New direction diet exercise?

spottedpony1 wrote: »

Yes I am under medical supervision, meet with them every Tuesday. Was hoping to get advice /experience from someone that make have same situation with minimal exercise

You are meeting with your doctor once a week? I assume you are also eating vegetables and at least one meal a day along with the program's products? If you are eating 800 calories a day you will lose weight, no doubt about it. And on that few calories, talk to your doctor before you increase your exercise - that's not much fuel to exercise on.

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I started New Direction 800 cal. Diet on 3/7/17' so far doing well with the shake, pudding, and drink. I was starving my self before so not sure if that effect weight loss? This is 2nd week and have lost 4lbs. I have knee replacement and only 45 degree bend with that leg and a bad Achilles (may need surgery). I go to pool 3x week and walk for over 1hour and 1 of those days that a water acrob. class and exercise class with new direction staff 1 day. It is hard to do exercise out of pool, do you think I will still lose a lot of weight
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That sounds awful

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spottedpony1 wrote: »

It is the dietitian at the hospital, and I stay in touch with my reg. doctor. I am trying to loose about 60 lbs. it is the VLCD, New Direction products, through the hospital. Each replacement ( pudding, beverage,soup) is 200 cal. X4 a day with 1 cup raw veg. Reg food will be added and a couple weeks- bmi36.6

I see. Still, I'm wondering why your doctor put you on a VLCD with only 60 pounds to lose.

That said, I have never tried this one, but I did try VLCD fad diets in the past. They made me grumpy, hungry, deprived and a pain to be around.

P.S. I just noticed you added your avatar photo! Very cute!

I have to agree - with only 60 pounds to lose, I would have a talk with your doctor about whether such a low calorie diet is needed or appropriate.

OP's bmi is 36.6 This is morbidly obese. Probably they have more than 60lbs to lose in total. But just 60 on this diet.

Your not advised so much to aim for such a low bmi as in the uk doctors are talking about going by waist measurements I was 167lbs 5 ft 2 and in a is size 8-10 bmi isn't factoring in muscle weight
Tell a body builder he's morbidly obese as his bmi would be high

You did the right thing by seeing a doctor. I'm doing the same thing with the New Direction products. I'm on the LCD with 900-1000 cal/day. I weigh in weekly, with a medical assessment in the fourth week, as this is a ketogenic diet.

I think as long as you stick to your goals, communicate with the staff at your clinic, and keep being accountable with calorie intake/burn, you'll have steady weight loss every week. Don't push yourself harder than you are ready to, or you will injure yourself more! I'm athletic by nature (in other words, I am overweight; but people can't really tell because of my muscle mass), so when I feel that a workout isn't making me sweat or grunt, I will add weight or push myself harder. Bad move. I injured my knees so bad a few weeks ago, so much that they popped every few steps. I've been working on form instead of intensity since then, and increasing my time so I can work on form even more.

I had a sleeve gastrectomy in 2012, but started gaining some of the weight back after starting anxiety meds. I was so scared to go back to my surgeon, but my motto has always been, "stop being a wuss!" And it was time to listen to my own advice for a change. I got soooo emotional on that visit. He praised me for wanting to get help, and referred me to the clinic.

It's been a tough road, as I work night shift, and I'm sensitive to a high protein diet. I try to work out 6 days a week/burn at least 500 cal/day, but constipation and bloating had set me back for a few weeks. Now my goals include at least 25 grams of insoluble protein and 128 oz water (1 gallon). Now I'm steadily losing 2 lbs/week. I can't complain!

kushunarodriguez wrote: »

You did the right thing by seeing a doctor. I'm doing the same thing with the New Direction products. I'm on the LCD with 900-1000 cal/day. I weigh in weekly, with a medical assessment in the fourth week, as this is a ketogenic diet.

I think as long as you stick to your goals, communicate with the staff at your clinic, and keep being accountable with calorie intake/burn, you'll have steady weight loss every week. Don't push yourself harder than you are ready to, or you will injure yourself more! I'm athletic by nature (in other words, I am overweight; but people can't really tell because of my muscle mass), so when I feel that a workout isn't making me sweat or grunt, I will add weight or push myself harder. Bad move. I injured my knees so bad a few weeks ago, so much that they popped every few steps. I've been working on form instead of intensity since then, and increasing my time so I can work on form even more.

I had a sleeve gastrectomy in 2012, but started gaining some of the weight back after starting anxiety meds. I was so scared to go back to my surgeon, but my motto has always been, "stop being a wuss!" And it was time to listen to my own advice for a change. I got soooo emotional on that visit. He praised me for wanting to get help, and referred me to the clinic.

It's been a tough road, as I work night shift, and I'm sensitive to a high protein diet. I try to work out 6 days a week/burn at least 500 cal/day, but constipation and bloating had set me back for a few weeks. Now my goals include at least 25 grams of insoluble protein and 128 oz water (1 gallon). Now I'm steadily losing 2 lbs/week. I can't complain!

kushunarodriguez wrote: »

You did the right thing by seeing a doctor. I'm doing the same thing with the New Direction products. I'm on the LCD with 900-1000 cal/day. I weigh in weekly, with a medical assessment in the fourth week, as this is a ketogenic diet.

I think as long as you stick to your goals, communicate with the staff at your clinic, and keep being accountable with calorie intake/burn, you'll have steady weight loss every week. Don't push yourself harder than you are ready to, or you will injure yourself more! I'm athletic by nature (in other words, I am overweight; but people can't really tell because of my muscle mass), so when I feel that a workout isn't making me sweat or grunt, I will add weight or push myself harder. Bad move. I injured my knees so bad a few weeks ago, so much that they popped every few steps. I've been working on form instead of intensity since then, and increasing my time so I can work on form even more.

I had a sleeve gastrectomy in 2012, but started gaining some of the weight back after starting anxiety meds. I was so scared to go back to my surgeon, but my motto has always been, "stop being a wuss!" And it was time to listen to my own advice for a change. I got soooo emotional on that visit. He praised me for wanting to get help, and referred me to the clinic.

It's been a tough road, as I work night shift, and I'm sensitive to a high protein diet. I try to work out 6 days a week/burn at least 500 cal/day, but constipation and bloating had set me back for a few weeks. Now my goals include at least 25 grams of insoluble protein and 128 oz water (1 gallon). Now I'm steadily losing 2 lbs/week. I can't complain!

kushunarodri, your doctor put you on a VLCD because you started to gain weight back? That does not make sense, because weight gain means to simply cut back a bit on calories until you find your maintenance again. That 900 to 1000 is drastic.

I'm just coming off the New Direction program. Lost a lot of things over the past 7 months like 115 lbs, my entire closet full of clothes, no more BP & Cholesterol meds and blood sugar dropped from pre-diabetic to the low side of normal.

Can't say enough good things about this program except now trying to figure out regular diet. Seems everything I eat makes me gain weight. Hope to learn from some others here and maybe help some folks currently using this diet.

I am also doing the New Directions & was expecting more of a rapid weight loss. When that didn't happen I had the hospital test my BMR rate & that put things in perspective. You can find out how many calories you are burning & do the math as to how many calories you will need to consume / burn to lose 3,500 calories/lb. What I learned is if I want to lose weight I can't eat more than 1000 calories a day & expect to lose weight. The program is highly monitored & all concerns should be addressed with the hospital. Once I knew my math everything was easier to put into perspective. I feel like the meals now are the easy part it is preparing for the off meals that will be harder. Good luck!

deannalfisher wrote: »

Learning63 wrote: »

I am also doing the New Directions & was expecting more of a rapid weight loss. When that didn't happen I had the hospital test my BMR rate & that put things in perspective. You can find out how many calories you are burning & do the math as to how many calories you will need to consume / burn to lose 3,500 calories/lb. What I learned is if I want to lose weight I can't eat more than 1000 calories a day & expect to lose weight. The program is highly monitored & all concerns should be addressed with the hospital. Once I knew my math everything was easier to put into perspective. I feel like the meals now are the easy part it is preparing for the off meals that will be harder. Good luck!

what is your BMR if you are being told you can't consume more than 1000cal a day...that is a VLCD and needs to be medically supervised

I don't know what VLCD is that very low calorie diet?? My program is medically supervised.
I can't consume more than 1000 calories & expect to lose weight my BMR is 1200 so I have to exercise more & eat lower calories.

I think New Direction food can only be ordered through a doctor / supervised program