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skcin · #31 07-14-2006, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

More like apples and pears. So, there's a fun project for when you come up for the Petty shows.

You just know that there will end up be a photo of all of us lined up together, side by side, ass to ass.

Well, hip to hip, but ass to ass sounds funnier

amber · #32 07-14-2006, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jannieC

I just weighed myself this morning- actually closer to 145 but ANYWAY, I saw your bathing suit pictures Amber, and you are the epitome of TONE whereas I am the epitome of flab.

How do those vitamin supplements help ith weight loss Amber?

Oh, that's sweet, but I'm sure you look great. Anyway - about the suppliments - they just do!
Ha, no, the coconut oil is the most healthful oil, and you need fat to process fat. Something about it being a medium chain lipid and some other factors make it good for you. It also has antibacterial and other properties. There was a girl actually on here (and I've read other stories) who went on the coconut diet, and she lost 30 lbs she didn't know she had to lose, her skin cleared up, and many more health benefits. It's practically magical, look it up online!

Flaxseed Oil/fish Oil is important for a similar, though not identical reason - They contain Omega 3 fatty acids in addition to the Omega 6 that is the fat in every other food we eat. Except walnuts, they have Omega 3, too. Anyway, you need the Omega 3 for various important body functions, but the weight loss comes in because you can't efficiently process the Omega 6 fats from everything else without the Omega 3. In general, you should be trying to get as high of a percentage of your fat as possible from "good fats" anyway.
Calcium - I don't know why, just needed in the process, it's one of those "studies have shown, and me and all my friends, too, that calcium helps with weight loss"

skcin · #33 07-14-2006, 01:33 PM

I've heard about coconut oil from a few people. A girl I know started cooking everything in coconut oil (well, not everything, I mean the stuff she used to cook in olive or veggie oil) and lost about 30 pounds within 6 months. She didn't really do anything else either - didn't dramatically increase her activity or anything, didn't cut calories, didn't eliminate anything from her diet. She did up her water intake, but that's about it.

amber · #34 07-14-2006, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

I've heard about coconut oil from a few people. A girl I know started cooking everything in coconut oil (well, not everything, I mean the stuff she used to cook in olive or veggie oil) and lost about 30 pounds within 6 months. She didn't really do anything else either - didn't dramatically increase her activity or anything, didn't cut calories, didn't eliminate anything from her diet. She did up her water intake, but that's about it.

really? I didn't know you knew a coconut person!

That's good. It's very healthy besides weight loss, too. My coat is shiny and full, my eyes are bright....

SuzeQuze · #35 07-14-2006, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by The Tower

If I didn't already love you more than I did before- I do love you more now. Jeezus.... Your inate compassion is just.... you're a good woman Suze.

Thanks Towie! :blushes: You made my day.

Street Angel · #36 07-14-2006, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

I've heard about coconut oil from a few people. A girl I know started cooking everything in coconut oil (well, not everything, I mean the stuff she used to cook in olive or veggie oil) and lost about 30 pounds within 6 months. She didn't really do anything else either - didn't dramatically increase her activity or anything, didn't cut calories, didn't eliminate anything from her diet. She did up her water intake, but that's about it.

I can hardly believe that - did *she* claim she didn't do anything else but cook everything in coconut oil? That oil may do a lot of useful things to your body but it certainly doesn't make you burn fat like crazy on its own without any other "activities" (like sports, cutting calories etc.).

amber · #37 07-14-2006, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Street Angel

I can hardly believe that - did *she* claim she didn't do anything else but cook everything in coconut oil? That oil may do a lot of useful things to your body but it certainly doesn't make you burn fat like crazy on its own without any other "activities" (like sports, cutting calories etc.).

Yeah it does, apparently. Or rather, it makes your body use fat differently, so that you do lose weight. Besides, I don't know what is so hard to believe, 30 pounds in 6 months is hardly rapid weight loss - 5 lbs a month?

Have you read other things about this, online or anything? I've read several similar accounts, myself.
But perhaps this girl was already exercising and eating well, but had reached a plateau, and the coconut oil made the difference.

Janet · #38 07-15-2006, 02:40 AM

Tower...Jan is fine. But in "real life", my grandmother ...who is also Janet...is Jan and I am Janet. No one calls me Jan.

I won't even reveal my weight. I am 5'9 so I weigh a lot more than many women and I'll never weigh 120 or anything because I don't think my body was made that small.

But it's not about number...it IS about how you feel. If you were a size 8 and went to a size 10 and that doesn't fit right ( that's me) then...ok. I did weigh myself and MY GOD I gained A LOT. But honestly...if I lose only 15 pounds ( really I need to lose 30) and fit back into an 8..then I am happy with that. I just want to FEEL good about myself...numbers never meant a thing to me.

jannieC · #39 07-15-2006, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Janet

Tower...Jan is fine. But in "real life", my grandmother ...who is also Janet...is Jan and I am Janet. No one calls me Jan.

My dad used to call me Jan or Jannie. My husband ressurected "Jannie" sevreal years ago, and now a lot of people call me that. (Oh, and a size 8 or even 10 at 5'9"- seriously- that's great!)

Street Angel · #40 07-15-2006, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

Yeah it does, apparently. Or rather, it makes your body use fat differently, so that you do lose weight. Besides, I don't know what is so hard to believe, 30 pounds in 6 months is hardly rapid weight loss - 5 lbs a month?

Have you read other things about this, online or anything? I've read several similar accounts, myself.
But perhaps this girl was already exercising and eating well, but had reached a plateau, and the coconut oil made the difference.

Don't get me wrong, 30 pounds in 6 months *is* possible, I don't doubt that at all. And it also sounds like a reasonable and healthy time span to lose it (Good day, yo-yo)

But you already pointed out the difference, Amber - she was perhaps already exercising and eating well. Oils *are* making a difference, it is often recommended you use sesame/olive/coconut etc. oil rather than margarine or butter because the lipids are used better by your body. What I did *not* believe is the claim that she did nothing but use coconut oil. If you eat too much and/or the wrong things you can use as much coconut oil as you want - it won't make you slim. It just reminded me a bit of these commercials for magical weight-loss belts and fat-burning teas - "And even though I ran 20 miles a day I even gained ten pounds, but then... Karen, I swear to God, I only drank my Supernova Bye Bye Weight Tea twice a day and sixty pounds were gone in 10 days"

skcin · #41 07-17-2006, 10:23 AM

^ I know what you mean, but it wasn't like that. She didn't say "using coconut oil made me lose 500 pounds in a week!" or anything

. I think in general she drank more water, which usually makes you full & helps you eat less anyway, plus the coconut oil which apparently changes the way your body absorbs fat. She does not have time to work out, as she's a full time working mom of 4 kids.

Keeping up with them is enough of a workout.

amber · #42 07-17-2006, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

^ I know what you mean, but it wasn't like that. She didn't say "using coconut oil made me lose 500 pounds in a week!" or anything

. I think in general she drank more water, which usually makes you full & helps you eat less anyway, plus the coconut oil which apparently changes the way your body absorbs fat. She does not have time to work out, as she's a full time working mom of 4 kids.

Keeping up with them is enough of a workout.

Yeah. that's what I meant. Changes the way your body metabolizes/absorbs fat.