Alternative to weight loss surgery?

jesika0731

MostlyWater wrote: »

You should be lifting weights too, not just walking for cardio.

Baby steps lol

JaydedMiss

MostlyWater wrote: »

You should be lifting weights too, not just walking for cardio.

Not at all necessary....Just saying. Iv lost all my weight (105 pounds in 13 months ) and im quite tight and slim considering, and i dont lift weights

TimothyFish

jesika0731 wrote: »

ck2d wrote: »

Look up "whooshes and squishy fat" - it explains why there are plateaus and will help you not worry about them.

This theory helped me out a lot before but even now eating a higher calorie meal once a week is not producing the "whoosh" effect.

Yeah, I wouldn't expect it would. Ultimately, if you aren't losing weight you aren't eating less than you are burning. This could be because you aren't logging what you eat correctly or it could be that you aren't active enough.

cnbbnc

My first post here was asking the same exact thing, and I also was told to buy a scale. I didn't want to. It was weird weighing food at first, but...it made all the difference in the world.

I saw that I was off on everything. Some things I was eating too much of (meat/peanut butter/cereal), and yet others I wasn't eating enough of (butter/cheese). It's actually fun (and very eye opening) once you can really see what servings should look like.

Also...once you get the hang of using a food scale it takes no time at all to weigh stuff.

dadsafrantic

are you serious or not? the suggestions given above are all based on the poster's successful experience.

here's mine.

1. get a scale and weigh everything including liquids.
2. track EVERYTHING.
3. stop eating packaged food - cook what you eat. don't eat conveniently, eat mindfully. stay away from processed food.
4. pick your recipes carefully. make it fun. try new things. cooking well is rewarding.
5. plan your meals. if it's good left overs make great second meals for another day.
6. prepping is good. be careful not to eat tomorrows meal today - don't ask how i know.
7. try a rice cake.
8. lose the diet coke.
9. get up and move. when you go to the store to buy the ingredients (not packages) of the food you are going to weigh park as far away from the door as possible.

you might like intermittent fasting as well. good results quickly and consistently.

estherdragonbat

Not a bad list, but there's no reason to eliminate packaged food. It's often high in sodium, true, but not always. And even if it is, cutting back is not necessarily cutting out.

And Diet Coke is neutral for weight loss. Frees up extra calories for other food, tastier than water. There is a problem if you let yourself think it magically rips the calories out of the rest of your meal, but that's a bit like saying exercise doesn't help because taking five flights of stairs instead of using the elevator didn't mean I had enough calories for a banana split.

I'm down 71 lbs in just over 8 months, eating Gardein and veggie dogs and drinking over a litre of Diet Coke daily. Saw my doctor 27 lbs ago (going back in September) and everything had improved.

Muscleflex79

dadsafrantic wrote: »

are you serious or not? the suggestions given above are all based on the poster's successful experience.

here's mine.

1. get a scale and weigh everything including liquids.
2. track EVERYTHING.
3. stop eating packaged food - cook what you eat. don't eat conveniently, eat mindfully. stay away from processed food.
4. pick your recipes carefully. make it fun. try new things. cooking well is rewarding.
5. plan your meals. if it's good left overs make great second meals for another day.
6. prepping is good. be careful not to eat tomorrows meal today - don't ask how i know.
7. try a rice cake.
8. lose the diet coke.
9. get up and move. when you go to the store to buy the ingredients (not packages) of the food you are going to weigh park as far away from the door as possible.

you might like intermittent fasting as well. good results quickly and consistently.

3, 7 and 8 are totally unnecessary - other advice is good.

cheryldumais

MostlyWater wrote: »

You should be lifting weights too, not just walking for cardio.

I have lost 86 pounds just walking. You can lose without weight lifting but I regret that I didn't because I have lost strength. In other words I am now "skinny fat". I look fine with my clothes on but honestly am frustrated at my lack of strength. They say muscle burns more calories than fat so had I lifted I probably would be getting more calories. Just the same if you are just trying to lose weight you can do it by counting calories and walking.

ashliedelgado

Echoing everyone. I never thought I needed to weigh. So I used measuring cups, and what I'd log as a cup was really short of the cup line. I thought that covered it.

Around 210, my weight loss stopped. So I sucked it up and got a scale.

It didn't cover it. Each meal I was eating at least 150 more calories than I thought I was, and I was a grazer with 4-6 small meals a day.

saraichka

Congrats on the 41lb loss. That is awesome! You're on the path, you just need to do some fine tuning. As many of the above mentioned, you may want to measure your foods. But I would also recommend adding more exercise, or changing your exercise. HIIT is great, but concur with weightlifting as you'll burn more calories with more muscle. That may help your body get out of this plateau. Don't be discouraged though, you've come so far already!

LizbethHeller

I am not that experienced, but... every time I start a calorie counting regime, it takes about 2-3 weeks for it to 'kick in' and the weight to start coming off. It's like my body is happy with the weight it is and wants to cling to it, and it takes a good while for it to give up and give in. Oddly enough, it is why I mentally need to log calories... otherwise I'll fall into an "I tried and failed" mindset.

As someone else said, you should start a strength training regime... It burns calories as you do it, later, and also helps prevent you from losing muscle along with fat. A personal trainer is a rather large financial investment, but it's certainly less than surgery and they can get you started with an effective routine.