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Ok so where is the information about ratios? As I understand it, I may have different ratios than someone without my health issues. If it is not on MFP where do I find this? Yes I can google but I want info that is accurate not necessarily popular.

Now for those of you who are saying to track macronutrients where do I find that info? Is there an FAQ for that?

Thanks to everyone who replied. Let me clear up a few things. My Dr is an endocrinologist who specialized in thyroid and metabolic disorders. She is not a weight loss or bariatric Dr nor runs that type of clinic. She does offer the IP products but specifically said I did not have to buy from her or use that diet. She…

Where do I find IIFYM and what is it?

She doesn't require it and it was suggested that I do that or another diet. She isn't the one that does the orientation or monitoring that is another person. Many of the endocrinologists offer it or an other diet through their offices here. Her goal is for me to lose the weight so that I am no longer at risk for Type II…

I'm sorry but neither of what you said or what they said was all that helpful. I'm not trying to complicate anything, I'm trying to understand how to assess what my nutritional needs are based upon the Dr's recommendation without doing an expensive junk food diet. I was hoping that I could find that type of knowledge…

What? I'm sure it's just that simple for you. :huh: But you aren't me and I am trying to follow my Dr's guidelines here if not the recommended diet.

I am officially pre-diabetic with possible glucose or is it insulin intolerance; I need to have some more testing done. So I know I need to reduce my carbs and increase proteins but I'm not sure what the guidelines for that is. I prefer real food. :bigsmile:

That's part of the problem I don't have but the barest framework of a plan. I don't want to do shakes and pouch food, which is what Ideal Protein is. While I would lose weight on it I don't think it would address bad food choices and the idea of no exercise just isn't logical when I am perfectly able to exercise now. I…

So I had a follow up with the Endocrinologist.:frown: I am possibly glucose intolerant. She wants me on a diet plan like Ideal Protein and has put me on metformin? for glucose intolerance. After reading about IP I'm not enthusiastic at all about it. So I need to look at something that is rigidly structured that will be…

Awesome! Don't be surprised if it takes a week or two to adjust to your CPAP. It took my husband almost a month to get used to his CPAP. It is a relief to know that you weren't crazy that even with having a calorie deficit deficit you weren't losing weight. I don't know how many times I was told I wasn't measuring or…

This is right on the mark. We need to stop demonizing foods. It seems to me that eventually there will be no healthy food left if we keep making food into the enemy. Carbs, fats, wheat, gluten, sugar, HFCS, cholesterol, and on and on and on and on... It's no wonder people are overweight and unhealthy - we're malnourished!…

Scales, even digital ones should be calibrated from time to time to insure accuracy. One or the other or both could be off. Best way to check is to get an item like a 10lb bag of flour that is weight regulated to check.

A flabby stomach could be because of a couple of things... a) the skin is stretched out from either pregnancy or weight gain and no longer has the elasticity to be taut - usually needs to be surgically fixed b) The muscles aren't being exercised correctly - IOW you need to be doing specific exercises for the abs c) hernia…

Sleep apnea has been found to cause weight gain, which makes the apnea worse, which causes more weight gain, etc etc etc. Snoring can be a symptom of sleep apnea but you can have sleep apnea without snoring. I urge you to see a Dr that specializes in snoring and sleep apnea to verify if your snoring is related to sleep…

I'm just starting and have broken my 100 lb goal into 2 50 lb goals. I had some health issues that caused weight gain but since getting that fixed I am hopeful that by using the tools here and support that I will finally succeed in losing weight.