Anonymous
05/08/2023 09:53
Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:I've been trying to take two 30 min walks per day. Sometimes I can do it during a work conference call where I'm in listen-only mode. Other times I just enjoy a podcast or the sounds of birds chirping around the neighborhood. I don't get them in every day, but usually at least one and sometimes two.
I'm also being mindful about what I eat and give myself a score from 0-5 points per meal depending how healthy it was. The scores are just for my own personal tracking and accountability purposes, there's no app or target or anything. I HATE trying to literally calorie count, its too obsessive for me, and so much of it ends up being ballpark guesses anyway.
Same thing with weighing myself each morning, it's just for tracking and accountability. I don't worry about the daily fluctuations in the number, but 1/ it's a good reminder/start each day of "oh yeah, I'm being mindful about my health", and 2/ over the long run, I do see a downward trend.
I find it also helps to have some sort of event in mind, especially as part of a team/group... been signing up for periodic 5k walks and similar. It's not about trying to hit target times, just the act of doing the event. That's a good extra motivator for me in the weeks leading up to help turn a few of those "Ugh, I'm not in the mood / don't have time for a walk" days into a "I better keep my endurance up and at least get out there for 15 minutes of speed walking" days. I did a similar length "Mud Run" a few weeks ago (didn't run much, and many of the obstacles had long waits to catch your breath) with one of my kids.
I've been doing this ~6 months and am losing roughly a pound per week over the long run, but again there are fluctuations along the way. There was one month where I took a break from tracking/accountability and found I just "treaded water" on weight that month, didn't lose anything, but at least wasn't putting it back on. But basically this is just a lightweight plan to help keep me focused on doing the basics things of moving daily and eating generally healthy and knowing that these things are helping me get healthier in the long run.
This is an excellent contribution! Thank you for typing this out. This is the sort of thing OP is looking for I think.
Anonymous
05/08/2023 09:21
Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
I've been trying to take two 30 min walks per day. Sometimes I can do it during a work conference call where I'm in listen-only mode. Other times I just enjoy a podcast or the sounds of birds chirping around the neighborhood. I don't get them in every day, but usually at least one and sometimes two.
I'm also being mindful about what I eat and give myself a score from 0-5 points per meal depending how healthy it was. The scores are just for my own personal tracking and accountability purposes, there's no app or target or anything. I HATE trying to literally calorie count, its too obsessive for me, and so much of it ends up being ballpark guesses anyway.
Same thing with weighing myself each morning, it's just for tracking and accountability. I don't worry about the daily fluctuations in the number, but 1/ it's a good reminder/start each day of "oh yeah, I'm being mindful about my health", and 2/ over the long run, I do see a downward trend.
I find it also helps to have some sort of event in mind, especially as part of a team/group... been signing up for periodic 5k walks and similar. It's not about trying to hit target times, just the act of doing the event. That's a good extra motivator for me in the weeks leading up to help turn a few of those "Ugh, I'm not in the mood / don't have time for a walk" days into a "I better keep my endurance up and at least get out there for 15 minutes of speed walking" days. I did a similar length "Mud Run" a few weeks ago (didn't run much, and many of the obstacles had long waits to catch your breath) with one of my kids.
I've been doing this ~6 months and am losing roughly a pound per week over the long run, but again there are fluctuations along the way. There was one month where I took a break from tracking/accountability and found I just "treaded water" on weight that month, didn't lose anything, but at least wasn't putting it back on. But basically this is just a lightweight plan to help keep me focused on doing the basics things of moving daily and eating generally healthy and knowing that these things are helping me get healthier in the long run.
I'm also being mindful about what I eat and give myself a score from 0-5 points per meal depending how healthy it was. The scores are just for my own personal tracking and accountability purposes, there's no app or target or anything. I HATE trying to literally calorie count, its too obsessive for me, and so much of it ends up being ballpark guesses anyway.
Same thing with weighing myself each morning, it's just for tracking and accountability. I don't worry about the daily fluctuations in the number, but 1/ it's a good reminder/start each day of "oh yeah, I'm being mindful about my health", and 2/ over the long run, I do see a downward trend.
I find it also helps to have some sort of event in mind, especially as part of a team/group... been signing up for periodic 5k walks and similar. It's not about trying to hit target times, just the act of doing the event. That's a good extra motivator for me in the weeks leading up to help turn a few of those "Ugh, I'm not in the mood / don't have time for a walk" days into a "I better keep my endurance up and at least get out there for 15 minutes of speed walking" days. I did a similar length "Mud Run" a few weeks ago (didn't run much, and many of the obstacles had long waits to catch your breath) with one of my kids.
I've been doing this ~6 months and am losing roughly a pound per week over the long run, but again there are fluctuations along the way. There was one month where I took a break from tracking/accountability and found I just "treaded water" on weight that month, didn't lose anything, but at least wasn't putting it back on. But basically this is just a lightweight plan to help keep me focused on doing the basics things of moving daily and eating generally healthy and knowing that these things are helping me get healthier in the long run.
Anonymous
05/08/2023 07:40
Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ozempic. I’m type 2 diabetes and have lost slow with zero side effects. 18 pounds in 14 weeks.
18 lbs. in 14 weeks is not slow at all.
Depends on how heavy the person is to begin with.
Anonymous
05/08/2023 07:04
Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Cabbage.
Anonymous
05/08/2023 06:58
Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:OP at your weight the smallest changes would actually yield results. You’re in the easiest stage of weight loss because essentially changing anything would cause weight to drop off. Walk 8k steps a day and cut out like 2 snacks and you’ll drop. Build momentum off those small changes.
I agree with this 100%.
OP-ignore the negative Nancy’s in here and the ones projecting by sniping at one another. You can also ignore the posters that have somehow found a perfectly efficient digestive system where no weight can be lost eating 1000 calories a day.
There is hope. You create your own hopium by making a small change and see some results and then doing another change, and so on.
Anonymous
05/08/2023 06:51
Subject: Re:for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
If it helps, you’re doing better than me. I’m 5’4” and can barely stay down at 240 - my body’s comfortable weight seems to be 250!
Anonymous
05/08/2023 06:20
Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:OP at your weight the smallest changes would actually yield results. You’re in the easiest stage of weight loss because essentially changing anything would cause weight to drop off. Walk 8k steps a day and cut out like 2 snacks and you’ll drop. Build momentum off those small changes.
That sounds promising!
Anonymous
05/08/2023 05:08
Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
OP at your weight the smallest changes would actually yield results. You’re in the easiest stage of weight loss because essentially changing anything would cause weight to drop off. Walk 8k steps a day and cut out like 2 snacks and you’ll drop. Build momentum off those small changes.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 23:24
Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:Controlling your food intake + exercise. Burn more calories than you take in.
This is correct, but the issue of ow to do so remains.
Eat salads, fish, vegetables, and lots of water. No sweets & no alcohol, no marijuana.
Put two glasses of water in your refrigerator. Each time that you open the fridge door, drink a glass of water. This should quell your appetite.
Aerobic exercise every day, twice each day. Walking, swimming, jogging, stairstepper, etc. should result in better health and weight loss.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 23:19
Subject: Re:for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here’s what worked for me. I committed to losing weight and giving good old fashioned tracking a real go. No exceptions, no days off. I measure everything to the gram, stick mostly to chain restaurants that post calorie counts or ones where I can easily guess at the portions and preparation, and log everything I eat, every single day.
I’m about five months into this and have lost 20 lbs. I had 40+ to lose and was hoping it would go faster, but had to stick to a 1400 cal average in in order to not be starving. I tend to eat 30% fat, 40% carb, and 30% protein as that’s what fills me up best. Mostly salads and lean proteins with some allowance for a daily treat.
Even with daily exercise it’s slow going, a long slog. I think about meals all the time. Guessing at the proper amounts of calories to eat is so frustrating because my body adapts very quickly after a lifetime of obesity and dieting, meaning I am constantly fighting exhaustion. But I also feel much better when I’m not exhausted, less bloating and indigestion. And I have truly adjusted to less food. The hunger does get better if you eat more quality whole foods that satiate you.
This is what works - all form of weight loss is expending more calories than you need. If your metabolism is messed up this kind of dieting with no drugs is relentless and it’s awful, but that’s your option. If you happened to start life thinner it may be easier for you to just cut back and move more.
Personally, if I plateau again I’m going on the drugs. Eating the safe minimum of 1200 calories plus a daily workout is just not something I can swing at this point in my life with young kids and a big job. I need energy to live not just subsist.
20 pounds in 5 months sounds great! I hope I could be 20 pounds lighter in September. Thank you for the detailed advice. Being hungry is so, so hard...but I need to eat less, for sure.
Ypu don’t need to eat less, you just need to eat better and add in a little exercise. I eat a lot and have lost +/- 100 lbs over past 15 months.
Seriously. Eat more veggies and protein.
OP should look into sharny and julius fit happy healthy mom program.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 22:36
Subject: Re:for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Here’s what worked for me. I committed to losing weight and giving good old fashioned tracking a real go. No exceptions, no days off. I measure everything to the gram, stick mostly to chain restaurants that post calorie counts or ones where I can easily guess at the portions and preparation, and log everything I eat, every single day.
I’m about five months into this and have lost 20 lbs. I had 40+ to lose and was hoping it would go faster, but had to stick to a 1400 cal average in in order to not be starving. I tend to eat 30% fat, 40% carb, and 30% protein as that’s what fills me up best. Mostly salads and lean proteins with some allowance for a daily treat.
Even with daily exercise it’s slow going, a long slog. I think about meals all the time. Guessing at the proper amounts of calories to eat is so frustrating because my body adapts very quickly after a lifetime of obesity and dieting, meaning I am constantly fighting exhaustion. But I also feel much better when I’m not exhausted, less bloating and indigestion. And I have truly adjusted to less food. The hunger does get better if you eat more quality whole foods that satiate you.
This is what works - all form of weight loss is expending more calories than you need. If your metabolism is messed up this kind of dieting with no drugs is relentless and it’s awful, but that’s your option. If you happened to start life thinner it may be easier for you to just cut back and move more.
Personally, if I plateau again I’m going on the drugs. Eating the safe minimum of 1200 calories plus a daily workout is just not something I can swing at this point in my life with young kids and a big job. I need energy to live not just subsist.
20 pounds in 5 months sounds great! I hope I could be 20 pounds lighter in September. Thank you for the detailed advice. Being hungry is so, so hard...but I need to eat less, for sure.
Ypu don’t need to eat less, you just need to eat better and add in a little exercise. I eat a lot and have lost +/- 100 lbs over past 15 months.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 18:39
Subject: Re:for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:Here’s what worked for me. I committed to losing weight and giving good old fashioned tracking a real go. No exceptions, no days off. I measure everything to the gram, stick mostly to chain restaurants that post calorie counts or ones where I can easily guess at the portions and preparation, and log everything I eat, every single day.
I’m about five months into this and have lost 20 lbs. I had 40+ to lose and was hoping it would go faster, but had to stick to a 1400 cal average in in order to not be starving. I tend to eat 30% fat, 40% carb, and 30% protein as that’s what fills me up best. Mostly salads and lean proteins with some allowance for a daily treat.
Even with daily exercise it’s slow going, a long slog. I think about meals all the time. Guessing at the proper amounts of calories to eat is so frustrating because my body adapts very quickly after a lifetime of obesity and dieting, meaning I am constantly fighting exhaustion. But I also feel much better when I’m not exhausted, less bloating and indigestion. And I have truly adjusted to less food. The hunger does get better if you eat more quality whole foods that satiate you.
This is what works - all form of weight loss is expending more calories than you need. If your metabolism is messed up this kind of dieting with no drugs is relentless and it’s awful, but that’s your option. If you happened to start life thinner it may be easier for you to just cut back and move more.
Personally, if I plateau again I’m going on the drugs. Eating the safe minimum of 1200 calories plus a daily workout is just not something I can swing at this point in my life with young kids and a big job. I need energy to live not just subsist.
20 pounds in 5 months sounds great! I hope I could be 20 pounds lighter in September. Thank you for the detailed advice. Being hungry is so, so hard...but I need to eat less, for sure.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 18:01
Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ozempic. I’m type 2 diabetes and have lost slow with zero side effects. 18 pounds in 14 weeks.
18 lbs. in 14 weeks is not slow at all.
Compared to most people who take ozempic, it is. I’m also 5’8 so there’s no real difference yet. I can see a little but no one else has or can notice.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 17:54
Subject: Re:for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Here’s what worked for me. I committed to losing weight and giving good old fashioned tracking a real go. No exceptions, no days off. I measure everything to the gram, stick mostly to chain restaurants that post calorie counts or ones where I can easily guess at the portions and preparation, and log everything I eat, every single day.
I’m about five months into this and have lost 20 lbs. I had 40+ to lose and was hoping it would go faster, but had to stick to a 1400 cal average in in order to not be starving. I tend to eat 30% fat, 40% carb, and 30% protein as that’s what fills me up best. Mostly salads and lean proteins with some allowance for a daily treat.
Even with daily exercise it’s slow going, a long slog. I think about meals all the time. Guessing at the proper amounts of calories to eat is so frustrating because my body adapts very quickly after a lifetime of obesity and dieting, meaning I am constantly fighting exhaustion. But I also feel much better when I’m not exhausted, less bloating and indigestion. And I have truly adjusted to less food. The hunger does get better if you eat more quality whole foods that satiate you.
This is what works - all form of weight loss is expending more calories than you need. If your metabolism is messed up this kind of dieting with no drugs is relentless and it’s awful, but that’s your option. If you happened to start life thinner it may be easier for you to just cut back and move more.
Personally, if I plateau again I’m going on the drugs. Eating the safe minimum of 1200 calories plus a daily workout is just not something I can swing at this point in my life with young kids and a big job. I need energy to live not just subsist.
I’m about five months into this and have lost 20 lbs. I had 40+ to lose and was hoping it would go faster, but had to stick to a 1400 cal average in in order to not be starving. I tend to eat 30% fat, 40% carb, and 30% protein as that’s what fills me up best. Mostly salads and lean proteins with some allowance for a daily treat.
Even with daily exercise it’s slow going, a long slog. I think about meals all the time. Guessing at the proper amounts of calories to eat is so frustrating because my body adapts very quickly after a lifetime of obesity and dieting, meaning I am constantly fighting exhaustion. But I also feel much better when I’m not exhausted, less bloating and indigestion. And I have truly adjusted to less food. The hunger does get better if you eat more quality whole foods that satiate you.
This is what works - all form of weight loss is expending more calories than you need. If your metabolism is messed up this kind of dieting with no drugs is relentless and it’s awful, but that’s your option. If you happened to start life thinner it may be easier for you to just cut back and move more.
Personally, if I plateau again I’m going on the drugs. Eating the safe minimum of 1200 calories plus a daily workout is just not something I can swing at this point in my life with young kids and a big job. I need energy to live not just subsist.
Anonymous
05/07/2023 17:54
Subject: for the love of God, I NEED to lose weight. Help, please.
Anonymous wrote:Ozempic. I’m type 2 diabetes and have lost slow with zero side effects. 18 pounds in 14 weeks.
18 lbs. in 14 weeks is not slow at all.