Weight loss

I have developed a belly and it needs to go, dieting and exercise, have not helped at all, anyone any suggestions please

Have you tried a ketogenic diet??? I struggled with weight issues for 35 years until I began adding keto! Once on thr very low carb way of eating I lost 101 pounds in 9 months. Now, 7 years later I have maintained the weight loss and will always eat low carb...under 50 grams of carbs daily. When I began this way of eating I did 20 grams of carbs a day for those 9 months. My weight dropped from 306 to 205...

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Not for everyone but have been on Zepbound (Monjurno in UK) since October of last year. I have lost just about 85 lbs staring weight was 311, presently 225ish.

It's not some short term fix,nuts gonna be a lifetime of maintenance and lifestyle changes. Has been amazing from a medical perspective (Blood sugar, lipids and fatty liver). Not a walk on the park with the stuff though so it's a personal and financial decision for everyone to make.

Hope that helps

Thanks for the replies, keto certainly sounds worth a try

In my younger years, I always had serious weight problems. In 1990, when I was 42, I weighed 300 pounds. I am 5’ 11” tall. The year 1990 was a landmark year for me. My doctor told me I was now diabetic and my dentist insisted I get braces on my teeth to fix a serious “bite issue”! My course of action was to eliminate as much sugar in my diet as I could. At times, eating was very difficult with all the orthodontic work (pain and discomfort) going on in my mouth. Yes, for almost 3 years I had shiny metal braces (headgear, rubber bands, power chains) on my teeth! By 1993, I had lost about 40 pounds — putting me around 260, still much too heavy. From 1993 to about 2015, I slowly dropped another 40 pounds just by eating a more healthy diet. In 2018 and 2019, I suffered a mild heart attack and was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Lots of stuff was done to me (triple by-pass, radiation treatments, etc.). Going into the “Covid years”, my weight was still hanging around 220-225.

In 2021, I was put on weekly Ozempic injections. Within a year, my weight had dropped another 40 pounds. I am still taking Ozempic but recently had my dose dropped by 50%. I am now holding steady at 180-185 pounds. I’d like to lose another 10 pounds to maybe lose my remaining “beer belly”. Since 1990, my waist size went from 48 to 34 inches.

For me, Ozempic reduced my appetite. It does have one annoying side effect. My bowel movements are now very erratic going from sudden, EXTREMELY urgent diarrhea often followed by several days of constipation. My endocrinologist cut my dose in half last year, to hopefully minimize this nasty side effect. It’s helped a little. YMMV!

I have been using dihydroberberine along with a calorie deficit of about 400-600 low carb and have lost a pound+ a week since May. It has been the only time in my life I have been able to stay on the wagon so to speak. I started at 226 pounds and am now at 207. 19 pounds and still going. I have regular cheat days but I don't go wild. My cheat days have a 2000 calorie cap, and my regular days have a 1500 calorie cap. The DHB has been the key for me.

My thoughts are try to watch how many calories you take in and stay active. I am not an expert or have a lot of knowledge on the subject. I joined a gym about fifteen years ago after my doctor told me to lose weight or I was going to end up having a lot of health issues down the road. I went and talked to the owner of gym and told him what I had been told. He said there was no magic solution, if I watched what I ate and how much I ate and if I worked hard and sweated a few times a week I would lose weight. It took me about two years but I was able to drop a little over a hundred pounds and somehow have been able to keep most of it off. Two years ago during my annual my doctor offered to put on some medication that would help me keep the weight off, I declined at the time but it might be something I would consider down the road. It's been a life style change for me. I wish you the best of luck with your journey.

Dr told me that I needed to lose weight back at end of April and put me on phentermine and testosterone. I am 57, he told to cut the carbs. Bread, potatoes and beer being the biggest. I also started exercising by walking and have worked my way up to 5 miles a day. I recently bought a rowing machine and using it about 30 minutes a day and cut back to walking 2 miles or so. So far I have dropped 75 pounds. According to my health app on phone I usually have between 700-100kcal of active energy a day. Varies based on how much I travel for work. I feel much better now and working hard to keep it off.

I've struggled with weight at a few points in my life, and I'm currently working on losing weight (yet again). I was at 220 a year ago, I'm currently down to 195, and I'd like to get down to 170. I have an easier time finding general guidelines to stick to because they feel flexible and I won't get uptight during those occasions when I want to flex things a bit, like during the holidays. (And I tried calorie counting--and it just drove me nuts.) This is more or less what I've been doing and I'm (slowly) seeing progress. And I don't want to go on any of the new weight loss drugs

Diet

* Eat something green with lunch and dinner, ideally enough to occupy half the plate

* If I'm eating refined carbs, try to make sure they're paired with high fiber foods (i.e., serving pasta tossed with spinach as opposed to a tomato sauce)

* If I want something sweet, I eat fruit. Usually fresh, but I'll also keep a few cans of fruit in the fridge. (I guess my brain registers cold fruit tidbits as more dessert-y than fresh?)

* I've been surprised at how oatmeal in the morning keeps me full for so long, so I'm eating less and getting my fiber in.

* I keep a large bowl of quinoa salad in the fridge because it's easy to throw together, it's filling, it makes an easy lunch, and it ticks off my boxes for protein and veg intake.

* I'm not vegetarian, but when meal planning, I aim for mostly meatless meals or meals. I love Vegan Before 6 by Mark Bittman. Because his personal diet plan has him eating meat for only one meal a day, his dinner recipes include meat but are also packed with plant matter so I'm still eating healthfully.

Exercise

* I've been wearing a fitness tracker for years and had been more focused on hitting a certain step count every day. Once I started focusing on active minutes (aiming for at least 22 active minutes a day), I noticed changes in my health.

* Right now, 30 minutes of cardio a day and bench presses seem to be working for me.

Sleep and stress

* My last job really screwed with the sleep I was getting and my stress levels. Once I started to regularly get 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night, I noticed changes in my health.