I'm trying to get back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I am 23 years old have two children, a two year old and one year old. I used to be between 125-130 lbs before my first pregnancy. Since then, I've gained up to 70+ pounds during both pregnancies, and have managed to slim down to 140 lbs.
I haven't made much progress since. I guess I've hit a plateau. Some people may think that 10 extra pounds isn't a big difference, but I definitely feel it when I wear my clothes. Plus, I have some extra skin from having my tummy stretch too far with my small 5'3" frame.
During the next few weeks, I will experiment with different diets and compare my progress of each one. This week, I'm starting on the Candida diet (similiar to the Atkins diet).
Recently, I've been having re-occurring fungal skin infections. I did some research, and due to some articles and studies I found on the internet, I suspect that I may be pre-diabetic. Diabetics have various skin issues, especially fungal infections; so the Candida (yeast/fungal) diet is designed similiarly to the Atkins diet (which caters to diabetics).
At the end of this week, I'll be posting a new blog with my progress and results. Wish me luck!!
My mother had great success with this diet a couple of times, but it's very hard to maintain. No dairy, no fruit, no bread - basically meat, eggs, beans, and veggies. There are some great lists online that tell you exactly what foods you can have, and then you can mix and match them to your heart's content.
ReplyI think this is a harsh type of diet for dieting. I was on it for over 6 months because of a yeast overgrowth and it is tough. There is sugar and yeast in soo many things, you pretty much have to give up all convenient food. And the funny thing is I didn't lose weight (however, I had a pretty clean diet to begin with). However, you might be on the right track with mixing up your diet, but this one is really hard to stick to.
ReplyEating so-called "clean food" has no relationship to weight loss.
You can get fat by "eating clean". Sorry.
ReplyThis is foolish. You're on your way to becoming another dieting statistic.
ReplyThe BEST way to prevent Candida from taking up residence on your body is to build up your body's own natural flora of beneficial bacteria. If you eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, yogurts, etc., the good bacteria will feed on the fiber in them and start inhabiting your digestive tract. And the Candida won't be able to start a colonization...problem solved. Incidentally, I eat a diet that's very rich in "prebiotics"...fruits/veggies, etc. and I have never had a yeast infection, UTI, and I haven't been sick since the year 2000 (which was before I started eating healthy).
ReplyCandida actually occurs naturally in humans, but can cause an infection in immunosuppressed people. While a healthy person won't end up with candida "out of control", someone who has been on antibiotics or has some immune problem won't fend it off just by eating healthy.
ReplyI'm sorry, and I know this was an old post, but your comment is uneducated and I had to say something for the other people that may be reading this.
There ARE medical conditions that prevent weightloss no matter how much you diet and exercise...period
For example, I have hypothyroid. I consume 1200 calories a day and do intense cardio for 60 minutes before work and 60 minutes after. This is in addition to walking at work 3-4 times a day for roughly 10 minutes each.
What have I gotten for my efforts? I have lost 0 pounds since June of 09, but I have not gained either...yay me I guess.
I'm not slamming you, but you should be careful when you make uneducated comments such as the one above.
ReplyOoooh! Here's an idea! Cut your calories and exercise.
There is no magic diet. The only diet that works reduces calories below that which your body requires to maintain its current weight. Period. End of story.
ReplyGeeze Barry, chill! sometimes that really doesn't work- just reducing calories and exercising. if there is an infection in your body or your adrenal is deflated or other reasons- reducing calories and exercising won't fix the bloating and other things related to candida.
Replyyou know you really don't know everything and could benefit from some sincerety. give her a break, she is trying to do something to help herself, all you're doing is putting her down. please stop, no one wants to hear it.
I second that, Lindsay.
My cousin has been trying to treat this so called "candida infection" in her digestive system for 6 months with diet changes (no vinegar, no bread, no yeast (obviously), no dairy, almost no sugar) and she's been taking probiotics and some natural suppliment that whole time.
She is still having issues...
Any thoughts/recommendations....
ReplyI tried this diet about 12 years back. I went so far as to get my doctor to prescribe lamisil, an oral antifungal. I did this not for weight loss but because I was experiencing the litany of symptoms that are associated with "candida overgrowth". While I felt enourmously better on this diet I soon realized that it wasn't the whole picture. At my fathers suggestion I tried a gluten free diet. That completed the circle for me. Within a few weeks I noticed a significant difference.
I now suspect that the damage that celiac disease does to the gut allows an overgrowth of candida that contributes to a lot of the neurological symptoms associated with gluten intolerance / celiac disease.
ReplyI can't stand when people hear something about a diet restriction, and just assume it's a fad. Although the author is making it seem like Candida is a weight-loss diet, it's a diet for the CONDITION of Candida, that happens to be similar to Atkins. Candida is a yeast everyone has, but when there's an overgrowth in your digestive tract, then the condition is known as Candida. For me, i knew it got bad because i would have maaaaajor digestion problems and would never go to the bathroom. Plus a spit test sealed the deal.
Refined sugars, raw sugars, fruit (except lemon/lime/grapefruit), white carbs, wheat, gluten, peanuts, cow's dairy, pasturized vinegar, as well as mushrooms feed the yeast, that's why it cannot be had. HOWEVER you can have millet, amaranth, BROWN rice, cassava, organic meat, eggs, GOAT dairy, cottage cheese, butter, coconut oil (which helps), seeds, and plennnnnty or green vegetables.
ReplyA better description of a Candida diet is a mix between Atkins & Alkaline diet which allows [organic] meat. Alkaline foods are very necessary to live.
Also wanted to add I agree Tony Zara in that [BROWN] -gluten-free is the best way to go. Much more easy to digest and get benefits from.
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