damiso:


Just logged In but based on following comments your baked goods sounded yummy ( where is that iphone lip licking emoticon).

I just eat almonds and looooove them . They are my standard go to snack but very calorie dense so these days I try to measure my portions cos if I don't I could go through a 200 gram bag in one sitting. I love almond croissants dieeee but these days they are a treat

EfemenaXY:




How's the exercise regime going. Days are longer, mornings are still cool, so squeezing in a 45 min - 1 hr morning run is a breeze. Sooooo refreshing.

Hadn't been running consistently and was worried I might have shin splints or wobbly knees after hibernating but thankfully none of those.

Mrs0J:
Na wa oo, no pictures for motivation

Chillisauce:

Gentiejag:
Hi, everyone.

Read these page through from start to finish. Wonder why I am just seeing this. Well. I started my weight loss journey over 11months ago. May 2 would make it a year now...would have lost the kg faster than that but I kinda got stuck on my scale October-Dec....

I have lost 30kg and at my ideal BMI now. I want to resume maintenance soon. Most likely in May (after I must have celebrated with loads of junk on May 2..lol). I think here is good for me.

Can't remember all names but thanks for this thread, wish I had seen it earlier, but seems I was even stricter with my diet sef...thanks ALL.

**pitching my tent here**

Mrs0J:


Pls do you mind sharing your routine.

I took exercise serious last year November-December and lost 5kg(88-83).
Waiting for school resumption to start my exercise again and healthy eating.

Mrs0J:


Pls do you mind sharing your routine.

I took exercise serious last year November-December and lost 5kg(88-83).
Waiting for school resumption to start my exercise again and healthy eating.

Chillisauce:


You don't have to wait for school reopening before staring a regime. Just start it. Eat lots of green vegetables first before eating your starchy food. Eat the healthy stuff first before eating junks. Just little by little. For instance. These days I don't even check calories or exercise much but I make sure I get all my veges and friut on the table. It's a long time lifestyle not a seasonal one. The kids are now towing my path when they see the look on my face eating my veges. .
The last time my girl was eating her green bean and dancing at same time.

Start by making healthy stuff. Place it with other meals. Gradually the lifestyle will come to stay.

It's up to you. If you cant stand the vegetables try eating them with hot spicy stew or sauce. That's how I started

This time last yr I rarely eat veges but now...
Infact my waste products are Usually green in color.

Gentiejag:


I jog every morning...40 mins (couldn't spare more than those minutes because of work and my location). When I got stuck on my scale, I had to add skipping in the evenings to make it move. Started with 300 ropes then increased it with a 100 as the days passed...

Chillisauce:


You don't have to wait for school reopening before staring a regime. Just start it. Eat lots of green vegetables first before eating your starchy food. Eat the healthy stuff first before eating junks. Just little by little. For instance. These days I don't even check calories or exercise much but I make sure I get all my veges and friut on the table. It's a long time lifestyle not a seasonal one. The kids are now towing my path when they see the look on my face eating my veges. .
The last time my girl was eating her green bean and dancing at same time.

Start by making healthy stuff. Place it with other meals. Gradually the lifestyle will come to stay.

It's up to you. If you cant stand the vegetables try eating them with hot spicy stew or sauce. That's how I started

This time last yr I rarely eat veges but now...
Infact my waste products are Usually green in color.

Mrs0J:


Nice one, keep it up. Clothes I couldn't wear after my second child now fits in. Needs go shed more and then maintain it. My journey is long term, for life

Chillisauce:


You don't have to wait for school reopening before staring a regime. Just start it. Eat lots of green vegetables first before eating your starchy food. Eat the healthy stuff first before eating junks. Just little by little. For instance. These days I don't even check calories or exercise much but I make sure I get all my veges and friut on the table. It's a long time lifestyle not a seasonal one. The kids are now towing my path when they see the look on my face eating my veges. .
The last time my girl was eating her green bean and dancing at same time.

Start by making healthy stuff. Place it with other meals. Gradually the lifestyle will come to stay.

It's up to you. If you cant stand the vegetables try eating them with hot spicy stew or sauce. That's how I started

This time last yr I rarely eat veges but now...
Infact my waste products are Usually green in color.

armyofone:
Ladies, was told my iron is low even though i have been on iron suppliment....and the doc is planning to have me go on BC (Mirena or nexplanon)
I'm not really a fan and it's so confusing and draining.
I'm so getting twisted with the side effects I read about (weight gain, mood swing, depression) etc
I eat healthy so not sure what is going on.

EfemenaXY, Chillisauce, Kimoni, damiso, Edwife etc

armyofone:
Ladies, was told my iron is low even though i have been on iron suppliment....and the doc is planning to have me go on BC (Mirena or nexplanon)
I'm not really a fan and it's so confusing and draining.
I'm so getting twisted with the side effects I read about (weight gain, mood swing, depression) etc
I eat healthy so not sure what is going on.

EfemenaXY, Chillisauce, Kimoni, damiso, Edwife etc

Kimoni:


Does the issue stem from your genotype?

I am AC and tend to have this issue during pregnancies or when I overwork myself but it normalizes once I start my iron supplements, take enough greens and give myself enough rest.

Pls take enough greens and rest well. I'm sure you'll be just fine.

EfemenaXY:


You've just made me do a quick search on AC genotypes.

AC? Didn't even know they existed. So does that mean when choosing spouses, those with AS genotypes should be off limits for AC's? I suppose so...

Kimoni:


Yeah, off limits. The blood cells are 'C" in shape and not "S" otherwise they have the same characteristics though doctors say the "C" is somewhat stronger than the "S".

Again, the "C" trait is found much more in the Caribbean, so you can guess where I truly come from but in the African continent, it's found more in Ghana.

There are other funny shapes/alphabets actually. I didn't realize this too until I retook the test in UK and had to go for for counselling. I thought the Jamaican woman attending to me was counting A, B, C...when she was listing the other alphabets that existed. lol

armyofone:
Ladies, was told my iron is low even though i have been on iron suppliment....and the doc is planning to have me go on BC (Mirena or nexplanon)
I'm not really a fan and it's so confusing and draining.
I'm so getting twisted with the side effects I read about (weight gain, mood swing, depression) etc
I eat healthy so not sure what is going on.

EfemenaXY, Chillisauce, Kimoni, damiso, Edwife etc

Kimoni:


Yeah, off limits. The blood cells are 'C" in shape and not "S" otherwise they have the same characteristics though doctors say the "C" is somewhat stronger than the "S".

Again, the "C" trait is found much more in the Caribbean, so you can guess where I truly come from but in the African continent, it's found more in Ghana.

There are other funny shapes/alphabets actually. I didn't realize this too until I retook the test in UK and had to go for for counselling. I thought the Jamaican woman attending to me was counting A, B, C...when she was listing the other alphabets that existed. lol

damiso:


I have an uncle who is SC. Has similar traits to SS but if they take care of themselves could lead fairly healthy lives.

He is now in his late forties.

EfemenaXY:


I read somewhere or was told long ago (can't remember which), that we - most West African ladies - tend to be anemic anyway, but pregnancy exacerbates the condition. Also, having really heavy flows during your monthly cycle sort of "worsens" it. Don't worry, I've been there too. Infact my Iron levels were so low at one point I was put on an intense 4 month course of Ferrous Sulphates. You'll know when it gets bad 'cos you suddenly get this craving for really dry, dusty stuff - a condition called "PICA".

I don't know about BC (Mirena or nexplanon) as I've never been put on them, but what I do know is that increasing your intake of dark green vegetables should help, plus Iron rich foods like red meat, plantains, etc.

With the side effects you've just mentioned, I'd be worried too if I were in your shoes. Why not seek a second opinion? You never know what the result could be. In the meantime, keep eating clean, exercising and getting as much rest as you can.

Kimoni:


Exactly what they say, that it's very possible in a lot of cases for SCs' to have little or no crises in their lifetime.

Kimoni:


[size=4pt]Lol...let me look for trouble small
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Efe, how come the emboldened is the first point you mentioned? Just asking ooo lol

Army, oya bianeba

**open your eyes let me look deeply
**open your palms, I need to observe something very important

Hmnnnnn...babes, what have you been up to recently

damiso:


Yes they can. He did use to have a lot of crises when he was much younger (mostly by wanting to do omo boy and not taking care of himself especially when he was in Uni) but as he grew older and was much more conscious of His health the crises are now far and in between.

I am AS and also had to have counselling when pregnant as well. [b]They insisted on testing hubby again o [/b]even when I kept telling them that he was AA. They said they needed to be sure as they had a lot of cases of couples lying about their genotype.

Kimoni:


They must test again ooo

I even made the mistake of telling them the initial tests were done in Naija...choi!! Big error

She started telling me the history of how many wrong results that people have brought from Naija and was recounting the experiences one after the other...Hahahaha I had to shut her down by asking her to tell me how many wrong results they have also seen from Jamaica.

It was later I realized after reading so many experiences of others that a lot of Naija hospitals truly make errors in telling people their correct genotype. Can't explain why.

Kimoni:


[size=4pt]Lol...let me look for trouble small
[/size]
Efe, how come the emboldened is the first point you mentioned? Just asking ooo lol

Army, oya bianeba

**open your eyes let me look deeply
**open your palms, I need to observe something very important

Hmnnnnn...babes, what have you been up to recently