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That's a question to ask your gp. Gastroparesis is a serious medical issue.

How are you tracking? Do you weight and measure everything? Keep in mind, 6 kg in a month is pretty fast loss. .5 kg per week would be a more achievable goal.

And on to day 3 of no community on the android app…

There does seem to be some evidence that very high protein (over 1 g per pound) can put excess strain on and potentially further damage the kidneys. Particularly for people already experiencing kidney damage. Will it do that to everyone? No. But I do think the world has gone a bit protein crazy...

I live like a polar bear... bulk through the holidays, cut in the early spring🤣 I give kudos to anyone who can get lean for the holidays.

Counting macros is essentially the same thing. If your therapist doesn't want you tracking calories, they probably don't want you counting macros either. It sounds like you're trying to find a way to "get around" your therapists advice. Focus on eating reasonably and forget about the tracking. Focus on paying attention to…

At 17, there are some very basic changes you can make that don't involve any serious "dieting". If you drink regular soda, cut it out. Switch to diet. Limit things like potato chips, candy, full sugar energy drinks. Those things you already know aren't really great choices.

No, but they do blog posts. And if you red the "helpful" conversations at the top of this community section there is a lot of great advice.

True. Type 2 diabetes used to be almost unheard of in adolescents. Nowadays we're seeing it more and more. Is there a genetic tendency? Sure. But lifestyle is definitely a major factor.

This is all so true. It's super common to think you're eating 1200 calories, but in reality you're eating more like 1600.... even if you're tracking very carefully. That's why it's so important to track weight and adjust calories monthly depending on what your scale is doing on average.... going up, down, or staying the…

It takes time. In weight loss, patience is a virtue. If you just started working out, then it could easily be water retention masking any weight loss. Generally, give it a month before you decide you're not losing any weight. If you still haven't in a couple more weeks, it's likely you need to cut calories a bit more.

I think we can all end up feeling ignored on here sometimes. It's unfortunate, especially when we put time and thought into our responses.

I actually happen to agree with you that yes, long term glucose control is best managed through other strategies. That's just not what I was referring to.

Sure you did. In a snide "I know better than them" way.

Funny how if you go to an emergency room with hypoglycemia they give you straight glucose in water to raise your blood sugar back to normal.... huh.…funny how they... you know.... save people's lives doing that.... huh.

Generally, the basic idea of eat less is "less than you were eating". How much less? Just a little bit less. That way you're not too hungry. I generally recommend that people stay away from the word starving. It just gives a negative mindset to something that doesn't have to be negative. You won't be starving your body,…

If you're not hungry, it generally wouldn't make sense to eat more and go over. I wouldn't worry about macros right now, just calories. Take some time , don't rush, and focus on accurately measuring everything you eat. Really get yourself in the habit of if it goes in your mouth, it get tracked first. You got this.

I wouldn't personally recommend dissociating eating from hunger.... I've done that over the years to the point that I don't really get hunger or fullness cues anymore... hunger is really more of "I want to pass out, so I better eat something", and fullness is more "I'll probably throw up if I shove more into my mouth".…

I'm going to add the caveat as long as you are not in too steep of a calorie deficit* If you are in too big of a calorie deficit, you will lose some muscle regardless. Even professional body builders will lose a percentage of muscle mass during their cutting phase. They do everything they can to try and minimize the…

I don't

Regular old protein is better.

It's just water. Carbs are fine. In fact, your body runs on carbs for energy. If you don't eat carbs, you end up wasting a lot of protein that could go to building/maintaining muscle, but instead your body is forced to waste it on just surviving and flushes it down the toilet at the end of the day.

You need to figure out what your new maintenence calories are and go down from there depending on how much of a deficit you want to have. Continue working on your weight training.... as that is what will build your muscle back up. And remember, you will be fighting an uphill battle to maintain muscle mass while on wegovy,…

Coffee is one of the few natural foods/drinks proven to reduce appetite due to the caffeine. I used it that way for a long time. When I was hungry but couldn't eat yet, down a cup of coffee.

Exactly this! One of the most important concepts to learn to lose weight. If it goes in your mouth, it counts, whether it was on a plate or not. It makes you more aware of what you're eating and where you can more easily make adjustments.

I've never been to one either. In Alaska they didn't have one while I was growing up. In fact, pretty sure Wasilla still doesn't have one... not sure about Anchorage.

You need to get a food scale to really know. However, on many foods on the serving size on the back it will say grams or ounces and in parentheses how many pieces or cups that is. Also, many foods in mfp have both in the drop down menu. But both those are just estimates if you don't use a food scale.

Get an instapot. You can dump frozen meat in an instapot. I'm really not trying to be mean, but right now it seems like you're just not ready. Maybe someday you will be. You'll have to decide that for yourself.

I don't use perfectly precise, I allow a range of 100 calories above ot below goal.

Think high calorie foods. Curries, naan, rice, nuts. Any kind of pastries you like. All those will give you quite a few calories in a smaller amount of food. I can be the same way. When I'm under a lot of stress, I stop eating. When I'm stressed, I have to either read or watch tv while I'm eating, or I won't eat enough.