Mistraldancer
Member
Hi Everyone!
Well, I have been looking in for a while now ... so if you had the feeling someone was watching you, it was ME! ... *L*
Due to high cholesterol (the sort that runs in the family) that didn't respond to statins, the doc put me on Orlistat on 23rd June this year.
I have lost 16 lbs, (am now 13 stone 9lbs - if I say it quickly, it doesn't sound so much!) but the week before last I put 2lbs on and I now seem to be at a standstill!!
The weight dropped off at first ... I have a feeling, what with reading your messages, that I am not eating enough fat. I am soooo confused! Basically, the doc sent me off with my prescription with no advice on what to do, so what I have gleaned so far has been from you guys!
I have been struggling to eat more than 12-15 grams of fat per day ... and some sites I googled say you need to eat that per meal ... aaarrrggghhh!!
My normal every day diet is Special K with skimmed milk on a morning, a bowl of beef and veg Big Soup for lunch and then an Asda Good for you meal at night. I haven't snacked in between at all (something I never thought possible! Although my snacks woulda been half a loaf of bread smothered with mayo!!) ...
Today I have included one of those Activia doodah yoghurt thingies, so I will actually have done 18.2 grams of fat today (and I seem to hit between 1200 - 1350 calories per day too without trying) ... I just thought I would up it a little bit and see how I went.
Some people say eat the lowest amount of fat possible, but others say eat up to 40g of fat per day ... I know it's a pretty individual thing, but can you sort of give me your opinion of the diet I am doing please if you've a minute?
I think I would be hard pushed to eat more fat than that and not go way over the calories ... I did the free fat counter that so many of you use and that advises 40g fat a day to lose weight and 1200 calories ... got me scratching my head, that!! *L*
So as I say, any advice would be fab! I am sticking with the Asda meals because they are the less hassle to work out *L* ... I have fibromyalgia and it doesn't take much to confuse me when it comes to totting up figures, so the easier the better!
I've also got arthritis ... (37 years old and a wreck already!! *L*) ... so exercise is a bad point ... I have a walking machine/treadmill but if I do more than say ten minutes a day on that I am fit for nothing the following day, so I can't really get stuck into exercising the way I would like to ...
I know ... I need rubbing out and drawing again, right?!
Sorry for my little epic post ... *L* .. I have just got so much inspiration from your stories and would rather see what you said than wait to see my doctor!!
TTFN and keep smiling!
Angie x
Well, I have been looking in for a while now ... so if you had the feeling someone was watching you, it was ME! ... *L*
Due to high cholesterol (the sort that runs in the family) that didn't respond to statins, the doc put me on Orlistat on 23rd June this year.
I have lost 16 lbs, (am now 13 stone 9lbs - if I say it quickly, it doesn't sound so much!) but the week before last I put 2lbs on and I now seem to be at a standstill!!
The weight dropped off at first ... I have a feeling, what with reading your messages, that I am not eating enough fat. I am soooo confused! Basically, the doc sent me off with my prescription with no advice on what to do, so what I have gleaned so far has been from you guys!
I have been struggling to eat more than 12-15 grams of fat per day ... and some sites I googled say you need to eat that per meal ... aaarrrggghhh!!
My normal every day diet is Special K with skimmed milk on a morning, a bowl of beef and veg Big Soup for lunch and then an Asda Good for you meal at night. I haven't snacked in between at all (something I never thought possible! Although my snacks woulda been half a loaf of bread smothered with mayo!!) ...
Today I have included one of those Activia doodah yoghurt thingies, so I will actually have done 18.2 grams of fat today (and I seem to hit between 1200 - 1350 calories per day too without trying) ... I just thought I would up it a little bit and see how I went.
Some people say eat the lowest amount of fat possible, but others say eat up to 40g of fat per day ... I know it's a pretty individual thing, but can you sort of give me your opinion of the diet I am doing please if you've a minute?
I think I would be hard pushed to eat more fat than that and not go way over the calories ... I did the free fat counter that so many of you use and that advises 40g fat a day to lose weight and 1200 calories ... got me scratching my head, that!! *L*
So as I say, any advice would be fab! I am sticking with the Asda meals because they are the less hassle to work out *L* ... I have fibromyalgia and it doesn't take much to confuse me when it comes to totting up figures, so the easier the better!
I've also got arthritis ... (37 years old and a wreck already!! *L*) ... so exercise is a bad point ... I have a walking machine/treadmill but if I do more than say ten minutes a day on that I am fit for nothing the following day, so I can't really get stuck into exercising the way I would like to ...
I know ... I need rubbing out and drawing again, right?!
Sorry for my little epic post ... *L* .. I have just got so much inspiration from your stories and would rather see what you said than wait to see my doctor!!
TTFN and keep smiling!
Angie x