Who would think that the reason you are not losing weight might be because you are not eating sufficient carbohydrates? (Good ones, of course!)  If you have Metabolism B and are following the Metabolism Miracle eating program it is important that you remember to eat 11 – 20 g net carbs every 5 hours in Step Two.

I hit a plateau on my Metabolism Miracle eating program and was becoming quite frustrated by not losing more weight.  I went over everything I was doing and hit upon the fact that once you have come through Step One on this eating program and you begin introducing carbs back into your diet in Step Two it is imperative to consume six or more carb servings per day. These servings must be 11 – 20 net low-impact carbs .

In Step Two you are allowed to reintroduce specified cereals and grains consisting of cooked oatmeal, cooked barley, brown or wild rice, whole-grain pasta, bulgur and dry cereal with 2 grams of fiber or more.

A greater variety of vegetables and legumes are allowed in Step Two such as corn, beets, peas, sweet potatoes or yams, carrots, kidney beans, lima beans, chickpeas, black and white beans.

Various fruits are reintroduced into your diet in Step Two. I really like fruit so this was a yummy addition to my diet!  On the acceptable list is apples, pears, peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries, natural applesauce, grapefruit, strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, grapes, oranges, pineapple cubes, dried apricot halves and bananas.

For those of us who enjoy milk, Step Two has a great addition of fat-free, nonfat, 1%, 2% and skim milk.  You can also enjoy plain yogurt containing 11-20 g net carbs. Fruit-flavored yogurt sweetened with Splenda or sucralose – 11 – 20 g net carbs can be used.   If you like buttermilk you can include that in your diet (11 – 20 g net carbs).  If you are looking for desserts other than jello and flavored ricotta, you can now once again enjoy sugar-free/fat-free pudding (11 – 20 g net carb) and no-sugar-added ice cream products sweetened with Splenda (11 – 20 g net carbs).  I believe Bryers has an ice cream that will fit into this category.

Timing is very critical in Step Two.  It is important that you never go more than five hours without an 11 -20 gram net carbs serving.  You want to keep your metabolism stoked.  If you forget to do this, your liver will over compensate with glycogen.  This will cause stress on your pancreas and cause weight gain.

Step Two is a safe, nutritionally balanced diet that you can stay on as long as you like and continue to lose weight.  Once you have reached your weight goal Step Three details how you can keep weight off for the rest of your life and be healthy in the process.

As the book, The Metabolism Miracle goes into great detail and explanations on the changes taking place in your body, I would greatly suggest purchasing this book.  Mine is never very far away.  It is helpful in making up my menus and shopping lists.  It is a very small investment to make for a healthy body and eliminating the medications I am currently on.

I found that Amazon had a reasonable price for this book.  If you can find other things to put with your order adding up to $25.00 shipping will be free.  Check out the link below.

As always, I wish you great success in your journey to a healthier body.

Judy Conway

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Here is a solution for hot cereal for this cold weather we are experiencing.

I love a hot bowl of oatmeal on cold mornings. We seem to have an over abundance of those mornings lately. One big problem I find is regular oatmeal is not allowed on a low carb eating program. (5 grams of carbs, or less) This morning I set out to look for a solution to my dilemma!

I am on the Metabolism Miracle program and woke up craving a bowl of hot cereal. I got out my book, and low and behold, I found recipe for “A Taste of Hot Cereal”. This is listed as a no carb count. I am posting the recipe below for anyone who misses oatmeal as much as I do!

A Taste of Hot “Cereal”

1/4 cup finely chopped almonds (I used prepackaged sliced almonds)
1/4 cup finely chopped Brazil nuts (I substituted walnut halves)
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1 teaspoon butter
1/4 cup light cream
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 packet Splenda
Pinch of salt

In a food processor, finely process the almonds, Brazil nuts (or walnuts) and sesame seeds.
Place the nut mixture in a microwave-safe cereal bowl.
Add the butter, light cream, cinnamon, Splenda, and salt (if desired) and mix well.
Microwave on high for 30 seconds, or until the butter is melted.

Stir, close your eyes and think “hot cereal.” I was really pleasantly surprised and hope you will be too.

As an update on my progress on the Metabolism Miracle program … December was not a good month to start a new eating program. Faced with 4 birthdays, a Christmas gathering with some dear friends, Christmas and New Year’s, I must admit towards the end I strayed from what I should have been eating.

I want to encourage everyone who has set out to lose weight and either following this program or any other for that matter, do not give up. I have had a hard time getting back to basics but am determined to succeed. Sad to say this past week was the first week I was able to “totally” be true to what I should be doing. In any event, I have not gained back any of the weight I lost (15 pounds) and have lost another two or three. So I encourage you all when you have times where you slip away from your eating program, DO NOT GIVE UP!! The weight did not suddenly appear on your body overnight and contrary to what we would like to see, it is not going to melt away overnight.

I hope that you enjoy this “Hot Cereal recipe. I have tried recipes on other programs in the past and even my pets would not eat what I had prepared. The Metabolism Miracle book has quite a few recipes in it and everyone that I have tried so far have been very tasty. Even my grandchildren have said they thought they tasted good

I encourage you to keep up the good work. We can do this!!

Judy Conway
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Okay, we have launched another year.  As with past years, my on-going resolution is that I am going to get fit and lose weight this year.  I am sure I am not alone in this mindset.

For those of you who have been following my blog since I stated the Metabolism Miracle program on November 9^th, 2009 here is an update.

December is a month of celebration for me.  My two daughters and four of my five grandchildren have birthdays in December.  Not to mention Christmas dinner parties, New Year’s Eve and all the epicurean delights along the way.

I usually come out of the holidays gaining at least 10 pounds.  However, this year I tried to stay on my Metabolism Miracle eating program as closely as possible, and today weighed in only gaining 3 pounds.  I was relieved to say the least.  So even with the stress, and bad food choices, I am still 12 pounds less than I was on November 9^th.

As a result of diverting from the program more than once or twice, I have chosen to start from day one, thus repeating Step One.  I am excited about the continued progress and look forward to reaching my goal weight.

I can honestly say that while on the Metabolism Miracle program I do not feel deprived or hungry in the least.  I do have the following suggestions for anyone starting this or any other weight loss program:

• Check with your doctor first.  Get your lab work done so you will have a starting point for all of your criteria. It is truly an encouragement to see the improvement from one time to another.
• Make sure your kitchen and food pantry are totally ready for your success.  If you cannot resist opening a package of cookies or other foods not allowed on your program….get rid of them.  Don’t set yourself up to fail before you even begin.
• On a similar note, make a list of foods that you can have.  Stock your cupboards and refrigerator with these items.  That way you will not be tempted to eat things that will defeat your purpose.
• The Metabolism Miracle has some great recipes.  One is for delectable muffins.  I look forward at the end of the day to sitting down with a cup of coffee and a chocolate brownie muffin.  Hard to believe this is an allowed food.
• Plan ahead.  If you have not planned out your day’s menus you could possibly find yourself resorting to eating more than you are allowed, or something that you should not be eating at all.
• Remember eating healthy is not any more difficult than eating poorly and look at all you have to gain (really lose!) from making the right choices.
• It helps to have a “buddy” you can check in with and share your progress.  I have a friend who has just started the same program I am doing and we will continue to encourage each other along the way. It definitely helps to be accountable to someone else.

Be sure to fit exercising into your day.  I know how you feel.  I used to think, “And just when am I supposed to do that?”  I am using the Leslie Sansone Walk Away the Pounds program and it takes thirty minutes to walk two miles and do the stretchy bands for toning.  This includes your stretching, beginning and ending.  Just think about it.  Isn’t your health worth 30 minutes?  You will feel so much better.

If you have a day, or two, that you stray from the  weight loss program you are on, the most important thing to remember is …. DO NOT GIVE UP!!  Start right back on the program.  The longer you wait to do this the harder it will be to get back to basics.

My “Aha” moment was in thinking that I needed to lose weight and get healthy.  I want to be around to enjoy my grandchildren, watch them grow and have families of their own, and most definitely enjoy my daughters and their spouses.  I do not want to be a burden in my “golden” years.  It all boils down to my making the right choices.

Remember … nothing tastes as good as thin!!

Blessings and success with your weight loss program,

Judy Conway

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2009 is coming to an end.  How many of us have met our weight loss resolutions?  Why did you not lose weight in 2009? It is so very hard.  I want to encourage you that you still have 52 more days to still chisel away at those pounds!  Do not give up! Just keep your goal in sight.

I know that I am not about to give up.  I might not have lost all the weight I had set forth to lose, but at least I have not gained.  To me that is a plus.  Even if you finish out the year having lost only 10 or so pounds, you have done well. Congratulations!  It is a beginning for more weight loss in 2010.

I have been on a diet since I was 13 years old.  I have lost myself time and time again.  I did have one short spell in my life for about three or four years where I had lost about 70 pounds and had kept it off.

Alas, then came divorce, I became a single mom, had a hysterectomy and quit smoking.  What was I ever thinking?  Bit by bit those pounds crept back on. I have tried the same diets I have gone on in the past and lost weight.  The only difference is they are not working any more.

I look at people around me on the same diet I am doing  and they are losing and I am not losing an ounce.  Why?  It is so very frustrating.  Have you ever been in that situation?

Recently I read an article in the First for Women magazine, their November 16^th, 2009 issue,  entitled, “Always Craving Carbs?”.  This article has confirmed to me what I have discovered lately.

You see, I have a Metabolism problem, and have even been diagnosed with insulin resistance.  I have followed to the tee eating programs given to me by a nutritionist at my physician’s office.  No progress whatsoever.  I often feel that people are looking at me are thinking, “Yeah, right, she has got to be cheating on her program.”  Trust me I am not.  Lately, I discovered that carbohydrates are affecting me differently than they do other people.

This article deals with a book written by Diane Kress, R.D., titled, “The Metabolism Miracle”.  She goes into detail about the fact that everyone is not a Metabolism A person.  There are about 46% of us who fall into the alternative Metabolism B Category.  This means that our bodies will not respond to the same diet program that a Metabolism A person’s body does.  This is probably why the plan my nutritionist gave me did not work.

There are three steps to this program. I have just begun Step One which will last for eight weeks.  This will be a low carb period to rest my overworked pancreas and liver while shrinking fat cells.  During this period there should be a decrease in cholesterol (hurray), triglycerides (double hurray), blood sugar and blood pressure.

I am going to be devoted to this program for many reasons.  Mainly, I do not want to live my life with deteriorating health conditions, increased medications and possibly insulin.  Even as I write these words, it only confirms that this is a matter of life or death to me.  I am 63 years old and have a lot more years I want to spend with my family and to be able to watch my grandchildren grow up and start their lives.  I might be selfish, but I do not want to miss out on those times.  My family is very important to me.  It has been the glue that has held my life together.

Here are a few clues that you might have Metabolism B:

• Midline fat
• Diets that have worked in the past no longer produce results
• Decreased calories, increased physical activity but no weight loss
• Hypoglycemia
• Mother with pre-diabetes and a sister with gestational diabetes
• Craving for carbohydrates
• Fatigue and mild depression

Of course, before you embark on this or any diet program, check with your doctor.  At least get a full blood workup so you will be able to check you numbers and make a decision for yourself that this could be an answer to your weight problem.

I will be keeping you posted on my blog as to my progress.  I have not had success with my physician’s guidance, or lack thereof, in losing weight.  I do know that a lot of my symptoms are outlined in “The Metabolism Miracle” and I just cannot walk away from it without giving it a try.

I am also using Leslie Sansone’s, “Walk Away the Pounds Express” DVD which gives me a brisk two mile walk that amounts to thirty minutes of increased heart rate.

I am looking forward to welcoming 2010 on the road to better health.  I will also have been able to lose weight in 2009!  I am not going to be asking myself the same question this time next year, “Why did you not lose weight in 2010?” I hope that this has been helpful to you.  Please feel free to comment and if you choose to try this program, let me know how you are doing.  We can all encourage to one another.

Blessings,

Judy Conway

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Here we are blessed with another year.  The question is are we truly going to end 2009 feeling that we have accomplished what we set out to do and have we been a blessing to others.  I have found that when I help others and put them first I find myself on the receiving end more times than not.

In looking back at 2008 my saddest recollections were that I had not taken the one or two moments out of my busy schedule to go have a “that lunch” with a dear friend, or pursue insisting that I be able to visit another dear friend in the hospital.  Both of those treasured friends are gone.  I do hope they know that I truly loved them. I no longer pass up an opportunity to let people in my life know that I love them.  Hold your family and friends close to your heart.

I am one of those people who set out with a determination to lose weight in the new year.  When December 31st arrives I usually find myself wondering what went wrong. The excess pounds are still lingering! I must admit, it was I who went wrong.  I didn’t set realistic goals and work the plan.  I am so very excited this year to be part of a group of individuals in the Crazy Foxes Marketing Group.  We are going to become the Crazy Foxes Biggest Losers! We will encourage each other and that makes a big difference.  We have established a blog sharing recipes, tools and tips. 

The Biggest Loser program on TV is a great inspiration to me.  The segment that just aired in January, 2009 especially hit me hard.  If a person is overweight and does nothing about it they will not only encounter painful health problems, live a lesser quality of life, be unable to enjoy activities with their family, but they also face the possibility of not living to be part of their family’s milestones.  A parent not at a wedding, or a grandparent missing the blessings of watching their grandchildren grow. That gives me new determination.

If the Crazy Foxes can encourage you, or help you in any way, please let me know.  This is the year that we can get healthy.  Remember it is not a “diet”.  It is a lifestyle change.  One of my favorite sayings this year is, “It isn’t what you do between Christmas and New Years, but what you do between New Years and Christmas.  That applies not only to your health but also your other goals.

With regard to your success in your business, what are your goals?  No goals set usually leads to nothing achieved.  You need to plan your work and work your plan.  As with weight loss, if you haven’t put in writing where you want to go and what you want to achieve this year, there is a good chance you will end up on December 31st thinking, “What have I actually accomplished this year.”  I have done that and for that reason I know how important it is to put your goals and plans into writing.  Post it where you see it every day.  As you accomplish your goals along the way it will serve as an encouragement.

In setting goals be realistic.  After you have decided what you are going to accomplish this year break those goals down into semi-annual and quarterly increments. Take that one step further and break those down into monthly and weekly goals.  This way it will not be so overwhelming to achieve.

There are so many dynamic social networking services out there.  It doesn’t matter if you are involved with internet marketing or the corporate work place.  I recently was introduced to Twitter. There is a plethora of tips, tools, relationships, and just downright great communication on Twitter.  It is awesome to feel the attitude of helpfulness amongst the members.  You will be able to expand your knowledge on many issues.  It is another tool on the internet that makes the world a much smaller place!  It is a good feeling too when you come across a person who is in need and reach out to help. 

So as 2009 proceeds I wish you much success, “Aha “moments of joy, heartwarming experiences with your family and friends, and the knowledge that you are truly loved by friends, family and God.  Be sure to share your love with others (even strangers that pass through your life).

Blessings,

Judy

Judy Conway

Crazy Foxes Marketing Group