Im having a hardtime

Brad805

need some more info about what you are having a hardtime with? Diet, exercise, speed of change, sticking to your plan....

I would not be surprised if you have been eating in excess of 3000-4000/cal/d. Subtle, slow changes that allow you to gradually move to a healthy lifestyle will be easier to do. The sooner you come to the conclusion this will take quite a while (1-2yr), the better. We all have a tendency to want immediate results once we finally decide to take action. Unfortunately it comes off about as slowly as it went on.

You have made the most important step. That is deciding to make a meaningful change. The next step will take devising a plan you can stick to and then doing it day in day out until you achieve results you want. Wash, rinse, repeat. Your plan will need to change slowly as you make progress. Keep it simple, and do what you can. Carb, keto, or whatever others are doing is unimportant to you now. Do what you can, and be reasonable so it is a sustainable change. That's not to say take it easy, but at the same token you need to come up with a plan that works without being too drastic that you end up failing.

kiela64

lacarlabrown2914 wrote: »

Hey everyone im recently starting my weight loss journey and im hard time im at my highest weight 428 and i want to be at my goal weight of 260-275 i am currently on blood thinners Coumadin and don't which lifestyle change is right for me i really need the help before its to late and suggestions are welcome to help me along this way

Hi! Good luck ❤️

I just wanted to reach out because I saw you were on blood thinners. I had a pulmonary embolism last year (at 23! 😐 ) and I’ve been thinking a lot about these things lately. It’s scary to think of mortality. *hug*

The main thing with blood clots is to not be sedentary. While lots of people will say diet is the most important thing, I think for those of us with blood clot issues we need to work on moving more too. That’s an important lifestyle change for us, just to gently move a little more every day. (I still suck at it...but it’s a process)

I think the best thing to note at the beginning is: you don’t have to eat any one way to lose weight, just less. All the diets and eating patterns are tools to help with eating less.

For me, I find it very hard to eat less when highly palatable foods are involved (eg dessert, fried & salty foods, take out. etc). But I also need to enjoy my food or I give up. It’s a balancing act and yes, it’s hard. But it’s doable. ❤️

countcurt

There is lots of sound advice already given here. There is also some appalling advice, particularly when it comes to issues of metabolism and sugar. It seems like there are also all sorts of assumptions about you and your eating/activity level. There are only three things I can reasonably infer from what you've told us:

1. You are significantly overweight. Which means that until now, you have consumed more calories than your body requires. It is possible you are really really tall but I'm skeptical.
2. You have a desire to weigh less.
3. You have a medical condition that requires use of blood thinners. In your case the blood thinner of choice is Coumadin.


I would implore you to work with a registered dietitian. It is essential that you understand how your dietary choices impact the medication. Specifically the Coumadin. Some dietitians will tell you there are foods you cannot eat at all if you are taking Coumadin; I'd seek to work with one who is able to educate you more effectively so that you understand how you are safely able to include these foods (such as leafy greens) in your eating plan even while taking the Coumadin. This can be accomplished but your dietitian will need to work with you on it and you'll need to understand the strategies then use them.

I wish you good luck in your endeavors to get your weight to a healthier level.

Psychgrrl

Dilvish wrote: »

jmf286 wrote: »

Dilvish wrote: »

Most overweight people hate exercise. Mostly because they just feel it takes too much effort. It is that lack of effort that caused the person to gain all that weight.

Wow, judgemental much? You have no idea of any one individual's story and this smacks of the stereotype that overweight and obese people get all the time - that they are lazy.

Firstly I see lots of overweight people out exercising all the time.

Secondly I suspect you have never been heavily overweight otherwise you would know that exercising with an extra 100-300 pounds on your body brings its own particular issues with pain from extra load on joints and feet, chafing and getting severely out of breath easily along with injuring yourself easily from seemingly innocuous activity.

If you are trying to be encouraging, you need to change your approach. No need to sugar coat things but a little bit of empathy goes a long way.

OP - I would suggest that you focus on one thing at a time and that for now the most important thing is to follow the advice from lillymoo01, kimny72 and apullum. Get your calorie intake sorted and then when you feel ready slowly introduce some gentle exercise. There are videos on you tube of exercises you can do at home, in a chair even that will help you make a start and not put you at risk of injury eg this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0UP8rbPCM4

I am overweight and no I was not being judgmental. It's a plain fact. People who are obese or overweight don't exercise or don't exercise enough.

This isn’t wholly accurate — it implies you can “out exercise” too many calories. And while exercise can help create the calorie deficit needed to lose weight, most people cannot create enough of a deficit through exercise alone. How many posts have we seen on the forums where someone is frustrated because they can’t lose weight even though they’re “eating healthy” and exercising every day? Changing eating habits permanently is the most important part of losing weight as there are people who cannot really add exercise for whatever reason and they lose weight while being pretty much sedentary.

kazminchu

+1 for small changes. Don't try to do too much too fast, it's much better to make one easy change you can stick to, and then add things one at a time as you get better at it.

My personal input, which a lot of people will disagree with but works for me, is actually to NOT weigh every single thing you eat. For someone starting out, it seems like a very daunting task, and even now as an experienced MFPer, I just can't be bothered to weigh out prepackaged things. When I was obese I found just weighing the majority of things was enough for me to lose weight at a very healthy rate. I'm now just over normal weight, I've never weighed packaged goods.

So, if the prospect of weighing everything is scaring you, don't worry! You can lose a lot of weight by being reasonably accurate. It's only when you get down to a small deficit with little weight to lose that accuracy is key. Of course if you're happy weighing everything then it's a good habit to get into!

Best of luck, you can easily do this!