I lost some more weight this week and know you all can do it too! Please don't be discouraged. After reading so many people who write about gaining, it's easy to get frustrated. It is not easy to lose after having gallbladder surgery. It takes more time but rapid weight loss is not healthy and it causes gallstones so maybe it's a blessing in disguise!
There are some other changes I had to make to lose weight that I forgot to mention in my prior post. In addition to a low fat vegan diet, I only eat organic food. Eating organic is VERY important because conventional foods contain stimulants/hormones/steroids that make the plants/animals get big, eat more and gain weight fast. The stimulants have the same effect on you. (That is why kids are so big now and why they are developing prematurely, and it is a problem). I avoid eating anything that is stored in plastic - this is not easy - because plastics contain endocrine disruptors. Store your foods in glass containers, drink water in glass bottles, take out in paper boxes, etc. I walk every day for at least 45 minutes.
My vitamin D was also low. My B12 was low along with all fat soluble vitamins. Also, many people test within normal limits for thyroid but still are borderline. I am *not^ endorsing any particular site or products but www.gallbladderattack.com makes a lot of sense to me. You don't even need to buy the products to benefit from the knowledge there. They have a section on thyroid as well. Supplementing fat soluble vitamins is vary important as is taking a good multivitamin DAILY. Without a gallbladder, compromised digestion means vitamin and mineral absorption is less than ideal.
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I lost some more weight this week and know you all can do it too! Please don't be discouraged. After reading so many people who write about gaining, it's easy to get frustrated. It is not easy to lose after having gallbladder surgery. It takes more time but rapid weight loss is not healthy and it causes gallstones so maybe it's a blessing in disguise!
There are some other changes I had to make to lose weight that I forgot to mention in my prior post. In addition to a low fat vegan diet, I only eat organic food. Eating organic is VERY important because conventional foods contain stimulants/hormones/steroids that make the plants/animals get big, eat more and gain weight fast. The stimulants have the same effect on you. (That is why kids are so big now and why they are developing prematurely, and it is a problem). I avoid eating anything that is stored in plastic - this is not easy - because plastics contain endocrine disruptors. Store your foods in glass containers, drink water in glass bottles, take out in paper boxes, etc. I walk every day for at least 45 minutes.
My vitamin D was also low. My B12 was low along with all fat soluble vitamins. Also, many people test within normal limits for thyroid but still are borderline. I am *not^ endorsing any particular site or products but www.gallbladderattack.com makes a lot of sense to me. You don't even need to buy the products to benefit from the knowledge there. They have a section on thyroid as well. Supplementing fat soluble vitamins is vary important as is taking a good multivitamin DAILY. Without a gallbladder, compromised digestion means vitamin and mineral absorption is less than ideal.
October 26, 2011 - 7:01pmThis Comment
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