Will my weight loss plan work?

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johnfrem wrote: »

I am a 40 yr old 6 foot tall male who weighs 365lbs. I am morbidly obese. I am currently drinking 120gm per day of whey protein isolate (each scoop is 120 calories and 24gm of protein) the increased protein really helps me not over eat and feeling full. From the research I have done for my body weight of 365lbs roughly 165gm of daily protein seems to be a proper amount of protein for me. I know some foods have protein as well. I try to make sure with the food I eat and the whey protein shakes to never exceed 165gm of protein per day.

I am eating mostly salads and 100% whole wheat bread turkey breast sandwiches with a slice of cheese and a little mayo. I am eating other foods too but making sure I eat very little sugary or processed foods or simple carbs and making sure I eat no more than 2400 calories per day.

As for exercise. I am a truck driver who has no ability to get to a proper gym because I am constantly on the road. I also can't lift weights because I had a MAJOR surgery on my arm and have metal rods and screws holding my hand and arm together. I can not use my right hand for alot of forceful activity.

However when I am working I have to unload a 53 foot trailer 5 days a week. It takes me about 1 hour per day 5 days a week to unload the truck. I am pushing heavy 250lb-2000lbs carts on wheels. The physical activity unloading the truck gets my heart rate up and I work up a good sweat, I would compare the physical activity to taking a 1 hour brisk fast pace walk 5 days a week for 1 hour.

If I lose weight as I progress I will decrease the amount of my protein intake to 1gm of protein per kilo gram of body weight as I drop in weight so that I am not taking in too much protein.

I want to know am I on the right track to shedding some weight? I want to get down to a healthy weight. I want to lose weight slowly over a few years.

Unless you're going to drink shakes as your main form of protein FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE, learn to get it from FOOD sources.

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ccrdragon

natasor1 wrote: »

Carbs are not the enemy, I agree completely. For people with normal metabolism. Unfortunately, this particular spin is about obese person 365 lb at 6 ft tall. So imagine how much stored fat he has to use as fuel. Unfortunately, exactly this way of eating brought him to the point when he has to change something. Now it s time to choose another way to eat and use those carbs. It is defenetely won't be the end of the world if he get some carbs then and there, it is just slows the combustion of his stored fat.
I don t think he can make a damage to his body, with such tremendous storage. The body is not stupid, it find those storages and will take care of their disposal.
Carbs are not what body prefers, this what body use first, not because is tasteire or more advantageose. It is presisely opposite: bc it wants to dispose it as quick as possible in order to low the blood glucose to the normal level, which is 5g for whole blood volume (80-100 mcg per g-liter). Higher than that what does big damages in all systems of the body.

Really, really not how the human body works...
1. What brought him to his current state is over-consumption of calories (regardless of where those calories came from). Full stop.
2. Carbs ARE what the body prefers as an energy source. Carbs are the preferred energy source because they are the most bio-available energy source (meaning that it takes less energy to process them and there fore leaves more energy for the body to use). It has nothing to do with hormones, BG levels or any of that other nonsense.
3. When you are eating at a deficit, even when you eat carbs, as long as you do not eat enough calories to supply the body's needs for energy, you WILL burn body fat to make up the difference. Your body CANNOT get energy from nothing and it cannot MAKE energy from nothing. That difference between what you supply and what the body needs WILL ALWAYS come from fat stores.
4. Cutting carbs out of your diet (and replacing those carbs with fat) DOES NOT burn more of the stored body fat than any diet including carbs when CALORIES are kept at the same level.