Obesity and weight loss: What weight loss plan worked for you?

Hello! I'm new to this group. I started taking Zepbound 4 weeks ago. So far, I feel pretty good, no nausea, fatigue at times during the day though. I'm not feeling bloated anymore, or hungry or have cravings for sweet foods. I would love to hear about your experiences !

Hi, @fatlikeus - you are doing some great exercise with the Pilates, walking and water aerobics. Sounds frustrating about protein not helping in your weight loss goals.

Just wanted to check in and see how things are going with trying to lose more weight?

If you search YouTube for Dr Jason Fung and intermittent fasting he has really good videos that are helpful.

@johnbishop
Thanks, going to really look into this. I have been reading so much lately about the benefits of intermittent fasting.

@jc76 and others, I struggled with my weight most of my adult life until I was introduced to intermittent fasting. You might find it helpful to scan through the following discussion where I shared my intermittent fasting story along with other members.
-- Low-carb healthy fat living. Intermittent fasting. What’s your why?
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/low-carb-healthy-fat-living-intermittent-fasting-whats-your-why/

@loresull
I too had not luck with WEGOVY. I had no weight reduction on any of the doses below maximum. A very very slight reduction at dinner meal for appetite. Then took high dose (2.4) and had severe reaction. Vomiting 3 times in one day, really bad headaches. PCP could not give me nausea medicine because of other medicines was taking.

So had to just wean my body off the affects which took several weeks. My diet, mashed potatoes and liguid protein drink.

My PCP suggested may want to tyr Zepbound as different and has to chemicals that address appetitite control in brain versus one in WEGOVY.

I agree if you can redude your calorie intake and exercise (walking is a wonderful way) you can lose weight.
Good luck!

i walk every day, i also want to lose 50lbs. i am menopausal and everyone says its much harder at our age....
i just started zepbound and i found a zumba class on youtube... we will see. keeping hope alive. wegovy did not work for me so this is not my first rodeo... but now i am working from the outside in... moving more is the key - so they tell me. keep moving! it keeps your body going. walking a couple of miles a day is wonderful.

I walk every day.

You did not mentioned your age. It seems as we get older (per my PCP) our metabolism slows down and we just don't burn calories like we did when younger.

I was not doing well on losing weight. I want to lose 50 lbs. My PCP and heart failure doctor tell me they are not concerned with my weight if I can exercise like I do and my fitness level is so high.

You mentioned the exercises you do. My PCP warned me if you do the same exercises over a period of time your body gets used to that excercise and become more attune to it and burns less caloried. He suggest I add som weight training as muscle burns more calories that fat.

I was also told about interval training as helping burn calories. That is where your intensity of the excersie goes up for seveal minutes then comes down for several minutes and then repeats. I am trying to do that when I do water aerobics, walk, bike, swim.

What I found out that is helping me is drinking a glass of cold water prior to eating. It helps fill you up. When you reach a point that you say that is good but your body wants to eat not out of hunger but the taste of food, stop!

Eating slowly. Hard to do when hungry but chew your food until it can't be chewed any longer. It takes longer, burns more calories, and gets you close to reaching the 20 minute mark when eating that your body will signal full.

My downfall is not the portion size of my meals. It is snacking. I love nuts. Doctors and nutritionist say eat them. However are high calorie. A small amount of nuts just in palm of your hand will be over 100 calories. A 1/4 cup of nuts is 180. Put some nuts into a 1/4 cup measure and see just how small that is.

So it takes some realy planning and techniques that work for you. My suggestion is experiment with doing different things and see if any work. If they do incorporate them into your lifestyle and then continue to look for others.

The suggestion I made above I found worked for me and just had a office visit with my PCP yesterday. He like what I said I was doing and the weight coming off even though not as fast as I want at least coming off.
Good luck!

@fatlikeus , Congratulations on your previous loss! Are you still near Durham? I ask because the Duke Fitness Center that is located on the Integrative Medicine Campus, has a machine that weighs you and determines not only BMI, but much more. I can’t recall the name but it’s something about Body…… It calculates calories you need to lose. I had it done last year and found it helpful. It’s available to nonmembers of the center for about $60.00.

I used that information when I met with two different nutritionists (Duke Endocrinology and Duke Gastroenterology) , who helped me tweak my diet. I lose almost 100 pounds (no surgery or shots, though there’s nothing wrong with those methods) and find the last few pounds very challenging. Good luck with meeting your goal!