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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