Re: this is a lil odd-kim

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that last message was to kim, I went to mary shomon's website and found that

piece of information for you- it is like in the middle of the article about

calorie intake- hope this info helps you. keisha

Keisha <californiakh@...> wrote:R u excercising with you diet?

keisha

Kim <kckim@...> wrote:doesnt matter you dont see ethopians that weigh

500 pounds.. if you eat less

you HAVE to lose.. i been on 1200-1400 alll last year nad its not good

enough *sigh*.. read Is your thyroid making you fat? that book says the

same thing.. i know what works for me and no way in heck could i eat 2000

cals.. without gaining 20 pounds a day literally

Re: this is a lil odd

> Kim, everything Chriss said here is right on target!

>

> Like i said in a post a couple of days ago, when i saw my

dietician/nutritionist, she told me that the doctors who were telling me i

needed to be on an 800, 900, 1000 calorie diet were basically putting my

body in starvation mode.

>

> i was 300 pounds at the time. maybe more. the scale only went up to 300 so

who knows. anyway, she said a 300 pound person who wants to lose weight HAS

to consume more energy (calories) than 150 pound person who wants to lose

weight.

>

> Now, she didn't have me counting calories or fat or anything else. She had

me look at the pyramid and told me approximately how many servings of each i

needed to be eating. and i forget how many calories that was equivalent to,

but it was crazy. It was over 2,000 though. I thought she was nuts, but she

just asked me what did I have to lose? I had listened to the doctors and

followed their diets and their advice and it never worked. I was scared I

was going to just gain, gain, gain, and never stop, but she assured me that

would NOT happen. She said doctors just tell their patients to go on these

diets without being trained. She said the reason i never lost weight is

because my body was not getting enough energy to do all though basic

functions and went into conservation mode. it was going to hold onto every

ounce of fat i had!

>

> It worked. I went from 300 pounds to 135 pounds.

>

> What Chriss said about having a change of attitude is right on, too!

Before I thought food was bad, bad, bad! Food is fuel. It's energy. My

nutritionist/dietician helped me change a lot of attitudes, and boy did that

help a lot, too.

>

> I'm not trying to sound preachy to you, and I'm not trying to tell you

what to do. It's your choice. It's your body; it's your life. All i know is

NOTHING ever worked for me before.

>

> I don't like to give out advice, but I believe dieticians and

nutritionists can be very helpful. They can educate us; they can support us;

and they can help us find a way to lose weight and still be healthy. i

believe they can help you.

>

> My two cents...from someone who was as obese as they come....Hugs, Sheila

>

>

> Aprilcupcake@... wrote:

> How much do you weigh now? I can't believe you are only on

> 900 calories a day. Are you being supervised by your doctor?

>

> If you do not get adequate calories for your weight, you will

> continue to store those calories and then some.

>

> Your body will interpret this restriction as " famine " .

> and everything you take in will be saved for later.

> Making it even harder to lose. Your metabolism

> will slow down in an effort to " conserve " energy until

> the famine has passed.

>

> Your body needs a fair amount of calories to just do

> what it has to. Like keeping warm, and repairing

> muscle, digesting, walking, growing etc....

> It is very important to supply the right calories

> for these functions to take place. And then if

> you are very active, it requires even more.

>

> Perhaps a change in attitude regarding food is

> needed. After all, it is ONLY FUEL.

>

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