I eat well…. Heck I’ve done my best to eat Biblically clean for the last five years now. But I am also 80% disabled with arthritis in all my spinal joints as well as a bone on bone right knee with multiple surgeries and half my patella gone. And in both Peroneal tendons torn … and in then no PT with the hernias and then waiting for the surgery and then rehab after triple hernia surgery and I got to 210, and could only get to 207…. And my joints and whole body hurt…. This stuff was and is a God given miracle given to me right when I needed help…
Lifestyle is it! I was told in 1999 my liver would need replacing due to my heavy drinking; nope… was told two fusion point on my spine; nope…. Was told a full knee replacement for the last decade: nope. Was told cadaver replacement for my ankle tendons.. nope - was told my heart can’t handle cardio anymore after my stents were installed in 2016…. Nope…. Did a half marathon 65 days afterwards and 11 annually now since and can handle 130 HR on my long jogs uphill in sweats
I changed my eating habits, my sources of food, and as someone already said walk at least every other day or walk/jog and light weight lighting… and I now adjusted that to add cables and bands…
but this hernia stuff kicked my butt!!
and God knows my heart and is keeping me going still for some reason beyond me….
I am hoping praying and planning to stop the injections upon hitting BMI goal for my height and tbh, I was never able to drop that last 20 pounds on my own: so if I do hit 161, it will be the lightest I’ve been since high school!
Age, genetics and obviously injuries definitely play a major role… I’ll admit I’m lucky, I don’t have to try super hard to change my body. This medication definitely has a place, especially for those who are doing all the right things without the desired results. I just hate seeing people take the easy road without the proper foundation… It’s doomed to fail in the long run without the right mindset and discipline
Health is all about healthy hormones. People avoid the sun, avoid nature, avoid fasting, avoid grounding.. Avoid sleeping well. Drink way too much caffeine and sugar.
Eat real food, get out in nature, avoid sugar and aspartame, you don’t need drugs and non stop caffeine to live.
Sleep well, exercise, eat real food. And repeat.
It goes a long way.
Now if you are severely obese okay maybe, might be worth it. And God Bless anyone going that route. But it starts in the kitchen and your cupboard.
Also circadian rhythm plays a massive role in health. don’t stay up late unless you have to. Follow the sun. Sleep better, feel better.
Honestly, if it helps people lose weight, the good outweighs the bad. Most problems for heavy people can be remedied if not solved altogether with weight loss (as a lifelong heavy guy, I know this all too well). Doctors know this all too well, which is why heavy people get little more than an eyeroll whenever you go to the doctor with any sort of issue. You can practically see their brains going ‘just lose the weight first, fatass.’
I’m not trying to debate this bud. But I think healthy hormones are step 1. Weight loss is a result of healthy hormones. Just my opinion. And God Bless
Don’t forget that animals (including humans) over time adapt. We have thousands and thousands of years of humans that only ate once a day or once every 3 days. Storing food was not easy or convenient until the last hundred years. People ate when they killed something or harvested something. Eating 3 times a day was pushed by the Rockefellers and eating cheap carbs was pushed by Kelloggs. Eat carbs, avoid meat and fat. Meanwhile the brain thrives on cholesterol and the drug pushers are driving down the healthy levels of cholesterols to push drug sales.
Eat meat, eggs, dairy, vegetables, and fruits one or two meals a day. Put your body into a fasting state to heal.
Oh I don’t want to get into a debate over it either, everybody’s got different takes on it and frankly, what we don’t know about the body dwarfs what we do. I’m just coming at it from someone who has struggled with this his whole life, done it all, been on less than 1500 calories a day for 10+ years at this point just to stay between 260 and 275. Lifting, yoga, pilates, running, biking, rowing, fasting, keto, eat 6 times per day, sleep 10 hours, probiotics, interval training, no sugar, fake sugar, no fat, nothing but fat, fodmap, low oxalates, on and on. It has been a very central part of my life. I also get my hormones tested regularly as my dad had hyperthyroidism while my dad had hyPOthyroidism lol, which seems counterintuitive, but it is what it is.
We are all very different, what works for some won’t work for others (obviously), but I would say in general, one of the more trenchant health rules that applies for pretty much everyone, is less heavy >> too heavy. Obviously there are bad ways to get there (bulimia, anorexia, heavy drug use, etc…), and there are people who don’t need to lose the weight (see original post), but I definitely see this trend as a positive one overall.
I was just trying to find out why I see these celebrity skeletons when the people I know on it just get less chunky but still look like themselves. I should have known the discussion would morph into something much more.
Lots of research coming out is showing caffeine is neuro-protective and helps prevent dementia. I drink coffee like MCDC, though I quit around 10 am to prevent it interfering with my sleep.
I used to be a certifed DNA-based health coach and worked for a company that does testing.
I always cringe when people swear a particular diet does X. I mean, it may for some people, but much depends on your genetics. So many people get sick by getting hung up and making some fat diet or practice the center of their life.
A lot of people have sort of figured out how their bodies work by middle age and their testing just confirms it.
all my spinal joints as well as a bone on bone right knee with multiple surgeries and half my patella gone. And in both Peroneal tendons torn … and in then no PT with the hernias and then waiting for the surgery and then rehab after triple hernia surgery and I got to 210, and could only get to 207…. And my joints and whole body hurt…. This stuff was and is a God given miracle given to me right when I needed help…
