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Anonymous wrote:OP here, can we talk about NON MEDICATION tips please?

Oh see what happened is you didn’t specify that in any way.

I didn’t think it would dominate the convo!

Well honestly, as someone who only offered non-medication advice so far, OP? *What did you expect?*

Oh, is limiting alcohol, carbs and sweets breaking news to you?

Is increase exercise a revelation? Are you floored by the encouragement to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, and lean protein?

Because literally a child could tell you to eat mostly healthful foods, and enjoy a few “sometimes foods,” and move your body. That shyt is covered in SESAME STREET. So if you don’t want advice beyond that, let us know exactly what you’re not comprehending about non-medication, basic nutrition and exercise advice?

Wtf? Not OP but maybe calm down, sheesh. When you're starting off in the 200s and need/want to lose about 100 pounds, it's helpful to hear stories about EXACTLY what other people have done, besides "eat fruits and vegetables." Not sure why that's hard for you to understand. If you're not helping, you can always try another thread.

If you are 200+ pounds, you can eat mostly healthy foods, still have a treat a day, and simply walk for 20 minutes and start losing weight. Seriously. A start weight of over 200+ is actually where it is easiest to start losing just by making simple changes. It would be harder for a 50-something woman at around 150 to lose 5 pounds than for someone 200+ at age 50 to lose even the initial 20 pounds.

I'm the 50+ PP who lost 100 pounds and gosh you're making it sound pretty easy. Let me be clear: I severely restricted my food intake all day every day. No snacking of ANYTHING between meals except sometimes I ate like 4 pickle chips or two peanut butter crackers. No real desserts. Lunch with friends at work? Bring my own or sorry, can't do it this time. Lots of cravings for food I knew I shouldn't have. I found a different way to drive home so I wouldn't have to go by the BBQ place and smell all of those delicious smells.

Scoff at overweight people if you like but losing weight at any starting weight in any weight bracket at any age is no cakewalk. Oh, please please lecture us on how easy it should be for us fat ladies to lose. What the heck are you doing in this post or in the Diet an Exercise posts if you think losing 20 pounds is a simple thing? Shame on you for being such a jerk to someone who is just trying to improve their life and looking for help in doing so.

And that’s how YOU did it. I know three friends who made basic changes and saw fast, positive results. One to the point where he no longer needed the surgery that he was supposed to lose weight for in the first place. If you are 200+, you can eat healthfully for a week, walk a little bit for most days of that week, take a dump, and you’ll be down about four pounds.

Your anecdotes are nothing against the weight of the scientific evidence for losing and maintaining loss.

So much so that I think maybe your friends haven’t told you the whole truth about their experiences.

Like, I think you're saying I made losing 100 pounds harder than it had to be? Because your male friend lost 100 pounds really easily so it should be that way for everyone, just go to the bathroom and voila! It doesn't sound like you've ever lost 100 pounds but you seem to have a bunch of experience watching people around you lose weight so from your observations of that losing significant amounts seems pretty easy to you and you're not afraid to say so!

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Anonymous wrote:OP here, can we talk about NON MEDICATION tips please?

Oh see what happened is you didn’t specify that in any way.

I didn’t think it would dominate the convo!

Well honestly, as someone who only offered non-medication advice so far, OP? *What did you expect?*

Oh, is limiting alcohol, carbs and sweets breaking news to you?

Is increase exercise a revelation? Are you floored by the encouragement to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, and lean protein?

Because literally a child could tell you to eat mostly healthful foods, and enjoy a few “sometimes foods,” and move your body. That shyt is covered in SESAME STREET. So if you don’t want advice beyond that, let us know exactly what you’re not comprehending about non-medication, basic nutrition and exercise advice?

Wtf? Not OP but maybe calm down, sheesh. When you're starting off in the 200s and need/want to lose about 100 pounds, it's helpful to hear stories about EXACTLY what other people have done, besides "eat fruits and vegetables." Not sure why that's hard for you to understand. If you're not helping, you can always try another thread.

If you are 200+ pounds, you can eat mostly healthy foods, still have a treat a day, and simply walk for 20 minutes and start losing weight. Seriously. A start weight of over 200+ is actually where it is easiest to start losing just by making simple changes. It would be harder for a 50-something woman at around 150 to lose 5 pounds than for someone 200+ at age 50 to lose even the initial 20 pounds.

I'm the 50+ PP who lost 100 pounds and gosh you're making it sound pretty easy. Let me be clear: I severely restricted my food intake all day every day. No snacking of ANYTHING between meals except sometimes I ate like 4 pickle chips or two peanut butter crackers. No real desserts. Lunch with friends at work? Bring my own or sorry, can't do it this time. Lots of cravings for food I knew I shouldn't have. I found a different way to drive home so I wouldn't have to go by the BBQ place and smell all of those delicious smells.

Scoff at overweight people if you like but losing weight at any starting weight in any weight bracket at any age is no cakewalk. Oh, please please lecture us on how easy it should be for us fat ladies to lose. What the heck are you doing in this post or in the Diet an Exercise posts if you think losing 20 pounds is a simple thing? Shame on you for being such a jerk to someone who is just trying to improve their life and looking for help in doing so.

And that’s how YOU did it. I know three friends who made basic changes and saw fast, positive results. One to the point where he no longer needed the surgery that he was supposed to lose weight for in the first place. If you are 200+, you can eat healthfully for a week, walk a little bit for most days of that week, take a dump, and you’ll be down about four pounds.

Please provide your gender, weight, height, and weight loss experience so that I can figure out wth you're even doing in this thread. Thanks!

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Anonymous wrote:OP here, can we talk about NON MEDICATION tips please?

Oh see what happened is you didn’t specify that in any way.

I didn’t think it would dominate the convo!

Well honestly, as someone who only offered non-medication advice so far, OP? *What did you expect?*

Oh, is limiting alcohol, carbs and sweets breaking news to you?

Is increase exercise a revelation? Are you floored by the encouragement to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, and lean protein?

Because literally a child could tell you to eat mostly healthful foods, and enjoy a few “sometimes foods,” and move your body. That shyt is covered in SESAME STREET. So if you don’t want advice beyond that, let us know exactly what you’re not comprehending about non-medication, basic nutrition and exercise advice?

Wtf? Not OP but maybe calm down, sheesh. When you're starting off in the 200s and need/want to lose about 100 pounds, it's helpful to hear stories about EXACTLY what other people have done, besides "eat fruits and vegetables." Not sure why that's hard for you to understand. If you're not helping, you can always try another thread.

If you are 200+ pounds, you can eat mostly healthy foods, still have a treat a day, and simply walk for 20 minutes and start losing weight. Seriously. A start weight of over 200+ is actually where it is easiest to start losing just by making simple changes. It would be harder for a 50-something woman at around 150 to lose 5 pounds than for someone 200+ at age 50 to lose even the initial 20 pounds.

I'm the 50+ PP who lost 100 pounds and gosh you're making it sound pretty easy. Let me be clear: I severely restricted my food intake all day every day. No snacking of ANYTHING between meals except sometimes I ate like 4 pickle chips or two peanut butter crackers. No real desserts. Lunch with friends at work? Bring my own or sorry, can't do it this time. Lots of cravings for food I knew I shouldn't have. I found a different way to drive home so I wouldn't have to go by the BBQ place and smell all of those delicious smells.

Scoff at overweight people if you like but losing weight at any starting weight in any weight bracket at any age is no cakewalk. Oh, please please lecture us on how easy it should be for us fat ladies to lose. What the heck are you doing in this post or in the Diet an Exercise posts if you think losing 20 pounds is a simple thing? Shame on you for being such a jerk to someone who is just trying to improve their life and looking for help in doing so.

And that’s how YOU did it. I know three friends who made basic changes and saw fast, positive results. One to the point where he no longer needed the surgery that he was supposed to lose weight for in the first place. If you are 200+, you can eat healthfully for a week, walk a little bit for most days of that week, take a dump, and you’ll be down about four pounds.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here, can we talk about NON MEDICATION tips please?

Oh see what happened is you didn’t specify that in any way.

I didn’t think it would dominate the convo!

Well honestly, as someone who only offered non-medication advice so far, OP? *What did you expect?*

Oh, is limiting alcohol, carbs and sweets breaking news to you?

Is increase exercise a revelation? Are you floored by the encouragement to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, and lean protein?

Because literally a child could tell you to eat mostly healthful foods, and enjoy a few “sometimes foods,” and move your body. That shyt is covered in SESAME STREET. So if you don’t want advice beyond that, let us know exactly what you’re not comprehending about non-medication, basic nutrition and exercise advice?

Wtf? Not OP but maybe calm down, sheesh. When you're starting off in the 200s and need/want to lose about 100 pounds, it's helpful to hear stories about EXACTLY what other people have done, besides "eat fruits and vegetables." Not sure why that's hard for you to understand. If you're not helping, you can always try another thread.

If you are 200+ pounds, you can eat mostly healthy foods, still have a treat a day, and simply walk for 20 minutes and start losing weight. Seriously. A start weight of over 200+ is actually where it is easiest to start losing just by making simple changes. It would be harder for a 50-something woman at around 150 to lose 5 pounds than for someone 200+ at age 50 to lose even the initial 20 pounds.

I'm the 50+ PP who lost 100 pounds and gosh you're making it sound pretty easy. Let me be clear: I severely restricted my food intake all day every day. No snacking of ANYTHING between meals except sometimes I ate like 4 pickle chips or two peanut butter crackers. No real desserts. Lunch with friends at work? Bring my own or sorry, can't do it this time. Lots of cravings for food I knew I shouldn't have. I found a different way to drive home so I wouldn't have to go by the BBQ place and smell all of those delicious smells.

Scoff at overweight people if you like but losing weight at any starting weight in any weight bracket at any age is no cakewalk. Oh, please please lecture us on how easy it should be for us fat ladies to lose. What the heck are you doing in this post or in the Diet an Exercise posts if you think losing 20 pounds is a simple thing? Shame on you for being such a jerk to someone who is just trying to improve their life and looking for help in doing so.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here, can we talk about NON MEDICATION tips please?

Oh see what happened is you didn’t specify that in any way.

I didn’t think it would dominate the convo!

Well honestly, as someone who only offered non-medication advice so far, OP? *What did you expect?*

Oh, is limiting alcohol, carbs and sweets breaking news to you?

Is increase exercise a revelation? Are you floored by the encouragement to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, and lean protein?

Because literally a child could tell you to eat mostly healthful foods, and enjoy a few “sometimes foods,” and move your body. That shyt is covered in SESAME STREET. So if you don’t want advice beyond that, let us know exactly what you’re not comprehending about non-medication, basic nutrition and exercise advice?

Wtf? Not OP but maybe calm down, sheesh. When you're starting off in the 200s and need/want to lose about 100 pounds, it's helpful to hear stories about EXACTLY what other people have done, besides "eat fruits and vegetables." Not sure why that's hard for you to understand. If you're not helping, you can always try another thread.

If you are 200+ pounds, you can eat mostly healthy foods, still have a treat a day, and simply walk for 20 minutes and start losing weight. Seriously. A start weight of over 200+ is actually where it is easiest to start losing just by making simple changes. It would be harder for a 50-something woman at around 150 to lose 5 pounds than for someone 200+ at age 50 to lose even the initial 20 pounds.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here, can we talk about NON MEDICATION tips please?

Oh see what happened is you didn’t specify that in any way.

I didn’t think it would dominate the convo!

Well honestly, as someone who only offered non-medication advice so far, OP? *What did you expect?*

Oh, is limiting alcohol, carbs and sweets breaking news to you?

Is increase exercise a revelation? Are you floored by the encouragement to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, and lean protein?

Because literally a child could tell you to eat mostly healthful foods, and enjoy a few “sometimes foods,” and move your body. That shyt is covered in SESAME STREET. So if you don’t want advice beyond that, let us know exactly what you’re not comprehending about non-medication, basic nutrition and exercise advice?

Mean but funny. And on point. I’m certainly not a CICO person, but OP asked for and got a lot of good advice. It’s not hard to understand eat less, mostly plants, exercise more, and spend some time figuring out why you have difficulty doing those things. If you do those things and still gain, consider other options, including medication and surgery.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here, can we talk about NON MEDICATION tips please?

Oh see what happened is you didn’t specify that in any way.

I didn’t think it would dominate the convo!

Well honestly, as someone who only offered non-medication advice so far, OP? *What did you expect?*

Oh, is limiting alcohol, carbs and sweets breaking news to you?

Is increase exercise a revelation? Are you floored by the encouragement to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, and lean protein?

Because literally a child could tell you to eat mostly healthful foods, and enjoy a few “sometimes foods,” and move your body. That shyt is covered in SESAME STREET. So if you don’t want advice beyond that, let us know exactly what you’re not comprehending about non-medication, basic nutrition and exercise advice?

Wtf? Not OP but maybe calm down, sheesh. When you're starting off in the 200s and need/want to lose about 100 pounds, it's helpful to hear stories about EXACTLY what other people have done, besides "eat fruits and vegetables." Not sure why that's hard for you to understand. If you're not helping, you can always try another thread.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here, can we talk about NON MEDICATION tips please?

Oh see what happened is you didn’t specify that in any way.

I didn’t think it would dominate the convo!

Well honestly, as someone who only offered non-medication advice so far, OP? *What did you expect?*

Oh, is limiting alcohol, carbs and sweets breaking news to you?

Is increase exercise a revelation? Are you floored by the encouragement to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, and lean protein?

Because literally a child could tell you to eat mostly healthful foods, and enjoy a few “sometimes foods,” and move your body. That shyt is covered in SESAME STREET. So if you don’t want advice beyond that, let us know exactly what you’re not comprehending about non-medication, basic nutrition and exercise advice?

Eat better it really isn’t hard. I made the decision to change over 100 lbs ago.

99% of what I eat. Doesn’t come from a OC, package, kit etc.

Most stuff marketed as healthy isn’t healthy.

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Anonymous wrote:I lost 100 pounds in the last two years (age 52-54, went from 256 to 155, 5 ft 7) almost exclusively through diet; no drugs; no serious exercise just some walking after the first 50 lbs or so came off.

I went high protein, lowish carbs, and after the first 20-30 pounds or so went off I dropped down from 3 to 2 meals/day and basically did some form of intermittant fasting. (I eat breakfast or lunch, but not both.) I eat foods I love (salmon, chicken, veg) and feel very full at supper. Once you start seeing results on the scale, keeping your willpower up becomes easier. Good luck!

OP here and I’d love more info!

I have a hot latte every morning and an iced latte in the afternoon; either two eggs with toast for breakfast or a healthy choice simply steamers meal for lunch (one of the low carb ones). For dinner I have salmon, roasted veg and mashed cauliflower (or chicken) with onions, some green beans, lemon, etc. It's a lot of food so I'm filled at the end. I usually have some small amount of chocolate after that (think like 4 hershey's kisses or something, not something giant). And usually that's it all day long. Sometimes if I'm up late I'll snack on some pickles or peanut butter crackers, but I try not to. Every week I have a cheat day where I eat the same breakfast/lunch but then have a burger and chips or similar for dinner, and a larger portion of chocolate. Even then I usually don't go crazy but it's a break from the routine. When I first started I ate 3 meals a day and I was so overweight that I was still losing quite a bit. Once the loss slowed down I slipped down to just 2 meals a day and basically turned it into some form of intermittent fasting (because when you only eat 2 meals a day, it's not that hard to get them to be within about 4 or 5 hours of each other.

I also used to count down my weight loss goals in the shower fwiw -- starting off at 256 and then counting backwards to what my goal was. While it was a long way when I started I could also see that it was doable. And then as I started chipping away at it ... 10 pounds in, then 20 ... I could really see that it was achievable if I just kept doing the same thing. So much of it was mental and just having the willpower to stick to the plan, even if the scale hadn't moved that day.

After a few months I started using an app called Happy Scale that took all your weigh ins and sort of put a more positive spin on a bad weigh in, if that makes sense. If you lost a lot the day before, it gave you a more measured view of what you had really lost; then if you didn't lose or even gained a little the next day, you'd still see progress. Not that you should be wedded to your scale or anything, but when I was in the thick of losing all that weight the little setbacks would make a difference to me. The plateaus were hard -- being stuck at the same weight even after doing everything right for days before. Sometimes I found that I'd eat a little more during a plateau and my weight would go up, and then it wouldn't get stuck at the same number on the way down, ha.

Anyway good luck to you! For me, so much was just willpower. Good luck!!!

Anonymous wrote:I started the Inova meal replacement program 2.5 weeks ago and I’m down 12 pounds. I was not interested in the weight loss drugs (really don’t want to be on a medication forever plus my A1c is fine).

What’s that?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here, can we talk about NON MEDICATION tips please?

Oh see what happened is you didn’t specify that in any way.

I didn’t think it would dominate the convo!

I started the Inova meal replacement program 2.5 weeks ago and I’m down 12 pounds. I was not interested in the weight loss drugs (really don’t want to be on a medication forever plus my A1c is fine).

Anonymous wrote:OP here, can we talk about NON MEDICATION tips please?

Oh see what happened is you didn’t specify that in any way.