Diet help!!!

[Anonymous]

Add Intermittent fasting. Eat real food, and continue with your walking and strength training. You’re making it a lot more complicated than it needs to be.

[Anonymous]

Cardio.

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Anonymous wrote:Cardio.

wrong answer. Given OP's age, she is losing muscle -fast. She needs to focus on lifting weights. Cardio is just an add-on.

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Anonymous wrote:Zero snacks, tons of water, reduce (don’t eliminate carbs). Move your body, a lot. Work up to 20,000 steps/day. Cool it with the protein, you’re not working out enough to justify. GL!

Yeah, protein drinks and bars are for hard exercisers. Otherwise they are total calorie bombs, and alone probably explain why you've put on weight so quickly.

What are you talking about? Protein shakes are not calorie bombs and aren’t just for hard exercisers. Your typical fairlife or premier protein bottle has 150 calories and 30g of protein. 1 or 2g of carbs. Great way for someone trying to lose weight to get in protein efficiently.

Yes, similar to the nutrition/macros of chicken breast so in no way a “calorie bomb.” Is the chicken probably healthier because it’s not processed? Yes, but one can only eat so much chicken or other lean meat and there’s nothing wrong with a protein shake instead of you like the taste and convenience.

In a pinch, it's okay but the takeaway from this is that quality matters. Sure a protein shake or bar has a lot of "protein" but the rest of it is crap in a wrapper. it's a candy bar, or high calorie drink. When you focus on the actual quality of what you're putting into your body, you will feel better and will be more satiated. Your blood sugar will stabilize, and your cravings will disappear. This is coming from someone who used eat protein bars for breakfast and lunch...worked out...and couldn't seem to make progress. I decided to toss those out and eat real food, not Franken-Food. I saw the difference pretty quickly. Difference in my body, my mood, my sleep, and my appetite.

That’s cool. I’ve lost 45 pounds and I drink a Fairlife protein shake every single day.

Talk about taking things out of context Did you read my entire post or just focus on one line? I didn't say don't have a protein shake. I said QUALITY MATTERS. So if you eat a nutrient rich diet, go for it. If you eat a crap diet, and all you drink is protein shakes and eat bars...your body will suffer.

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Anonymous wrote:Cardio.

wrong answer. Given OP's age, she is losing muscle -fast. She needs to focus on lifting weights. Cardio is just an add-on.

LOL! Sure, that has worked so well for her so far, as she stated herself.

[Anonymous]

At 48 its hormones. Youll have to be hungry all the time to be thin.

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Anonymous wrote:At 48 its hormones. Youll have to be hungry all the time to be thin.

Please PLEASE for the love of GOD do not listen to this person ^^^!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m 48 F and have recently gained so much weight in my stomach, butt over the past 6 weeks.
I’ve been on a yo-yo diet rollercoaster my entire 30’s-40’s and I’ve really never lost since then. Only gained.
I don’t eat that much-some have suggested I don’t eat enough (but I don’t lose weight), I workout 5 days a week with focus on strength, weights.
Now someone has said do macros, protein heavy so I’m drinking protein shakes, bars, etc.
drink alcohol 3 times a week probably.
Sedentary job but take walks. Now I’m reading I should only strength train 2 times a week.
I’m all over the place as far as what I should do because nothing seems to work (although I probably don’t give it long enough)
Should I incorporate intermittent fasting?
I’m all over the place. Any advice please! Thanks! I want to lose 20lbs and I’m short. 5 ft

You sound like you are getting too much conflicting information.

I'll pick two things to work on: 1.) Food. Lay off the protein shakes and bars. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Cut the alcohol. (There's nothing wrong with drinking three times a week, but if you are trying to lose weight, this is an easy place to save calories.)

2.) Exercise. Walk more. Incorporate bursts of speed. Strength training twice a week is good. Up your cardio and intensity and see if that helps.

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If I were you, I'd talk to a nutritionist to get some guidance on nutrition and finding an approach that will be sustainable for you, which is key. Exercise is good for your health, and weight training is important, but diet is most important in terms of weight.

I personally think 5 strength training workouts per week would be tough to do with adequate recovery. How long do you spend on each workout, and are you working toward using heavy weights? I do an upper body day, followed by a lower body day, followed by a core/upper body day, a day off, a full body day and two days off. On days off from strength, I do stretching/mobility (to help prevent injuries) and walking or more intense cardio.

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Anonymous wrote:Zero snacks, tons of water, reduce (don’t eliminate carbs). Move your body, a lot. Work up to 20,000 steps/day. Cool it with the protein, you’re not working out enough to justify. GL!

Yeah, protein drinks and bars are for hard exercisers. Otherwise they are total calorie bombs, and alone probably explain why you've put on weight so quickly.

What are you talking about? Protein shakes are not calorie bombs and aren’t just for hard exercisers. Your typical fairlife or premier protein bottle has 150 calories and 30g of protein. 1 or 2g of carbs. Great way for someone trying to lose weight to get in protein efficiently.

Yes, similar to the nutrition/macros of chicken breast so in no way a “calorie bomb.” Is the chicken probably healthier because it’s not processed? Yes, but one can only eat so much chicken or other lean meat and there’s nothing wrong with a protein shake instead of you like the taste and convenience.

In a pinch, it's okay but the takeaway from this is that quality matters. Sure a protein shake or bar has a lot of "protein" but the rest of it is crap in a wrapper. it's a candy bar, or high calorie drink. When you focus on the actual quality of what you're putting into your body, you will feel better and will be more satiated. Your blood sugar will stabilize, and your cravings will disappear. This is coming from someone who used eat protein bars for breakfast and lunch...worked out...and couldn't seem to make progress. I decided to toss those out and eat real food, not Franken-Food. I saw the difference pretty quickly. Difference in my body, my mood, my sleep, and my appetite.

That’s cool. I’ve lost 45 pounds and I drink a Fairlife protein shake every single day.

Talk about taking things out of context Did you read my entire post or just focus on one line? I didn't say don't have a protein shake. I said QUALITY MATTERS. So if you eat a nutrient rich diet, go for it. If you eat a crap diet, and all you drink is protein shakes and eat bars...your body will suffer.

…nobody is suggesting anybody drink only protein shakes and bars?

[Anonymous]

Write down what you have been eating for the next 3 days and post it here. Include everything and the serving amount. Include all the crap you eat between meals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I were you, I'd talk to a nutritionist to get some guidance on nutrition and finding an approach that will be sustainable for you, which is key. Exercise is good for your health, and weight training is important, but diet is most important in terms of weight.

I personally think 5 strength training workouts per week would be tough to do with adequate recovery. How long do you spend on each workout, and are you working toward using heavy weights? I do an upper body day, followed by a lower body day, followed by a core/upper body day, a day off, a full body day and two days off. On days off from strength, I do stretching/mobility (to help prevent injuries) and walking or more intense cardio.

OP here—I follow the Hardcore peloton calendar which is about what you describe above. 30 min strength, 10 min core with upper, lower and rest days put in.
But maybe I’m not increasing weights enough. I use 15lbs each as heaviest.

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Anonymous wrote:Write down what you have been eating for the next 3 days and post it here. Include everything and the serving amount. Include all the crap you eat between meals.

OP here, I should! But from this I started doing intermittent fasting. I’m on day 2.
Today I had:
Protein shake
Protein bar
Slice of deli turkey
Babybel cheese
Amy’s Mexican casserole meal
A couple pieces of mango
2 spoonfuls of my daughters max and cheese
Yasso Greek yogurt frozen bar
*****I know! All crap! No real food or veggies.
I was running around all day so had to do quick, easy.
Water
Black coffee

I’m not a great cook or veggie eater—I’ll eat mostly salad kits.

Thanks to all for advice! Keep it coming. I’m also flabby. I forgot to mention that before.
I’ve been told that some people are high tone or low tone and I’m low tone.

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Anonymous wrote:Write down what you have been eating for the next 3 days and post it here. Include everything and the serving amount. Include all the crap you eat between meals.

OP here, I should! But from this I started doing intermittent fasting. I’m on day 2.
Today I had:
Protein shake
Protein bar
Slice of deli turkey
Babybel cheese
Amy’s Mexican casserole meal
A couple pieces of mango
2 spoonfuls of my daughters max and cheese
Yasso Greek yogurt frozen bar
*****I know! All crap! No real food or veggies.
I was running around all day so had to do quick, easy.
Water
Black coffee

I’m not a great cook or veggie eater—I’ll eat mostly salad kits.

Thanks to all for advice! Keep it coming. I’m also flabby. I forgot to mention that before.
I’ve been told that some people are high tone or low tone and I’m low tone.

You eat basically no real food

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Write down what you have been eating for the next 3 days and post it here. Include everything and the serving amount. Include all the crap you eat between meals.

OP here, I should! But from this I started doing intermittent fasting. I’m on day 2.
Today I had:
Protein shake
Protein bar
Slice of deli turkey
Babybel cheese
Amy’s Mexican casserole meal
A couple pieces of mango
2 spoonfuls of my daughters max and cheese
Yasso Greek yogurt frozen bar
*****I know! All crap! No real food or veggies.
I was running around all day so had to do quick, easy.
Water
Black coffee

I’m not a great cook or veggie eater—I’ll eat mostly salad kits.

Thanks to all for advice! Keep it coming. I’m also flabby. I forgot to mention that before.
I’ve been told that some people are high tone or low tone and I’m low tone.

You eat basically no real food

Yes—today. Today was a weird day. If it was more typical I would probably eat 2 eggs and then dinner would be salmon, brown rice and asparagus or chicken and that.