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I switched to gluten free bread and can still eat bread and GF pizza's and cakes without getting bloated. I decided to stay wheat free for life. I've been on it since last year anyway so got used to the taste of GF bread. My tummy is still shrinking and weight dropping!

I'm on progesterone and the anti-oestrogen diet. I heard oestrogen dominance can cause things like breast cancer, mym mum and her sister had it and one of my step-sisters around the same age. So far I have had no symptoms of any breast cancers I have been wheat free and mainly paleo for nearly a year and half. The…

I was looking at Lipo 6 hers and wondering if they would work for me. I started with Capsiplex which initially gave me great results but then they changed the ingredients which I didn't realise and had allergic reaction. I changed to Acai berry pills and had allergic reaction to them. I later found out the new ingredient…

Hi I'm trying this too and bought a book called "belly fat to belly flat" by a Dr Randolph and it also details a diet and what foods to avoid and which foods help.

As OP is only 18 this won't apply but for other women of menopause age abdominal fat that won't shift can be from progesterone levels decreasing and leaving you oestrogen dominant. I reached my goal but still had the tummy though manage to shrink it quite a bit from 48" circumference to 34 " from diet and exercise. I also…

I'm in menopause so started a diet to help reduce oestrogen dominance and eating less food that may contain it eg animals are fattened up with it so certain meats are off the menu but others are allowed. Also using progesterone cream as part of it ..together they are meant to reduce the abdominal fat which is a result of…

I have since read about oestrogen dominance and this does also affect males after age 40 too when your testosterone levels drop leaving you with more oestrogen. abdominal fat is one of the symptoms. I have got some progesterone cream to try and starting a diet to reduce oestrogen dominance and hoping I will see a…

i have had mine 2 weeks apart ..3 in a row which was unusual for me. it was frustrating as I was no sooner getting rid of the extra water weight to see what I'd got down to , then the next lot of water was going on and I'd no chance to lose an extra pound inbetween! It is disheartening when read about people saying they…

I use cauliflower whizzed up in place of rice or cous cous. sheets peeled off leeks can be used as lasagne sheets. and use quorn instead of mince to make a low cal/low carb lasagne.

where do you get them from in the UK?

Thanks, well my moods are improving I was very up and down just before start of and end of period, I wish it would help my chocolate cravings and reduce them a bit but maybe haven't been on it long enough. I just started when cream arrived instead of waiting until end of next period but it's due beginning of october so…

Thanks I'll check out the Jackie Warner DVD. I've started progesterone cream so hopefully that will help to shrink it and the core exercises should tone everything up underneath. I'll have to make appointment to see doctor to see if I still have that fibroid that showed up in a scan about 2 years ago, but I heard…

I read that its progesterone that needs replacing not oestrogen. As progesterone levels drop we become oestrogen dominant so it seems odd that doctors then give us more oestrogen! I've started progesterone cream and the oestrogen dominance diet to see if I can just flatten my tummy. Soy also intereferes with thyroid…

I'm trying a diet meant to help reduce oestrogen levels as I'm getting menopause symptoms bad and can't shift weight from around abdomen even though I dropped 3 stone. I'm also taking progesterone cream. I read that oestrogen dominance interferes with thyroid too so medication is not as effective, so hoping if I get…

Thanks! :flowerforyou:

I only went wheat free since last year as I read something about people with hypothyroidism have difficulties processing wheat and often also having nut allergies. As I already had a nut allergy I decided to eat less wheat at first. so got a wheat free bread and picked cereals that were wheat free..aotibix instead of…

Thanks. I was looking at this core exerciser in Argos: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9266845/c_1/1|category_root|Sports+and+leisure|14419152/c_2/2|14419152|Fitness+accessories+and+equipment|29022124/c_3/3|cat_29022124|Toning+equipment|23846075.htm I can get from chair to floor so could sit in front of…

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Thanks..I have been low carb and wheat free for the last year. I don't often eat rice I use cauliflower whizzed up and steamed in place of rice and cous cous. I use gluten free pasta and bread when I do have it. Oats is the only thing I eat for breakfast sometimes. I don't often have potato with dinner either, I substitute…

I am wheelchair user (since age 35) so many exercises are not possible. However I have recently got a 4kg kettlebell and adapted some exercises to do alongside the video Kettlecise for women 2 DVD. I was born with thyroid not working so been on synthetic T4 since 23 months old. I have been low carb and gluten free for the…

I use slim fast chocolate shake particuarly around my monthlies I find it helps the cravings, stops me reaching for chocolate bars and I'm still staying within my calories. I like the strawberry one too usually have that when choc cravings are not as bad if wake up later and want something quick before I take my dog out.…

lol!,,me too! Well I reached my goal but my tummy is still there. My step mother is heavier than me but looks lighter cos she's straight up and down, no tummy! I was told a few years back I had a fibroid the size of a fist and my circumference around abdomen was then 48". I got it down to 34" with diet and exercise. I'm…

I don't know her exact height but she's taller than me. I'm only 5ft 3 and half and most of my family are 5ft 10 - 6ft range (some just over) think mother-in-law is next smallest at about 5ft 7. I know she doesn't do weight training but she is active has a motor home does caravanning, walking, cycling and line dancing. I…

Mine went out of whack, had no period one month, then 3 periods in a row 2 weeks apart. It's really frustrating as water no sooner off than its back on again for the next one! ..my weight hasn't changed for last 3 month just going up and down between 9st 4 and 9st 7 regardless of diet and exercise. I usually wait until day…

I lost 7lb first week I went gluten free that's my best record! 18lb that first month then 16lb following month ...eventually went down to 2lb a month then nothing! Make the most of it..it gets harder to come off!

I have same issue I'm much thinner everywhere else, My wrist is only 5" now they look like they'd snap really easy but around my middle is still 33 " (from 48") I think I look older now as I lost loads of face and neck, can see outline of collarbone, ribs, boobs have shrunk loads and thighs are thinner and leaner but cos…

I think UK sizes have changed though. When I was younger and this weight I was in 10-12's, no chance of getting in them these days!.. I guess my tummy must have been flatter and more in proportion. I think clothes these days are designed for people who are straight up and down so unless get maternity trousers, end up…

I'm mostly gluten free. I lost loads initially but its slowed down now. i even tried going back to wheat then back to gluten free to see if get same big loss but didn't work the second time! It took a while to find a nice bread as most just fall apart! I do occasionally still have a regular cream bun but replaced most of…

Do you mean weights by strength training? I am limited with what I can do due to my disability but I wear weighted wristbands, ankle weights and a balance belt which is 6lbs around my middle. I can do a few exercises with a 4KG kettlebell but have to be careful as tend to let go of things involuntarily (as my hands flex).…

I thought US sizes were smaller cos isn't your size double zero the same as UK size 4 or something?