Question:
Need diet pills
I am one year 8 months post op and only lost 70lbs. I need another 30 to reach my goal, but would even be happy with 20 lbs. I can't seem to even lose 10 more, I have been stuck at my weight for 8 months. I started exercising more and changing my eating habits, but nothing seems to work. Please help!! — margaret34 (posted on August 4, 2008)
August 4, 2008
I don't know what your age is but if you are over 50 that could have a lot
to do with your inability to lose additional weight. I am 55 and have been
stuck at 60 lbs forever. My surgeon says because of my age, my metabolism
is slower than that of a younger person and this is probably all the weight
I am going to lose. I am out to prove him wrong with another 40 lbs to
lose.
It can get very frustrating I know to be on a plautau. I have started a
walking plan and am hoping that this will help me to prove my surgeon
wrong. We will see.
— sunsetyellow
August 4, 2008
I would increase my protein and decrease the carbs.
— PassGirl
August 4, 2008
Try using a tracking program for your calories and exercise. Something
like Daily Plate. I find this very motivating and easy. Increase your
water if possible to flush out any toxins. Look into something to detox
your liver like garlic. tTere are other things. Our body hangs onto
weight if it can't get rid of the toxins. The two need to go together.
— waterlover
August 4, 2008
Have you considered consulting with a CERTIFIED Nutritionist? They can
often help you to identify problems with your diet and get it so that you
can INCREASE your caloric consumption and LOSE weight! Often, people's
problem when it comes to this stage is that they have difficulty with their
body's metabolism Set Point. This is the point that the BODY'S metabolism
begins to start robbing itself of PROTEIN instead of FAT! It will KEEP the
stored fat as a RESERVE because it thinks that it is STARVING. The
CERTIFIED Nutritionist can calculate just how many grams or carbohydrates
and how many grams of proteins you should HAVE at each meal. He or she can
tell you how many "meals" you should eat per DAY to keep your
body from "Setting" itself into this starvation mode and STILL
allow you to lose the MAXIMUM amount of weight! This will be DIFFERENT for
EACH PERSON! A MAN is different than a WOMAN and a TALL MAN is different
from a SHORT ONE! These Calculations need to be done for EACH PERSON on an
INDIVIDUAL BASIS and should NOT be SHARED with another! Another factor is
WHERE YOU ARE on your weight loss JOURNEY! If you are near the END, the
amount of food that you require will be DIFFERENT than someone who has just
BEGUN the weight loss experience! Someone BEGINNING the journey who uses
the diet of someone near the END of it may not be PLEASED with the results
that they get, even if all OTHER things were EQUAL. This is why it is
IMPORTANT to have YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL work up done and NOT use someone
else's. No, I am not a Nutritionist. I am not MARRIED to one either. I
am just a PATIENT that has had the BENEFIT of a Nutritionist's good advice
and can see how it would benefit OTHERS. I have lost 94 POUNDS in 5
months. Part of that is DUE to the advice that I received from the
Nutritionist. It is also important that you see a CERTIFIED Nutritionist.
Unfortunately, the field is fairly unregulated. ANY flake can hang up a
shingle and claim to be a Nutritionist. Make sure that you find one that
has been CERTIFIED. ASK if they have a DEGREE in NUTRITION BEFORE you go
to see them. When you get to the office, LOOK for the degree on the wall.
You SHOULD SEE IT. If NOT, WALK OUT. Find someone ELSE. Your HEALTH is
too important to put in the hands of a flake with a computer and a THEORY.
I hope this helps, Hugh
— hubarlow
August 4, 2008
Go back to stage 2 foods only, plus your protien shakes and you will start
to lose again. Keep excersizing too. You just need a jump start again.
— redlilies
August 4, 2008
Try going back to basics fo a while, low carbs, high protein. Try it, it
can't hurt. Good luck.
— Ira Sansolo
August 5, 2008
I, personally, don't think that diet pills are the way to go. A number of
prescriptions ones have been taken off the market after people taking them
developed dangerous health problems. Over the counter diet pills aren't
tested or regulated by the FDA, so who knows what your getting. And just
because the box says "natural" doesn't mean its safe (eg. cyanide
comes from plants and other natural sources, but will most definitely kill
you). I think that diet pills cause weight loss by lessening the amount of
money in your wallet/pocket/purse. :) If diet pills worked, there'd be no
need for weight loss surgery.
Talk to your surgeon and see what s/he suggests... if you do decide to do
diet pills, please, please, please talk it over with him/her first as you
may need to take extra vitamins or supplements to stay healthy.
Feel free to post you diet or exercise routine (including how much/how
often) and the loyal readers of OH Q&A will, I'm sure, give you some
suggestions on how to re-start the weight loss.
Last but not least, congratulations on the 70lb weight loss!!!
Best wishes.
— mrsidknee
August 7, 2008
70lbs, that's great! I wouldn't worry about those 30, you will lose them.
I see that you are exercising more, depending on what type of exercise that
you are doing, remember muscle weighs more than fat. Muscle dictates
maetabolism. If you are building muscle then that's good. You didn't put in
on over night, it's not going to come off overnight! I agree eating more
protein and drink water, water, water. Kerri :-}
— jenks621
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