<p>Mantori–Weight Watchers has an on-line program. It takes a bit to set it up, but it gives you feedback and there are support threads (though no where near as fun as CC).</p>
<p>Good luck with the battle.</p>
<p>Oh I get it. I thought you were chagrined at the paltry amt of weight you would lose, given such a drastic measure! (It does seems paltry).</p>
<p>I remember reading maybe a year ago about an obese woman starving to death. Her heart gave out.</p>
<p>My advice to the OP?</p>
<p>EAT! Do not starve or skip meals! Do not eat less, just make better food choices!</p>
<p>Eat OFTEN too. Have snacks or little meals ALL DAY long, if you can. It really helps keep your metobolism going, with no headaches. </p>
<p>You will lose weight just in changing what you choose to eat!</p>
<p>Lots of protein, veggies & natural fruits all day long! I just saw a list of healthy snacks in the June Costco magazine, for example:
For snacks eat:</p>
<p>carrots or raw veggies dipped in Hummus or pita bread w/hummus
Apple slices with peanut butter
string cheeses/cottage cheeses
Nuts or trailmix
bluberries, strawberries w/yogurt
cherry tomatoes & cheese cubes
hard boiled egg
veggies & corn chips w/salsa</p>
<p>Stay away from sandwiches. Eat salads with steak or chicken on top. Or Fish or Tuna Fish next to it. Keep eating proteins and veggies and lots of it and the weight will come off.
Another tip: Don’t concentrate on the weight you need to lose. Concentrate on the food choices itself and the weight will come off. Good luck.</p>
<p>In response to post 19: Someone who weighs 120 pounds and is able to maintain that weight while eating 2400 calories a day is unusual. (S)he either has a very high metabolism or is very active. </p>
<p>For most people who weigh about 120 pounds, about 1550-1750 calories a day is all they can eat without gaining weight depending on level of activity. If the person is sedentary, my on line calories calculator says about 1450 would be enough.</p>
<p>I never said I was going to go a month without eating!</p>
<p>Where is the health/wellness/diet/exercise thread?</p>
<p>Mantori, I lost 75 pounds in about 10 months, 7 years ago, and have mostly kept it off. No fad diets. Weight loss roughly 2 lb a week. I don’t know how tall you are or what your bone structure is, so I don’t know what your target would be – but I think that the real key is healthy eating and the realization that you need a healthy diet for life. The problem with fad or crash diets is that you you expect to take off a lot of weight in a short time… and then you go right back to old habits. Dr. Atkins died of a heart attack in 2003.</p>
<p>When I say “diet for life” I don’t mean that I am still eating with the same calorie restrictions that I had during the time I was losing weight. I want to maintain my weight now, so I don’t have to watch my calories as much. I didn’t follow any particular diet, I just started by eliminating foods that were fattening without being nutritional, at least those that I know I could live without. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to manage without chocolate, so I looked for a way to combine the chocolate part with something healthy – for example, these days I eat chocolate brownie flavored fiber bars as opposed to actual chocolate brownies. </p>
<p>If you had a target of losing 5 lb per month, it would be very reasonable. It might take a very long time to reach your goal, but if you are on track, it makes a very nice graph to stick on the front of the refrigerator. I mean… every time I went to the frig, there was my graph to remind me to grab something healthy. And if you go 4 months and you have lost 20 pounds – that will be no where near your target, but you have to agree that weight 250 is better than 270.</p>
<p>I think the book <i>The Instinct diet<i> might be helpful to you. By the time I read that book it was just telling me stuff I had already figured out, but it really gives you some good info to address the circumstances that lead to overeating. </i></i></p><i><i>
<p>You could opt to take things very slowly, and simply begin by making healthier eating your goal. That probably wouldn’t result in much weight loss, but it may kind of change your relationship with food. I did learn that fresh greens and vegetables taste a whole lot better when you’re feeling pretty hungry. But don’t let yourself get too hungry – eat a decent breakfast and have small (healthy) snacks throughout the day, or else you end up eating really fast and gorging when you finally do have a meal. </p>
<p>One more thing: others in your household have to be on board. You can’t stick to a healthy diet if your cabinets are stuffed to the brim with your kids’ chips and the frig filled with their soda. I made my d. keep the bad stuff (chips etc) in her bedroom or hidden somewhere else out of my sight.</p>
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<p>You can starve to death still fat, Suzuki, or so I am told. Something else can give out first before the fat. I believe it since mine is hanging in there tenaciously.</p>