Re: Dieting

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Maxine,

You have lost 150 of your original 190 lbs of excess weight. That

amounts to 79% of excess weight gone. This is about as good as can

be expected. If you try to loose more weight by dieting you will be

come catabolic and your muscle will waste away instead of your fat.

Instead you should build muscle mass. You can weight train or do

weight bearing sports (walking, running, cycling etc). Then you can

increase your lean body mass and burn more fat.

On the other hand, you can just accept yourself as you are. You are

at a health weight. Here is the one thing I do agree with the " fat

acceptance " movement: don't try to fit into an unrealistic body image.

Hull

> Hi Everyone:

> You have all been so wonderful in your responses to my recent posts

and

> requests for information and advice. I really do appreciate your

input,

> and the effort many of you put into sharing your experiences. I

have

> learned so much from this list, many of you were instrumental in

helping

> save my life as well when I became seriously ill following my

surgery

> and almost died. It was info and advice that I received from this

list

> that enabled me to fight with my doctors for proper care and

treatment.

> There were people on this list last year who actually took my case

to

> their own doctors and did enormous amounts of research, etc to try

to

> find help for me. And I just wanted to say thanks to each and

everyone

> of you for the role you all played in helping to say my life. And

I'm

> still here, looking for info and advice, so I'd appreciate your

patience

> while I continue to ask questions and seek help. I was amazed that

> people I have never met, called me at the hospital and sent cards

and

> flowers, and people who didn't even know me took it on themselves

to

> help save my life. Definitely a support group in every sense of

the

> word. Thanks

>

> Just to reiteriate, I am 2 yrs post-op, I have lost 150 lbs. But

> technically I am still considered 40 lbs overweight. I now weigh

150

> lbs, and I should be 110 lbs. My weigh loss has stopped, and has

been

> stable for about 1 year now. I have lost nothing in 1 yr. I would

like

> to lose another 20 lbs or so. I think I can do this if I dieted a

> little. I am afraid though of what dieting will do to my body and

> metabolism. I was always told before wls that dieting actually

helps

> make you fat, you lose weight but then put it all back on

afterwards and

> more besides, and I certainly did experience this. I am afraid

that if

> I diet to lose a few more lbs now, that I will gain it back

afterwards

> and more besides. I guess I'm thinking maybe I should leave well

enough

> alone. I am eating large amounts of food and not gaining, and I

don't

> want that to change, so I don't want to do anything to mess up my

system

> and possibly cause me to gain weight again. Is there anyone on the

list

> who has dieted after wls and found they gained weight back again.

> What's the consensus on this? I would rather stay at the weight I

am at

> now, rather than do anything to possibly gain weight. But if I

thought

> there was a chance I could lose another 20 or 30 lbs without

causing

> problems then I'd like to do it. Any thoughts on this? Anyone had

any

> experiences they'd like to share with me.?

>

> Maxine

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