in that time I've read just about every diet book weight-loss guide Clinical trial and medical study in existence that has to do with weight loss And I'm here to tell you that there is an absolute ton of bad information floating around out there number two you're suffering from cellular inflammation Cellular inflammation is not only the culprit of weight gain it's also responsible for increasing the onset of disease which results in a shorter life span Most diets that I know of ignore the fact that if we can take control of cellular inflammation We can effectively increase your ability to lose weight burn fat increase metabolism and keep body fat from ever coming back in Addition to this by taking control of cellular inflammation you can live a healthier and longer life Here's the thing about inflammation about two-thirds of the body's defenses resides in your GI tract Now when you're eating the wrong foods including those bad foods that are passed off as being healthy for you those foods Eventually wreak havoc on those defenses when your defenses are broken down inflammation gains the upper hand once inflammation takes over your body stores fat more easily, and it also can't burn fat as fast as it normally should Now if you've had trouble losing weight in the past It's very likely that you're suffering from chronic cellular inflammation that you're not even aware of one of the key components of my 3 week diet system is that it helps you take control of that inflammation and it produces a noticeable effect on your body almost immediately Number three you're counting calories or focusing on eating less and exercising more Mainstream medicine wants us to believe that the key to weight loss is simply a matter of eating less and exercising more This is just plain bad science and deep down inside every doctor knows this This is just a simplistic answer to a very complex question and it fails to take into account your body's hormones Which have a major impact on whether you are fat or thin the fact is your body does not treat all calories the same if There are certain calories that make us fat other calories that prevent us from burning fat And there's a few really good calories that actually force your body to burn fat, so The key to weight loss is not counting calories This should be evident by the obesity problem We have here in the u

s Losing weight has much more to do with eliminating the bad calories while increasing the good calories Using a strategic system that takes into account How your body processes certain nutrients more on this in a bit number four you're not seeing results for all the effort you're putting forth if You've ever done a week or two on any diet and didn't see Significant results you are probably good and ready to throw in the towel so that you could find something else that works no one can blame you for that you see most diets fail because there simply aren't enough rewards to keep up with all the Sacrifices that need to be made And this is a key component of the three-week diet as my system is the only diet that I know of that focuses solely on producing extremely rapid results from my experience I found that for a diet to be ultra successful there must be a Significant amount of rewards to go along with the effort you put forth You see when you wake up in the morning to find yourself one to two pounds lighter than you were just 24 hours ago It tends to provide you with some serious motivation to keep on doing what you're doing this is one of the reasons that the three-week diet has been so successful for so many people and Believe me when you see yourself drop just one pound of body fat in just one day You can visualize that in just 9 more days You'll be carrying around 10 pounds less of ugly fat around your body Number 5 you don't have an easy to follow step by step plan of action for losing weight This is a big one that plagued many of my clients until they finally came to me for help There is so much contradictory and misguided information out there It's no wonder Why so many people struggle with their weight if you ask 10 different fitness? Experts what the best way to lose weight is you're bound to get 10 completely different answers who's right who's wrong How do we know you see the true secrets of losing a lot of body fat really fast are out there? it's just that most of the information is fragmented and incomplete and it's because of this that I set out to put together a diet system that doesn't leave you guessing if You're struggling to lose weight what you really need is to be taken by the hand and shown Exactly what to do each and every day while you're on that diet and that's exactly what I've done in the three week diet system now before I go into the Specifics of the three week diet and why I am so certain that it can help you lose up to 23 pounds of pure Stubborn body fat in just 21 days

I want to first address a common question that I'm asked on a regular basis and that Question is this Isn't it dangerous to lose this much weight this fast to answer this question let me first defer to dr Michael Danza the medical doctor and weight loss consultant to NBC's hit TV show The Biggest Loser Here's what he said about losing weight fast In theory one could drop as much as 20 pounds in a week the truth Is that nothing is wrong with losing weight rapidly as long as you do it the right way? in my own research I found that the majority of the safety data out there Regarding weight loss has to deal with the methods used for losing weight rather than how fast the weight is lost So I'm not really certain where the notion came from that says the safest or best way to lose weight is at a rate of one to two pounds per week and Consider this according to the Center for Disease Control if you are overweight, which is defined as having a BMI of 25 or higher You're significantly more susceptible to developing coronary heart disease type 2 diabetes Into a material cancer breast cancer colon cancer hypertension dyslipidemia stroke liver disease gallbladder disease sleep apnea respiratory problems osteoarthritis and gynecological problems Considering all the dreadful diseases and complications associated with being overweight Doesn't it make perfect sense that you should be doing everything possible to get rid of all that extra weight you're carrying around as Fast as you can so you're probably wondering How is the three-week diet so different than all those other diet plans out there? Well first of all most of the diet plans out there approach weight-loss with a slow and sensible approach Yes, it's true that if you eat certain foods and work out really hard for an hour or so every day You will lose weight the problem however Is that the weight comes off way too slowly because these types of diet plans don't attack the stubborn stored body fat Let me explain Contrary to popular belief most of us actually do burn fat for a couple of hours each day When we eat a meal we typically get a bit fatter Once that meal has been digested and those calories have provided us a bit of energy for a few hours We then start to burn off fat and as a result we get a little thinner when we eat the fat We consume is broken down into fatty acids these fatty acids are very small and they're able to travel in and out of cell walls to make themselves available as energy for the body But when those fatty acids can't be used and we get ready to eat our next meal The remaining fatty acids are stored away in our fat cells and that's where the problems begin You see once those fatty acids head back to the fat cells to be stored away for later They combined with two other fatty acids and a glycerol molecule to create what's known as a triglyceride in? relative terms Triglycerides are very big and because of their size They aren't able to exit the fat cells like those free-flowing fatty acids can Because of this these triglycerides get stuck inside the fat cells and can't be used by the body for energy as a result these triglycerides become that stubborn body fat That is so incredibly difficult to get rid of but here's the thing those Triglycerides can be targeted and they can be broken back down into those fatty acids that can be burned by the body for energy When we break down those glycerides it's kind of like dumping rocket fuel into your vehicle's gas tank those broken-down Triglycerides flood the body with a great source of energy that it actually loves to burn But only when the body has been primed to burn that fat as it is when you're following the three-week diet Now again the problem with most diets out there Is that they don't address or target that stored body fat Instead they are designed to burn up only the fatty acids from the foods We eat and preventing them from turning into triglycerides in the first place So without adding additional fat to the body and by forcing you to participate in a very strenuous Exercise program you can effectively still lose weight the problem Is that the weight just comes off very very slowly? And this is what makes the three-week diet so unique the three-week diet not only stops your body from forming new Triglycerides it also directly targets the stubborn body fat that you already have While forcing your body to burn that fat for all of its daily energy needs Quite simply what takes most diets two to three months to accomplish the three-week diet gets done in just 21 days Now I probably don't need to tell you that the key to weight loss is Maximizing the number of hours each day that your body is burning fat With the three-week diet you will no longer be burning fat for just one to two hours each day instead you'll effectively turn your body into a 24/7 fat-burning machine for that three-week period now keep in mind that your body needs energy on a 24-hour basis while most of us think we just need energy when we're engaged in some type of physical activity the fact is our bodies are working diligently behind the scenes to keep us alive and functioning on a 24/7 basis yes your body is at work whether you're out for a jog or fast asleep So let me tell you about the three week diet system that I've created and why I am 100% certain that it will work for you first the 3 week diet Focuses on providing you with only the essential nutrients that your body needs for good health and proper functioning While eliminating all those nutrients that slow and even stop you from burning fat By combining those foods that work together to burn fat the three-week diet works like nothing else you've ever tried before It does this by addressing your body's hormones and how those hormones affect your ability to burn fat and lose weight in other words the three-week diet provides you with a specially tailored Step-by-step blueprint that tells you what to eat how much to eat and when to eat it Now the three-week diet is not another one of those 300 page diet novels that bores you with statistics Studies and journal excerpts if you're like most people I know you just want a straightforward Step-by-step plan of action that doesn't require any special abilities or superpowers to be successful The 3 week diet system is actually broken down into four separate manuals each Providing you with a quick reference to everything you need for ultra fast body transforming weight loss Here's a quick summary of each manual the introduction manual is a lot more than just an introduction to the system in This manual I explain in easy terms

How we get fat and exactly what it takes to lose weight fast Additionally the introduction manual gives you the skinny on what types of foods are needed to guarantee your wild success over the next 21 days This manual provides a wealth of knowledge that most people in the diet and fitness industry still don't even understand The diet manual is where the rubber meets the road In the diet manual you'll learn how to calculate your lean body mass and your current body fat percentages With that calculation you'll be able to strategically set up the three-week diet to work specifically for your own body type You'll then get a breakdown of what to eat how much to eat and when to eat it besides setting your body up to burn tons of fat the diet manual also gives you my ultimate secret weapon for maintaining your weight for a lifetime While the diet manual alone will provide you a simple method to follow for losing all the weight you desire Adding a quality extra sighs program can nearly double your results The workout manual provides you with a straightforward guide that forces your body to release stubborn stored body fat so it can be broken down into fatty acids and burned for fuel and Don't worry if you hate to exercise these quick and easy routines will be over before you know it the fact is short intense full body exercises pack a fat burning punch that just can't be beat and Because the 3 week diet workouts are only about 15 minutes long and can be done in your own living room There's no more excuses for not working out Also included in the workout manual is my top-secret Ultimate abs exercise that is everything you'll ever need if you want to flatten your stomach and create a set of sexy six-pack ABS Many of my customers have said that this exercise alone is worth the entire price of the 3 week diet system Mindset and motivation manual The 3 week diet mindset and motivation manual is chock-full of tips tricks tools and secrets for losing weight Staying motivated and reaching your weight loss goals not only for now but for maintaining your new body for life The proper mindset is crucial to your success and I don't think any other diet on the planet packs so many tips to help you stay on track as the motivation and mindset manual does Ok I could go on and on talking about all the tremendous rapid weight loss benefits You'll find in the 3 week diet But the bottom line is this the 3 week diet works and not only does it really work It works really really fast So if you're just looking for a way to get rid of that dangerous body fat quickly Or maybe just trying to drop 12 to 20 pounds or so to get ready for a wedding high school reunion Beach vacation or some other special event the 3 week diet is guaranteed to work for you Look you really have two options at this point You can click away from this page and look for something else that may or may not help you lose all the weight you want You can go on being preoccupied with wanting to lose weight and struggling to lose weight or you can take action right now and be 100% assured that you will lose a tremendous amount of body fat over the next 21 days and Listen I've been active in the diet and fitness industry for well over a decade and in that time I've developed a stellar reputation of which I'm extremely proud of what? I'm trying to say is this I've spent the better part of a year Tweaking and testing the three-week diet before I finally made it available to the public in doing so I made sure that everything was covered and that nothing was left out and To put it bluntly I would never put my name on an inferior product that didn't work Now because I don't want price to stand in the way of you being able to shed up to 23 pounds of body fat over the next 21 days I've priced the three-week diet as low as I possibly could so that anyone who is serious about losing weight Can finally do so without fail I? currently charge my personal clients $100 per hour for one-on-one attention, and I'm booked up for 6 hours every day, but I'm not going to charge you $100 for the 3 week diet system in fact I'm not even going to charge half of that even though I am certain You'll agree that it would be well worth it Instead when you invest in the 3 week diet today You're going to get the entire system the introduction manual the diet manual The workout manual and the mindset and motivation manual which together make up a $97 value all for just forty seven dollars And the best part is that you don't have to pay for shipping or wait around for the diet to arrive at your doorstep Because I've made it available by instant download This way you can have the entire fat burning system in your hands in less than 2 minutes from right now and when you place your order today, you're going to get my 100% no nonsense guarantee to go with it now I know the diet works And so do thousands of others around the world who have experienced ultra effective fat loss in record time But I totally understand that you might be skeptical and because of that I want to make sure that you are 100% Comfortable with your decision to order the three week diet system today Simply put if you follow the 3 week diet as outlined and for some reason you don't experience significant and rapid weight loss to the tune of 12 to 23 pounds a two to four inch reduction from your waistline a drop of two to three dress sizes significant fat loss from your hips thighs belly and butt an Increase in your metabolism and more energy than you have right now Or if you're just not satisfied with a three week diet for any reason whatsoever Just let me know anytime within the next 60 days, and I'll issue you a fast and courteous refund with no questions Asked as well as a great big Thank you just for giving my system and honest try I don't think I can be any fairer than that All you need to do is click the Add to Cart button right now and you'll have the entire 3 week diet system in your hands in less than two minutes and Don't forget all the risk is on me Not you Thank you for taking the time to watch this video, and I look forward to hearing about your weight loss success

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Obesity Determinants Of Health

Obesity Determinants Of Health, How many people in the United States are overweight or obese? Among U.S. women twenty years and older, over sixty-four million are overweight and over thirty-four million are obese.

How do I know if I 9 m overweight or obese?

Obesity is measured with a body mass index (BMI), a measure of body fat based on height and weight. Individuals with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 are considered overweight, while individuals with a BMI of 30 or more are considered obese.

What causes someone to become overweight or obese?

An unhealthy diet and physical inactivity are contributing factors to becoming overweight or obese. Overweight and obesity are problems that continue to get worse in the United States. Bigger portion sizes, little time to exercise or cook healthy meals, and relying on cars to get around are just a few reasons for this increase.

What are the health effects of being overweight or obese?

An unhealthy diet and physical inactivity can increase your chances of getting heart disease, cancer, stroke, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, breathing problems, arthritis, gallbladder disease, and osteoarthritis. But body weight isn’t the only problem. The places where you store your body fat also affect your health. Women with a “pear” shape tend to store fat in their hips and buttocks. Women with an “apple” shape store fat around their waists.

Obesity Determinants Of Health

For most women, carrying extra weight around their waists (larger than 35 inches) raises health risks like heart disease, diabetes, or cancer more than carrying extra weight around the hips or thighs. Obesity can also affect medical care. Too much fat can obscure imaging tests, like x-rays, computed tomography (CT) seans, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). For example, in an ultrasound, the beam may not be able to get through layers of fat to get an image ofa person’s appendix, gallbladder, or kidneys. Too much body fat can make it harder for a doctor to make a medical diagnosis and treat a patient.

How do I find out what the best way is for me to lose weight?

Experts agree that the best way to lose weight is to follow a sensible eating plan and engage in regular physical activity. If you’re interested in a weight-loss program, it should encourage healthy behaviors that help you lose weight that you can maintain over time. Before you start a weight-loss program, talk to your doctor. Safe and effective weight-loss programs should include these components:

Healthy eating plans that reduce calories but do not nıle out specific foods or food groups

Regular physical activity and/or exercise instruction

Tips on healthy behavior changes that also consider your cultural needs

Slow and steady weight loss of about 0.75 to 2 pounds per week and not more than 3 pounds per week (weight loss may be faster at the start ofa program)

Medical care if you are planning to lose weight by following a special form ula diet, such as a very-low-calorie diet

A plan to keep the weight off after you have lost it

What steps can I take to have a healthier diet?

Follow these tips on healthy eating.

Focus on fruits: Eat a variety of fruits-whether fresh, frozen, canned, or dried-rather than fruit juice for most of

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your fruit choices. For a 2,000-calorie diet, you will need two cups of fruit each day- like one small banana, one large orange, and one-quarter cup of dried apricots or peaches.

Vary your veggies: Eat more dark green veggies, such as broccoli, kale, and other dark leafy greens; orange veggies, such as carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, and winter squash; and beans and peas, such as pinto beans, kidney beans, black beans, garbanzo beans, split peas, and lentils.

Get your calcium-rich foods: Get three cups of low-fat or fat-free milk-or an equivalent amount of low-fat yogurt and/or low-fat cheese (1.5 ounces of cheese equals 1 cup of milk)-every day. If you don’t or can’t consume milk, choose lactose-free milk products and/or calcium-fortified foods and drinks.

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Make half your grains whole: Eat at least three ounces of whole-grain cereals, breads, crackers, rice, or pasta everyday. One ounce is about one slice of bread, one cup of breakfast cereal, or one-half cup of cooked rice or pasta. Look to see that grains such as wheat, rice, oats, or corn are referred to as “whole” in the list of ingredients.

Go lean with protein: Choose lean meats and poultry. Bake it, broil it, or gril! it. Vary your protein choices with more fish, beans, peas, nuts, and seeds.

Limit saturated fats: Get less than 10 percent of calories from saturated fatty acids. Most fats should come from sources of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, such as fish, nuts, and vegetable oils. When selecting and preparing meat, poultry, dry beans, and milk or milk products, make choices that are lean, low-fat, or fat-free.

Ok. Limit salt: Get less than 2,300 mg of sodium (approximately i teaspoon of salt) each day.

How can physical activity help?

An active lifestyle can help every woman. You don’t have to be as fit asa professional athlete to benefit from physical activity. in fact, thirty minutes of moderate physical activity on most days of the week can greatly improve your health. Most people can get greater health benefits by engaging in physical activity of more vigorous intensity or longer duration.

To help manage body weight and prevent gradual, unhealthy body weight gain, get about sixty minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity activity on most days of the week, while not exceeding caloric intake requirements. To keep weight loss off, get at least sixty to ninety minutes of daily moderate-intensity physical activity while not exceeding caloric intake requirements.

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Some people may need to consult with their doctor before participating in this !eve! of activity. Achieve physical fitness by including cardiovascular conditioning, stretching exercises for flexibility, and resistance exercises or calisthenics for muscle strength and endurance. Physical activity has these benefits:

Reduces your risk of dying from heart disease or stroke

Lowers your risk of getting heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, colon cancer, and diabetes

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So lowers high blood pressure

Helps keep your bones, muscles, and joints healthy

Reduces anxiety and depression and improves your mood

Helps you handle stress and helps control your weight

Protects against falling and bone fractures in older adults

May help protect against breast cancer

Helps control joint swelling and pain from arthritis

Ten. Helps you feel more energetic and helps you sleep betler

What drugs approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are available for long-term treatment of obesity?

Sibutramine: Also called Meridia, it is used together with a reduced-calorie diet to help you lose weight and keep the lost weight from returning. This medicine is approved for people whose initial body mass index (BM!) is at least 30. Patients with other risk factors, such as high blood pressure or diabetes, can be treated with the drug

Increase your physical change what you do everyday!

If you normally …

park as close as possible to the store

let the dog out back

take the elevator

have lunch delivered

relax while the kids play

activity by taking small steps to

Then try this instead!

park farther away

you take the dog for a walk

and take the stairs

walk to pick up lunch

get involved in their activity

if their BM! is 27 or higher. it can cause an increase in pulse and blood pressure. While you are taking sibutramine, your doctor will check your blood pressure and heart rate at regular visits.

People with uncontrolled high blood pressure should not take sibutramine. Other side effects include dry mouth, headache, constipation, insomnia, anxiety, irritability or unusual impatience, nervousness, stuffy or runny nose, or trouble in sleeping.

Orlistat: Also called Xenical, it prevents the body from absorbing some of the fat in food. it also prevents the body from absorbing some vitamins and beta carotene. Patients should take a vitamin supplement that contains fat-soluble (A, D, E, and K) vitamins and beta carotene. The most common side effects of orlistat are gas with discharge, fecal urgency, fatty/oily stools, and frequent bowel movements.

What surgical options are available for weight loss?

Vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG): Surgical staples are used to divitle the stomach into two parts. The upper part is sınan, which limits space for food. Food empties from the upper pouch into the lower pouch through a sınan opening. A band is put around this opening so it doesn’t stretch. Risks of VBG include wearing away of the band and breakdown of the staple line. in a sınan number of cases, stomach juices may leak into the abdomen or infection or death from complications may occur.

Laparoscopic gastric banding (Lap-Band): An inflatable band is placed around the upper stomach to create a sınan pouch and narrow passage into the remainder of the stomach. This limits food consumption and creates an earlier feeling of fullness. Once the band is in place, it is inflated with saline. The band is adjusted over time by increasing or decreasing the amount of salt solution to change the size of the passage.

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The band is intended for severely obese people-those at least one hundred pounds overweight or who are at least twice their ideal body weight-who have failed to lose weight by other methods such asa supervised diet and exercise. The band is intended to remain in place permanently, but it can be removed if necessary. People who get the band will need to diet and exercise in order to maintain their weight loss. Complications may include nausea and vomiting, heartburn, abdominal pain, band slippage, or pouch enlargement.

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RGB): The surgeon makes the stomach smaller by using surgical staples to create a small stomach pouch.

The pouch is attached to the middle part of the small intestine. Food bypasses the upper part of the small intestine and stomach and goes into the middle part of the small intestine through a small opening. Bypassing the stomach limits the amount of food a person can eat. By bypassing part of the intestine, the amount of calories and nutrients the body absorbs is reduced.

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The small opening slows down the rate food leaves the pouch. One risk for patients is “dumping syndrome:’ This happens when the stomach contents move too rapidly through the small intestine. Symptoms may include nausea, weakness, sweating, faintness, and diarrhea after eating. Side effects include infection, leaking, pulmonary embolism (sudden blockage in a lung artery), gallstones, and nutritional deficiency.

Biliopancreatic diversion (BPD): This procedure is not commonly used in the United States. A large part of the stomach is removed. The amount of food is restricted, in addition to stomach acid production. The small pouch that remains is connected directly to the final segment of the small intestine, completely bypassing other parts of the small intestine. A common channel remains in which bile and pancreatic digestive juices mix prior to entering the colon.

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Weight loss occurs since most of the calories and nutrients are routed into the colon, where they are not absorbed. This procedure is less frequently used than other types of surgery because of the high risk for nutritional deficiencies. A variation of BPD includes a “duodenal switch;’ which eaves a larger portion of the stomach intacı, including the pyloric valve that regulates the release of stomach contents into the small intestine. it also keeps a small part of the duodenum.

Is liposuction a treatment for weight loss?

Liposuction is a procedure for shaping the body and is not recommended for weight loss. it is a surgical procedure in which fat is removed from under the skin with the use ofa vacuum-suction cannula (a hollow pen-like instrument) or using an ultrasonic probe that breaks up the fat into small pieces and then removes it with suction.

Persons with localized fat may decide to have liposuction to remove fat from that area. it doesn’t guarantee permanent weight loss. To avoid weight gain after liposuction, people need to eat right and be physically active.

Complications from liposuction may include infection, embolism (fat gets trapped in the blood vessels, gathers in the lungs, or travels to the brain), puncturing of organs, seroma, pain or numbness, swelling, burns, skin problems, and reactions to the anesthesia.

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Does Your Liver Need an Overhaul?

When the Body Complains

Does Your Liver Need an Overhaul? Unlike the stomach, for example, the liver never tells you directly when it is upset or needs special attention. It tells you indirectly, though, when it starts to perform poorly. The following conditions are associated with poor liver functions: skin irritation, weak eyesight, unhealthy bowel evacuations, irregular menstrual cycles, recurring headaches, unexplainable weight gain, loss in power, sudden aging, elevated cholesterol levels levels, most allergies, constricted blood vessels, bloated abdomen, water retention, gastrointestinal trouble, breathing difficulties, poor memory and concentration, pain into the joints or somewhere else into the human body, brittle bones and any other major illness such as for instance heart condition, cancer, MS, diabetes or Alzheimer's condition.

The liver is responsible for processing, converting, distributing and keeping the body's fuel supply which includes nutrients and power. Impeding these vital functions not only affects the body's performance as a whole, but also the health of each single cell. The liver cannot perform any of these functions correctly if its bile ducts are clogged with deposits of hardened bile or "gallstones" (made of gall or bile).

Gallstones are caused by lots of factors, such as the modern fast speed of living, stress, imbalanced diets, disruptive lifestyle, usage of medical drugs, stimulants and alcohol, and ingestion of chemical poisons, such as for instance food additives and synthetic sweeteners. Bile duct congestion leads to major impairment of digestive functions, thereby restricting the nutrient supply to the trillions of cells in your body. This makes gallstones in the liver to be a major cause of physical and emotional illness.

The Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Flush

The liver flush mentioned in this context is a straightforward, safe and painless do-it-yourself procedure utilizing apple juice (or malic acid), olive oil, citrus juice and Epsom salts to dispel gallstones from both the liver and the gallbladder. The actual liver flush takes place within a period of less than fourteen hours and can be taken conveniently over a weekend at home.. Although the liver flush is very easy to do, its important to know the process and follow all of the directions precisely.

Since launching the liver and gallbladder flush to thousands of clients into the 1990s, I have actually received countless testimonies expressing total amazement about the quick and profound healing effects it creates. They encouraged me personally to compose a book about the subject. The 200-page book, The Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Flush, includes the precise procedure and necessary background information for conducting this simple, yet most profound cleanse. Today, the liver and gallbladder flush has helped restore the healthiness of hundreds of large number of individuals in most elements of the world.

Gallstones in the Liver - The Most Common Cause of Illness

An estimated 20 per cent of the planet's population will establish gallstones in their gallbladder at some stage in their lives; lots of them will opt for surgical removal of this important organ. This statistical figure does not account, though, for the many more people who will develop gallstones (or currently have actually them) in their liver. During some thirty many years of practicing natural medicine and dealing with large number of individuals putting up with from all kinds of chronic diseases, I'm able to attest to the fact that every one of those, without exception, has had considerable quantities of gallstones in his or her liver. Surprisingly, only relatively few of them reported to have had a history of gallstones in their gallbladder.

Gallstones in the liver will be the main impediment to acquiring and maintaining good health, youthfulness, and vitality. Gallstones into the liver may, indeed, be one of the major reasons people become ill and have difficulty recuperating from infection.

Medicine's Most Unfortunate Oversight

Many individuals believe that gallstones are present only in the gallbladder. This is a commonly made yet false presumption. Most gallstones are now formed in the liver, and comparatively few occur in the gallbladder. You'll easily confirm this evaluation by giving your self a liver flush. It matters little whether you might be a layperson, a medical doctor, a scientist, or some body whose gallbladder was removed and, therefore, is thought to be stone free. The results of the liver flush talk for themselves. No amount of medical evidence or medical explanation can make such a cleanse any more valuable than it already is. As soon as you see hundreds of green, beige-colored, brown, or black gallstones floating in the toilet bowl during your first liver flush, you will intuitively know that you are on to something extremely important that you experienced.

We have always been repeatedly asked the intriguing question why is there only little or no reference in mainstream medication to your occurrence of gallstones in the liver? Standard clinical tests almost never reveal the occurrence of gallstones into the liver. In fact, most physicians do not also understand they grow there. Only some of the most advanced research universities, for instance the prestigious Johns Hopkins University, describe and illustrate these liver rocks in their literature or on their web web sites. They reference them as "intrahepatic gallstones." The failure to recognize and accept the incidence of gallstone formation in the liver as an extremely common phenomenon may extremely well be the most regrettable oversight that has ever been built in the field of medication, both orthodox and holistic.

Relying therefore heavily on bloodstream tests for diagnostic purposes, as conventional medicine does, may actually be a great disadvantage with regard to assessing liver health. Most people who have actually a physical problem of 1 kind or another may show to have perfectly normal liver enzyme levels into the blood, despite enduring liver congestion. Liver congestion is among the leading health problems, yet conventional medicine rarely relates to it, nor do doctors have a trusted means to detect and diagnose such a disorder. Liver enzyme levels in the blood become elevated only when there is advanced level liver cell destruction, as could be the case, for example, in hepatitis or liver inflammation. Liver cells have large amounts of enzymes. Once a certain number of liver cells are ruptured, their enzymes will start showing up in the blood. When detected through a blood test, this increased count of liver enzymes indicates abnormal liver functions. In such a conference, however, the damage has already happened. It takes many many years of chronic liver congestion before liver damage becomes obvious.

Unfortunately, unless there is a specific liver disease, this vital organ is rarely considered a "culprit" for other diseases. The majority of gallstones in the liver consist of the same "harmless" constituents as are found in liquid bile, with cholesterol levels being the main ingredient. Lots of stones consist of efas along with other organic material which includes wound up in the bile ducts. The fact the majority of these stones are just congealed clumps of bile or organic matter makes them practically "invisible" to x-rays, ultrasonic technologies, and Computer Tomography (CT).

The situation is various with respect to the gallbladder, where up to about 20 per cent of all stones can be made-up entirely of minerals, predominantly, calcium salts and bile pigments. Whereas diagnostic tests can easily detect these hardened, relatively large stones in the gallbladder, they tend to miss the softer, non-calcified rocks in the liver. Only when excessive amounts of cholesterol-based stones (85-95% cholesterol levels) or other clumps of fat block the bile ducts of the liver, may an ultrasound test reveal what is generally speaking named "fatty liver." In such a case, the ultrasound pictures reveal a liver that is nearly totally white (instead of black colored). A fatty liver can gather up to 20,000 rocks before it succumbs to suffocation and ceases to function.

If you had a fatty liver and went to your doctor, he would let you know that you had excessive fat in your liver. It is less likely, though, that he would tell you you had intrahepatic gallstones (rocks obstructing the liver's bile ducts). As mentioned before, most of the smaller stones in the liver are not detectable through ultrasound or Computer axial Tomography (CT). Nevertheless, careful analysis of diagnostic images by professionals would show whether a number of the smaller bile ducts in the liver were dilated because of obstruction. A dilation of bile ducts caused by larger and denser stones or by groups of stones are detected more readily through Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). Nonetheless, unless there is an indication of major liver trouble, doctors rarely check for such intrahepatic stones. Unfortunately, although the liver is one of the most important organs into the body, its disorders are also under-diagnosed all too often.

Also in the event that early phases of a fatty liver or gallstone formation in the bile ducts were easily recognized and identified, today's medical facilities offer no treatments to relieve this vital organ of the heavy burden it has to carry.

On the other hand, a qualified iridologist, an Ayurvedic physician or a natural health practitioner that knows the signs and indications of gallstones in the liver and gallbladder, can certainly figure out the extent of gallstone formation in these organs. [Such indicators are listed in the book The Amazing Liver and Gallbladder Flush] Most people in the civilized world have gallstones. But even in alternative or holistic medicine, there is seldom mention of an effective therapy that will actually remove gallstones properly and without pain. Gallstones are a direct product of an unhealthy lifestyle. If gallstones are still present in the liver even after all other disease-causing factors are eliminated, they pose a substantial health risk and may lead to illness and premature aging. By removing these rocks, your body as a whole is able to resume its normal, healthier activities.

Reaping the Benefits

People with chronic illnesses often have several thousand gallstones congesting the bile ducts of the liver. Some stones may also have grown in the gallbladder. By removing these rocks from these organs through a set of liver flushes and keeping a balanced lifestyle, the liver and gallbladder can restore their original efficiency, and most symptoms of vexation or disease into the human body can start subsiding. You could find that any persistent allergies will lessen or disappear. Back pain will dissipate, while power and wellbeing will improve.

Sweeping the liver clean eliminates large number of bits of poisonous substances that have helped form the rocks and block thousands of liver bile ducts. Ridding the liver bile ducts from gallstones is one of the most important and powerful procedures you'll affect improve and regain your real and emotional health. By reopening the bile ducts, the body's power circuits become restored and recovery can take place on all levels of human body, mind and spirit.

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Obesity Determinants Of Health

Obesity Determinants Of Health, How many people in the United States are overweight or obese? Among U.S. women twenty years and older, over sixty-four million are overweight and over thirty-four million are obese.

How do I know if I 9 m overweight or obese?

Obesity is measured with a body mass index (BMI), a measure of body fat based on height and weight. Individuals with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 are considered overweight, while individuals with a BMI of 30 or more are considered obese.

What causes someone to become overweight or obese?

An unhealthy diet and physical inactivity are contributing factors to becoming overweight or obese. Overweight and obesity are problems that continue to get worse in the United States. Bigger portion sizes, little time to exercise or cook healthy meals, and relying on cars to get around are just a few reasons for this increase.

What are the health effects of being overweight or obese?

An unhealthy diet and physical inactivity can increase your chances of getting heart disease, cancer, stroke, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, breathing problems, arthritis, gallbladder disease, and osteoarthritis. But body weight isn’t the only problem. The places where you store your body fat also affect your health. Women with a “pear” shape tend to store fat in their hips and buttocks. Women with an “apple” shape store fat around their waists.

Obesity Determinants Of Health

For most women, carrying extra weight around their waists (larger than 35 inches) raises health risks like heart disease, diabetes, or cancer more than carrying extra weight around the hips or thighs. Obesity can also affect medical care. Too much fat can obscure imaging tests, like x-rays, computed tomography (CT) seans, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). For example, in an ultrasound, the beam may not be able to get through layers of fat to get an image ofa person’s appendix, gallbladder, or kidneys. Too much body fat can make it harder for a doctor to make a medical diagnosis and treat a patient.

How do I find out what the best way is for me to lose weight?

Experts agree that the best way to lose weight is to follow a sensible eating plan and engage in regular physical activity. If you’re interested in a weight-loss program, it should encourage healthy behaviors that help you lose weight that you can maintain over time. Before you start a weight-loss program, talk to your doctor. Safe and effective weight-loss programs should include these components:

Healthy eating plans that reduce calories but do not nıle out specific foods or food groups

Regular physical activity and/or exercise instruction

Tips on healthy behavior changes that also consider your cultural needs

Slow and steady weight loss of about 0.75 to 2 pounds per week and not more than 3 pounds per week (weight loss may be faster at the start ofa program)

Medical care if you are planning to lose weight by following a special form ula diet, such as a very-low-calorie diet

A plan to keep the weight off after you have lost it

What steps can I take to have a healthier diet?

Follow these tips on healthy eating.

Focus on fruits: Eat a variety of fruits-whether fresh, frozen, canned, or dried-rather than fruit juice for most of

Obesity Determinants Of Health

your fruit choices. For a 2,000-calorie diet, you will need two cups of fruit each day- like one small banana, one large orange, and one-quarter cup of dried apricots or peaches.

Vary your veggies: Eat more dark green veggies, such as broccoli, kale, and other dark leafy greens; orange veggies, such as carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, and winter squash; and beans and peas, such as pinto beans, kidney beans, black beans, garbanzo beans, split peas, and lentils.

Get your calcium-rich foods: Get three cups of low-fat or fat-free milk-or an equivalent amount of low-fat yogurt and/or low-fat cheese (1.5 ounces of cheese equals 1 cup of milk)-every day. If you don’t or can’t consume milk, choose lactose-free milk products and/or calcium-fortified foods and drinks.

Obesity Determinants Of Health

Make half your grains whole: Eat at least three ounces of whole-grain cereals, breads, crackers, rice, or pasta everyday. One ounce is about one slice of bread, one cup of breakfast cereal, or one-half cup of cooked rice or pasta. Look to see that grains such as wheat, rice, oats, or corn are referred to as “whole” in the list of ingredients.

Go lean with protein: Choose lean meats and poultry. Bake it, broil it, or gril! it. Vary your protein choices with more fish, beans, peas, nuts, and seeds.

Limit saturated fats: Get less than 10 percent of calories from saturated fatty acids. Most fats should come from sources of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, such as fish, nuts, and vegetable oils. When selecting and preparing meat, poultry, dry beans, and milk or milk products, make choices that are lean, low-fat, or fat-free.

Ok. Limit salt: Get less than 2,300 mg of sodium (approximately i teaspoon of salt) each day.

How can physical activity help?

An active lifestyle can help every woman. You don’t have to be as fit asa professional athlete to benefit from physical activity. in fact, thirty minutes of moderate physical activity on most days of the week can greatly improve your health. Most people can get greater health benefits by engaging in physical activity of more vigorous intensity or longer duration.

To help manage body weight and prevent gradual, unhealthy body weight gain, get about sixty minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity activity on most days of the week, while not exceeding caloric intake requirements. To keep weight loss off, get at least sixty to ninety minutes of daily moderate-intensity physical activity while not exceeding caloric intake requirements.

Obesity Determinants Of Health

Some people may need to consult with their doctor before participating in this !eve! of activity. Achieve physical fitness by including cardiovascular conditioning, stretching exercises for flexibility, and resistance exercises or calisthenics for muscle strength and endurance. Physical activity has these benefits:

Reduces your risk of dying from heart disease or stroke

Lowers your risk of getting heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, colon cancer, and diabetes

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So lowers high blood pressure

Helps keep your bones, muscles, and joints healthy

Reduces anxiety and depression and improves your mood

Helps you handle stress and helps control your weight

Protects against falling and bone fractures in older adults

May help protect against breast cancer

Helps control joint swelling and pain from arthritis

Ten. Helps you feel more energetic and helps you sleep betler

What drugs approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are available for long-term treatment of obesity?

Sibutramine: Also called Meridia, it is used together with a reduced-calorie diet to help you lose weight and keep the lost weight from returning. This medicine is approved for people whose initial body mass index (BM!) is at least 30. Patients with other risk factors, such as high blood pressure or diabetes, can be treated with the drug

Increase your physical change what you do everyday!

If you normally …

park as close as possible to the store

let the dog out back

take the elevator

have lunch delivered

relax while the kids play

activity by taking small steps to

Then try this instead!

park farther away

you take the dog for a walk

and take the stairs

walk to pick up lunch

get involved in their activity

if their BM! is 27 or higher. it can cause an increase in pulse and blood pressure. While you are taking sibutramine, your doctor will check your blood pressure and heart rate at regular visits.

People with uncontrolled high blood pressure should not take sibutramine. Other side effects include dry mouth, headache, constipation, insomnia, anxiety, irritability or unusual impatience, nervousness, stuffy or runny nose, or trouble in sleeping.

Orlistat: Also called Xenical, it prevents the body from absorbing some of the fat in food. it also prevents the body from absorbing some vitamins and beta carotene. Patients should take a vitamin supplement that contains fat-soluble (A, D, E, and K) vitamins and beta carotene. The most common side effects of orlistat are gas with discharge, fecal urgency, fatty/oily stools, and frequent bowel movements.

What surgical options are available for weight loss?

Vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG): Surgical staples are used to divitle the stomach into two parts. The upper part is sınan, which limits space for food. Food empties from the upper pouch into the lower pouch through a sınan opening. A band is put around this opening so it doesn’t stretch. Risks of VBG include wearing away of the band and breakdown of the staple line. in a sınan number of cases, stomach juices may leak into the abdomen or infection or death from complications may occur.

Laparoscopic gastric banding (Lap-Band): An inflatable band is placed around the upper stomach to create a sınan pouch and narrow passage into the remainder of the stomach. This limits food consumption and creates an earlier feeling of fullness. Once the band is in place, it is inflated with saline. The band is adjusted over time by increasing or decreasing the amount of salt solution to change the size of the passage.

Obesity Determinants Of Health

The band is intended for severely obese people-those at least one hundred pounds overweight or who are at least twice their ideal body weight-who have failed to lose weight by other methods such asa supervised diet and exercise. The band is intended to remain in place permanently, but it can be removed if necessary. People who get the band will need to diet and exercise in order to maintain their weight loss. Complications may include nausea and vomiting, heartburn, abdominal pain, band slippage, or pouch enlargement.

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RGB): The surgeon makes the stomach smaller by using surgical staples to create a small stomach pouch.

The pouch is attached to the middle part of the small intestine. Food bypasses the upper part of the small intestine and stomach and goes into the middle part of the small intestine through a small opening. Bypassing the stomach limits the amount of food a person can eat. By bypassing part of the intestine, the amount of calories and nutrients the body absorbs is reduced.

Obesity Determinants Of Health

Obesity Determinants Of Health

The small opening slows down the rate food leaves the pouch. One risk for patients is “dumping syndrome:’ This happens when the stomach contents move too rapidly through the small intestine. Symptoms may include nausea, weakness, sweating, faintness, and diarrhea after eating. Side effects include infection, leaking, pulmonary embolism (sudden blockage in a lung artery), gallstones, and nutritional deficiency.

Biliopancreatic diversion (BPD): This procedure is not commonly used in the United States. A large part of the stomach is removed. The amount of food is restricted, in addition to stomach acid production. The small pouch that remains is connected directly to the final segment of the small intestine, completely bypassing other parts of the small intestine. A common channel remains in which bile and pancreatic digestive juices mix prior to entering the colon.

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Weight loss occurs since most of the calories and nutrients are routed into the colon, where they are not absorbed. This procedure is less frequently used than other types of surgery because of the high risk for nutritional deficiencies. A variation of BPD includes a “duodenal switch;’ which eaves a larger portion of the stomach intacı, including the pyloric valve that regulates the release of stomach contents into the small intestine. it also keeps a small part of the duodenum.

Is liposuction a treatment for weight loss?

Liposuction is a procedure for shaping the body and is not recommended for weight loss. it is a surgical procedure in which fat is removed from under the skin with the use ofa vacuum-suction cannula (a hollow pen-like instrument) or using an ultrasonic probe that breaks up the fat into small pieces and then removes it with suction.

Persons with localized fat may decide to have liposuction to remove fat from that area. it doesn’t guarantee permanent weight loss. To avoid weight gain after liposuction, people need to eat right and be physically active.

Complications from liposuction may include infection, embolism (fat gets trapped in the blood vessels, gathers in the lungs, or travels to the brain), puncturing of organs, seroma, pain or numbness, swelling, burns, skin problems, and reactions to the anesthesia.

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