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Today I started a new weight loss program called the 6 Week Body Makeover by Micheal Thurman. Has anyone ever heard or tried it? Well it basically tells you to cut out eating foods that are making you fat for your specific body type. Also it gives you a full refund if you don't lose at least 30 lbs at the end of your 6wks. Sounds to good to be true huh? Well I have tried everything so I can zip my wedding dress all the way up in June, but everything I've tried I can't seem to stick to. Plus I know for sure that I need like a day to day guide line for myself to go by as far as what I can eat to help me loose weight. Anyway, while I was sitting in class earlier today, I started to feel weird, and have that uncomfortable feeling like I was going to fall, faint or passout. Lord knows it has been several months since I have experienced those symptoms. It scared me bcuz, I haven't felt those sensations in so long, I started to go back to those dark thoughts again, I might die, I don't want to pass out in front of everyone, I want to hurry up and get out of here, what if this, and what if that!! NO!!! I don't know if it was bcuz I changed my foods, and my body was getting a shock or what? The program does not supply the food or nothing like that, we have to buy our own at our own grocery store. Also, have been having these low blood sugar moments going on for weeks now, and it makes me think I could be a diabetic. I got checked for diabetes like 3-5 times a month almost all last year, bcuz I was always in the ER bcuz I was having a hard time with my anxiety, and panic attacks, before they knew what was going on with me, when they'd run a bunch of tests. However, my blood sugar was always were it needed to be! But since I got laid off from my job last July, I don't have med ins., so I haven't been checked since before then. Does anyone go through bouts of low blood sugar often through the day, could it be a symptom of the ol' anxiety?? Anyway, I hope I can stick to this weight loss program, bcuz I don't know what I will do if I can't fit my dress in 3 short months!!!! Love ya stress center friends!

Hi Brandi-

Everytime you eat, have some protein and fats or protein and carbs. This will help you even out the blood sugar swings. And eat about every 4 hours. So 3 meals and 2 snacks per day.

I wouldn't recommend going under about 1200 calories per day-- even if you want to lose a ton of weight quick. You will slow down your metabolism and cannabalize your muscle and after a while when you quit being so rigid, you will gain all your weight back and more.

Do you exercise? Do you do any weightlifting? That will help build muscle mass and increase your metabolism. You need to do it at least twice per week.

Good luck.

I went to the ER bcuz I was very uncomfortable about the blood sugar situation. I don't have ins. so that's why I went to the ER. They did check my blood sugar level with a glucose meter 2 different times and both times my blood sugar was normal, 74, and then 83 before I left the ER, even though they said it was kinda low. They did not however do more blood work to ck other things, that's what I was hoping for too. So, I do get ins., in less than a month, so I can go to the doctor to have lab work done. In the mean time, I just need to take in more protein in, to keep my blood sugar at bay. So all is well, and I think it also has to do a little with my good ol' anxiety!

Hi Brandi
I hope you are feeling better. I had ordered that diet many years ago and wish I could have seen what the meal recommendations for me were before I bought it. It ended up that I was to have no beef and eat mostly Salmon,Cod, white meat chicken and watermelon, honeydew and radishes and cucumbers. I hate all of those. I mean totally gag on them. Well not the chicken or cod. No fruits but berries. No peaches or nanners or nectarines or apples. I should have got my money back. It was such a bummer. It's just so unrealistic to expect real life eating to be limited to like 6 things?! I know some have had amazing results from the program. I hope it's working for you and that you are starting to feel lots better.
J~