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Losing weight during Quarantine
I am finding it very hard to maintain my weight let alone lose it with being homebound and shelter in place. Fault is mine with tons of cooking yummy dishes, baking a ton (which I normally avoid given butter, flour n sugar combo is the worst) and trying out new recipes. Tryg hard to get back to my smoothies, salads and…
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No added sugar counting 19 days
I am a sugar addict and have been for the last 40 yrs. i’m almost 45 abd have struggled with this addiction for ever. I got diagnosed with one of the autoimmune disease markers (tested for ds dna antibody as 27; normal is less than 4) as positive in Nov 2018 and my only symptom was losing hair like crazy and just generally…
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Cutting rice, pasta and getting carbs from veggies and fruit
I have cut out grains- oatmeal, rice (white, brown), quinoa, pasta etc. i get my carbs from veggies, fruits, nuts, milk (use half n half in my tea). I have lean protein chicken n fish, sometimes lamb or beef. I have read varied opinions of nutritionists on this. Some say this is bad and in the long run the weight u lose…
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Apple body shape Pl Help
Those of you that have managed to lose weight on an apple shaped body, pl pl pl share your diet/food plans, calories, macro consumptiom. Im a female 44 years 5ft 7 190 lbs lost 23 lbs last yr and went down to 180 and gained 10 back this yr. im super sensitive to wt gain the minute I eat the good food while on vacation, a…
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20 lb loss but lost huge ant of muscle and no fat. PL HELP
Im 5 ft 7 inches female, 44 yrs, lost 20 lbs last yr in 4-5 months by eating clean, maintaining same amt of exercise. I started at 203 lbs and went down to 181 lbs. My protein was 100 gms, carbs 70-80 gms and rest fat. I was at 1300-1400 cals. I worked with a nutritionist who used one of those weighing scales that gives…
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No weight loss for 80 days HELP
I had lost 20 lbs last year by simply eating clean and 1-2 days of strength training plus 1-2 days of Barre classes which is more ard flexibility, toning, stretching etc. I am a female 5 ft 7 inches started at 203 lbs in May/June 2018 and came down to 181.2 lbs by Dec 2018. Then I went on 2 vacations one was 15 days in…
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How to break Sugar addiction
Pl help!!! I am 5 ft 7 inches, 184 lbs and have lost 20 lbs last year. However my sugar addiction keeps gettg in the way as I make progress. My goal wt is 150 lbs and Im tryg to lose this slowly. I go abt 7-10 days without sugar and them when I have it , it triggers me to have sugar again and again. Before you know Ive had…
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Weight and Eating out
Im 5 ft 7 inches, 185 lbs and lost abt 20 lbs lastyear as I cleaned up my diet and continued with my regular exercise routine. My goal wt is 150 lbs I do eatout over weekends and I’vevnoticed that even though I keep mostly within my calorie limit of 1300-1400 cals I always end up weighing more the next 3-4 days and then as…
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Switching to Plant based diet and lose weight
Im tryg to switch to a plant based diet. I am 5 ft 7, 43 yrs old female. Startg wt 203. Current wt 183. So far have lost 20 lbs on a protein heavy diet 100-120 gms protein 50-60 gmscarbs, 70 grms fat 1300 cals. My TDEE is 1800 cals. I do strength training once a week, pure barre classes 2 times a week, walk 1-2 times a…
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Autoimmune and reversing
I am 5ft 7 inches, 43 yr old Indian female experiencing severe hair shedding for the last 3-4 months. All myblood work came back normal except ANA was positive and the doc said I tested positive for double strand DNA. Other than hair loss my only other symptom is cold sweats every now and then. I have good energy levels,…
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Hair loss while losing weight
am 5ft 7 inches female Indian, 43 years old, started at 203 lbs in June 2018 and down to 183 in Nov. I did this by calorie deficit, sticking to a low carb diet. Tracked calories 1200-1300 some days went to 1000 calories as well, macros 100 gm protein, 40-60 gms carbs, fat 60 gms. All my test results are normal but since…
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Cutting carbs by half and hair loss
I started my clean eating journey in May 2018 when I was 203 lbs. I was eating 1500/1600 cals abt 130 grams of carbs, 90-100 grms of protein and 30-40 grams of fat. I’m 43 yrs old female 5 ft 7 inches. I basically changedmy overall calories to 1300-1400 cals 50-70 grms of carbs, 90-100 gms of protein, 60-70 grms if fat. I…
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Whoosh weight
Has anyone experienced situation where wt keeps going up n down a lb here and there and then after a few days whoosh the wt finally keeps coming off? Any explanation? I spent a good 4-5 weeks where wt would go up and down and then finally it has started coming down the last 3-4 days. I was convinced I had hit a platesu but…
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Skinny Coach Dr Tiffany Wright
Has anyone been on the Skinny Coach program of cutting out sugar and flour? I have read tremendously positive reviews abt her program that incorporates clean eating and a behavior change towards weight loss
