Help! I'm Horrible at Losing Weight is the latest installment of the "Help! I'm Horrible" series
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Many of us want to be thinner. One of the first tips in Swim Faster Faster is:
LUG LESS LARD, the positive way to say this is: Be a slimmer swimmer.
The fact is, when we swim, we have to drag our bodies through the water and if we have less mass and resistance, we're likely to swim faster.
Many of us want to lose weight or have lost weight, some of us kept it off while others lost then gain it all back. The problem with losing weight is I often find it after I lost it.
This thread is for us to discuss this issue and act in this arena
What works and doesn't?
Why do we self sabotage?
What's your story?
What else?
The 4 word DIET from the book "Four Word Self Help: Simple Wisdom for Complex Lives" by Patti Digh is:
"EAT LESS MOVE MORE "
Losing weight takes
a goal / intention, a plan, and action.
it takes constant focus and effort. It takes discipline. It takes some being hungry and suffering. We lose weight by burning more than we consume.
There's a catch 22
If we starve ourselves and lose weight too quickly our bodies become more efficient at storing fat.
It's an emotional area, it's diffucult, it can seem overwhelming,
some resort to expensive and possibly dangerous surgery and or plastic surgery.
Food is a difficult area, we need it to survive, for energy and repair, but if we eat too much, we store up the excess in the form of fat.
If you're a bit too heavy you might benefit from being a slimmer swimmer.
You might be healthier and fitter.
Use this thread to
declare your intention, goal and gain some support.
There's many books, methods and programs out there.
I'm not offering anyone any sure fire solution here.
there's No "lose 20 pounds in 20 days for 20 bucks" scam
Many methods work.
The simple solutions are:
EAT LESS MOVE MORE,
Anything we do and measure improves.
Anything we focus on improves.
Appropriate action and smart choices work
Sometimes we perform better with support
Increase your resting metabolic rate.
Be sensible.
Become a fat burning biofurnace.
Stop procrastinating, start now
you can offer advice, share your story, share your current situation and goal.
you can participate or lurk
we can celebrate achievement and progress
console failure, set backs and disappointment
ARE YOU IN?
if so please share:
name
age
height
weight
situation
goal
plan and
post your progress and updates
What else?
consider weekly pictures or updates
chart your journey from before to after.
Forgive yourself for mistakes.
It took years to put it on, it's likely to take months or years to take it off.
Stop procrastinating, start now, don't wait for Monday or some made up starting point.
Most importantly: Always always work with your doctor and professionals
I hope we go from horrible to excellent, from where we are to optimal.
It's fun to be fit fast and healthy.
Good luck, Namaste
Ande
Congratulations, Bill, on your continuing weight loss. Keep it up!
I would like to add, however, that you shouldn't be frightened of incorporating more fats into your diet, as long as they're the right kind of fats (basically any fat from pastured animals, plus a few others such as olive and coconut oils). Fats are probably the most satiating foods you can eat, and they don't stimulate an insulin response, so you can go for much longer on a diet rich in fats without feeling hungry.
I'm pretty much in the same demographic as you — I'm 61 years old, 6 foot 1 inch tall, and I reached my peak weight of 285 pounds about eight years ago. Today I weigh 177 pounds. It IS possible. Go for it!
Incidentally, the NPR story on diet you mentioned does not take into account what fats were in the high-fat rat chow fed the laboratory animals. If they were indeed "similar to what people in the United States typically eat," then they were primarily seed oils and trans fats, in which case I'm not surprised by the conclusion.
Congratulations, Bill, on your continuing weight loss. Keep it up!
I would like to add, however, that you shouldn't be frightened of incorporating more fats into your diet, as long as they're the right kind of fats (basically any fat from pastured animals, plus a few others such as olive and coconut oils). Fats are probably the most satiating foods you can eat, and they don't stimulate an insulin response, so you can go for much longer on a diet rich in fats without feeling hungry.
I'm pretty much in the same demographic as you — I'm 61 years old, 6 foot 1 inch tall, and I reached my peak weight of 285 pounds about eight years ago. Today I weigh 177 pounds. It IS possible. Go for it!
Incidentally, the NPR story on diet you mentioned does not take into account what fats were in the high-fat rat chow fed the laboratory animals. If they were indeed "similar to what people in the United States typically eat," then they were primarily seed oils and trans fats, in which case I'm not surprised by the conclusion.
