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Weight loss - 5/8/2008 2:53:35 AM   
Beck34


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Have you lost weight recently? How did you do it. I have lost about 100 pounds, but I can't seem to tighten up my skin so that I look normal. Any suggestions? I really don't want to resort to surgury because I am still losing weight.

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RE: Weight loss - 5/9/2008 3:10:46 AM   
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I've lost forty in the past several months. I need to lose more. Whatever I am doing has stopped working 'cause I haven't lost a thing in about 2 months now.

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RE: Weight loss - 5/9/2008 1:22:10 PM   
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Eating as vegan and raw as I can.

I'm pretty sure that surgery is the only thing you can do about excess skin, leftover from weightloss. But keep going, until you reach where you want to be, and then start looking into it. One thing at a time!

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RE: Weight loss - 5/12/2008 9:26:52 AM   
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I have lost about 60 pounds. I still have about 50 more to go before I am where the doctor wants meat. I am on a diet because of my diabetes, but I am having a hard time finding a diet program specific to my needs. Any suggestions?

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RE: Weight loss - 5/12/2008 9:34:07 AM   
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Try:
All Forums >> [Fun] >> Health & Fitness >>

There are several threds over there, including one by a diabetic.

That said, I would have thought your doctor would have given you some good guidelines. Miasma's suggestion, though extreme, has to be an excellent way to lose and remain healthy if you are willing to go meatless. But low-carb lifestyles like the ones suggested by Southbeach or Adkins also should be a good fit.
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RE: Weight loss - 5/12/2008 11:28:09 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Beck34

I have lost about 60 pounds. I still have about 50 more to go before I am where the doctor wants meat. I am on a diet because of my diabetes, but I am having a hard time finding a diet program specific to my needs. Any suggestions?


- Forget about trying to get back to meat, and focus on eating RIGHT and being healthy.

What are your "needs?" Here's some cookbooks.

What are you struggling with? What are you missing, that you can't eat anymore?

- Don't focus solely on what's going in your mouth, as a way to lose weight - and don't rely on numbers on a scale, to determine how fit you are. Swapping out fat for muscle doesn't necessarily mean a drop in numbers.

- Stay regular. What's er, going out of your body is as important as what you're taking in. And, if you're taking in all the right foods, then you'll be helping your body keep getting rid of what it doesn't ah, need.

- Some people have experienced weightloss by drinking apple cider vinegar each day. It has other benefits, as well. There's a thread on it in the Health and Fitness forum Jimbo mentioned.

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RE: Weight loss - 5/12/2008 11:59:38 AM   
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How did you lose the weight? How long did it take you? If you lost rapidly then sometimes you may have more lose skin.

I was looking on Beachbody.com and I see where others have lost a lot of weight and from the pictures I can't seem to see much lose skin.

I was wondering if building muscle may help.

I have lost some weight and have about 40 more lbs to go and I'm hoping some of the programs with help with losing more as well as lose skin.
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RE: Weight loss - 5/14/2008 12:25:08 PM   
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I have lost it in the past six months. My doctor has suggested joining a gym so that a trainer can help me with the issue of excess skin. Part of th problem that I am having is that I am so tired of the same thing over and over again. I am gong to check with the doctor about the south beach diet. I have heard of it, but I really don't know at much about it. Mabe that will be a little easier for me to manage. Partof the loose skin isse has to do with the morbid obesity that I faced when I was younger. At one time, I weighed over 400 pounds. Weight loss is just so much harder this time because of my diabetes.

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RE: Weight loss - 5/14/2008 12:51:32 PM   
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quote:

Forget about trying to get back to meat, and focus on eating RIGHT and being healthy.
I think that's a typo and should have read 'me at' .

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Partof the loose skin isse has to do with the morbid obesity that I faced when I was younger.
You may always have excess skin that doesn't disappear. When we are obese, our skin stretches. Sometimes it never goes back to 'normal'.

However, we can do things to help our bodies tone up and look better and one of those is exercise ~ especially things similar to yoga, tai chi, etc.

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Part of th problem that I am having is that I am so tired of the same thing over and over again.
Do you enjoy cooking? If so get down to the library and check out cook books. Many now willl have nutritional information in them. I've recently started to get back into cooking and have got a lot of low gi cookbooks out of the library. The gi 'diet' has 'borrowed' a lot from diets that diabetics follow ~ but there are others you can try ~ as I say, take a wander down to the library and look through the cook books and healthy eating books. Not to follow the diets, but to get recipes for yourself.

I do think that your doctor should consider refering you to a dietitian if you're struggling to lose weight and deal with your diabetes. Other health issues can be really frustrating when we're trying to lose weight. Doctors can be great for many things, but their field of expertise isn't necessarily the best way to loose weight.

You sound as though you've done really well to lose the weight that you have. Congratulations

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RE: Weight loss - 5/15/2008 3:23:57 AM   
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Thanks for the information. I have been so busy trying to eat right that I never thought about cooking. My schedule is hectic, but I will try your suggestions. Do you know if insurance will cover the cost of a dietician?

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RE: Weight loss - 5/15/2008 9:32:48 AM   
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Be physical all day long. Park far away from where you're going. Always take the stairs. Do plies, squats, toe raises, etc. while you're on the phone, washing dishes, brushing your hair. Be deliberate in your movements, take stairs slowly, and two at a time. Squat to pick up stuff, or reach slowly (stretching) to grab things. You can do "butt crunches" any time you're sitting, and work your abs anytime by just contracting them.

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RE: Weight loss - 5/15/2008 1:01:04 PM   
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Do you know if insurance will cover the cost of a dietician?
I live in the UK so don't have to worry about insurance but from what I've read in other threads, insurance can cover the cost of a dietitian.

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