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04-01-09, 01:21 AM
I remember in my 20's thinking the older guys with ultra light bikes were funny cause it would be so much cheaper to lose fat than shave grams off a bike. Now here I am with a gut and I still have my light bikes ;)
I went and got my food allergies tested and cut out what I was sensitive to...unfortunately gluten.
Apparently eating stuff we are sensitive to causes us to retain a lot of water from inflammation.
Seriously I was still eating a lot just no wheat and no more pop.
It was the easiest weight I've ever lost. Just wanted to pass that along to anyone that was feeling stuck.
I've plateaued now that the inflammation is gone, but I don't have that puffy look and its easier to get down in the drops. I'm hoping I can shoot more weight when the weather gets more bike friendly.
The other interesting tidbit I learned from the doc I was seeing is that you can't just look at a thyroid test and say it falls within the "normal" range. You have to look at the person to see if they show signs of low thyroid. He said that a healthy level for you might be at the higher part of the "normal" range while you were producing at the lower end of the "normal" range. BTW signs for me were low body temp and losing outside ends of eyebrows...
I went and got my food allergies tested and cut out what I was sensitive to...unfortunately gluten.
Apparently eating stuff we are sensitive to causes us to retain a lot of water from inflammation.
Seriously I was still eating a lot just no wheat and no more pop.
It was the easiest weight I've ever lost. Just wanted to pass that along to anyone that was feeling stuck.
I've plateaued now that the inflammation is gone, but I don't have that puffy look and its easier to get down in the drops. I'm hoping I can shoot more weight when the weather gets more bike friendly.
The other interesting tidbit I learned from the doc I was seeing is that you can't just look at a thyroid test and say it falls within the "normal" range. You have to look at the person to see if they show signs of low thyroid. He said that a healthy level for you might be at the higher part of the "normal" range while you were producing at the lower end of the "normal" range. BTW signs for me were low body temp and losing outside ends of eyebrows...