Trying meal replacement shakes. Help!

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    cheriebah wrote: »

    That's exactly what it is for me, I know what I'm having and when I'm having it.
    You can do that with food as well.
    It's something I've never tried after relentlessly failing at others options and methods.
    What were your previous attempts, and why did the methods fail you? My guess is that they were more similar to meal replacements than to real food in moderate amounts?
    Once I get used to the smaller portions and wrap my head around all of my food issues I will more than likely stop the shakes as I know it isnt a sustainable option.
    But you won't wrap your head around your food issues by not facing them, you just avoid them temporarily, and they will get worse after a replacement diet. This isn't even about food, but about emotions.
    I came on here for some help and encouragement for my situation and some people need to realise it's not easy for me to handle the food side of things as of yet. So I went for a different option. I'm not a gym junky or over all healthy person, I'm a beginner. I appreciate your understanding to my situation. Thank you
    Most of us have or have had issues with food for large parts of our lives. Many of us aren't healt freaks or gym junkies. But we have experience. And we understand the struggles you are facing, for a large part brought on by the diet industry, that tells you food is your enemy and you need to make up for your sins, and that this is a mandatory step towards a good diet and a healthy body. None of that is true. They are lies to make money from you.
  • Silentpadna
    Silentpadna Posts: 1,306 Member
    Sunna_W wrote: »
    NOT Wisdom:


    DO NOT eat back your calories burned if you exercise!

    Sorry. This is generally not wise....depending how much exercise you do. If you are eating at a high deficit and then create more deficit, it's the same as not eating enough to fuel your general functions.

    For example, if MFP tells you to eat 1400 calories, and you exercise 500 or more of those in a day, that leaves you with 900 calories. This can be extremely unhealthy. Context mattes of course, but I would caution the OP to not take the above statement without appropriate context.
  • Lois_1989
    Lois_1989 Posts: 6,410 Member
    edited September 2017
    Sunna_W wrote: »
    Wisdom:

    Calories in = calories out; if you eat less than your burn just by being alive you will lose weight and no exercise is required.

    DO eat back your calories burned if you exercise! DO NOT "over exert" yourself. Take it slowly. Just move more. Gentle stretches and walking just a might faster.

    Cut your calories to the amount that is correct for your height / current weight (and weight loss goals) and try adjusting your macros (under your home table) to something close to 100 grams of carbs daily with a 55% protein / 50% healthy fat split for the rest of your calories. This should be your eating plan for life - not just for weight loss. Research shows that denial and abruptly making changes all at once dooms people to fail and gain back the weight. This must be a life time choice without denial to be successful.

    I am compliant about 75% of the time with this formula and I haven't gained any weight back.

    Given the amount of weight you are looking to lose - GO SLOWLY!!! That way you minimize the amount of loose skin and flab. It has a chance to shrink as you shrink. Think 1 kg a week maximum. I am 60 and I lost weight without having a lot of hanging skin this way.

    FEED your body / skin with lots of protein, bone broth (rich in collagen), and fresh veggies. When I was losing (in teh beginning) I used blended meals (basically a protein shake for breakfast and a blended salad for lunch) and a high protein / healthy fat low sugar / low carb dinner. I wasn't really all that hungry.

    Some things that helped me:

    http://www.fatsickandnearlydead.com/
    https://www.westonaprice.org/about-us/healthy-4-life/
    https://www.paleohacks.com/

    Fixed it for you

    Also, the carb/fat/protein is entirely up to the person. Low-carb might not suit all.
  • firef1y72
    firef1y72 Posts: 1,579 Member
    Sunna_W wrote: »
    Wisdom:

    Calories in = calories out; if you eat less than your burn just by being alive you will lose weight and no exercise is required.

    DO NOT eat back your calories burned if you exercise! DO NOT "over exert" yourself. Take it slowly. Just move more. Gentle stretches and walking just a might faster.


    Do eat your exercise calories back that's how the site is designed to work. Taking today in to account, if I didn't eat my exercise Calories then by the end of the day I'll be netting at least -500 Calories, which is in no way healthy. I'll eat my exercise Calories thank you very much, I've earned them.

    I'm not sure what's meant by do not "over exert" yourself, I take multiple high intensity classes a week and push myself to my very limits, but I've taken two years to build up to this point. Sure walking a little faster may help at the beginning, but you're most likely going to want to increase your activity level at least a little as time goes on.
  • cheriebah
    cheriebah Posts: 13 Member
    I have tried many times to go on a 'diet' or eat healthy, do portion and calorie control and exercise. I don't personally think I'm not facing the problem with the right way to learn about eating by doing these shakes. I have a calorie counted/portion controlled dinner and snack responsibly when I get peckish, so for me that's a big deal in itself. By starting with educating myself with one meal at a time, I don't feel over whelmed. So when I get train my body into being satisfied with that particular meal, I can cut out a shake and start doing the same for lunch and step by step continue until I am eating fabulously for the whole day and still seeing results or maintaining when I'm happy. I do agree with eating the calories I have earnt back from exercise as I don't want to deprive my body of what it needs to be healthy. This is a step by step journey and I want to do it the best way for myself. I appreciate everybody's input and teaching me things I didn't know and I take everything into account!
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