RE: Public health experts say that cutting 50 calories a day (to end obesity)...
What kind of lunacy is this?
There once was a fad including the 1980s book The 200 Calorie Solution ~ How to Burn an Extra 200 Calories a Day and Stop Dieting
By Martin Katahn. Problem is the body’s “set point” to maintain equilibrium made the metabolism accept the new lower calorie intake and adjust to it so it could gain weight as usual. Really disappointing to me.
I have tried all sorts of diets and weight reduction schemes but my thyroid does not permit me to have its permission to lose weight.
Brazil nuts, the selenium helps thyroid. Also fix your bacteria in your gut and it helps your thyroid function better. I was diagnosed hoshimotos thyroiditis. IF I get my sleep, and eat well to keep my gut bacteria healthy ( Brazil nuts etc etc ) I lose weight. IF I say my thryoid is attacking my body (hoshimotos) and wont let me lose weight then I easily make excuses to go off track. plenty of good videos online about managing thyroid issues and still being able to lose weight with, or without Rx and not huge amounts of exercise either.
A compromised gut, not functioning right, is at the root of most things.
I found success with monitoring calories in and calories out.
I used the Fit app which works on my android phone (you don’t need a fitbit or apple), and an app called nutrionix Track (both free). I bought a digital food scale and started measuring everything that I put in my mouth. I really didn’t change anything that I eat, I just learned to eat smaller amounts of the high calorie stuff. I discovered I didn’t really need 3 scrambled eggs with a cup of cheese for breakfast when 2 with 1/4 cup would be just as satisfying. Also my nightly “peanut butter on a spoon” snack didn’t have to be so generous. And there were occasional “no peanut butter tonight” nights if wasn’t as active during the day :-(.
I discovered that I eat pretty much the same things all the time, so what was tedious at first became more of a copy and paste thing pretty quickly, although I stayed pretty religious about weighing portions. I also go to the same restaurants and order the same meals, many already pre-populated in the Track app.
I started walking every day, mostly just back and forth in the house watching my news blogs on the phone instead of sitting with my laptop. (Walking faster burns more calories, so it’s harder to Freep while walking). I wasn’t confident that my burned calories were being accurately measured, but if I kept calories in about 300 less than calories out, I consistently lost a little more than a pound a week.
I’ve been able to keep the weight off pretty well, and I can’t seem to watch my news and other blogs sitting down now, so I think I’ve developed a good habit. I don’t measure anything but steps now. I don’t have to measure food or calories anymore, I know what to cut back on if the weight starts to drift up.
Hope this is helpful,
Love,
O2