Help what am I doing wrong? I cant lose weight
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najranforever wrote: »najranforever wrote: »Another Big Advice ..
STAY AWAY FROM FAST FOOD AND GO ORGANIC BECAUSE FAST FOOD IS HARD TO DIGEST
Organic makes no difference in weight loss and you can eat "fast food" as long as you count the calories and keep in your allowance.
Disagree but It's your opinion and I respect you.
Can you please link where you have learned this. I am not aware of any research that fast food is hard to digest and organic is easy to digest.
Also why would easy to digest be better? It would have a lower thermogeneic effect. Fiber is not digestible but important for a healthy diet.
Most fast food is extremely high in calories. Organic fruits and vegetables not so much. But I have seen organic cookies, cakes, crackers, etc in the store, and someone may misunderstand your advice that they can eat as much of those as they want because they are organic.
On the other hand a teacher lost 60 pounds eating nothing but McDonalds for 6 months, but because he ate 2,000 calories a day lost weight, his cholesterol improved, etc.
And lets not forget the awesome twinkie dude
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/4 -
fruttibiscotti wrote: »Don't restrict calories. Just restrict carb grams, and keep protein at moderate levels (around 0.8 grams per kg of lean body mass). If you eat too much protein, your body will convert it to glucose (sugar) via a process called gluconeogenesis (and when this happens, people feel like crap). So, that means you need to eat lots of fat...natural fats...not the man made Frankenstein stuff like margarine and corn oil and vegetable oil. Natural fat like avocado, full fat cheese/yogurt, butter, coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil, nuts, etc.
Another thing.....DON'T snack.....EVER. When you snack, you shoot yourself in the foot really. That's when fat burning happens. Make a plan....as in when you will eat (breakfast, lunch, dinner)...and stick to the plan. No snacking between meals. Period.najranforever wrote: »Another Big Advice ..
STAY AWAY FROM FAST FOOD AND GO ORGANIC BECAUSE FAST FOOD IS HARD TO DIGEST
Pretty much ignore all of this, OP. Carbs do not make weight loss...you need to have a calorie deficit for that. Also, I've eaten quite a bit of non-organic and fast foods, and I went from 241 lbs to 165 lbs while doing so. It isn't about what you eat so much as it is how much of it.
Also, there is absolutely nothing wrong with snacking. In fact, I find that snacking helps me not to get so hungry that I overeat at mealtimes. There are plenty of people on MFP who eat 6+ times a day and still lose or maintain.
Diannethegeek's advice is spot on..I'd follow that. She always has great tips.6 -
I wish it was hard to digest!9
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dragon_girl26 wrote: »Diannethegeek's advice is spot on..I'd follow that. She always has great tips.
^^^This
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Fast food and other heavily processed foods are essentially "pre-chewed" and are easier to digest.
"Easy to digest" means we extract more calories from it for fewer expended calories of energy.
"Natural" foods are actually a lot harder to digest. Fortunately "Easy to digest" and "hard to digest" are totally irrelvant to actual health.8 -
najranforever wrote: »Another Big Advice ..
STAY AWAY FROM FAST FOOD AND GO ORGANIC BECAUSE FAST FOOD IS HARD TO DIGEST
If fast food were hard to digest, it would require more energy to do so. As such, by your logic, fast food would be a very good choice to make when trying to lose weight.
That said, I don't advise a diet high in fast foods.3 -
Hello @najranforever!
Is there a body fat analyser you would recommend? What level of accuracy does it provide?najranforever wrote: »Dear,
1- buy measurement tape,body fat analyser in order to track your fat%,hip,height,Abdomen and neck size to stay motivated.
I've asked my MFP friends to help me out on this, and no one has found a solution.
See: my skin has a bit of a deflated baloon look these days and my belly button floats lower than it used to. Where/how do I measure my abdomen?
I fully agree! You should also pick the correct, verified entries from MFP.najranforever wrote: »2-buy food scale for more accurate loggings
I thought those help your bones or something? How will they help me lose fat or even loose de fatz?najranforever wrote: »3-check your Vitamin D intake
By how much? should I eat above or below maintenance? By percentage? Or are you talking about one day eating 2570 and the other day eating 2395 but never eating 2482.50 two days in a row?najranforever wrote: »4-Try to fluctuate the the calories intake each day
But I can't do HIIT for 30 minutesnajranforever wrote: »5-Do HIIT workout that don't last longer than 30 min
I mean 30 min of HIIT requires one to be in really good shape to begin with!
I can barely run 20 seconds full out! I mean seriously. FULL OUT. Try it. RUN 20 seconds like a frigging grizzly bear was behind you! And you want me to do that again and again for half an hour? No way!
Should I NOT walk 2 hours a day if that is something I can do instead? Because that is longer than 30 minutes.
Me toonajranforever wrote: »Hope you have the best
Now I am really reallynajranforever wrote: »Another Big Advice ..
STAY AWAY FROM FAST FOOD AND GO ORGANIC BECAUSE FAST FOOD IS HARD TO DIGEST
I am trying to lose weight, right?
Hard to digest means it sits like a lump in my tummy, I feel full, and I don't absorb the calories... right?
So like... it will help me lose weight faster, right?
So... it is good then, right?
Go fast food! ?!?!9 -
najranforever wrote: »Another Big Advice ..
STAY AWAY FROM FAST FOOD AND GO ORGANIC BECAUSE FAST FOOD IS HARD TO DIGEST
What?? No.2 -
I don't see any stats. Maybe the OP is already thin, which makes weightloss much harder...,4
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fruttibiscotti wrote: »Another thing.....DON'T snack.....EVER. When you snack, you shoot yourself in the foot really. That's when fat burning happens. Make a plan....as in when you will eat (breakfast, lunch, dinner)...and stick to the plan. No snacking between meals. Period.
Not necessary. If the snacks fit into the daily calories, there's no reason to cut them out.
Calories matter, not carbs, not snacks. Calories.5 -
najranforever wrote: »Another Big Advice ..
STAY AWAY FROM FAST FOOD AND GO ORGANIC BECAUSE FAST FOOD IS HARD TO DIGEST
LOL. NOPE.
Do you have scientific evidence to support this?
4. I don't do this because...its' not necessary.najranforever wrote: »Dear,
1- buy measurement tape,body fat analyser in order to track your fat%,hip,height,Abdomen and neck size to stay motivated.
2-buy food scale for more accurate loggings
3-check your Vitamin D intake
4-Try to fluctuate the the calories intake each day
5-Do HIIT workout that don't last longer than 30 min
Hope you have the best
5. I hate HIIT...I don't do it.
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The random shouty myth-posts are strong here. Why do people feel the need to use all caps when saying things like "NEVER EAT SNACKS!" and "FAST FOOD IS HARD TO DIGEST!"? Oh, yeah, it's because these statements are nonsense and shouting is meant to frighten you into accepting the nonsense without thinking about it.
All caps is rude, people. And it makes other readers take you less seriously, not more.8 -
CattOfTheGarage wrote: »The random shouty myth-posts are strong here. Why do people feel the need to use all caps when saying things like "NEVER EAT SNACKS!" and "FAST FOOD IS HARD TO DIGEST!"? Oh, yeah, it's because these statements are nonsense and shouting is meant to frighten you into accepting the nonsense without thinking about it.
All caps is rude, people. And it makes other educated readers take you less seriously, not more.
FIFY.
I think all caps is also used because the derp-and-woo-filled sources this 'info' is garnered from uses them, too.
I always have a laugh when stuff like that pops up in my Facebook feed. All caps is intended to give an impression of not only legitimacy, but urgency, too, in a "YOU'RE GONNA DIE!!!!" kinda way.
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@najranforever. You are completely right. I have also witnessed this first hand. Fast food is hard to digest and once I decided to cut this out I drastically saw results as hard as it can be to refrain from it. Every medical doctor or deitician in the world will tell you that eating healthy is a major part of weight loss (combined with monitoring calories). I can't quite understand why people want to deny what even a dietician, who specializes in weight management, would tell you. I'm certain they (doctors and dieticians) have more knowledge and training than the average person.0
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AntoinetteAngus wrote: »@najranforever. You are completely right. I have also witnessed this first hand. Fast food is hard to digest and once I decided to cut this out I drastically saw results as hard as it can be to refrain from it. Every medical doctor or deitician in the world will tell you that eating healthy is a major part of weight loss (combined with monitoring calories). I can't quite understand why people want to deny what even a dietician, who specializes in weight management, would tell you. I'm certain they (doctors and dieticians) have more knowledge and training than the average person.
What makes fast food supposedly harder to digest than any other kind of food?5 -
AntoinetteAngus wrote: »@najranforever. You are completely right. I have also witnessed this first hand. Fast food is hard to digest and once I decided to cut this out I drastically saw results as hard as it can be to refrain from it. Every medical doctor or deitician in the world will tell you that eating healthy is a major part of weight loss (combined with monitoring calories). I can't quite understand why people want to deny what even a dietician, who specializes in weight management, would tell you. I'm certain they (doctors and dieticians) have more knowledge and training than the average person.
I've worked with several doctors and nope, none of them have told me to focus on eating a certain way, or labeled food 'healthy' vs 'not healthy' or 'good' or 'bad. You are right about the calorie thing though and that's the only thing I've focused on, not only to lose 50lbs, but to also improve all my health markers and blood panels (no longer a prediabetic either, go me!).
I ate fast food regularly during my weight loss phase and I still eat it regularly now almost 4 years into successful maintenance. My current MD is very pleased with where I'm at with my health and we've discussed my diet, weight loss and maintenance in some detail. She has no problem with me eating out, drinking diet soda etc. In fact, she told me to keep doing what I'm doing because I'm one of only a handful of her patients who have managed to keep off the excess weight for any length of time. She's also kind of passed me around the practice and I've shared my story with others there, because again-I'm one of the statistical unicorns who are successfully maintaining
I enjoy eating out and there's absolutely no reason for me to eliminate it.5 -
crzycatlady1 wrote: »AntoinetteAngus wrote: »@najranforever. You are completely right. I have also witnessed this first hand. Fast food is hard to digest and once I decided to cut this out I drastically saw results as hard as it can be to refrain from it. Every medical doctor or deitician in the world will tell you that eating healthy is a major part of weight loss (combined with monitoring calories). I can't quite understand why people want to deny what even a dietician, who specializes in weight management, would tell you. I'm certain they (doctors and dieticians) have more knowledge and training than the average person.
I've worked with several doctors and nope, none of them told me to focus on eating a certain way, or labeled food 'healthy' vs 'not healthy' or 'good' or 'bad. You are right about the calorie thing though and that's the only thing I've focused on, not only to lose 50lbs, but to also improve all my health markers and blood panels (no longer a prediabetic either, go me!).
I ate fast food regularly during my weight loss phase and I still eat it regularly now almost 4 years into successful maintenance. My current MD is very pleased with where I'm at with my health and we've discussed my diet, weight loss and maintenance in some detail. She has no problem with me eating out, drinking diet soda etc. In fact, she told me to keep doing what I'm doing because I'm one of only a handful of her patients who have managed to keep off the excess weight for any length of time. She's also kind of passed me around the practice and I've shared my story with others there, because again-I'm one of the statistical unicorns who are successfully maintaining
I enjoy eating out and there's absolutely no reason for me to eliminate it.
I'm happy for your weight loss. I know it takes a lot of hard work and dedication. I do feel like if you asked your MD what he/she would recommend for long term weight loss, or what they think about frequent junk food in a persons diet they would tell you to eat healthy, monitor your calories and exercise. If they didnt tell you that and told you to eat all the junk food you wanted I would very weary of his/her overall medical advice. This is not to say one cannot indulge in anyway, but junk food just shouldn't be a ones consistent 'go to food' in one's diet.0 -
dragon_girl26 wrote: »AntoinetteAngus wrote: »@najranforever. You are completely right. I have also witnessed this first hand. Fast food is hard to digest and once I decided to cut this out I drastically saw results as hard as it can be to refrain from it. Every medical doctor or deitician in the world will tell you that eating healthy is a major part of weight loss (combined with monitoring calories). I can't quite understand why people want to deny what even a dietician, who specializes in weight management, would tell you. I'm certain they (doctors and dieticians) have more knowledge and training than the average person.
What makes fast food supposedly harder to digest than any other kind of food?
Some article in Family Circle probably said it so it must be true.4
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