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The body is smart. It knows that it was starved and it is fighting to get its weight back. It was so easy at first, but now I have to fight harder every year. To lose the rest of the weight, you will have to eat less calories than you are burning. I can do that when I make up my mind and you can too.
Protein is just one part of the equation. You need to consider how many carbs, how many grams of fat, how many calories, how much water, and how much exercise you are getting.
MyFitnessPal is an excellent app that many of us use to know exactly what we are eating. Daily weighing is also essential to me.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
Right now, you are expending as many calories as you are taking in. You'll need to take in fewer calories if you want to drop some more weight.
Do you weigh your food, and track every bite? That's the only way to be certain how much you're taking in. Cut back a little, be consistent, and you will lose more.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
Hello Anyone,
I have done well losing weight since October last year. I am just 2 stone out from my perfect target weight which will be 100% excess weight loss but weight is not coming off.
These last 4 weeks it has gone down 2lbs then up 2lbs then down and this week up again. Any hints and tips would so be appreciated.
The dietician states that this is due to the metabolic cells adjusting as they now require less calories to survive following in essence, a year of starvation. Rather than the physics I just want to get back to weight loss. Any ideas?
I usually hit over 60 grams of protein daily so what am I doing or not doing?
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I just came back from shopping and got so depressed about how fat I got again that I signed on here for the first time in years. I'll too be 8 yrs in March and I gained back 62 lbs. To be totally honest, I have averaged about a 10 lb gain each year so it wasn't due to an injury or anything. Though I did injure my ankle last summer (2018) and haven't been able to exercise regularly since. I finally had surgery this past August to repair a torn Achilles. I'm still healing so I still can't workout but I need to get my eating under control again! Thanks for posting and I hope we both can get back on track!
4' 11" HW 218 SW 214 Original Goal of 125 in 8.5 mos Lowest Weight 119 CW 133 Trying to get back in the 122-128 range
No advice. I am in a very similar boat. 8 years out-- had lost all EWL. Heart condition developed last March and one of the drugs to manage it has rapid weight gain as a side effect. Between that and not exercising gained 60 pounds with no end in sight and I need to figure out a way to get a handle on this. I know what I need to do for sure- back to basics and get exercising again. If you check my blog posts somewhere in there I wrote up what the back to basics part means in detail. Now it is a matter of implementing it. Will be asking the cardiologist also if there might be a drug alternative without the rapid weight gain part for me as well.
Surgeon: Chengelis Surgery on 12/19/2011 A little less carb eating compared to my weight loss phase loose sleever here!
1Mo: -21 2Mo: -16 3Mo: -12 4MO - 13 5MO: -11 6MO: -10 7MO: -10.3 8MO: -6 Goal in 8 months 4 days!! 6' 2'' EWL 103% Starting size 28 or 4x (tight) now size 12 or large, shoe size 12 w to 10.5 150+ pounds lost
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Every time you feel hungry and it's not mealtime, drink a glass of water. That will probably keep the hunger pangs away for at least a half hour. Plus, it's great practice for after surgery, when you will need to get in lots of fluids.
I assume you're allowed diet jello. It only fills you up for a short time, but it feels like you're eating something and gives you something to do.
So glad to be of help!
One more tip: Start weighing or measuring everything you eat. We humans are very unreliable at "eyeballing" portions, so this will help keep you from overeating. This is especially important after surgery, because you don't want to overfill your stomach. I even weigh things that are ultra-low in calories, like raw veggies, not to control the number of calories, but so that I don't eat too much at once and feel uncomfortable. Over time I have learned how much it takes of different foods to satisfy me, which is a big help in planning.
I recommend getting a scale so you don't have to constantly wash measuring cups. It will seem like a big chore at first, but it gets easier as it becomes a habit. For example, if I'm making something with several ingredients, I first put the bowl on the scale and zero it. Then I add the second ingredient until I've got the right weight. Then I zero the scale again. Next I add the second ingredient, and so on.
Welcome back! I'm back - for the same reason. My stumbling block was that I retired. And sat down. As long as I was working, I moved enough every day that I lost weight - slowly but steadily - never quite reaching my goal. But when I stopped just normal daily activity - the weight crept back on. I just damn refused to go to the gym! This past spring I tried to walk - doc said: Don't worry about the gym. JUST WALK! Within 2 weeks I was back at the doctor's office with a bone spur in my hip and tears in my eyes. I was on a walker. I was in pain. It took 2 months in physical therapy to get rid of the walker (and the limp!) and I was advised NOT to walk! It's the stationary bike for me. I set my own goals, go when it's convenient, and just try to do better than last time. Sometimes it's all I can do to just show up. The weight is coming off again - slowly. Everybody is different. For me it's not the food so much as the exercise. It improves my stamina and my mood when I go to the gym. I just turned 70 and I'm doing better than I have in years.
Just keep looking for what works for YOU. The only thing I did that I have never let up on is I no longer do bubbles. I was a Diet Coke-aholic. I put off the surgery for years because I didn't think I could give up bubbles. I gave up bubbles for 6 weeks prior to my surgery and never looked back. I'm not perfect. I drink more coffee (and tea) than I should. Maybe I'm being superstitious but I believe that's the reason my GERD is gone for good! I never thought I could live without the little purple pill, but it is also gone for good. I drank a wine cooler one day and thought I was going to DIE! (Dummy me didn't know they were carbonated!) ? And I drank a beer once. (Same!) ? When there is absolutely nothing else available I drink lemonade. Even if it has sugar, I just sip a little. But NO bubbles!
Okay. One day I was just dying for a Diet Coke. I gave in and chugged back a big, refreshing gulp! I'm glad I did it. I nearly gagged! That stuff tastes like a bunch of chemicals and I will never think about it again! ???
Thank you those things are very helpful and will be put to good use. I'm really trying to prepare myself and that may just be the Edge i needed so thanks again..
