Years trying to lose weight.
Prishan22
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Hi,
I am writing from the UK. I am long years trying to lose weight.
I could not do extreme exercise because I have severe asthma
I am normally doing dieting which never works. but I need to find
out where I am wrong that, why I need a pal or guru or group,
to see how it works.pls help me
Thank in advance
Kind regards
Prishaan
I am writing from the UK. I am long years trying to lose weight.
I could not do extreme exercise because I have severe asthma
I am normally doing dieting which never works. but I need to find
out where I am wrong that, why I need a pal or guru or group,
to see how it works.pls help me
Thank in advance
Kind regards
Prishaan
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When you tried before, what methods did you use? Have you ever tried logging your calories, accurately and honestly, for 8-12 weeks minimum while eating at a moderate deficit? Or did you try eating certain foods or avoiding certain foods?2
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Set your Goals here to "Lose 1 pound (half kilo) per week."
Log everything you eat. Learn from your Food Diary here.
You don't need to do extreme exercise to lose weight, it's all about the food.1 -
Exercise is unnecessary for weight loss. I cut from 195 to 150 in about seven months, mostly sedentary, at 1400 kcals per day. You just have to find a number low enough to work for you.2
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Yes @Gallowmere1984 is right. You do not have to exercise to lose weight. There are many that are incapable of performing exercise due to medical reasons..
Just setup your stats on your account there, select 1 pound per week rate of loss and let MFP auto generate your calorie goal. While you might not need a food scale now, it will be necessary as you get closer to goal.
This method is not extreme dieting, and there is no food restriction either.. just eating less so this is actually very very opposite of what you have tried in the past..2 -
Hi,
StaciMarie1974 and cmriverside,Thank you so much to reply me back.Actually,
I am on diet on less than 1000cal right now.
I am weighing 13 stone . my height is 5 ft. my BMI is :35.5
I am dangerously overweight.
In the morning I have one piece of brown bread with1 tsp peanut butter.
lunch I have 1 bowl of salad ( cucumber/tomatoes/lettuce/salt/olive
oil 1 tsp)
dinner : 1/2 chicken breast boiled with 2 cup veg broccoli
snacks 1 grapefruit / olive with garlic/
2 times coffee with skim milk 2 tablet stevia
I am extremely exhausted and frustrated that
I am not gaining weight but I am not losing also.
I am 5 days in this diet more 6 months .but it is not working
weekend sometimes I eat out once but only Saturday and Sunday
I add rice to my diet (1 cup)
I actually need you guys how you lose weight, it's becoming
wonder for me.
I tried to jogging 30-minutes.
Pls help me out. if anyone here kind enough to add me as your friend in facebook
that will be highly appreciated.I need a friend who has knowledge
about weight loss and agree to share your knowledge with me .
Thank you so much, guys, to reply me back .
God bless you.
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I am on diet on less than 1000cal right now.
I am weighing 13 stone . my height is 5 ft. my BMI is :35.5
I am dangerously overweight.
In the morning I have one piece of brown bread with1 tsp peanut butter.
lunch I have 1 bowl of salad ( cucumber/tomatoes/lettuce/salt/olive
oil 1 tsp)
dinner : 1/2 chicken breast boiled with 2 cup veg broccoli
snacks 1 grapefruit / olive with garlic/
2 times coffee with skim milk 2 tablet stevia
I am extremely exhausted and frustrated that
I am not gaining weight but I am not losing also.
I am 5 days in this diet more 6 months .but it is not working
You aren't eating 1000 calories if you haven't lost weight for 6 months. I think you need to reassess your calorie counting, something is off, fam.
Maybe invest in a food scale.
I wish you luck!
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Gallowmere1984 wrote: »Exercise is unnecessary for weight loss. I cut from 195 to 150 in about seven months, mostly sedentary, at 1400 kcals per day. You just have to find a number low enough to work for you.
thank you so much for your reply. It will be really helpful if you explain about to find out the low number that works for me,what I understand the calorie of diet works for me ? isn't it ? if I am wrong pls correct me.thanks again my friend.
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Prishan - you need to use MyFitnessPal and enter your information and let the program give you your goals.
Then you need to buy a food scale and use it for EVERYTHING that isn't a liquid. do NOT go off of the packaged information as it is often wrong3 -
I'm not sure I am understanding...you have been at that diet for 5 days? Six months?In the morning I have one piece of brown bread with1 tsp peanut butter.
lunch I have 1 bowl of salad ( cucumber/tomatoes/lettuce/salt/olive
oil 1 tsp)
dinner : 1/2 chicken breast boiled with 2 cup veg broccoli
snacks 1 grapefruit / olive with garlic/
2 times coffee with skim milk 2 tablet stevia
That isn't nearly enough food - no wonder you're tired and frustrated. If indeed you are eating what you said, that's more like 500 calories, and not sustainable.
Log your food here on the "FOOD" page. Try to hit a minimum of 1200 calories and get enough protein and fats - the goals on the food page are GOALS, minimums to hit.
Log everything for a month. If you are consistent, you will lose weight - but don't try to eat 500 calories, you'll crash and it won't work - no nutrition is not good! Your health will suffer.
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If it's 5 days it's really not enough time to see results .. this is a long journey not something we can fix in a few weeks .. above poster is correct .. put numbers in MFP and eat calories stated .. find a way you can live with to eat within those numbers ..
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Yes @Gallowmere1984 is right. You do not have to exercise to lose weight. There are many that are incapable of performing exercise due to medical reasons..
Just setup your stats on your account there, select 1 pound per week rate of loss and let MFP auto generate your calorie goal. While you might not need a food scale now, it will be necessary as you get closer to goal.
This method is not extreme dieting, and there is no food restriction either.. just eating less so this is actually very very opposite of what you have tried in the past..
thank you so much, my friend, for you detail on my diet.
I have not enough experience about the diet never but
when I started gaining weight it's become a one of my unpaid job
looking for the best weight loss programme. actually, first I was gaining
side effect of a medicine (depression) if I had known that I never agree
to have it in the first place. but thank you so much, I have surely go through on your advice my friend.
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Can you set your food diary settings to public? People can take a look and give you better advice if we see what you're logging.0
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A few things stand out to me and they are all problematic. Please read to the end, its not dire.
You are aiming to eat 1000 calories a day. This is a very low # and can be a problem for multiple reasons. First, it is hard to get enough nutrition eating so low. Second it is hard to feel satisfied on so little food. It is not realistic that you can keep this up - and the likely scenario to play out is you do this for a week or two then go crazy and binge or just give up. The idea is to find a calorie amount you can eat on a regular basis for a long time, without feeling like you are starving yourself.
Another issue: you've been at this for 5 days and are frustrated that you are not seeing results. It can take time to see results on the scale because our body's water weight fluctuates. Therefore the answer is to look at a change in weight over time. Meaning a week, month or more. So it takes patience. This is where having a reasonable calorie goal comes in handy.
Lastly, I'm not sure if you gave a 'sample' day or you think you need to eat the exact same thing day in, day out for a long time. Repetition is fine if that works for you, but if you get bored eating the same things it is OK to have variety.
Based on your stats, I'd estimate your BMR to be about 1370. That means if sedentary, not very much activity, your body uses at least 1600-1700 calories in day worth of energy. So eating less than that, you should lose weight. Over time. I'd suggest that you try 1300-1400 calories per day. That would have you losing at the rate of about 3-4 pounds per month. The key is patience and accuracy. Accurately logging what you consume, and understanding this is a lifestyle. Compare your weight today (new day 0) to your weight a month from now, and a month from then.
As for exercise - forget it. My personal way of thinking, because 'exercise' seems overwhelming, just think about being more active. Are there things you do now that you could do with some activity? Like if you watch tv: try walking in place for some of it. When doing errands, park at the back of the parking lot (if its safe to do so) and walk further to get into/out of the store. Avoid drive thrus. Park and go in to the bank, post office, dry cleaners, etc. Ultimately it all adds up. Exercise does improve your health and fitness, but getting your weight out of the obese category will also.4 -
Ps-if you'd like a friend to chat on a day to day basis, to vent, discuss what you're eating & how much, how you're doing at adding in activity, feel free to friend me or send messages. 0
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thank you so much for your advice,I will use MyFitnessPal and enter my information and follow the goal.tracymayo1 wrote: »Prishan - you need to use MyFitnessPal and enter your information and let the program give you your goals.
Then you need to buy a food scale and use it for EVERYTHING that isn't a liquid. do NOT go off of the packaged information as it is often wrong0 -
StaciMarie1974 wrote: »A few things stand out to me and they are all problematic. Please read to the end, its not dire.
You are aiming to eat 1000 calories a day. This is a very low # and can be a problem for multiple reasons. First, it is hard to get enough nutrition eating so low. Second it is hard to feel satisfied on so little food. It is not realistic that you can keep this up - and the likely scenario to play out is you do this for a week or two then go crazy and binge or just give up. The idea is to find a calorie amount you can eat on a regular basis for a long time, without feeling like you are starving yourself.
Another issue: you've been at this for 5 days and are frustrated that you are not seeing results. It can take time to see results on the scale because our body's water weight fluctuates. Therefore the answer is to look at a change in weight over time. Meaning a week, month or more. So it takes patience. This is where having a reasonable calorie goal comes in handy.
Lastly, I'm not sure if you gave a 'sample' day or you think you need to eat the exact same thing day in, day out for a long time. Repetition is fine if that works for you, but if you get bored eating the same things it is OK to have variety.
Based on your stats, I'd estimate your BMR to be about 1370. That means if sedentary, not very much activity, your body uses at least 1600-1700 calories in day worth of energy. So eating less than that, you should lose weight. Over time. I'd suggest that you try 1300-1400 calories per day. That would have you losing at the rate of about 3-4 pounds per month. The key is patience and accuracy. Accurately logging what you consume, and understanding this is a lifestyle. Compare your weight today (new day 0) to your weight a month from now, and a month from then.
As for exercise - forget it. My personal way of thinking, because 'exercise' seems overwhelming, just think about being more active. Are there things you do now that you could do with some activity? Like if you watch tv: try walking in place for some of it. When doing errands, park at the back of the parking lot (if its safe to do so) and walk further to get into/out of the store. Avoid drive thrus. Park and go in to the bank, post office, dry cleaners, etc. Ultimately it all adds up. Exercise does improve your health and fitness, but getting your weight out of the obese category will also.
thank you so much for your kind review of my diet.it's really eye opening. Because of my very little knowledge about diet, I always became a failure on weight loss but you give me the direction the way I could pull it through.I am trying my best to start it fresh. thanks again my friend!1 -
You're welcome.
And one other point I'd like to make. You mentioned above that you have not gained weight recently. While the goal is to lose weight, not gaining is something to celebrate. In my opinion it is a step in the right direction.3 -
StaciMarie1974 wrote: »Ps-if you'd like a friend to chat on a day to day basis, to vent, discuss what you're eating & how much, how you're doing at adding in activity, feel free to friend me or send messages.
Dear StaciMarie1974, thank you so much for accepting me as your friend
I am really mean it from bottom of my heart. I need someone in my life
as a teacher or friend or guru. that so kind of you.I will updated you.and
I will send you my fb address(private message) if you think its okay you can add me.
May God continue to bless you with all the wonderful things in life!thank~Prishaan
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I think about dieting as if I needed to go out and walk 100 miles. It's a significant undertaking and I'm probably going to be at it for a long time. If I started that walk by sprinting as fast as I could, in reality I would end up exhausted, injured and frustrated very quickly, and I'd end up abandoning the attempt without really making much progress. When you start dieting by dropping your calories to a very low intake, you're trying to sprint.
Losing weight is really more about finding ways to create a small deficit that you can maintain for a long time without negatively impacting your life. In my 100-mile-walk, it's the same as starting off slowly, making sure I ease myself into it on the first day, because I still need to have energy for tomorrow. If I wake up tomorrow and feel like going a little faster, great! I can do that, but I still need to make sure I have energy for the following day. In dieting terms, this means that you should start out slowly and take your calories down little-by-little so you never feel terrible. Dieting is about how long you can stick to it, not how much you can lose in the first few weeks.
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cmriverside wrote: »I'm not sure I am understanding...you have been at that diet for 5 days? Six months?In the morning I have one piece of brown bread with1 tsp peanut butter.
lunch I have 1 bowl of salad ( cucumber/tomatoes/lettuce/salt/olive
oil 1 tsp)
dinner : 1/2 chicken breast boiled with 2 cup veg broccoli
snacks 1 grapefruit / olive with garlic/
2 times coffee with skim milk 2 tablet stevia
That isn't nearly enough food - no wonder you're tired and frustrated. If indeed you are eating what you said, that's more like 500 calories, and not sustainable.
Log your food here on the "FOOD" page. Try to hit a minimum of 1200 calories and get enough protein and fats - the goals on the food page are GOALS, minimums to hit.
Log everything for a month. If you are consistent, you will lose weight - but don't try to eat 500 calories, you'll crash and it won't work - no nutrition is not good! Your health will suffer.
Thanks my dear friend,I really understand what you're saying,Actually I have very little knowledge about in calorie.that is why I thought it should be better for me less food means fewer calories intake and
it'll enhance the losing weight .but thanks to you all a lot guys,you just open my eyes. I am going to log onon the "FOOD" page,try to fill up all option and hit a minimum of 1200 calories.thanks for your precious time.:)1 -
I think about dieting as if I needed to go out and walk 100 miles. It's a significant undertaking and I'm probably going to be at it for a long time. If I started that walk by sprinting as fast as I could, in reality I would end up exhausted, injured and frustrated very quickly, and I'd end up abandoning the attempt without really making much progress. When you start dieting by dropping your calories to a very low intake, you're trying to sprint.
Losing weight is really more about finding ways to create a small deficit that you can maintain for a long time without negatively impacting your life. In my 100-mile-walk, it's the same as starting off slowly, making sure I ease myself into it on the first day, because I still need to have energy for tomorrow. If I wake up tomorrow and feel like going a little faster, great! I can do that, but I still need to make sure I have energy for the following day. In dieting terms, this means that you should start out slowly and take your calories down little-by-little so you never feel terrible. Dieting is about how long you can stick to it, not how much you can lose in the first few weeks.
Dear AliceDark, thank you so much for your insightful comments, really appreciate it.I never try to walk a long walk.But this time surely I'll try it.I know my diet is no right. that's way wanted to review with the third person who could give me non-biased opinions,it's really interesting and very useful experience today I had.thank you so much.0 -
One thing not mentioned in here, how are you gauging your weight loss progress? For the most part, a scale can let you know your progress, but you get much more accurate details on your progress by recording your measurements. Waist line, Hip size, chest size, arms and thighs. You might not necessarily see the scale dropping, but you will notice your clothes fit better and you see your measurements getting smaller. In theory, the weight should drop as your measurements do, but because of water weight, bloating and pms, weight is going to fluctuate very wildly as you go.1
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One thing not mentioned in here, how are you gauging your weight loss progress? For the most part, a scale can let you know your progress, but you get much more accurate details on your progress by recording your measurements. Waist line, Hip size, chest size, arms and thighs. You might not necessarily see the scale dropping, but you will notice your clothes fit better and you see your measurements getting smaller. In theory, the weight should drop as your measurements do, but because of water weight, bloating and pms, weight is going to fluctuate very wildly as you go.
thanks,yes I never measured the Waist line, Hip size, chest size, arms and thighs..I just weighing myself..I need to keep the diary the way you just said me. thanks again.0 -
Make sure you weigh all your food with a kitchen scale. It is impossible to know how much you eat otherwise.
For what I understood you are on a diet 5 days a week but forget about it 2 days a week.
Correct me if I am wrong.
2 days is enough to destroy all your efforts during the week.
Mfp tells you how many calories you eat on average each week. Use this information to stay on target.
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Hi Mumu190672,Mumu190672 wrote: »Make sure you weigh all your food with a kitchen scale. It is impossible to know how much you eat otherwise.
For what I understood you are on a diet 5 days a week but forget about it 2 days a week.
Correct me if I am wrong.
2 days is enough to destroy all your efforts during the week.
Mfp tells you how many calories you eat on average each week. Use this information to stay on target.
thanks for your comment,Okay what I understand that I have to keep my diary for seven days. no your are right, I go out on Saturday and Sunday, in two days once I eat out, normally rest of the 5 meal I cooked
home. But it's better to keep a diary in future.then it would be better understanding actually what's happening with me,thank you for Correcting me. thanks for the reviewes.0 -
Good luck, you have a good attitude and I think if you use myfitnesspal consistently you'll see the results you want. I hope it goes well for you!2
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CattOfTheGarage wrote: »Good luck, you have a good attitude and I think if you use myfitnesspal consistently you'll see the results you want. I hope it goes well for you!
thank you so much..really appreciated..everyone here organised and wise about health..sometimes it is becoming essential for life..thanks again for your kind comment.
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tracymayo1 wrote: »Prishan - you need to use MyFitnessPal and enter your information and let the program give you your goals.
Then you need to buy a food scale and use it for EVERYTHING that isn't a liquid. do NOT go off of the packaged information as it is often wrong
This is good. Chose to lose 1lb per week, or even 1.5lbs and eat all those calories. Definitely start using a digital food scale to weigh all solid and semi solid food in grams. Use cups and spoons for liquid only. Weigh butter.
Log everything including vegetables, fruit, cooking oil, sauces. Every food and drink that passes your lips, log it. Log individual components of a salad or sandwich. Home cooked meals recipes get added to the recipe builder.0
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