Losing weight is HARD

[Anonymous]

If it took you 4 years to gain that weight, what makes you think you should lose it in 4 months?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Get rid of that meat. It has too many calories. Become vegan for two months, no pasta or bread. You will lose 10lbs or more in 2,3 months. If you don't cheat more than once a week, and you keep up your exercise.
Make sure you work out is not the kind where you hold onto handles for dear life with hands, or where you are walking at 2mph. That is not exercise, it is hardly doing anything.
Eat cabbage, on pp, gave a recipe for a head of cabbage in an iron skillet in the oven with chicken on top. Don't make the chicken, make the cabbage, Delicious and you can eat it for half an hour and it delish.
The only thing I see from your menu is too many high-calorie meats. High calorie, low volume food.
Watch Greg Doucette on youtube. Best advice ever.
But, yes, weight loss is hard.

^^ sounds like an eating disorder. OP ignore this advice. Especially if don't want major hair loss and sallow skin. 2 servings of meat per day is not "too much meat" OP isn't eating a platter of bacon. She said a piece of chicken or salmon.

Not eating meat = eating disorder? No meat is one of the tenets of a "whole foods, plant-based diet," which has resulted in weight loss and improved health for many. (See "Forks Over Knives," "Eat to Live," etc) Not saying it's what OP has to do, but to say avoiding meat for two months = an eating disorder is a stretch. I think the pp's point is to add higher volume, lower calorie food.

Not eating meat is fine, but you need to find an alternative way to include protein then. The PP is not only suggesting not eating meat because it is “high calorie” but is suggestion a meal of...cabbage. Just cabbage. I guess since cabbage is low calorie. THAT is disordered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get rid of that meat. It has too many calories. Become vegan for two months, no pasta or bread. You will lose 10lbs or more in 2,3 months. If you don't cheat more than once a week, and you keep up your exercise.
Make sure you work out is not the kind where you hold onto handles for dear life with hands, or where you are walking at 2mph. That is not exercise, it is hardly doing anything.
Eat cabbage, on pp, gave a recipe for a head of cabbage in an iron skillet in the oven with chicken on top. Don't make the chicken, make the cabbage, Delicious and you can eat it for half an hour and it delish.
The only thing I see from your menu is too many high-calorie meats. High calorie, low volume food.
Watch Greg Doucette on youtube. Best advice ever.
But, yes, weight loss is hard.

^^ sounds like an eating disorder. OP ignore this advice. Especially if don't want major hair loss and sallow skin. 2 servings of meat per day is not "too much meat" OP isn't eating a platter of bacon. She said a piece of chicken or salmon.

Not eating meat = eating disorder? No meat is one of the tenets of a "whole foods, plant-based diet," which has resulted in weight loss and improved health for many. (See "Forks Over Knives," "Eat to Live," etc) Not saying it's what OP has to do, but to say avoiding meat for two months = an eating disorder is a stretch. I think the pp's point is to add higher volume, lower calorie food.

Yes, thank you! How am I disordered for saying eat less meat for two months?

No one is saying she must eat meat and lots of meat. At all. But some crazy disordered people here are saying she can’t lose weight eating meat because it is “high calorie” (which she is losing weight..soo....). And that is entirely untrue. You can include lean meats, if you want, in a healthy balanced diet for either weight loss or for everyday way of eating.

[Anonymous]

Relax, everyone. This person recently posted that she lost 100 lbs eating a high volume of vegetables / not eating meat. It's not the only way and won't work for everyone, but it is one way that works for many.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/937200.page

[Anonymous]

I have never actually done weight watchers but a friend was a weight watch leader and gave me some of the materials. Its recommendation was to aim for losing 1% of your weight per week. It seems as if that’s almost exactly what OP has lost, so she is doing a good job. However note That as you lose weight, the actual pounds lost will go down. If you lose much more than 1% a week it is very hard to keep it off. So, 0P you are doing a great job. I would suggest adding a Multivitamin

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You do realize there are plenty of ways to eat protein without meat, right?

The whole protein intake thing is a myth, by the way. You're fine without it.

Sounds to me like you're still taking in too many calories. Also, smoked meat is horrible for you.

Dude. She doesn't want to be a vegan. What is your damage? You suggested it, she said it wasn't for her for a variety of reasons. Perhaps you are so dogged and testy because you are hangry since all you've eaten this month is cabbage.

Well, since I am the cabbage lady, and above pp is not me, not sure who you are talking to?

If there is more than one of you my feelings are still valid. You have proposed not eating meat, she has rejected it, multiple times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Relax, everyone. This person recently posted that she lost 100 lbs eating a high volume of vegetables / not eating meat. It's not the only way and won't work for everyone, but it is one way that works for many.

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/937200.page

Right, there is more than one way to skin a cat. Op IS losing weight while including meat and doesn’t want to be vegan...so move along.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get rid of that meat. It has too many calories. Become vegan for two months, no pasta or bread. You will lose 10lbs or more in 2,3 months. If you don't cheat more than once a week, and you keep up your exercise.
Make sure you work out is not the kind where you hold onto handles for dear life with hands, or where you are walking at 2mph. That is not exercise, it is hardly doing anything.
Eat cabbage, on pp, gave a recipe for a head of cabbage in an iron skillet in the oven with chicken on top. Don't make the chicken, make the cabbage, Delicious and you can eat it for half an hour and it delish.
The only thing I see from your menu is too many high-calorie meats. High calorie, low volume food.
Watch Greg Doucette on youtube. Best advice ever.
But, yes, weight loss is hard.

God no, don't listen to this nut.

This nut eats a Mediterainina diet and a high amount of carbs. And this nut is healthy and average weight and never been overweight. Ask yourself why do you hate cabbage? Watch Greg Doucette, your failures in weight loss will be revealed to you.
I simply stated if she wanted to lose weight faster, eat cabbage. Not that I eat cabbage only. Being vegan, even for a short period of time is healthy! And it cuts cheese and meat out which are highly caloric low volume foods. It works.

Mediterranean diet contains meat. And I am not sure how you concluded I am failing at weight loss. Plenty of meat and no problem to lose. And not sure why a shouty dude on steroids should be any authority on female fat loss. Read Lyle McDonald if you want to learn something.

[Anonymous]

OP, I think you’re losing weight just fine. Personally, I feel like adding more protein in the form of animal protein really helps me, as does eating beans (I cannot seem to eat enough vegetable not to get constipated, so beans it is!). Good on ya.

[Anonymous]

It is hard, but it sounds like you have a start going! I've lost about 17 lbs since the beginning of November, but I'm doing this plan with a coach. It combines using My Fitness Pal with a coach and a workout plan and lots of online community resources. There's also a lot of mindset work involved. The concept is basically go into a calorie deficit. Don't punish yourself using food (so, run because you like it, or whatever workout you like). It's about sustainable for you, so you actually stick with it. You can probably do all of this without the coach, but I like the accountability and someone helping me when all I want to do is eat cheese. The program is called BodySmart Fitness. The hard part is that I want to lose all the weight right away, but then it will never stay off, and its not like I gained 40 lbs yesterday, so I'm trying to be patient with myself. Here's a link to the IG account if you are curious: https://www.instagram.com/bodysmart_testimonials/. But, like I said, you can probs do this same stuff without a full program too.

[Anonymous]

I think OP's point is that she was basically eating whatever unhealthy food she wanted before Jan 1; she then revolutionized the way she ate, yet only lost 6 lbs.

OP, I think your pace is fine. Likely, your caloric intake is still high enough (albeit while eating healthier food) that you're not losing wight more quickly, would be one of my guesses. Also, metabolism. However, no need to rush.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get rid of that meat. It has too many calories. Become vegan for two months, no pasta or bread. You will lose 10lbs or more in 2,3 months. If you don't cheat more than once a week, and you keep up your exercise.
Make sure you work out is not the kind where you hold onto handles for dear life with hands, or where you are walking at 2mph. That is not exercise, it is hardly doing anything.
Eat cabbage, on pp, gave a recipe for a head of cabbage in an iron skillet in the oven with chicken on top. Don't make the chicken, make the cabbage, Delicious and you can eat it for half an hour and it delish.
The only thing I see from your menu is too many high-calorie meats. High calorie, low volume food.
Watch Greg Doucette on youtube. Best advice ever.
But, yes, weight loss is hard.

^^ sounds like an eating disorder. OP ignore this advice. Especially if don't want major hair loss and sallow skin. 2 servings of meat per day is not "too much meat" OP isn't eating a platter of bacon. She said a piece of chicken or salmon.

Not eating meat = eating disorder? No meat is one of the tenets of a "whole foods, plant-based diet," which has resulted in weight loss and improved health for many. (See "Forks Over Knives," "Eat to Live," etc) Not saying it's what OP has to do, but to say avoiding meat for two months = an eating disorder is a stretch. I think the pp's point is to add higher volume, lower calorie food.

Not eating meat is fine, but you need to find an alternative way to include protein then. The PP is not only suggesting not eating meat because it is “high calorie” but is suggestion a meal of...cabbage. Just cabbage. I guess since cabbage is low calorie. THAT is disordered.

Oh, stop being so literal! It makes you sound....I was recommending it for one meal, which of course should include some grains. But, I am utterly right. Meat is a high-calorie food, cabbage is a high volume, low-calorie food. It was a suggestion. Are you this insane in everything? Do you think other people are as literal as you are and lack reasoning skills just as you do?

[Anonymous]

Oh, and cabbage hater, look into how good cabbage is for swelling and inflammation. How it can help with your health goals!
If you are deluded that meat is healthier for you than cabbage, you are just the disorder one! But, keep on projecting while showing your low level of nutrition knowledge!
Do you hate all veggies? Cause cabbage was just an example; I used to say veggies. Eat veggies to lose weight.
Would you be ok with broccoli?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh, and cabbage hater, look into how good cabbage is for swelling and inflammation. How it can help with your health goals!
If you are deluded that meat is healthier for you than cabbage, you are just the disorder one! But, keep on projecting while showing your low level of nutrition knowledge!
Do you hate all veggies? Cause cabbage was just an example; I used to say veggies. Eat veggies to lose weight.
Would you be ok with broccoli?

No one hates cabbage! We just think you posting over and over about how OP should stop eating meat to eat more cabbage is psycho when she has said like 50 times she doesn't want to do that. Let go of the cabbage!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, and cabbage hater, look into how good cabbage is for swelling and inflammation. How it can help with your health goals!
If you are deluded that meat is healthier for you than cabbage, you are just the disorder one! But, keep on projecting while showing your low level of nutrition knowledge!
Do you hate all veggies? Cause cabbage was just an example; I used to say veggies. Eat veggies to lose weight.
Would you be ok with broccoli?

No one hates cabbage! We just think you posting over and over about how OP should stop eating meat to eat more cabbage is psycho when she has said like 50 times she doesn't want to do that. Let go of the cabbage!

Wow, you are nuts. No one hates cabbage or veggies. But no one should be eating just cabbage as their entire meal, and suggesting that is what they should do in order to lose weight is called terrible advice.