Drs order

WILDBOLDFIRECRACKER

Well I have to do this drs. Order to keep a eye on some health things. Please add me and help me stay motivated. I am looking for people to motivate me and push me when I need it . I am not looking for negative but only push and positive.

Makaiookami

If you want to be healthy in my opinion the optimal way to do such a thing is to eat Keto. If you like egg skillet breakfasts, than congratulations you might love Keto. It's the easiest I've ever lost weight. I'm plateauing a bit now but I'm gonna have to bump my metabolism up and really push some fasts to drop the rest of my weight. I've lost 100 pounds in less than a year and I have another 50-70 to go and then I should be golden. I don't know what my ideal weight is. I've been fatty patty since I was in first grade.

The trick is seasoning. Experiment with Cajun, turmeric, curry powder, sugar free BBQ sauces like G Hughes. Once I started Keto I started eating when I was hungry. Which I kinda felt like I was already doing, but then the hunger went away. It just literally went away. I was cooking after having not eaten anything for 26 hours. I was making a meatloaf, realizing I STILL wasn't hungry. I put most of it in the freezer, and waited until I got really hungry.

After 3 days of drinking water, consuming salt, and not having a single calorie, I felt amazing, energetic, but a bit sore. My job is rather physically demanding so even though I STILL was not hungry, I decided to break the fast and eat my keto meatloaf because I figured it was what my muscles needed even if the rest of me was fine.

I can't imagine there being an easier weight loss routine than reducing your eating window to 4 hours a day, maybe 6, fasting the rest of the day, doing your exercise before eating, and eating food that will actually satiate you instead of foods that put you on the insulin wave.

I used to be like Bill O'Reilly. "The tides go in, the tides go out who knows why?" but with hunger. "The hunger comes, I fill up my stomach it goes away, but comes back quickly, who knows how it happens?" Now I know. Insulin spikes then drops WILL make you hungry and possibly hypoglycemic. Not Hyperglycemic, though that doesn't help at all either.

I can eat a pound of French Greens with Teriyaki sauce and be hungry 2-3 hours later. I can eat 1 pound of 70/30 ground beef with Teriyaki sauce and be fine for the rest of the day.

Danp

Welcome,

My biggest tips is to keep it simple. The only thing you need in order to lose weight is to eat in a calorie deficit. So to start just do 3 things.
1. Put your details into MFP and select an appropriate rate of loss to get your calorie target
2. Buy a food scale and weigh everything you eat. Avoid using measurements (like cups or teaspoons or scoops). Weight your food (ideally to the gram). Doesn't have to be fancy or expensive but it is absolutely vital
3. Eat food you like, food you REALLY like in a calorie deficit. To do this you just enter the foods you've weighed into your daily diary and do your best to be at around your calorie target.

That's it. Get your number, weigh your food, hit your target. Don't worry about 'this diet' or 'that eating plan' or 'that meal schedule'. Just concentrate on getting your calories under control.

As times goes on you'll get better at this and can start to make changes and adjustments but that comes later. You'll start to discover which foods you like that keep you satisfied and which ones don't. Which foods are 'worth it' and which ones aren't. But for now don't over complicate things you're still a newbie

G'luck

Nerys52

Hi and welcome.
The food log via settings you can change to more meals instead of traditional breakfast, lunch, dinner,snacks.
I changed mine because I do 5 or 6 small meals. I am on RX meds that have to be taken with food.
I measure/weigh everything because even a random 10 cal 20 cal added up over the day, one exceeds 1200 cal.

paperpudding

It would be helpful if you shared what the health concerns are OP.

Do you just need to lose weight?? In which case the general MFP advice for weight loss will apply to you too.

Or were there more specific concerns, like impaired glucose tolerance or allergies or what??

And, no, contrary to previous poster, you do not need to go on a keto diet.
And insulin spiking and dropping is normal for everyone ( except type 1 diabetics) that's how your body regulates blood sugar levels.

WILDBOLDFIRECRACKER

I have prediabetic and pcos. I am also dealing with swollen legs and hands and burning feet and really bad bloated and swollen all over my body. The Dr wants ne to start watching sodium and other things to rule our diet while we waiting for test results back. I also am the heaviest I have ever been at 214 and I'm not liking it and there is alot of health issues on my parents side .

deannalfisher

WILDBOLDFIRECRACKER wrote: »

I have prediabetic and pcos. I am also dealing with swollen legs and hands and burning feet and really bad bloated and swollen all over my body. The Dr wants ne to start watching sodium and other things to rule our diet while we waiting for test results back. I also am the heaviest I have ever been at 214 and I'm not liking it and there is alot of health issues on my parents side .

so i would recommend starting with just logging all your food in MFP - set your goal to a reasonable amount (depending on how much you have to lose) - and log everything

WILDBOLDFIRECRACKER

Thank u so much I'm in day 2 and so far logging is good even if I'm not eating good

paperpudding

WILDBOLDFIRECRACKER wrote: »

I have prediabetic and pcos. I am also dealing with swollen legs and hands and burning feet and really bad bloated and swollen all over my body. The Dr wants ne to start watching sodium and other things to rule our diet while we waiting for test results back. I also am the heaviest I have ever been at 214 and I'm not liking it and there is alot of health issues on my parents side .

Ok.

so general weight loss would be good and pay attention to the sodium levels in foods and the sugar levels in foods, because of your individual issues.

The diabetic and cardiac websites should have good info on which foods to reduce the most and how to read labels on foods so you know what you are looking out for.

WILDBOLDFIRECRACKER

Thank u

Nerys52

About reducing the sodium intake. I cook mostly from scratch. So with cooking I use herbs and spices and just a little sea salt from a french brand. I used to have regular table salt in the 1980s started my housekeeping/kitchen 1981. The sea salt no additives has more flavor one needs less. I seldom buy cans, tin, jars etc of manufactured foods to avoid the invisible salt. With cooking pasta or rice or potatoes I add very little salt.To add flavour to the cooking water pasta gets a little rosemary, rice gets a small bay laurel leaf and potatoes get dill or caraway or rosemary.Meats/poultry/fish a little seasalt black and/or white peppers, herbs and spices. Beware pre-made spice mixes they have a lot of salt best blend your own.

For swollen painful feet a footbath works. There are commercial footbaths sold as sachet for 1 footbath but I use a sachet 1/2 in a square plastic pail and soak feet in warm water 15/20 minutes. Rinse with cool water doing this a few days will help.
You can mix you own footbathsalts one part sea salt, one part baking soda Arm & Hammer, one part epsom salts.
Or just sea salt and baking soda if you do not have the epsom salts.
Use a few spoon for footbaths and afterwards rinse with cool water. Store mix in a jar.
One can do hand baths.

One can add few drops essential oil if you have it.For a nice relaxing scent lavender e.o. or sweet orange e.o.

If you have a bath tub and if you can get in a bath you can do herbal baths for pain relief. I used to be able to do this. But my osteoarthritis over the years has spread allover body. So is impossible to get into or out of my bath.

From my herb garden I used to use some rosemary, mint, marjoram, yarrow, add to a empty plastic bottle fill up with tap water. Leave to infuse overnight and then add to bath. If you want a stronger herbal bath make 2 bottles.
One can also boil the herbs in water leave to cool somewhat and then add to bath. But I prefer cool water infusion.

WILDBOLDFIRECRACKER

Awesome thank so much I will look into everything u said I really appreciate the help

TanyaHooton

Has your doctor provided a referral to a registered dietician? This will help you get started with foods and meals that are recommended.

If not, the best way to get started is to take things one step at a time, one day, one week, one month at a time. Start by looking for quick fixes. For example, if you drink soda every day, cut down to one glass per day, or one every other day. Keep reducing until you don't drink them anymore but go for water or tea instead. If you have a habit of snacking (this is my problem), pick one snack for the day like ice cream before bed or a handful of nuts in the afternoon. Stick to it and log it every time.

Don't try to go all in with a complete diet, exercise, lifestyle overhaul right now. Just pick one thing you think you can work on and give that a go for 2-3 weeks. Once you've mastered that, try the next easy thing.

Also, be patient with yourself. You will screw up - more than once - and you'll feel bad about it and want to give up. It's ok to overeat once in a while; we are all human not robots. Just chalk it up to a day slightly less successful than others and try again the next day.