All protein diet?

TavistockToad wrote: »

wannabefitmom1 wrote: »

@winogelato
Thanks for the reply!
I go to the weight clinic for the appetite suppressors to help me maintain control. Obviously the diet is just a suggestion but obviously a horrible suggestion. I did check out the getting started tab and have reached out to try to find a mentor from the thread posted but I will take a look at the other things on there too!

Thanks for the awesome suggestions too

Have you thought of talking therapy instead of pills for your control issues?

WinoGelato wrote: »

wannabefitmom1 wrote: »

@winogelato
Thanks for the reply!
I go to the weight clinic for the appetite suppressors to help me maintain control. Obviously the diet is just a suggestion but obviously a horrible suggestion. I did check out the getting started tab and have reached out to try to find a mentor from the thread posted but I will take a look at the other things on there too!

Thanks for the awesome suggestions too

Maintain control as in just keep your calorie intake under control? Do you have issues with binge eating (as in diagnosed Binge Eating Disorder not just "ZOMG I binged last night and ate 5 Oreos).

I would strongly suggest trying to find ways to achieve your goals without relying on appetite suppressants. Many of those are not safe for long term consumption and have other side effects.

Again, with 30 lbs to lose you really should be focusing on eating a balanced diet at a moderate calorie deficit and developing life long habits not relying on pills or quick fixes.

kimny72 wrote: »

OP, the reason you lost the weight and gained it back is because you lost the weight in a manner you can't sustain for the rest of your life, and you didn't learn how to eat to maintain the lower weight in the process.

Are you going to take appetite suppressants for the rest of your life? Stop relying on pills and weird eating plans. You can learn how to eat less calories and not be hungry, but you have to be willing to do the work and experiment with different types of foods to find what works for you. Once you figure that out, you can eat that way for the rest of your life, maintaining a lower healthy weight.

Enter your stats into MFP and start consistently and accurately logging your food and how you feel. You will start to see which types of food make you feel satiated and which leave you hungry. You will see where you are wasting a lot of unnecessary calories. Then you can make small changes or decide on a way of eating. If you are interested in keto or low carb, there are groups on here that can help you with those. It's not necessary for losing weight, but it helps some people get their calorie intake in line.

You do NOT need pills or a clinic to lose the weight. There are thousands of folks on MFP who have lost 30 lbs or way more without them. Good luck!

Psychgrrl wrote: »

If you want your weight loss to be sustainable, you want to lose the weight by developing habits you can sustain for the long haul. Protein only for a week? Say you lose some weight--what happens when you start eating normally again? Same thing with the pills--what happens when you stop taking them? Unless you plan to take them forever.

There are low/carb/keto groups here. They can tell you about their diet and how they lose/maintain weight on it. I tinkered with my macros and eat (usually ) 35%p/35%c/30%f I try to choose foods which keep me fuller longer.

If it's not hunger making you eat, the therapy suggestion by a previous poster is a good one. They can help you with coping mechanisms so you don't eat when you're not hungry.

Many of us have been in your place, using food for things other than fuel--like comfort. We've gotten through it, you can too!

nvmomketo wrote: »

ki4eld wrote: »

If you have a kidney issues, all protein can be a bad thing. Keto diets are low carb, high fat, moderate protein, unless otherwise directed by a registered dietitian. Even on an all meat diet, you will get fat and probably a few carbs along the way, so really, there's no such thing as a "pure protein" diet. If you want to do a fast, go ahead. There's nothing wrong with fasting. It will kick you into ketosis faster, but you have to stay in nutritional ketosis for it to matter. Doing it for a week will do nothing except probably make you miserable as hell.

I do keto with 17:7 IF, so I know a little about keto and fasting. What you're attempting isn't going to be useful and that "weight loss clinic" is full of BS.

If you're interested in keto as a way of life:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1143-keto

If you're interested in fasting as part of a healthy diet strategy:
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/49-intermittent-fasting

Ditto all of this. Ketosis is high fat, low carb and moderate protein (usually). When my protein gets high it affects my blood sugar and staying ketosis becomes harder. As long as you are eating adequate protein (around 0.7g per pound) a ketogenic diet is usually muscle sparing so high protein intake isn't that helpful.

Ketosis will often suppress one's appetite. An excellent benefit when trying to lose weight.

I agree with others that a ketogenic diet is not a good short term diet. It usually takes a good week or more for your body to switch from using glucose for fuel to fat oxidation. Most start to see the benefits of the diet after a week (and after they've increased sodium intake.

If you are still interested in a very LCHF diet, look more into nutritional ketosis and try the groups that ki4eld mentioned so you can make an informed decision to try it. Good luck.

And constipation is NOT a common complaint for those in ketosis. The increased fats get things going, and magnesium supplementation (along with sodium for proper electrolyte levels) also helps.

ETA I lost 40 lbs in 6 months eating a ketogenic diet at a caloric deficit. It works very well for many.