Half my body weight

woodalldee · June 6

I need to lose half my body weight in order to be a healthy weight. I need lots of low calorie options that Will fill me up. If I'm hungry I have a hard time staying away from the fridge and I eat and eat till I feel full. I feel I should also add in I'm diabetic so I do have to be careful what I eat.

cmriverside · June 6

Well - we can't really pick your food for you.

Just eat the food you can eat and like to eat in the portions that will fit within your calorie Goals.

Log your food, study your FOOD diary every day and make adjustments. If you pre-log before you eat something you'll know how to cut back on the size of your portions.

It's just something you have to commit to do every day...and stick to it.

Here's a Group you can join if you like - or just read if you'd rather - for people with quite a lot of weight to lose, see if you can glean anything from them. Good people. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/133315-larger-losers

MargaretYakoda · June 6

Here’s an active group of diabetic folks that I have found to be helpful.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/1772-type-2-diabetes-support-group

As for eating until you feel full, this conversation is a good read.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10563959/volume-eaters-thread/p1

Some advice and words of encouragement:
As you learn more about what works best for you, it gets easier. A lot easier. So stick with it. You won’t regret it.

Things that work for me:
Sugar free gum
Single serve nuts, cheese, etc. The single serve package makes it much easier to log the calories precisely, and many people report that protein helps keep hunger and cravings down.

You may also want to consider taking up a hobby that occupies your hands.
Knitting, model building, or paint by numbers are the sort of things that can make mindless snacking more difficult.

PAV8888 · June 6

There's some marginally good peops there if I say so myself. Though the big "wisdom" pay offs are some of the early posts by Novus.

That said. for this to work. for you to improve your health. You WILL HAVE to PUT IN SOME TIME. Work/time/focus/hobby whatever you want to call it. But it isn't a passive thing. You will have to develop an interest and spend time on it.

There is no guide. Really.

You know why? Because if you just follow a guide someday you will stop doing so.

The guide will have to come from inside and you will have to experiment and develop what works for you.

Is it worth it? ABSOLUTELY. Best decision ever.

So here's the GOOD news: You don't have to figure it all out from day one. You don't even have to figure it out by day 365. BUT. You do have to be WILLING to figure it out.

I got to MFP because I was just about ready to give up trying to lose weight. Not that I wasn't losing. I was.

But I was spending all day hungry after eating a cranberry orange muffin with jam and peanut butter in the morning followed by a foot-long meatball subway sub and a bag of baked chips late at night.

Actually add up the calories on that. Don't forget to include the cheese that is not included in the nutritional table.

Do you realize that I was eating a good 2100 calories (more than that really most of the time) while still being hungry?

Do you know why I wasn't realizing it? Because I had not found MFP yet.

What do you think happened when I started logging my food? I looked at what I was spending and said: Well hold on a second. I don't give a flying *kitten* that olive oil is healthy. 45g of olive oil in my salad is almost 400 Cal. I can put a second can of salmon in there for that. Or two cans of tuna. Or eat 66 grams of almonds. Or FIVE LARGE EGGS... and that's not even with getting into augmenting eggs with egg whites or even considering 1352g (that's ALMOST TWO 750g BAGS) of frozen california mix (broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots)

There are a LOT of substitutions and more filling choices you can make. And logging CAREFULLY and evaluating what you logged will get you the info you need about what is worth it for you or not.

The goal is to figure out a sustainable deficit. And a sustainable way of eating and moving... and you CAN do it.

Starts from a) I won't open my mouth to put it in till I've logged my food b) I will carefully select the entries I use and c) I will review my entries d) nothing is sacred: everything is on the table and I will decide anew what is worth it and what's NOT worth it to me.

Anyway... that's where I started from for whatever that's worth beyond the fact that it CAN be done.

To the best of my knowledge I have not (and will not) hit the 50% mark. But I've ended up pretty close to that at around 55% of my former maximum. My actual max is a bit uncertain given that my analogue scale at that time was above its limit.

AnnPT77 · June 6

If you ask me (which no one did

), @PAV8888 posts are always worth reading. That one was extra good.

Seven stars out of 5, good advice. Do It. Do. It.

Good advice from @MargaretYakoda, too: Always solid, especially when it comes to things like diabetes and movement limitations.

I "only" lost a bit less than a third of my body weight, have kept it off for around 8 years so far. Totally worth the effort, in quality of life improvement. (That's just the subjective stuff, without even considering the objectively massively improved health markers, redlined then to solidly healthy now.)

Only giving up results in failure. Keep going. Try something, it doesn't work? Not failure. Just another thing to check off as not your personal best plan: A good learning experience. Try something else. Keep. Going. You can find the right plan for YOU.

I want that for you, even though we're total strangers. It's soooo worth the effort!

HappyDonkey75 · June 6

Lots of great advice here. One thing that I am learning as I have gotten much more disciplined and serious about my weight loss goals is that commitment word. Somedays its getting through the next hour without giving into temptation. I have started journaling and keeping very close track of my food. I also meal plan atleast 3 meals a week. Lunches /breakfast are easy.

Its definitely a mental game . For those of us with the issue of eating until we are feeling full (likely overfull) I have found using metamucil for the afternoon really helps. me (when I get the cravings for seets, bad foods) I eat a reasonable lunch and then have a glass of metamucil and that gets me to dinner most of the time without feeling like I need that afternoon snack
Hope that helps

elisa123gal · June 6

google, low calorie healthy recipes.. snacks.. and simply the list of the lowest calorie foods. Get ideas from what you learn..and choose foods you know you'll like.. Start there.

Blueto88 · June 9

Weight loss is a very simple formula. Really, it is. It consists of three things.

1. Decrease intake.
2. Increase activity.
3. Discipline.

That's it. All I did was count carbs, nothing else. But guess which one of those three is the most important. Number 3. It's entirely a mental game. Most people eat more than their body needs, it's habit. Some people specifically go to eating for comfort. You need to start working on your awareness and your cravings. You can overcome them, it's a practice.

When I was losing weight I would get cravings, so I would have a cup of tea or coffee and would forget about it. I also focused on the positive aspects of what I was trying to achieve. Stay connected to positive motivations, let go of thoughts of missing out. Once you start mastering your own mind, anything is possible.

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