I've struggled with losing weight since the birth of my daughter nearly 12 years ago, when I was also diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I also have other conditions, a slow bowel transition which I am under the hospital for and doing biofeedback, with very little success so far and also have a rectocele. A scan has just shown my womb lining is 9.9mm, have appt for a hysterscopy. It is suspected that I have gallstones, first scan was inconclusive, so have another one later this month. I have a fatty liver. Cholesterol is 5.9. Gynaecologist also discovered lump in breast. He has advised me to lose weight for all of the above reasons. The other issue is my bladder doesn't like me walking let alone anything else more strenuous! Gyne has asked me to ask my gp to refer me to him for bladder issue. Sorry, to give you my medical history for the past 12 years but I just don't know where to start! We have a healthy diet, very little processed foods, I count my calories and drink 2 - 3 litres of water each day. I've signed up to join a yoga class which starts in about a weeks time.
Conflicting advice from different hospital departments, which is correct for each issue but working the together is difficult, low fibre diet and low fat diet.
Also sorry for such a long, ranting post, any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
Kaz
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You have an awful lot going on, some of which I have also experienced so you have my sympathy 😕
I also was active and ate healthily yet I still gained weight, the issue was quantity, if we eat more calories than we need we will gain weight. I understand the advice can be conflicting, but generally nowadays it is accepted that low fat is not the way to go. Increasing fruit and vegetables will help in many areas and is widely recognised as a benefit.
Please take a look at this thread healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh... which contains lots of helpful information about the forum, the 12 week plan, and how to find things like the Group Weigh-ins and Daily Diary for meal planning 😊
Thank you, I've never been an advocate of low fat diets, maybe I need to further reduce my calorie intake. The low fibre is meant to help my transition as I absorb too much water, so theory is, less fibre, maintain/increase water will help things along.
I started the 12 week plan yesterday. I shall have a look at the thread.
I am guessing that the low fat element is because of your possible gall stones. Anna is quite right we have been mislead for many years about low fat being good for us. In some places they also suggest that your gall bladder also needs good healthy fats to work correctly-but let me stress I am not medically trained, this is just what I pick up from reading.
Great that you don't eat processed foods because that is one change you don't have to make.
Come on here regularly and chat to others you will pick up lots of good advice.
Thank you. An old school friends son has a rare form of epilepsy and she was involved in the ketogenic diet, so what they do to foods to make them fat free or low fat doesn't make them healthy at all!
Yes, the low fat suggestion is for gallbladder and to lower my cholesterol.
My daughter has aspergers, so keeping away from processed foods is good for her too, though she does like the occasional pizza!
There is a lot to be said for a ketogenic diet. Low carb, high healthy fat and moderate protein seems to work for me, though I am not ketogenic, just like the principles.
Welcome and we can all relate to a little or a lot of your post already..
With so much different advice for the various diagnoses you will need to be your own guinea pig to find what really works for your weight and conditions.
The one true thing I can say with total confidence and experience.. You will be supported here, what you put in you will get back over and over again.
Wow, sorry to hear about all of your health problems.....
There are many of us here who have some sort of barrier to losing weight easily - but the great thing is, it's entirely possible without any exercise whatsoever! In fact, successful weight loss is only achieved about 80% through diet and only 20% exercise. I suppose you could say that those of us who are unable to exercise, or whose exercise ability is compromised in some way just have to give it an additional 20%!
I started my weight loss journey at 14 stone - 5 and a half years ago. I was 49 years old and had been trying to lose weight all of my life since the age of 9.
I started my journey at the end of February 2012, and managed to lose 4.5 stone in 2 and a half years through calorie counting and logging/weighing all of my food.
Then re-gained some, lost some again and have now managed to more or less maintain for the past 6 months.
BUT... ideally I would love to drop another stone and maintain there.
I have a disability which makes exercise difficult, but the one thing that I realise very early on in my journey was that I was just eating FAR TOO MUCH! I was a short, middle aged, sedentary female and I was eating the same as 5ft 9" active man (my now husband!).
No wonder I was piling on the weight!
Here are a few of my past posts which I hope you will find helpful and inspiring. I won't try and tell you that my journey was easy - and you'll see that there were many blips along the way, but 5 years down the line, I feel about 20 years younger than I did when I was lugging around 4 stone more.
Please do pop back to the forums and share your journey with us - we are here for you, day and night and happy to share your success or support you when you need it.
I go through period of exercising... not doing formal exercise at the moment as I have a problem with one hip and my lower back which is being investigated and until I know the cause, I'm taking it easy! Pretty certain it's nothing serious, but my Pilates was exacerbating it.
I think the good thing about not using exercise as a way of earning "additional calories" is that you are forced to concentrate on your diet only - what you eat, the quantity and the calories it contains. Further on down the line, you'll also find it interesting to look at the nutritional value - eg, whether you can get more for your calories! Plus I also try to cut out sugar and salt that aren't naturally occurring in the food I am eating...
I do hope that you don't see my posts at boasting over my success. My weight loss journey has taken a lot of hard work and energy! I still log all my food most days! It's a bit like brushing your teeth - quite time consuming, but essential! I still have to be really careful - presently being more careful as we have several holidays and trips away from home where I won't have as much control over what I eat.... and I won't have time to log it all.
Once you find that it works, the rest becomes easy.... but as I have said in other posts, there are no short cuts BUT the effort you put into your weight loss journey will be rewarded with losing weight and feeling so much better.
I don't see you as boasting at all. You have worked harder than anyone I know with determination not to give up.
I rarely add salt to my cooking, my downfall is jelly babies! When I am so full and feeling nauseous and uncomfortable they have been what I've turned to for 'energy'! I use an app to track my calories and have a garmin tracker watch that sync. I need to be more focused and not get disheartened when I don't lose any weight for 2 or 3 weeks, which happens, and plan I think. x
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