QuestionDear Sally,
I am Martin 30 male from London, England.
I have been overweight for the last 15 years. Right now, I weigh around 210 lbs, my height is 5'8?and my bone structure is medium.
In this long time of struggling with my weight, I have been a human yo yo and never been able to keep my weight stable.
I have tried different diets and been successful in losing weight but always have put it back on plus some more.
6 years ago, I went on a low calorie diet and lost 50 pounds in 6 months, but gradually started to put it back on. Last year I went on an all organic, wheat free, high fibre and low oil diet, I felt great and my energy level was high but I got bored of it so quickly. The diet was tastefully excruciating and it cost a lot to but just organic ingredients. By the way, I didn't lose a lot of weight while on that diet, just a few pounds.
According to the Barnes thyroid test, mine is under active. My T4 level is 15.1 pmol/l and THS is 1.42 mu/l. My testosterone level is 22.2 nmol/l, which I am not sure if it is low.
In this long time of being overweight, I have dealt with some degree of depression and now take 20ml Prozac a day. I know that my depression is directly connected to my eating habits, the more depressed I am the more I eat and of course the fatter, I get.
Unfortunately, now I cannot afford the use of a professional nutritionist services and really need help to tackle this misery once and for all. I feel that I need a very specific lifetime diet and exercise plan, designed for my individual needs. I want to lose weight only to be able to keep it lost for the rest of my life.
Here are my questions:
Do I need to take any medication for my thyroid or is there any other way to solve its under activity?
How much and how regular do I need to exercise?
What is the best diet for me in order to follow for life lose weight and keep it low?
If you have any questions about my condition, please do not hesitate to ask.
Thank you for listening to my life story and hope to hear from you soon.
Martin
AnswerDear Martin,
At first, I hope your dreams come true.
If you are trying to lose weight, aim to lose 1 to 2 pounds per week. If you are able to attain your goal, you would get the excitement to go on your plan. Sometimes it is little things that count the most when working toward your goals.
The combination of diet and exercise is a faster way to lose weight, but it depends on the person’s body and how strict his diet. A strict diet could make you lose 3kgs in a week. Weight loss is just an uphill battle. You have got to keep on fighting. You must figure out why you lose the battles you lose and pray like hell you win the war.
Due to lack of your elaborated details & particulars, I would recommend only few suggestions, though these may help you lot:
The available recipes are water and vegetables and fruits and proper sports and a strict partner.
1.The vegetables and fruits include papaya, mealie, kelp, carrot, green cucumber, tomato, apple, pear, banana and so on. Remark, eating different kind of vegetables or fruits each day, you can go on your diet easily and everlastingly.
2.The available sports are Yoga. You know, the people who practice yoga have perfect figure. If you are interesting in it, I could give you some suggestions about yoga practice.
3.A strict partner can support you going on your diet strictly.
4.The foremost austerity is persistence.
Now, I would like to share my experience with you.
First of all, I had a nice partner. We restricted each other going on the diet strictly.
1.Getting up early in the morning, we drank a glass of water before any action. It could help you clean your inside.
2.We had a 20-30 minutes’ quick walk to office instead of bus in the morning. It is available to burn your calories to have a quick walk without eating anything in the morning.
3.After arriving at office and having a rest, we drank a glass of milk and ate 2 pieces of biscuit as our breakfast. Remark, you must have breakfast.If not, you could feel too hungry to go on your diet.
4.Between breakfast and lunch, we drank 3 glasses of water and eat little raw vegetables or fruits. It is available to relieve your hunger. If you still feel hungry, you can eat a piece of sweet. Just only one piece.
5.Before lunch, we drank a bottle of yoghurt. And then we ate a little vegetables or fruits as our lunch. We would eat a few peanut as our lunch too. Remark, it could make you feel full drinking a bottle of yoghurt before each meal. Drinking much water, you eat peanut, feeling full.
6.Between lunch and knocking off, we drank 3 glasses of water and eat little raw vegetables or fruits to relieve our hunger.
7.Knocking off, we had another 20-30 minutes quick walk to home. It is available for weight loss having proper exercises at dusk with hunger.
8.We just drank a little soup or ate a little vegetables or fruits as our supper. Remark, drink one or two glasses of water and don’t eat anything in the 3 hours’ time before going to bed.
My suggestions:
1.After having gone on your diet for 3-4 days, you can feel better and easier to continue. Therefore go on your diet strictly in the first week.
2.Try to achieve your goal of weight loss in 1~2 months. It could make you possess confidence in this field.
3.Have 5 meals instead of 3 meals every day.
4.Eat more fruits and drink less fruit juice.
5.If you don’t feel hungry, don’t remind you of the time to have a meal.
6.Drink a glass of water before each meal.
7.Don’t trial too many diet pills, it would cost you more and be dangerous for your body.
8.Attentively, proper sports could perfect your figures, strong sports could strengthen your muscle.
9.If you can’t find a strict partner, you can treat me as your companion, feeling free to tell me how about your diet. It is my honor to interact with you in this field. I would try my best to give you more suggestions and share my experience and accompany you going on the diet.
O.K. If you still have any questions, please do not hesitate to write to me.
Best wishes,
Sally Fan
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