JUDDD and Post-Menopausal Women-Does it work?
wendafay
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Hello there.
I've got a lot of weight to lose. My life took a bad turn 4 years ago, and I let myself gain weight.
In the fall of 2012, I got motivated to lose weight and quickly lost 20 pounds. But then, even doing what I had done to lose the weight, nothing budged for months on end. I kept swimming.
I guess I gave up for a while, but managed to maintain the 20 pound loss.
Recently, I lost another 10 pounds, but again - I've been stuck for weeks now.
I was eating between 1,000 and 1,500 calories a day. My resting metabolic rate, I just found out, is now 1627. Two years ago, it was 1780.
This is my first DD on JUDDD. I'm hoping it will bust my metabolism into gear.
Has it worked for other women who are post-menopausal? I'm now 55 and went through menopause around age 45.
Many thanks..
I've got a lot of weight to lose. My life took a bad turn 4 years ago, and I let myself gain weight.
In the fall of 2012, I got motivated to lose weight and quickly lost 20 pounds. But then, even doing what I had done to lose the weight, nothing budged for months on end. I kept swimming.
I guess I gave up for a while, but managed to maintain the 20 pound loss.
Recently, I lost another 10 pounds, but again - I've been stuck for weeks now.
I was eating between 1,000 and 1,500 calories a day. My resting metabolic rate, I just found out, is now 1627. Two years ago, it was 1780.
This is my first DD on JUDDD. I'm hoping it will bust my metabolism into gear.
Has it worked for other women who are post-menopausal? I'm now 55 and went through menopause around age 45.
Many thanks..
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I'm interested in the results of others following this way of life too.0
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Hi Jchrisman and Wendafay,
Yes juddd is working for me and I am post meno, whereas low carb and just calorie restricting around 1200 didnt.
I have had some digestion problems since starting JUddd, it could be because I stopped low carb and with juddd and began eating many more vegetables, some fruit and less chees and meat. It seems like the fruit and fiber foods are the culprits, especially if I try to do some fast walking before or after eating fruit.
What I like about this woe is that it has cured my late night snacking and I found after the first three up days I no longer feared not getting enough food to tide me over the DD and so now its a matter of making sure I get my UD calories high enough! never thought that would happen.
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Wow! That's great to hear!
I actually incorrectly reported my BMR above -- I started at 2100 a day! And am now 1627. I don't know if that's just from aging, or a direct result of "dieting".
My knee injury makes it harder and harder to walk. So I plan to resume swimming now that it isn't below zero every day.
I started JUDDD and so far have done two "Down" days. I used protein shakes to be absolutely sure I wasn't going over 500 calories.
I will give it 2 weeks and see. I ate a bunch of sugar on Saturday (rare for me), and the scale was up on Sunday.. I'm not sure how many calories you are supposed to eat on your "Up" days. I thought it was just to "eat normal" , until not hungry or something.
I would be so ecstatic to find something that actually works!
I've also been experimenting with Intermittent Fasting. Eat at 6 pm, 10 am, 2 pm. The delayed breakfast is supposed to force the body to start burning reserves. I did this on both DD's.
JChrisman, why don't you try JUDDD and let's see how we do.
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Actually, I wonder if I am eating too much on Down Days? If my Resting Rate is 1623 calories a day should I only be having 324 calories on Down Days?0
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Hey there - I have decided to give it a try. I went in to the website and punched in my information and came up with my calories for my UP days. If not, I'm sure I'd go way over or way under. I actually posted a thread in the JUDDD group page outlining my plan for the next two weeks. I kind of figure that this first week is a trial week for me because I hadn't really planned for it yet. But today is a DD and so far so good. I really like the idea of basically hitting a calorie range for a day and then moving on and forgetting that day. I'm actually pretty active running and doing weights so we'll see how my energy level is on my DD.
If you haven't joined it yet - join the JUDDD group and there is a link there to get you to the website to tell you what your DD and your UP Day calories should be.0 -
Sounds like we are all doing well.
I just did the first two weeks like it stated on the JUDDD website with the calculator-- under 500 DD and whatever i wanted UD. One day I ate only 1560 UD but another one was 2100. I still lost weight. I think i average around 1600 on UD and have kept all DD below 500 except one where i went to 600. I heard its better to keep the UD's high, as maintenance will be easier once a weight goal is reached.
I read that weight loss is a very bouncy but steady downward slant on the juddd woe.
So its better to weigh weekly after a down day to track results.
Happy day whichever you are on today!0 -
I'm going to start trying to stick to the 500 down days starting next Monday. I think I could live this way of eating if I could conquer the down days.0
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Hey there - I have decided to give it a try. I went in to the website and punched in my information and came up with my calories for my UP days. If not, I'm sure I'd go way over or way under. I actually posted a thread in the JUDDD group page outlining my plan for the next two weeks. I kind of figure that this first week is a trial week for me because I hadn't really planned for it yet. But today is a DD and so far so good. I really like the idea of basically hitting a calorie range for a day and then moving on and forgetting that day. I'm actually pretty active running and doing weights so we'll see how my energy level is on my DD.
If you haven't joined it yet - join the JUDDD group and there is a link there to get you to the website to tell you what your DD and your UP Day calories should be.
Hi again J Chrisman,
Where do I join the JUDDD group? I thought this was the JUDDD group.
To report back, I got discouraged. OK, I WAS weighing every day.
I am thinking now of doing a modified approach.
No sugar, snacking between meals, or seconds during the weekdays. Just 3 plates of food, limiting starches, eating nutritiously but what I want.
Eat mindfully, stop midway and go do something else, then come back and finish (to allow for satiation). Eat just until no longer hungry.
Drink a 7:1 water:orange juice mixture between meals to help curb hunger.
One day a week, or maybe two, eat 500 calories or less.
On weekends, be more relaxed. Mentally think during the week, "If I really want that, I can have some on the weekend."0 -
Hi again J Chrisman,
Where do I join the JUDDD group? I thought this was the JUDDD group.
To report back, I got discouraged. OK, I WAS weighing every day.
I am thinking now of doing a modified approach.
No sugar, snacking between meals, or seconds during the weekdays. Just 3 plates of food, limiting starches, eating nutritiously but what I want.
Eat mindfully, stop midway and go do something else, then come back and finish (to allow for satiation). Eat just until no longer hungry.
Drink a 7:1 water:orange juice mixture between meals to help curb hunger.
One day a week, or maybe two, eat 500 calories or less.
On weekends, be more relaxed. Mentally think during the week, "If I really want that, I can have some on the weekend."
Hi there,
Sorry yes you are posting in the JUDD group. I didn't realize that until after I posted. I ran into some problems with sustaining the IF lifestyle for more than a couple of days. As much as I wish I could because it sounds so easy and not to deal with logging sounds great - I was not able to tolorate not eating for the longer periods of time without feeling kind of sick when I did eat. And then I started eating way too much. So I am back to eating a normal 3 meals a day for the most part and back to logging. Not logging just doesn't work for me - I either way over eat or I way under eat (which makes me feel sick to my stomach). I've really been trying to pay attention to my triggers and to log in a journal how I feel after eating certain things and I think I definitely have a sensitivity to processed foods and potatoes. So I am trying cutting those out for about 3 weeks and then going to add a little potato in the form of baked back in. But really going to try to stay away from fried foods.
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I've been having success with LC and Juddd
I am in menopause since age of 29 complete hysterectomy. It's the only thing that makes dieting livable. Feel free to add me.0
