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Old April 14th, 2009, 01:24 PM
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Default Re: Not Losing? Maybe you are a "Wait and Whoosh" body type

Mmmkay, my mom gained this week and is contemplating a fish sandwich (her fave). Only a pound, but she gained a pound last week too. She is up to 30g of carbs and is inconsolable.

I feel weird telling her what to do as I average about 80g a day and my diet looks more "normal," (i.e., more like the SAD) than hers does. Also, I struggled A LOT with the carb ladder and basically upped exercise (a lot) to urge up my CCLL. She is 62 and power walks for health, but can't do much more.

Sigh.

Should I suggest that she move back to 25 grams? She is really urgent about weight loss following a not-so-good doc's visit earlier this year.

I want to tell her to ...