Epi1
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Hi all -
I'm 25, 5'6 and when starting on my 'latest diet' was at my highest weight of 314lbs.
I'm a food junkie, love the taste, love the comfort it brings.
At my highest weight, I decided enough was enough, I have to do something. Being diets before was about vanity - I tried everything low carb, low fat, low calorie, not eating, taking pills - some of those things worked for awhile, but obviously I gained it all back and learned nothing. Right now, I feel losing weight is about health. Removing the excess weight from my joints, my spine, allowing my heart to not have to pump so hard and giving myself a chance to have children in the future - being a healthy parent.
I sought help from a professional, a bariatics doctor, who has a weight loss clinic and is well respected by viritually every other doctor I've ever seen in this area. The clinic has doctors, registered dietitions, nurses, physical therapists who can help with getting exercise started the right way .. etc. They monitor your health through blood work every 10-15 lost, ekg every 30-40lbs lost, and a body composition analysis every 6 weeks. You see a doctor, registered nurse, or dietition each week - all of which are so kind and helpful - you gain weight, they don't 'yell' at you or lecture. They provide you with your own book, with information, each week you learn a new lesson (be it about exercise, water, fiber, etc..), they have their own 'foods' you can buy - but have been supportive in finding 'real world' foods that still meet their nutrition rules. You are on a ton of supplements and vitamins. For me, they have put me on a rapid weight loss plan. This will get weight off of me quickly to make exercising easier and then begin to bring the levels of food intake up as I lose.
I am on 800 calories, 115 g of protein, < 50 carbs, <30 fat grams, at least 20 grams of fiber ... per day. The plan is easy to stick to if you purchase their foods, however it can be very expensive - so they have helped me find real world foods. Sodium is not important because with the number of calories and protein, you actually need double the amount of sodium than a normal 'diet' - otherwise your body will get enough sodium.
Typical days meals for me is:
Breakfast: carbsmart yogurt
1/2c egg beaters (plain, chives or ham/cheese depends)
Snack: low fat string cheese, or one of their bars or snack mixes
Lunch: One of their shakes (chocolate or vanilla) - btw these taste nothing like those other crappy shakes you get off the shelf. These are ACTUALLY GOOD - vanilla is like a vanilla cone at mcdonalds taste, chocolate is like REAL chocolate milk. Lunch also consists of 1/4-1/2 c egg beaters, or maybe 1/2 a grilled chicken breast.
Snack: One of their bars or snack mixes, or string cheese or carbsmart yogurt
Dinner: 1 grilled chicken breast (or one of their meal replacements), 1/2c cottage cheese
Snack: carbsmart yogurt, or one of their snack replacements, or string cheese, or 1 portion of beef jerky (SCORE!)
I can have all of the pickles I want - so I stock up on those yummy clausen crunchy pickles, sugar free jello, any flavor of water I want (lol), I make my own sugar freec/carb free ice pops - to help cut down on ice cream cravings and to give me something 'sweet'. I can also have all of the salsa I want (compare to Pace) - though the only things I have that I could put it on are the eggs or the chicken. So sometimes I put a piece of low fat swiss cheese on the chicken breast melt it and then add a bit of salsa.
Of course, insurance companies do not pay for any of of the medical tests nor any of the food supplements, all out of pocket. However, I am finding that if you add up the amount you spend on groceries and then add up the amount you spend ($2 here, $10 there etc ) on fast food or other eating out times or vending machine meals or buying from the girl scouts ... I'm not spending that much more. I've had to cut a few things, I figure I make my body healthier then I can live without cable tv for awhile.
The first week I lost 7lbs, second week I lost 3lbs, third week I lost 4lbs, fourth week I gained 4lbs (friends wedding, I lost all control), fifth week I lost 7lbs (really tightened down on the diet and stuck with it with very little cheating/binging) and now sixth week I'm sitting at 2lbs but have 3 more days before doctor appointment.
Just had blood work done last week, will find out the results this week. Hopefully my LDL is 'better' and my blood sugar levels are down. My first appointment with the doctor I was sitting at boardline diabetic. Very scary. I'm hoping for the levels to be way down.
I'm doing very poorly with my supplements and vitamins. I have 6 multi-vitamins to take a day, 5 omega3s, 2 calcium, 6 vitamin D pills (my body was dangerously deficient, who knew). So I need to make more of an effort here.
My cravings are not as bad - in the beginning I constantly dreamed about binging on hardees thickburgers. It was sad. It's summer so I have a lot of food cravings for chocolate and ice cream.
According to my first body composition analysis - my body needs to first lose about 100lbs to level out all of the different things that make up your body. From there, I'm assuming its next reading will tell me that my next goal will be another 50-60lbs
Anyway - I've ranted enough. That's my story!
Epi
I'm 25, 5'6 and when starting on my 'latest diet' was at my highest weight of 314lbs.
I'm a food junkie, love the taste, love the comfort it brings.
At my highest weight, I decided enough was enough, I have to do something. Being diets before was about vanity - I tried everything low carb, low fat, low calorie, not eating, taking pills - some of those things worked for awhile, but obviously I gained it all back and learned nothing. Right now, I feel losing weight is about health. Removing the excess weight from my joints, my spine, allowing my heart to not have to pump so hard and giving myself a chance to have children in the future - being a healthy parent.
I sought help from a professional, a bariatics doctor, who has a weight loss clinic and is well respected by viritually every other doctor I've ever seen in this area. The clinic has doctors, registered dietitions, nurses, physical therapists who can help with getting exercise started the right way .. etc. They monitor your health through blood work every 10-15 lost, ekg every 30-40lbs lost, and a body composition analysis every 6 weeks. You see a doctor, registered nurse, or dietition each week - all of which are so kind and helpful - you gain weight, they don't 'yell' at you or lecture. They provide you with your own book, with information, each week you learn a new lesson (be it about exercise, water, fiber, etc..), they have their own 'foods' you can buy - but have been supportive in finding 'real world' foods that still meet their nutrition rules. You are on a ton of supplements and vitamins. For me, they have put me on a rapid weight loss plan. This will get weight off of me quickly to make exercising easier and then begin to bring the levels of food intake up as I lose.
I am on 800 calories, 115 g of protein, < 50 carbs, <30 fat grams, at least 20 grams of fiber ... per day. The plan is easy to stick to if you purchase their foods, however it can be very expensive - so they have helped me find real world foods. Sodium is not important because with the number of calories and protein, you actually need double the amount of sodium than a normal 'diet' - otherwise your body will get enough sodium.
Typical days meals for me is:
Breakfast: carbsmart yogurt
1/2c egg beaters (plain, chives or ham/cheese depends)
Snack: low fat string cheese, or one of their bars or snack mixes
Lunch: One of their shakes (chocolate or vanilla) - btw these taste nothing like those other crappy shakes you get off the shelf. These are ACTUALLY GOOD - vanilla is like a vanilla cone at mcdonalds taste, chocolate is like REAL chocolate milk. Lunch also consists of 1/4-1/2 c egg beaters, or maybe 1/2 a grilled chicken breast.
Snack: One of their bars or snack mixes, or string cheese or carbsmart yogurt
Dinner: 1 grilled chicken breast (or one of their meal replacements), 1/2c cottage cheese
Snack: carbsmart yogurt, or one of their snack replacements, or string cheese, or 1 portion of beef jerky (SCORE!)
I can have all of the pickles I want - so I stock up on those yummy clausen crunchy pickles, sugar free jello, any flavor of water I want (lol), I make my own sugar freec/carb free ice pops - to help cut down on ice cream cravings and to give me something 'sweet'. I can also have all of the salsa I want (compare to Pace) - though the only things I have that I could put it on are the eggs or the chicken. So sometimes I put a piece of low fat swiss cheese on the chicken breast melt it and then add a bit of salsa.
Of course, insurance companies do not pay for any of of the medical tests nor any of the food supplements, all out of pocket. However, I am finding that if you add up the amount you spend on groceries and then add up the amount you spend ($2 here, $10 there etc ) on fast food or other eating out times or vending machine meals or buying from the girl scouts ... I'm not spending that much more. I've had to cut a few things, I figure I make my body healthier then I can live without cable tv for awhile.
The first week I lost 7lbs, second week I lost 3lbs, third week I lost 4lbs, fourth week I gained 4lbs (friends wedding, I lost all control), fifth week I lost 7lbs (really tightened down on the diet and stuck with it with very little cheating/binging) and now sixth week I'm sitting at 2lbs but have 3 more days before doctor appointment.
Just had blood work done last week, will find out the results this week. Hopefully my LDL is 'better' and my blood sugar levels are down. My first appointment with the doctor I was sitting at boardline diabetic. Very scary. I'm hoping for the levels to be way down.
I'm doing very poorly with my supplements and vitamins. I have 6 multi-vitamins to take a day, 5 omega3s, 2 calcium, 6 vitamin D pills (my body was dangerously deficient, who knew). So I need to make more of an effort here.
My cravings are not as bad - in the beginning I constantly dreamed about binging on hardees thickburgers. It was sad. It's summer so I have a lot of food cravings for chocolate and ice cream.
According to my first body composition analysis - my body needs to first lose about 100lbs to level out all of the different things that make up your body. From there, I'm assuming its next reading will tell me that my next goal will be another 50-60lbs
Anyway - I've ranted enough. That's my story!
Epi
