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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s time to face facts.
You cannot out train a bad diet.
You cannot outwork a calorie surplus.
I am a PP who has lost 30 lbs on Tirzepatide I never only been able to do it because I’ve been at a consistent calorie deficit for four months. Yes the medication is helping me get to my goal, but I’m also tracking and weighing all of my food and working out daily. OP, it is not a bad thing to take. This is a great opportunity to spend a few days tracking your food and see how many calories you’re really consuming. Calculate your TDEE online and find your calorie deficit. Try eating at that for one month and see if things change a little bit for you.

How many calories/day?

depends on starting height/weight and goal weight.

10-12X goal weight is a good estimate for how much to eat to lose weight.

Ex: Goal weight of 150 lbs eat 1500-1800 cal for a moderate deficit. Could go lower but in general a smaller deficit is more sustainable.

I'm 5'10", I weigh 172, I eat 1200 calories a day not losing weight. Track with WW app.

I find those who can lose weight with 1800 calories are all about the calories.

Meant to say you forgot age.

Age does not make a huge difference unless you’re 80.

You really eat 1200 EVERY day? 365 days a year? Most people don’t lose on 1200 cal a day because they can’t stick with it long enough to see results. 1200 is really freakin hard. They eat that way for a few days get ravenous and “fall off the wagon” rinse an repeat the cycle over and over again. Track your consistency for a full month to see how many days you actually only eat 1200 cal. Also weigh yourself daily and track the trend over the month.

You need to exercise with a professional since you clearly don't know what you're doing when you exercise (no one should be "throwing their back out" as much as you do). Can you afford a personal trainer?

OP, it sounds like you are somewhat injury prone. I was too! I had multiple injuries, including a foot injury that would improve - then come back as soon as I returned to exercising.

I finally got to the point where I decided to go VERY SLOW on any exercise, so that I could at least keep doing a little something, instead of having to keep stopping. I literally started with walking five minutes slow on a treadmill. I did that regularly. Then when I wanted to increase - I increased super slow. Like adding a minute or two at a time, and increasing the speed by .1 or .2, and waiting a couple weeks before making more changes. It felt ridiculous but it worked. I healed, lost 60 pounds, and now am able to exercise fine.

Have you ever tried PT? PT has helped me a lot with my foot and other injuries. With healing them, and with learning how to move, and things to strengthen, to prevent injuries from coming back.

I went to a weight loss clinic, and they were pretty clear that exercise is important, but it is not what will make you lose weight. It's more important for maintaining weight loss than losing weight. So maybe think about focusing mostly on diet, and going really slow with exercise so you don't get derailed again?

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Anonymous wrote:Exercise doesn’t lead to weight loss (it’s good for health); it’s all diet. So many studies say this.

I bet there are plenty of studies that also say the opposite.

Then please find the studies that show that exercise alone will create meaningful fat loss. Everything I can find mentions fat loss through exercise only when also making dietary changes.

Nobody said exercise alone leads to weight loss. You said only eating affects weight loss and exercise is irrelevant to weight.

Anonymous wrote:Op here - I am 5´10. 195. Obese bmi and eat 1800 calories a day (sometimes a little over) I am post menopausal and on hrt - testosterbonz estrogen and progesterone

Just ran the numbers and this is not an obese BMI. You're on the higher side of overweight, but no need to be so hard on yourself and make things sound worse than they really are.

Are you already off Wegovy? Will your doctor give you one more month to see what you can accomplish? Forget about the exercise. Just track your calories.

I am on compounded semaglutide and I have lost 30 pounds over 8 months. I am losing so slowly, but you know what....it's still happening. Keep going, OP.

It may be time to bring in a nutritionist or a dietitian and figure out what’s happening. I have to consume around 1300 cal a day and 100 g of protein to reach my fitness goals. I’m OK with that for now because I’m so focused on getting healthy in my older age!!!

Op here - I am 5´10. 195. Obese bmi and eat 1800 calories a day (sometimes a little over) I am post menopausal and on hrt - testosterbonz estrogen and progesterone

Anonymous wrote:I am so depressed. I have been trying to lose weight for two years and failed. My doc said he is going to stop giving me wegovy because it clearly is not working. Previously I ’tried phentermine. Qsymia and I don’t know at least one other that did not work.

I do not overeat but I know my problem is exercise. I get a routine going and then I throw my back out, gain weight while recovering and then when I’m well I work out again, start to lose and then F$&& it all my back goes out again and I gain weight. I am not doing difficult stuff!!! Yoga and stretching and walking - not even running!!! I swear the chiro made me worse and just slowed down my recovery.

Menopause probably contributes too bec I started her about the same time.


Argh. I am so frustrated. Just venting and watching the world around me get thinner.

If your problem is exercise, then the answer is to cut your daily calorie count.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s time to face facts.
You cannot out train a bad diet.
You cannot outwork a calorie surplus.
I am a PP who has lost 30 lbs on Tirzepatide I never only been able to do it because I’ve been at a consistent calorie deficit for four months. Yes the medication is helping me get to my goal, but I’m also tracking and weighing all of my food and working out daily. OP, it is not a bad thing to take. This is a great opportunity to spend a few days tracking your food and see how many calories you’re really consuming. Calculate your TDEE online and find your calorie deficit. Try eating at that for one month and see if things change a little bit for you.

How many calories/day?

depends on starting height/weight and goal weight.

10-12X goal weight is a good estimate for how much to eat to lose weight.

Ex: Goal weight of 150 lbs eat 1500-1800 cal for a moderate deficit. Could go lower but in general a smaller deficit is more sustainable.

I'm 5'10", I weigh 172, I eat 1200 calories a day not losing weight. Track with WW app.

I find those who can lose weight with 1800 calories are all about the calories.

Meant to say you forgot age.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s time to face facts.
You cannot out train a bad diet.
You cannot outwork a calorie surplus.
I am a PP who has lost 30 lbs on Tirzepatide I never only been able to do it because I’ve been at a consistent calorie deficit for four months. Yes the medication is helping me get to my goal, but I’m also tracking and weighing all of my food and working out daily. OP, it is not a bad thing to take. This is a great opportunity to spend a few days tracking your food and see how many calories you’re really consuming. Calculate your TDEE online and find your calorie deficit. Try eating at that for one month and see if things change a little bit for you.

How many calories/day?

depends on starting height/weight and goal weight.

10-12X goal weight is a good estimate for how much to eat to lose weight.

Ex: Goal weight of 150 lbs eat 1500-1800 cal for a moderate deficit. Could go lower but in general a smaller deficit is more sustainable.

I'm 5'10", I weigh 172, I eat 1200 calories a day not losing weight. Track with WW app.

I find those who can lose weight with 1800 calories are all about the calories.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s time to face facts.
You cannot out train a bad diet.
You cannot outwork a calorie surplus.
I am a PP who has lost 30 lbs on Tirzepatide I never only been able to do it because I’ve been at a consistent calorie deficit for four months. Yes the medication is helping me get to my goal, but I’m also tracking and weighing all of my food and working out daily. OP, it is not a bad thing to take. This is a great opportunity to spend a few days tracking your food and see how many calories you’re really consuming. Calculate your TDEE online and find your calorie deficit. Try eating at that for one month and see if things change a little bit for you.

How many calories/day?

depends on starting height/weight and goal weight.

10-12X goal weight is a good estimate for how much to eat to lose weight.

Ex: Goal weight of 150 lbs eat 1500-1800 cal for a moderate deficit. Could go lower but in general a smaller deficit is more sustainable.

Anonymous wrote:It’s time to face facts.
You cannot out train a bad diet.
You cannot outwork a calorie surplus.
I am a PP who has lost 30 lbs on Tirzepatide I never only been able to do it because I’ve been at a consistent calorie deficit for four months. Yes the medication is helping me get to my goal, but I’m also tracking and weighing all of my food and working out daily. OP, it is not a bad thing to take. This is a great opportunity to spend a few days tracking your food and see how many calories you’re really consuming. Calculate your TDEE online and find your calorie deficit. Try eating at that for one month and see if things change a little bit for you.

+1

Weight loss medication is a tool in the fat loss tool box. It reduces hunger, cravings and makes you feel full longer so it can make it easier to stay in a deficit, but you still need to track calories and be mindful of what you are eating. It is really easy to tack on extra calories without even knowing it. Especially if you are someone who is overweight and swears they don't overeat.

Anonymous wrote:It’s time to face facts.
You cannot out train a bad diet.
You cannot outwork a calorie surplus.
I am a PP who has lost 30 lbs on Tirzepatide I never only been able to do it because I’ve been at a consistent calorie deficit for four months. Yes the medication is helping me get to my goal, but I’m also tracking and weighing all of my food and working out daily. OP, it is not a bad thing to take. This is a great opportunity to spend a few days tracking your food and see how many calories you’re really consuming. Calculate your TDEE online and find your calorie deficit. Try eating at that for one month and see if things change a little bit for you.

How many calories/day?