MichelleSilverleaf Member

My mom's going through a program for WLS, it's definitely not an easy fix nor does everyone qualify for it. It's a tool though, not a miracle, you'll still have to learn how to properly eat so that you don't just regain all your weight. You can learn to eat around the effects of WLS and the people who gain all their weight…

Because in order for MFP to give you as close to an accurate number as possible, it needs to know your stats.

It's not sustainable. You need to be eating waaaay more than that in order to give your body adequate nutrition. Eat to the number MFP gives you, use a food scale (you'd be surprised how much difference there can be) and weigh everything you eat. And make sure you're getting adequate protein, you're going to want that to…

What Slimfast will do (if you're doing 2 shakes a day and a meal) is cause you to lose weight (healthily or not is another question). What it won't do is teach you how to maintain when you get to your goal.

Almonds, but a serving size makes me want to cry.

Yeah I hear ya, been that way myself about some meds. I would phone and share the concerns, maybe she can put it into better perspective for you.

Have you chatted with your dr about your concerns? Did he/she talk to you about the why behind the switch?

If you're getting hungry after workouts, maybe that's a sign to eat back some of your exercise calories. You're going to have to figure out how to manage your appetite on your own eventually.

Get a food scale, use it, and start learning calories. If you're always hungry you either have to a.)figure out whether you're really hungry or 'think' you're hungry (i.e., actually craving water, wanting to eat just for the sake of eating or feeling deprived), b.)examine if your deficit is too aggressive and/or c.)figure…

If you can't find candied ginger, you could try ginger beer or ginger ale. Anecdotal, but I've always found ginger ale (especially Canada Dry) to help me with bouts of nausea. I've heard the same about ginger beer. I believe there's also an OTC nausea med that's made with ginger, I can't recall the name though.

You don't have the weight to lose quicker. Usually people who are 400+ can get away with losing more than 2lbs a week. 1-2lbs a week is a great rate.

Probably a logging issue, if you're not weighing your food and making sure you're using accurate entries that's probably where the problem is. Also you're going to want to eat a lot more than your BMR, eat to whatever number MFP gives you.

^This. So much easier and pleasant.

So find what does. I like having a serving of sunflower seeds, or some veggies and hummus (sometimes swap the hummus out for a french onion dip if I plan for it), small bowl of cereal, a nice sized apple will also do. Sorbet if I want something sweet (80 cal a serving, I can double that and still have a nice sweet treat…

"Dr." Josh Axe is a poor source of anything reliable. That being said, you're the one bringing the claim. It's on you to prove the evidence for your argument.

Stop doing the bolded. 1200cal is a minimum. Odds are you're eating more than you think as someone else pointed out, but once you do start weighing 1200 should be a minimum. And even that low is probably not necessary.

Unless you have a medical need for a vitamin, you're just making expensive pee in most cases.

You still have to weigh and track your food.

Patience would be what you're missing. You just started a new workout routine, your body is probably holding on to water to repair muscles. 10 days is nothing to worry about, give it about a month before you think something isn't working.

Eat to the number MFP gives you and wait about 4-6 weeks to see if what you're doing is working. A few days isn't going to be long enough to see if what you're doing is working, give it a bit more time. 38lbs sounds like a good goal, just remember that the closer you get to goal the slower your weight loss is going to be.…

Nope, doesn't work that way. Odds are better that there's a logging error, or a numbers error. If you're referring to 'starvation mode', that's not a thing.

-get a food scale and weigh everything -plug your stats into MFP and eat to the number it gives you (depending on how much you have to lose, 2lbs may not be an appropriate loss rate for you) -stop under eating, you should be getting 1200 MINIMUM, MFP will probably give you a number higher than that depending on your stats.

Unless you're deficient in something, you don't need supplements. And if you worry about deficiencies, the only way you're going to know is to see your doc and get an appropriate blood test done. Save your money for real food.

I echo what FlyingMolly said, your deficit is probably too extreme for your goal but without knowing your stats and how much weight you want to lose it's hard to say. I don't think cheat meals or cheat days are great, to me it sets you in the wrong mindset. Your efforts shouldn't be something you feel you have to 'cheat'…

16lbs is a small amount, which means you have no margin for error. Plus, it will take time to come off. Persistence and patience. If you haven't been using a food scale, get one. If you have, keep doing what you're doing in being as accurate as possible and give it time. You've already lost 4lbs, so you're already on a…

With your son you could turn it into a positive and help him understand how the body works and how important it is to both fuel his body and give it a chance to finish growing before getting into shaping it. Boys are just as prone to body issues as girls. As for your daughter, only thing I can think of at this point is to…

Guarantee you no one is losing weight purely by including activated charcoal or ACV in their diet. Neither has the mechanism to do so.

She may, but odds are good that she won't. Many times people don't want to admit they're being duped or that something they believe so strongly in is actually not true, or think that because the person administering the treatment calls themselves a doctor (or heavens forbid is one, looking at you Oz and Brogan) that it's…

If you're not losing it's because you're no longer in a deficit. Are you tracking? If not, start. Weighing what you eat? Again, if not start.

That won't apply for everyone, but if someone isn't aware of what it is that helps them stay full it's worth it to focus on one thing at a time (either protein, carbs or fat) and see which one does it for them.