Sandy's OMAD Journal
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@mistymeadows2005, lmao, glad my food porn helps for something. Have fun with your fast, no way I could look at food pics doing a 48 hour one, I kick myself looking during my 23 hours when meal is 5-6 hours away. lol0
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OMG, looks so good... (I'm imagining those are veggie dogs of course...)
lol, I would love to find a veggie dog I'm happy with. My daughter hasn't found one she likes yet, either. I did see a recipe last week from the Tasty Vegetarian (I think that's the name), or maybe it was Forks Over Knives, anyway, I need to find it and try it. I love homemade veggie burgers, black bean, chickpeas, etc., hot dogs are harder though. Maybe it's a texture thing.BTW, you know what really shines through in your posts about eating too much - you are right back onto OMAD. I'm not sure about you, but for me, in the past, when I had one of those "episodes", I would probably have said screw this, I've FU and I might as well just keep eating like this and I'll start again next Monday (which never came, of course).)
Yes, I love OMAD, it's honestly the best thing I've ever done for myself. I was EXACTLY like you as well, said screw it and the "I will start again..." date never came to be. That's one attitude that doesn't exist in my mind anymore--splurges whether they last a day or week will no longer ruin my efforts, they won't be my downfall or excuse to remain in poor health and end up in even poorer health. I don't let injuries or pain stop me anymore either, I just won't exercise, but not being able to exercise won't be used as a reason to stop eating healthier. Weight can still be lost, it's simply not worth throwing months down the drain for a pity party.I'm with you on the feeling hungry thing. I am fine feeling hungry in the lead up to my one meal, but I need to feel satisfied at that meal and I could never go to bed hungry. It sounds like you did a ton of activity that day and your body was just telling you what it needed! (Well, it probably didn't NEED junk food, but you were trying to ignore it, so it took what it could get, ha!
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Hahaha, you're right about not needing the junk food. Same here, fine even looking at the food of others before meal time, but I need to be satisfied with my meal. I really do think it was the extra activity and that's why I needed more food.
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wsandy8512 wrote: »@mistymeadows2005, lmao, glad my food porn helps for something. Have fun with your fast, no way I could look at food pics doing a 48 hour one, I kick myself looking during my 23 hours when meal is 5-6 hours away. lol
LOL it's funny, but I want to watch more food tv and the like when I'm fasting - I think subconsciously it gives me a "food outlet" that isn't eating LMAO - I JUST LOVE FOOD!!! The fasting really really isn't bad until after I'm home and settling in...then my brain says "TIME TO REWARD YOURSELF FOR A GOOD DAY" and makes me want to eat, or have a cocktail. The physical hunger is the EASIEST part for me LOL2 -
Congratulations, You look GREAT!!!
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wsandy8512 wrote: »mikseyniha wrote: »I agree with Jim. You're now way beyond such events. You control these situations instead of them controlling you. You got this and you will charge ahead!
I sure will and I am beyond such events. It actually took a life long family friend of my mom's and my mom, to help me see that uncontrolled binge in a different light because when you go crazy like that, you forget the basics! And that's what I did, I automatically attributed to stress that I thought I had conquered (which after they chimed in, I believe I do have stress eating conquered)--Lifelong friend reminded me about body and metabolic confusion which are both good things that happen due to binges (and Joe says this in his videos and I know this *kitten*, but forgot) and then my mom brought up the fact that it can also be our body's way of saying that it needs more calories. I did two workouts yesterday morning, then my hubby and I went in the pool, then we had a huge, protein filled breakfast, went swimming again, then went to the golf course in 90 degree heat with unbearable humidity for four hours. A couple of hours after we got home, I felt a hungry but I told myself, "You've already had your big meal and enough calories for the day." So, I just drank water, though it did nothing to subdue the hunger pangs.
I am trying not to count calories so I can live with the healthy habits I'm implementing now, for the rest of my life. I don't want to get to goal and then try and figure it out or go back to old habits. So, I will give myself permission to eat healthy food outside of my meal IF it's true hunger. If I do like I did yesterday, I'm putting myself right back into dieter's prison and I don't want to live my life like that. Some days your body just needs more calories than others. My workouts are more intense now, and I'm more active than when I first started. I love food and refuse to starve myself--though I wasn't trying to starve myself, I was just scared I'd go over my calories. It's hard to go back to not counting once you've restarted. Ugh. lol I've got this, though :-)
I don't think I've experienced the dieters prison as you described. One reason I think is that if I'm really hungry for a day, I eat. I don't worry about a one day splurge. I figured I needed it. I know that can't be a habit but I don't worry about any single day, just what I do on the average. If it is becoming an everyday thing, that is a problem that needs to be addressed but I've seen a lot of people be so strict and they give up and don't do anything at all like it is an all or nothing thing. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Something is always better than nothing. If I eat at maintenance today and have a deficit tomorrow, I'm making progress. If I overeat a little today but have a deficit for the rest of the week, I'm making progress.1 -
wsandy8512 wrote: »mikseyniha wrote: »I agree with Jim. You're now way beyond such events. You control these situations instead of them controlling you. You got this and you will charge ahead!
I sure will and I am beyond such events. It actually took a life long family friend of my mom's and my mom, to help me see that uncontrolled binge in a different light because when you go crazy like that, you forget the basics! And that's what I did, I automatically attributed to stress that I thought I had conquered (which after they chimed in, I believe I do have stress eating conquered)--Lifelong friend reminded me about body and metabolic confusion which are both good things that happen due to binges (and Joe says this in his videos and I know this *kitten*, but forgot) and then my mom brought up the fact that it can also be our body's way of saying that it needs more calories. I did two workouts yesterday morning, then my hubby and I went in the pool, then we had a huge, protein filled breakfast, went swimming again, then went to the golf course in 90 degree heat with unbearable humidity for four hours. A couple of hours after we got home, I felt a hungry but I told myself, "You've already had your big meal and enough calories for the day." So, I just drank water, though it did nothing to subdue the hunger pangs.
I am trying not to count calories so I can live with the healthy habits I'm implementing now, for the rest of my life. I don't want to get to goal and then try and figure it out or go back to old habits. So, I will give myself permission to eat healthy food outside of my meal IF it's true hunger. If I do like I did yesterday, I'm putting myself right back into dieter's prison and I don't want to live my life like that. Some days your body just needs more calories than others. My workouts are more intense now, and I'm more active than when I first started. I love food and refuse to starve myself--though I wasn't trying to starve myself, I was just scared I'd go over my calories. It's hard to go back to not counting once you've restarted. Ugh. lol I've got this, though :-)
I don't think I've experienced the dieters prison as you described. One reason I think is that if I'm really hungry for a day, I eat. I don't worry about a one day splurge. I figured I needed it. I know that can't be a habit but I don't worry about any single day, just what I do on the average. If it is becoming an everyday thing, that is a problem that needs to be addressed but I've seen a lot of people be so strict and they give up and don't do anything at all like it is an all or nothing thing. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Something is always better than nothing. If I eat at maintenance today and have a deficit tomorrow, I'm making progress. If I overeat a little today but have a deficit for the rest of the week, I'm making progress.
This is such a great attitude and I think one that we all need to remember... If we want this to be long-term it has to be a long-term mentality and one day isn't going to throw us off, nor is one week it's the average overtime1 -
I don't think I've experienced the dieters prison as you described. One reason I think is that if I'm really hungry for a day, I eat. I don't worry about a one day splurge. I figured I needed it. I know that can't be a habit but I don't worry about any single day, just what I do on the average. If it is becoming an everyday thing, that is a problem that needs to be addressed but I've seen a lot of people be so strict and they give up and don't do anything at all like it is an all or nothing thing. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Something is always better than nothing. If I eat at maintenance today and have a deficit tomorrow, I'm making progress. If I overeat a little today but have a deficit for the rest of the week, I'm making progress.
You do have a great mentality, and a great way of eating on a daily basis. For me though, I was heading back there and after looking at my phones activity levels for the month, my average TDEE is between 2100-2200, daily. I have not been eating enough. I can't be scared of eating more when needed, that's the dieters prison mentality--"I can only eat 1250-1500 calories a day or I'm a failure". My TDEE is way higher than MFP gives me, even if I ate all my calories back, which, like an idiot, I haven't been doing. That's probably why I lost 40 pounds so fast. No wonder I had that out of control splurge.
I used the @ symbol to address you elsewhere and asked if correction was needed. I'm going to do I like I thought I've read you did on OMAD, expand the window to four hours, eat your big meal and just snack if still hungry over the rest of your window. I know that means not to consistently eat for four hours, btw, lol. You allowing that, if indeed I am remembering what you've said before, that is freeing! That's what I want. There is no way I can eat 1800 calories in one sitting, but if I expand my window, I should be able to do it.
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Sounds like a great plan...
I could so easily eat 1800 calories in one sitting! Ugh. I don't think I have an off switch tbh... Maybe it will come in time after doing OMAD for longer.
What is with that "failure" thing - I'm exactly the same. I'm hoping that OMAD is helping with that. I'm not tracking calories on the weekends and just relying on the scale to let me know if I'm eating too much (or too little - though no chance of that just yet!).0 -
wsandy8512 wrote: »
I don't think I've experienced the dieters prison as you described. One reason I think is that if I'm really hungry for a day, I eat. I don't worry about a one day splurge. I figured I needed it. I know that can't be a habit but I don't worry about any single day, just what I do on the average. If it is becoming an everyday thing, that is a problem that needs to be addressed but I've seen a lot of people be so strict and they give up and don't do anything at all like it is an all or nothing thing. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. Something is always better than nothing. If I eat at maintenance today and have a deficit tomorrow, I'm making progress. If I overeat a little today but have a deficit for the rest of the week, I'm making progress.
You do have a great mentality, and a great way of eating on a daily basis. For me though, I was heading back there and after looking at my phones activity levels for the month, my average TDEE is between 2100-2200, daily. I have not been eating enough. I can't be scared of eating more when needed, that's the dieters prison mentality--"I can only eat 1250-1500 calories a day or I'm a failure". My TDEE is way higher than MFP gives me, even if I ate all my calories back, which, like an idiot, I haven't been doing. That's probably why I lost 40 pounds so fast. No wonder I had that out of control splurge.
I used the @ symbol to address you elsewhere and asked if correction was needed. I'm going to do I like I thought I've read you did on OMAD, expand the window to four hours, eat your big meal and just snack if still hungry over the rest of your window. I know that means not to consistently eat for four hours, btw, lol. You allowing that, if indeed I am remembering what you've said before, that is freeing! That's what I want. There is no way I can eat 1800 calories in one sitting, but if I expand my window, I should be able to do it.
I have never done the 1-plate rule and I eat tell full then I graze as I please for about 3-hrs. That is what I've always done (I have done 16:8 a lot also). I think a lot of people, especially with low BMR would need to do the one-plate rule and those that are very heavy, need to lose faster I think to stay motivated so I think it is a good rule in those cases. I've been active my whole life even while fat and I think that has helped me have a descent BMR. I eat tell full every night. I used to count calories but if I wasn't full, I would go past my daily allotment. I need to eat tell full or it isn't going to be sustainable for me.
I did one little trick that I think helped me a lot. I set my goal cals in MFP to be at maintenance. Then my goal is to just eat under that each day. As long as I stayed under it, I was not going to gain any fat. I may not lose either but I would save that battle for another day if I felt I needed to eat that day. I got really tired of fasting for all day and having a deficit of 800-cals but not getting the positive feedback of meeting my calorie goals (-2lbs/week or 1000-cals/day). I thought an 800-cal deficit was very successful but the calculator didn't. Now I think any day I'm at maintenance or less, it is a successful day. If I didn't make it on a given day, then I look at the whole week.1 -
I did count cals when I lost the most weight but I would allow myself to go past maint. I think subconsiously counting did help me to control it some (go a little over instead of a lot) but I would allow to and above maintenance if I felt I needed it.2
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Wow Sandy!!!! you are beautiful!!! so impressed at your results!!!! I bet you are thrilled!!!
I do understand the low self esteem have had it all my life... But managed to overcome it even when I was bigger than ever...
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I have never done the 1-plate rule and I eat tell full then I graze as I please for about 3-hrs. That is what I've always done (I have done 16:8 a lot also). I think a lot of people, especially with low BMR would need to do the one-plate rule and those that are very heavy, need to lose faster I think to stay motivated so I think it is a good rule in those cases. I've been active my whole life even while fat and I think that has helped me have a descent BMR. I eat tell full every night. I used to count calories but if I wasn't full, I would go past my daily allotment. I need to eat tell full or it isn't going to be sustainable for me.
I did one little trick that I think helped me a lot. I set my goal cals in MFP to be at maintenance. Then my goal is to just eat under that each day. As long as I stayed under it, I was not going to gain any fat. I may not lose either but I would save that battle for another day if I felt I needed to eat that day. I got really tired of fasting for all day and having a deficit of 800-cals but not getting the positive feedback of meeting my calorie goals (-2lbs/week or 1000-cals/day). I thought an 800-cal deficit was very successful but the calculator didn't. Now I think any day I'm at maintenance or less, it is a successful day. If I didn't make it on a given day, then I look at the whole week.
Yay, I'm glad I remembered what you had said. lol I'm going to do what you did both with the grazing, if needed, and set MFP to maintenance. I'm starting to freak out about loose skin as well, so I want to make sure I'm eating enough to at least maintain the muscle I do have and my understanding of HIIT, based on scientific studies, is that it promotes HCG growth which is needed to build muscle. I will eat plenty of protein as well. I want to start helping reduce the loose skin because I know myself and I will be mortified if I lose all my weight first and then have my lower gut hang down to my thighs. I've been overweight my whole life and obese since at least 2004, so I know my skin won't be taut, ever, because I'm approaching 50 and my skin has been stretched for so long. However, I know if I build some muscle, it'll help a lot with loose skin. I will have some when I reach goal, but I don't think it will be as bad if I work on this muscle thing before I get there. lol
Thanks for sharing what you've done, Bob, I really admire you and appreciate your guidance :-)
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Wow Sandy!!!! you are beautiful!!! so impressed at your results!!!! I bet you are thrilled!!!
I do understand the low self esteem have had it all my life... But managed to overcome it even when I was bigger than ever...
Thanks, Barb, you're too sweet. I am so glad you overcame your low self-esteem even when bigger. I'm not where I'd like to be yet, but I have finally overcome that horrible attitude about myself. It feels fantastic! :-)0 -
Well...the thing is that if we base our self esteem on how we look or how we weight we will remain eternal slaves to the weight gain or loss and we will not be free from the low self esteem...
I wrote a beautiful article in Spanish called the Goddess Self Estreem I wish I could translate it ... also i wrote a book on bullying which is in english and I can put a link for free if someone is interested not that it covers weight issues but it does cover strategies to overcome bullying...
True self esteem comes from knowing who you are in your Essence. There you are not fat, thin, slim or trim. You ARE pure Love, Pure Light pure Grace, pure Truth... stick to that and let the body become healthy naturally
I know people who get depressed if they gain 5 pounds for being pregnant for goodness sake its ridiculous!!!!...its even natural to gain weight in pregnancy... We need to free ourselves from this programing...
fasting will help you fee yourself from so many things! May it also be a way to really and trully access your real esteem... neither high nor low...blessings2 -
The other day when I put on a pair of my new regular size 14 shorts that I just bought, there was more room in the waist and the legs. The difference was so noticeable that my husband asked, "Aren't those the shorts we just bought you from Old Navy? You're swimming in them already! Your weight loss is going to cost us a lot in clothes money!" Hahaha! Do you know how wonderful that felt? BTW, I assured him that the outfits I just bought will last all summer even if I lose more weight.
Anyway, while I may have lost a mere -.4 pounds this past week, I've lost an inch each in my bust, waist and hips in the past two weeks! I'm so freaking happy, happy, happy!
Despite the great news about my inches and weight loss, I received some bad news that has me freaking out, all but one test came back great from my doctor's appointment, and it's a big one. Ugh, she wants me on statin because my bad cholesterol is 190. I about fell out of my chair. It was 150 a couple of years ago when I was heavier. I think it may be due to my saturated fat intake that I've read isn't as bad as once was thought. Whatever. I am really hesistent to take that crap. I'd rather lower it by eating less saturated fats, but I'm so scared about a heart attack that I may suck it up and take the statin along with fish oil.
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At my last doctor appointment my doctor wanted to put me on statins because my bad cholesterol was 213.6. I told her to let me work on my diet before doing so. She gave me 8 weeks so I have to have the levels rechecked on the 18th of this month. I think I would begin to freak out if my levels are still high when I have it rechecked.
I had been consuming a lot of saturated fats as I was doing the keto diet and drinking bulletproof coffees every morning. I was actually drinking one when I got my blood drawn. I am hoping that was what caused it to be high. I will make sure that I am fasted when I get my blood drawn on the 18th. I would really hate to have to take that prescription.
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tlblanksfit wrote: »At my last doctor appointment my doctor wanted to put me on statins because my bad cholesterol was 213.6. I told her to let me work on my diet before doing so. She gave me 8 weeks so I have to have the levels rechecked on the 18th of this month. I think I would begin to freak out if my levels are still high when I have it rechecked.
I had been consuming a lot of saturated fats as I was doing the keto diet and drinking bulletproof coffees every morning. I was actually drinking one when I got my blood drawn. I am hoping that was what caused it to be high. I will make sure that I am fasted when I get my blood drawn on the 18th. I would really hate to have to take that prescription.
I would recommend working on your diet and see how that goes before giving in to the medication.
Thanks, Tracey, I'll call back and see if I do that as well. I did go buy some Fish Oil and Niacin, I'll keep eating my nuts and such as well, and watch the saturated fat intake. I feel better now after hearing from you... not that I'm happy you have high bad cholesterol, though! Just that you aren't panicking.
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I was referred to a dietitian after I got my news and she stressed the importance of getting enough fiber.0
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Sandy nice to see a loss! Don't be afraid of the blood work results. Be rest assured that since you are losing weight, these numbers are improving. Doing regular checks will give you a better idea of the overall improvement. I am doing the same. Being just 32 and having high bad cholesterol, 136, although just on border, even I am scared of a heart attack. But I do know these numbers have improved from past. Just keep doing what you're doing.0
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tlblanksfit wrote: »I was referred to a dietitian after I got my news and she stressed the importance of getting enough fiber.
I've been reading up on that, so I'm glad you confirmed by telling me what your dietician said. :-) My fiber runs around 20-25g daily. I eat all these heart healthy foods, but the saturated ones are negating the positive effects. Either that, or, maybe it's down since I've lost weight and I don't know because it was over 2 years ago since I last had it checked--when I was eating healthier. But, when I was eating healthier before, I did not eat so much high fat meat. So, in my book, that needs to go. I had red meat today, but 93/7, so I think that's okay.
@mikseyniha, thank you and I am not as afraid as I was earlier, though some fear is still lingering. I appreciate your encouragement. I shall keep doing what I am doing, for sure :-)
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wsandy8512 wrote: »tlblanksfit wrote: »I was referred to a dietitian after I got my news and she stressed the importance of getting enough fiber.
I've been reading up on that, so I'm glad you confirmed by telling me what your dietician said. :-) My fiber runs around 20-25g daily. I eat all these heart healthy foods, but the saturated ones are negating the positive effects. Either that, or, maybe it's down since I've lost weight and I don't know because it was over 2 years ago since I last had it checked--when I was eating healthier. But, when I was eating healthier before, I did not eat so much high fat meat. So, in my book, that needs to go. I had red meat today, but 93/7, so I think that's okay.
@mikseyniha, thank you and I am not as afraid as I was earlier, though some fear is still lingering. I appreciate your encouragement. I shall keep doing what I am doing, for sure :-)
Remember Sandy, not ALL of high cholesterol comes from saturated fat/what you're eating - some of it is genetics as well. I'm sure your numbers will steadily improve as you make progress and hopefully you can avoid the meds! I hate taking 'em too so I feel your pain.1 -
@mistymeadows2005, you're right of course. I know one thing that is in my control that I need to axe and would help, OMG, it will be so hard. Drop the smoking habit. :-( I quit once for seven years and restarted about 10 years ago... like an idiot. Gah!1
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Nice loss, Sandy!
Have you tried doing Meatless Monday? I'm not a "preachy" vegan, I promise! But I know some people who have adopted a few vegetarian/vegan days a week, and it has helped.0 -
My meal today and in the second pic in the "other" category, is what I will graze on, IF I get hungry, to get in 1600+ calories which is about 500 below my TDEE. Sweet potato with maple syrup and cinnamon, 8 oz of 93/7 ground beef burgers with onions and A1 sauce, grilled asparagus, and a chocolate and peanut butter pudding made with banana, avocado, chia seeds, carob powder, walnuts, and dried cranberries.
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wsandy8512 wrote: »@mistymeadows2005, you're right of course. I know one thing that is in my control that I need to axe and would help, OMG, it will be so hard. Drop the smoking habit. :-( I quit once for seven years and restarted about 10 years ago... like an idiot. Gah!
BABE - I feel you
My doctor is thrilled with my weight loss but bugs me about the smoking EVERY time LOL - granted I smoke pipe tobacco cigars so it's a little different but still...THE STRUGGLE IS SO REAL 
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brittdee88 wrote: »Nice loss, Sandy!
Have you tried doing Meatless Monday? I'm not a "preachy" vegan, I promise! But I know some people who have adopted a few vegetarian/vegan days a week, and it has helped.
That's actually a great idea as I would like to incorporate more vegetarian foods. I actually have some days throughout this journey where I have had vegetarian meals and have shown photos of them, but to make it a point to have them isn't something I done, so thank you, Britt! :-)1 -
mistymeadows2005 wrote: »wsandy8512 wrote: »@mistymeadows2005, you're right of course. I know one thing that is in my control that I need to axe and would help, OMG, it will be so hard. Drop the smoking habit. :-( I quit once for seven years and restarted about 10 years ago... like an idiot. Gah!
BABE - I feel you My doctor is thrilled with my weight loss but bugs me about the smoking EVERY time LOL - granted I smoke pipe tobacco cigars so it's a little different but still...THE STRUGGLE IS SO REAL
LOL, yeah, same with mine. Thrilled with weight loss, not happy I smoke at all. Ugh. The struggle is real, indeed!
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wsandy8512 wrote: »That's actually a great idea as I would like to incorporate more vegetarian foods. I actually have some days throughout this journey where I have had vegetarian meals and have shown photos of them, but to make it a point to have them isn't something I done, so thank you, Britt! :-)
Of course! I think I saw that you made something from the Minimalist Baker blog (I hope I'm remembering correctly!), and I think it is one of the best resources for people transitioning into eating more plant-based meals. Her recipes are usually the definition of comfort food made vegan/vegetarian. Plus, if you use social media, you can search the Meatless Monday hashtag for more ideas! As long as you're not piling on the palm and coconut oils, designating a day or two to plant-based eating should hopefully really help you reduce that saturated fat intake.0 -
Sandy YAY for swimming in your clothes, it's such a wonderful feeling You're doing sooo good!!! If your numbers aren't that bad I would try cutting back on saturated fats and if that doesn't help then it's probably hereditary
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Sandy have you read Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr ? I used to smoke 2 packs of black tobacco a day like french gitanes style... I thought I´d smoke all my life but then my partner gave me this book to read and i laughed and laughed seeing myself reflected in the book. The book deprograms you without realising it and by the end of the book the author tells you "Now you can smoke your last cigarette" and you will be ready for it... believe me. Half way reading the book I was already wanting to quit but the author tells you to keep smoking till the end of the book. Its the best 6 euros I have ever spent... it has saved my life literaly!...
Give it a try its only a book...1
