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Anonymous wrote:What you are doing is not healthy!!! Just go on the injectibles and it will fall off easily, but eat responsibly, from all the food groups.

Just curious why would the injectables be healthier? They literally kill the desire to eat?
Isn't it the same, you end up eating so little that you can't even believe you're still alive?
No experience with either, just curious.

What? This isn't the case for me or anyone else I know on a GLP-1.

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Anonymous wrote:What you are doing is not healthy!!! Just go on the injectibles and it will fall off easily, but eat responsibly, from all the food groups.

Just curious why would the injectables be healthier? They literally kill the desire to eat?
Isn't it the same, you end up eating so little that you can't even believe you're still alive?
No experience with either, just curious.

Anonymous wrote:My husband did this but he was starting from an utter crap junk food diet with lots of soda so he just cut all that and went to a lowish cal high protein diet and th pounds just fell off.

I eat a moderately healthy diet to start and am totally incapable of losing weight. I would hav to really punish myself just to lose 1 pound a week. I did do it a couple of years ago being really strict but I put it all back on really quickly when I had to do things like go to work meetings and eat food outside the house.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve seen that losing up to 2-3 pounds a week is aggressive, but achievable and acceptable especially if the person is overweight/obese. I’m tired of being fat and want to lose weight at this rate. Has anyone succeeded in doing this? How?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes I have, but it was not 2lbs lost every week. It requires a large calorie deficit which may or may not be sustainable for you depending on your height. I am 5’3.5 and was 168 at my highest. At that weight, my TDEE was around 1800-2000. I ate between 800-1000 calories a day. This requires careful planning to maximize protein and nutrition and you must get rid of all other useless calories (drink black coffee, make sure theres no calories in any supplements you take etc). I bulked all meals with tons of low cal veggies like bell peppers, romaine, zucchini etc. I used no oils when cooking, no sugar, no junk food. At that kind of deficit you don’t have room to eat anything that does not provide maximum nutritional value.

No, I did not use glp1s or any other help - it was sheer willpower at first driven by a strong medical motivation. I’m very glad I did it this way. Seeing the numbers drop quickly helped me keep going, and I completely cleaned up my diet and got used to a whole new way of eating. Back to my high school size and weight of 107lbs at 42. Have maintained for over a year now. Medical issues have gotten tremendously better if not completely resolved.

This is OP and your stats are like mine. I’ve lost ~7 pounds in the last month by going to the gym regularly (3-4 times a week, more typically 3) and drastically cutting calories and carbs (eating keto for the most part). I just turned 40 and aware that weight loss is more challenging as we get older. I’m still holding on to 25 pounds of stubborn baby weight, and my “baby” will be three next month!

I am strict during the weekdays, having broth and coffee during the day, and maybe something like beef jerky or hard-boiled eggs or celery if I get really hungry, and then having a normal dinner (which I’ve been bulking with salad). I was laid back over the weekend - had Chinese food and ice cream one night, pizza the next - and was markedly bloated and put on a few pounds when I weighed myself on Monday morning (I know this is water weight, and I’m back to where I was today, but still). Guess there’s no flexibility with such a lofty goal!

Anonymous wrote:This is OP - I have lost ten pounds in the last month and am encouraged by the progress. I have an event coming up at the end of April and would love to lose another 15 pounds at least by then.

I’ve been eating 800-1800 calories a day. Working out 2-3 times a week - lifting less heavy and more cardio.

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Anonymous wrote:Some people lose that much per week with a keto diet. I'm steadily losing one pound per week, which is fine with me. You don't want to do any diet you can't stick to, or that wrecks your metabolism. I find that I feel better on a keto diet, which makes it easier to stick to for the long haul. Exercise, even just brisk walking after meals, will help the weight drop a little faster.

Yep, keto is actually great. But I find it impossible to do if you have children or a fussy partner and busy life.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes I have, but it was not 2lbs lost every week. It requires a large calorie deficit which may or may not be sustainable for you depending on your height. I am 5’3.5 and was 168 at my highest. At that weight, my TDEE was around 1800-2000. I ate between 800-1000 calories a day. This requires careful planning to maximize protein and nutrition and you must get rid of all other useless calories (drink black coffee, make sure theres no calories in any supplements you take etc). I bulked all meals with tons of low cal veggies like bell peppers, romaine, zucchini etc. I used no oils when cooking, no sugar, no junk food. At that kind of deficit you don’t have room to eat anything that does not provide maximum nutritional value.

No, I did not use glp1s or any other help - it was sheer willpower at first driven by a strong medical motivation. I’m very glad I did it this way. Seeing the numbers drop quickly helped me keep going, and I completely cleaned up my diet and got used to a whole new way of eating. Back to my high school size and weight of 107lbs at 42. Have maintained for over a year now. Medical issues have gotten tremendously better if not completely resolved.

This is OP and your stats are like mine. I’ve lost ~7 pounds in the last month by going to the gym regularly (3-4 times a week, more typically 3) and drastically cutting calories and carbs (eating keto for the most part). I just turned 40 and aware that weight loss is more challenging as we get older. I’m still holding on to 25 pounds of stubborn baby weight, and my “baby” will be three next month!

I am strict during the weekdays, having broth and coffee during the day, and maybe something like beef jerky or hard-boiled eggs or celery if I get really hungry, and then having a normal dinner (which I’ve been bulking with salad). I was laid back over the weekend - had Chinese food and ice cream one night, pizza the next - and was markedly bloated and put on a few pounds when I weighed myself on Monday morning (I know this is water weight, and I’m back to where I was today, but still). Guess there’s no flexibility with such a lofty goal!

This sounds very dangerous.

Yep. ED territory

This is OP and I’m sorry, but I have to resort to extreme measures. Anything short of caloric restriction HAS NOT WORKED, and believe me when I say I have tried. I have *never* been overweight for so long before, until my last kid. It is depressing, I feel ugly, it’s hard to dress, and I don’t feel at home in my body.

I don’t plan on maintaining this deficit forever, but I need to do something dramatic to actually get the weight off. I have plenty of reserves!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes I have, but it was not 2lbs lost every week. It requires a large calorie deficit which may or may not be sustainable for you depending on your height. I am 5’3.5 and was 168 at my highest. At that weight, my TDEE was around 1800-2000. I ate between 800-1000 calories a day. This requires careful planning to maximize protein and nutrition and you must get rid of all other useless calories (drink black coffee, make sure theres no calories in any supplements you take etc). I bulked all meals with tons of low cal veggies like bell peppers, romaine, zucchini etc. I used no oils when cooking, no sugar, no junk food. At that kind of deficit you don’t have room to eat anything that does not provide maximum nutritional value.

No, I did not use glp1s or any other help - it was sheer willpower at first driven by a strong medical motivation. I’m very glad I did it this way. Seeing the numbers drop quickly helped me keep going, and I completely cleaned up my diet and got used to a whole new way of eating. Back to my high school size and weight of 107lbs at 42. Have maintained for over a year now. Medical issues have gotten tremendously better if not completely resolved.

This is OP and your stats are like mine. I’ve lost ~7 pounds in the last month by going to the gym regularly (3-4 times a week, more typically 3) and drastically cutting calories and carbs (eating keto for the most part). I just turned 40 and aware that weight loss is more challenging as we get older. I’m still holding on to 25 pounds of stubborn baby weight, and my “baby” will be three next month!

I am strict during the weekdays, having broth and coffee during the day, and maybe something like beef jerky or hard-boiled eggs or celery if I get really hungry, and then having a normal dinner (which I’ve been bulking with salad). I was laid back over the weekend - had Chinese food and ice cream one night, pizza the next - and was markedly bloated and put on a few pounds when I weighed myself on Monday morning (I know this is water weight, and I’m back to where I was today, but still). Guess there’s no flexibility with such a lofty goal!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes I have, but it was not 2lbs lost every week. It requires a large calorie deficit which may or may not be sustainable for you depending on your height. I am 5’3.5 and was 168 at my highest. At that weight, my TDEE was around 1800-2000. I ate between 800-1000 calories a day. This requires careful planning to maximize protein and nutrition and you must get rid of all other useless calories (drink black coffee, make sure theres no calories in any supplements you take etc). I bulked all meals with tons of low cal veggies like bell peppers, romaine, zucchini etc. I used no oils when cooking, no sugar, no junk food. At that kind of deficit you don’t have room to eat anything that does not provide maximum nutritional value.

No, I did not use glp1s or any other help - it was sheer willpower at first driven by a strong medical motivation. I’m very glad I did it this way. Seeing the numbers drop quickly helped me keep going, and I completely cleaned up my diet and got used to a whole new way of eating. Back to my high school size and weight of 107lbs at 42. Have maintained for over a year now. Medical issues have gotten tremendously better if not completely resolved.

This is OP and your stats are like mine. I’ve lost ~7 pounds in the last month by going to the gym regularly (3-4 times a week, more typically 3) and drastically cutting calories and carbs (eating keto for the most part). I just turned 40 and aware that weight loss is more challenging as we get older. I’m still holding on to 25 pounds of stubborn baby weight, and my “baby” will be three next month!

I am strict during the weekdays, having broth and coffee during the day, and maybe something like beef jerky or hard-boiled eggs or celery if I get really hungry, and then having a normal dinner (which I’ve been bulking with salad). I was laid back over the weekend - had Chinese food and ice cream one night, pizza the next - and was markedly bloated and put on a few pounds when I weighed myself on Monday morning (I know this is water weight, and I’m back to where I was today, but still). Guess there’s no flexibility with such a lofty goal!

This sounds very dangerous.

Yep. ED territory

This is OP and I’m sorry, but I have to resort to extreme measures. Anything short of caloric restriction HAS NOT WORKED, and believe me when I say I have tried. I have *never* been overweight for so long before, until my last kid. It is depressing, I feel ugly, it’s hard to dress, and I don’t feel at home in my body.

I don’t plan on maintaining this deficit forever, but I need to do something dramatic to actually get the weight off. I have plenty of reserves!

Anonymous wrote:What you are doing is not healthy!!! Just go on the injectibles and it will fall off easily, but eat responsibly, from all the food groups.