Nutrimed I'm about to quit. HELP!!!
tcb998
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I am half way through 12 week nutrimed diet And I'm not getting the results I had hoped for. I'm down 21 pounds but I still have 40 to go. Any ideas on how to speed things up. I'm following the diet to a T and exercising like crazy getting 1.6 pounds a week is very discouraging. I'm ready to quit and have a martini. Help!
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you lost 21 pounds and you want to quit????
what is the nutrimed diet? Is it super restrictive????3 -
800 calories a day. Shakes and protein bars. It's so hard. No alcohol or eating food. I have such a ways to go.1
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Yes and I have to cook for my family. It's awful. So after a week seeing only a pound off is heartbreaking0
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yea that sounds miserable.
I would suggest the following
set MFP to one pound per week loss and enter your other stats
eat to that number
log everything you eat
get a food scale and weigh all solids.
this is not necessary but find a form of exercise you like and move around more...5 -
Thanks. I will try.1
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Is this a medically directed and supervised diet?0
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Yes but I only see md once a mont. I get weighed in weekly by a counselor in his office who is not too helpful
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I will see him next week.0
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You can do about as well just using MFP, but I wouldn't expect to lose weight faster under any circumstances. You are losing at a healthy pace, but not in a sustainable way. Quit that expensive and unsatisfying stuff and eat real food, Calories In, Calories Out! Good luck and congrats on your loss so far!2
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You can do about as well just using MFP, but I wouldn't expect to lose weight faster under any circumstances. You are losing at a healthy pace, but not in a sustainable way. Quit that expensive and unsatisfying stuff and eat real food, Calories In, Calories Out! Good luck and congrats on your loss so far!
I would agree with you if this were a self directed path. Telling a person to go against medical advice is something that I cannot agree with.3 -
From a doctor's physician asst, I learned that too many carbs/calores make you store fat and likewise too few can also make you store fat because you go into starvation mode and your body doesn't want that. I've been having good luck with low carbs and 1200 -1400 calories AND journaling in MFP everyday.6
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How terrible not being able to eat regular foods... you are losing though at a pretty good pace for us not knowing your stats...
Try logging in some foods in the food diary here on mfp to get an ideal of calories in the foods you like. Then you can see how many calories you had been eating. Set up mfp to find out how many cal. you can eat to lose 1-2 pds a week..and speak to your doc about it.
Play with the site a bit to feel comfortable with it.
Then fit in that Martini !!!! good luck.0 -
From a doctor's physician asst, I learned that too many carbs/calores make you store fat and likewise too few can also make you store fat because you go into starvation mode and your body doesn't want that. I've been having good luck with low carbs and 1200 -1400 calories AND journaling in MFP everyday.
NO! That is such a debunked myth it amazes me that anyone believes it.
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Your mental health is important too. Talk to your doc. Tell him how you feel. Perhaps another plan will be better for you.2
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From a doctor's physician asst, I learned that too many carbs/calores make you store fat and likewise too few can also make you store fat because you go into starvation mode and your body doesn't want that. I've been having good luck with low carbs and 1200 -1400 calories AND journaling in MFP everyday.
absolute hogwash ...2 -
You're not drinking anything other than water are you? flavored drinks can have literally hundreds of calories that people don't even think about. To get around how boring JUST water is I drink green tea (plain). 0 calories, tasty, and filled with antioxidants.
Don't listen to the person talking about starvation mode. That's not science, just an odd old myth.0 -
I know you said that you see a doctor there, but were you recommend to this by your doctor or does the doctor who recommended it to you work at the weight loss center? If the only doctor who told you this is a good idea is one who is profiting from you, you may want to get a second opinion from another source.0
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So sorry if I'm late to the game on this - but stop exercising so much. I know it may be against what other places tell you but as soon as I stopped my crazy gym habits the weight came off. Now, this was extremely hard for me because I had always went to the gym religiously just never saw an change - so instead of going so antsy I did a ton of yoga and barre to stay in shape. I am on Nutri Med and it's tough - but the best decision I've ever made. Good luck if you are still on and it. It's very hard for people to wrap their head around - so I understand the comments!1
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From a doctor's physician asst, I learned that too many carbs/calores make you store fat and likewise too few can also make you store fat because you go into starvation mode and your body doesn't want that. I've been having good luck with low carbs and 1200 -1400 calories AND journaling in MFP everyday.
absolute hogwash ...
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What's the rush to lose weight? 1.6 pounds a week is a reasonable loss. After you lose weight how are you planning on keeping it off? The whole point, IMO, of weight loss is teaching yourself healthy, sustainable, lifelong eating and exercise habits. Most people who lose weight on fad diets end up gaining it all back because they didn't form the habits required to maintain a healthy weight.
Maybe try what others have suggested. Set your calorie goal on MFP to lose 1-1.5 pounds a week and EAT NORMAL FOOD.
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I like my booze.0
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I used to believe in restrictive diets but now j clean eat i have 6 meals a day and cheat and i can drop a1lb a day on choice ive never been fitter leaner and happier look into clean eating youll never go back!!2
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I'm on 1200 calories a day and find this a pretty small number of calories. No wonder you're miserable at 800. I second the others who said that losing weight is only half the battle. Keeping the weight off is the other half. MFP helps people to both lose weight, and then maintain that weight loss.
How will you eat a healthy diet (with a martini here and there) if you haven't learned how to do that? Start a MFP diary and record some foods so you can see how to maintain your excellent weight loss. If you have the energy then exercise. I get very tired, though，when I go below 1200 calories. But I'm only losing 3 pounds a month and am in no rush. Four months and 12 pounds gone is OK by me, because I can eat what I want (just not as much as I want). Fast weight loss is fun, but seldom sustainable.0 -
if you can lose a lb a day its not fat. I can say that much. if it were that easy everyone would be doing itchantelle1056 wrote: »I used to believe in restrictive diets but now j clean eat i have 6 meals a day and cheat and i can drop a1lb a day on choice ive never been fitter leaner and happier look into clean eating youll never go back!!
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What happens if you quit? You put back on the 21 lbs? Why would you quit after 21 lbs? 1.6 lbs a week discourages you?0
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I have been on it but my doc has a hybrid option that I opted for. She teaches nutrition, has you eat on a meal plan, and has you use the NutriMed as a meal replacement when you dont have anything handy to eat that is healthy. I feel relatively good after having a shake or a bar for about 2 hours. That is pretty good for something that has 100(shake) or 160(bars) calories in it.
I too am losing weight at a slower rate but am learning a whole new way of eating and feeling better along the way.0 -
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suzannesimmons3 wrote: »Mhillbillyhal wrote: »I have been on it but my doc has a hybrid option that I opted for. She teaches nutrition, has you eat on a meal plan, and has you use the NutriMed as a meal replacement when you dont have anything handy to eat that is healthy. I feel relatively good after having a shake or a bar for about 2 hours. That is pretty good for something that has 100(shake) or 160(bars) calories in it.
I too am losing weight at a slower rate but am learning a whole new way of eating and feeling better along the way.
As this thread is TWO YEARS old I doubt the op will be back.
Yeah, but I do hope she had that martini. That 'diet' sounded utterly miserable.1 -
https://www.livestrong.com/article/317198-the-nutrimed-diet/ wow this seems awful why put yourself through this when you can have longer lasting results using MFP?0
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