My "go to" diet has been a hybrid of the Zone 30-30-40 and a 5-2 intermittent fasting. Mon/Thu I eat 600 calories with 30% protein/30% fat/40% carbs. The other days are 1250 calories. The Pure Protein shakes at Costco provide 30 grams of protein in 160 total calories. That is my normal breakfast. I maintain my honesty about my weight and intake using MyFitnessPal. A Charge5 FitBit tracks sleep and exercise and can "credit" calories to your daily tally if you exercise enough to earn more.
Next Tuesday I'm having a Whipple procedure. I have already lost my gallbladder. The Whipple will take the duodenum just beyond the pyloric valve to just beyond the sphincter of Oddi. The "head" of the pancreas will get sliced off. What remains will be stitched together to make a "hopefully" working digestive tract free of cancer. It will take time to "reboot" my stomach and new digestive tract. In the interim, I plan to employ a "complete amino" powder will all essential amino acids that can be stirred into a drink. It will be a while before solid food will work again.
threearrowsnutra.com has the heme supplement.
Mine is an autoimmune hemolytic anemia. I have plenty of iron. I just have a condition which causes some antibodies to attack to attack my red blood cells and destroy them. I’m hemolyzing all the time. At present, there is no cure, only treatment.
But, dadgum it makes it hard to not gain weight! I get up in the morning, wash the face, brush the teeth, get dressed, and think, “Now, that has worn me out!”
So, while in most cases I would agree that a person needs to cut out the carbs and increase exercise to lose weight, it isn’t always possible to do so. I have looked at ozempic and decided it doesn’t address my problem. Therefore, I will not take it. But, I need help to get this weight off.