Re: Evaluation of Women Who Gained Weight on Bee's Program

[Guest guest]

Hi Bee,

 

I am 31 and would like to begin your program. I used to weigh a healthy 120-130

lbs some years back.I am 5ft 2 inches tall. About 4 years ago I moved to a

different location and my health took a turn for the worse and I went down to

below 100 lbs. A year later my baby was born and after that I was completely

unable to regain any weight.Now I am just about 100 lbs but I am desperate to

gain weight. My ribs show and most of my body fat is gone. I do not look that

terrible, but I know it is not healthy. I have been taking clove tea, coconut

oil and cayenne pepper and almost eliminated sugar, plus I take no dairy and

hardly any fruit. My body produces very little estrogen now that my weight is

too low. Please advise how and where I should begin with your program. I live in

Africa now so some of the products you advise are not available.

 

Much appreciated. I wish the other women who have gained weight would appreciate

what they have! Here curvaceous women are considered highly attractive.

 

Thank you Bee for your great work.

 

 

[Guest guest]

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> So weight may be a matter of what a person " thinks " they should weight, rather

than what the body needs to weigh. Women don't like it when the size they are

" used to " wearing no longer fits them.

******Thanks Bee. I suppose this goes along with trusting the wisdom of the body

and it's healing process.

>

> I've known some people who would rather look good and be slim rather than be

healthy. If you are one of those people you shouldn't be on my program.

*******Although this statement is true of me in my youth, I no longer want to be

this person. I want to stay the course and gain my health.

Thanks for the frank evaluation.

Nina

[Guest guest]

Hi!

Just wanted to say how I find it funny that a woman who is from Africa, where

they do not have access to food in the gluttonous way we do, says that curvy

ladies are beautiful there, when here, where there is food everywhere, really

skinny women are for some reason thought to be beautiful.

I personally like to work out and take care of my health. Fitting into clothes

is a bonus. I look at most of these models and think it is gross to be that

skinny. Societies picture of the ideal women is very unrealistic. Most men I

know like " real " women. Not the barbie doll on your tv screen. They have

personal trainers and chefs.

I am going to cut down my workouts and if I gain some weight on this diet, who

cares? I will finally be healthy, which is the point.

Thanks again Bee and the crew, you really make a difference and you have great

patience in dealing with everyone!

Sharona

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I received 10 questionnaires from women who said they gained weight on my

program. I did not include two women in my evaluation because:

>

> -One woman is over 55 years old, had diabetes and many hormonal issues, and

has only been on my program 14 months so her body hasn't had enough time to

normalize any weight issues.

>

> -One woman only started on my program 1 month ago, and is still taking

> medications.

>

> The good new IS that all of the other 8 women are in the normal weight range,

so even though they may have gained weight, their weight is closer to normal

now, and none of them are overweight!

>

> All 8 women, except 1, have also had great improvements in their health. One

woman has been on my program 19 months but claims she has had no improvements in

her health, which I find hard to believe, yet she is also in the normal weight

range.

>

> So weight may be a matter of what a person " thinks " they should weight, rather

than what the body needs to weigh. Women don't like it when the size they are

" used to " wearing no longer fits them.

>

> I've known some people who would rather look good and be slim rather than be

healthy. If you are one of those people you shouldn't be on my program.

>

> The best in health, Bee

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, Sharona:

I too think it's strange how skinny models are supposed to be here (think

" heroin chic " --yecch). I am 6'1 " and took a few modeling lessons 40 years ago,

but even then I wasn't skinny enough for that business.

Cheers.

Pam Maltzman

[Guest guest]

Hi, Bee:

I guess I should just keep on doing what I'm doing, then, and let the healing

come in its own good time. Kind of what I thought would need to happen.

I'm not super worried about looking good rather than being healthy... obviously

I do want to be healthy more than anything else. I was getting a bit worried

that I was blimping up so much that a lot of clothes wouldn't fit any longer.

(Hey, it was hard to find clothes that fit even when I was thin.)

Like I said, I'm glad that I don't have to work in someone else's office and

commute. I can work in sweat pants and a T-shirt if I want to.

It does irk me when (for instance) some rude person sneers at the way I look and

is obviously assuming that being thin is everything. (Fortunately, not the man

I live with--but, for instance, an uncle used to constantly ask me how much I

weighed).

Even when I was still going to " regular doctors " at the county health clinic up

here, one of them told me I should lose weight and the diabetes would not be an

issue. Told him I was on a low-carb diet.

For some people, they just don't look beyond " looks. "

Pam Maltzman

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I received 10 questionnaires from women who said they gained weight on my

program. I did not include two women in my evaluation because:

>

> -One woman is over 55 years old, had diabetes and many hormonal issues, and

has only been on my program 14 months so her body hasn't had enough time to

normalize any weight issues.

[Guest guest]

Hi Bee

I was not sure if I should post this or not since it is not saying exactly what

we are saying here, but it is saying some very similar things. I have lost a lot

of weight on this program, but I am still overweight by the medical fields

standards. This does not worry me at all, since I am becoming increasingly well

in all of the areas that I need to, and eventually I am certain my weight will

settle at the weight that is best for me

Anyway, here is one article I read that reasures me that my outlook is correct

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4468001.stm

Kind regards

Joanne