Obesity and weight loss

Posted by jc76 @jc76, Aug 29, 2024

Interested in others weight loss plans that worked, and goals that worked. Batttles won and lost. Things you have done to stop triggers that lead to overeating or high calorie food.

Just started WEGOVY on 08/26/24 (.25) and nothing. No reduction in appetite or any side affects. Any similiar experience? Gosh am I going to be a person who gains weight on WEGOVY?

Been battling weight for decades. Did Nutrisystem and had great success but weight came back.

It seems when I get sick I eat more and it is snacks and things that taste good so gain weight as eat more high calorie and almost no exericise as sick. When somthing is goes wrong in life, relative or friend dies or very sick, arguments, etc. Yep comfort food.

Has anyone had good success with WEGOVY and smiliar experience with starting dose? Have you found a way that works for you and kept weight off.

Obesity is a known medical issue with many serious side affects. I seem to be losing the battle.

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@celia16

I few months ago I went to Duke Fitness Center and had a body analysis. Their device is called InBody 570. You stand barefoot, holding the handles and the device analyzes your fat/muscle/water composition. It also tells you how many calories you need per day in order to lose weight. I was surprised how low my number was….. Barely over 1300 calories per day for me to lose weight.

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@celia16
What a great tests.
You can read what the norm is for calories but does not specifically address the person on what is their numbers.

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@celia16

Do you drink any energy drinks or soft drinks? They can have a lot of calories. My brother recently cut out nothing but his 1 soft drink per day and lost 8 pounds!

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One thing that helped me finally lose weight was using protein drinks. That said, you have to be very cautious about their calorie counts. It used to be even a couple of years ago that there were choices of protein drinks that were more water like than milk like. They would have high protein levels and many of them Were relatively low calorie. I am having tremendous difficulty locating this type of drink now as many of them are no longer sold. I always read the labels and if a protein drink has high calorie it is not the protein drink for me. It seems that you can buy packets to add to bottled water That are not high calorie, meaning they may have 80 some calories when you add it to the water,. One of the benefits of increasing protein intake throughout the day at least for me was that it helped suppress my appetite. The other thing that I learned is that when I am stuck someplace, like an airport, hungry and need something quick to eat when there aren’t a lot of really good options my go to are peanut M&Ms. Sounds crazy that a candy would be helpful, but the biggest difference is that a lot of the calorie in a peanut M&M is in the nut. The amount of chocolate and candy coating is very thin. There have been very few other options like this that I have located. Often, energy drinks, energy bars, fitness drinks, fitness bars are all filled with calories, and based on the needs of men who are weightlifters! That’s my take on it. So I always try to look at the amount of protein of food contains, and the amount of calories it contains. Like with the peanut M&Ms or the calorie count may be higher than I would like, in a pinch, the higher protein from the nuts is a good thing. Meeting with a nutritionist is a really good idea to try to figure out how to live in a real world with real issues and balance, food intake, weight, calories, protein needs, etc.. It’s really complicated. Hope this helps.

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