Need to loose weight!!! have UC but don't know what to do!

I am really depressed about all of this. :( I have over 100 pounds to loose and every time I start something, I fail by eating something I shouldn't. I went to a nutritionist two weeks ago who showed me a lot of definciencies in my diet with vitamins, etc. I basically have to be on a Clean diet with a lot of fruits and veggies. I started doing the diet, but gave up after a few days due to the restrictiveness. I also became very hungry by mid-afternoon. I have a few egg whites with veggies for breakfast, wrap and fruit for lunch, and whatever is made for dinner. I am very frustrated and really don't know where to turn. Feeling so bloated, gassy, and miserable this morning and have to leave in a bit to teach 6th graders. Greeeeeaaatttt! LOL.

Sorry for the long vent. I also stopped Remicade for other reasons and my UC has been very unpredictable. I just want to be healthy and thin. Why is it so hard to start and be consistent??? Please any advice will help.

Heather

Hi. Thanks so much for the advice. I never thought SBC was similar to the South Beach diet. I am going to try that! I totally agree with you about the fruits. They have a lot of sugar in them. That's why I don't understand how Weight Watchers made them zero points!! Anyway, thanks again! :)

Hi Heather; I had a problem with the new WW's program too. I just went back to the original points system since I had success with that. You are right; the fruit has too much sugar in it to be a "0" point food!

Hey Kim, I agree; when I got rid of the white foods too I felt much better and had a lot more energy. I don't eat a lot of sugar at all, and when I do, I feel horrible and shaky.

I altered my diet somewhat dramatically after my second flare up and have dropped 15 or so pounds and 3 waist sizes. I also exercise every day, which, now approaching a year of activity, has become more rigorous as time goes by.

In short, I think your hunger pains will subside if you continue to eat lighter, and exercise becomes easier as you go. Just remind yourself that it won't be this difficult forever and it will suddenly become much less complicated. It's not going to be a cinch, but it is both cathartic and fulfilling on a number of personal, emotional and physical levels.

Also: If you're teaching 6th graders, you might want to learn how to spell "lose!"

You want to lose 100lbs in 1 year? go on SCD and don't cheat! Gauranteed victory.

I am in the same boat as you. I gained weight with each of my five pregnancies(I had two miscarriages and I have three kids). I was then diagnosed with UC and was put on pred for over 5 months.  I gained 50 pounds on it.  That was a year and a half ago.  I still have to lose about 100 pounds and I could probably lose more then that.  It is hard and discouraging. My problem is soda and candy.  I try not to eat it and after two days I'm like going crazy .  I swear I'm addicted to it.  It is also alot of weight to lose.  We also go out about once a week because my son has baseball games and no bathrooms there and I can't eat before them.  I don't want to go crazy and not stick with something after I lose the weight.  I want something natural and easy.  Good luck

Don't listen to anyone advocating a fad diet. What you need to do is exercise, specifically jogging/running. I lost 100lbs in one year by jogging every day and changing my diet.

I stopped eating meat and limited myself to 1500 calories per day. I realize that calories are somewhat of an arbitrary thing but counting calories is a great habit as it is counting something quantifiable that is related to what is in the food. It does help.

Anyway, diets are only half the battle. The other half is exercise. You really need to do cardio almost every day. If you have access to a pool, swimming laps it the best kind of exercise you can get. If you can't exercise because you're in the middle of a flareup or something, just change running into walking and heavy exercise into light exercise. If you're not in a flare up, run 5-10km three or four times a week (the more the better).

Randomly: I also have to teach six graders soon, haha. That definitely counts as exercise.

Try weight watchers...you'll get to know and understand a bit better. You can join online I believe.

q

iluvsunflowers15 said...
Thanks Wavefunction for your advice. :) It's nice knowing a fellow 6th grade teacher is in the same boat as me! :) I cannot run but can do dance aerobics everyday at home. I agree that with counting calories and exercise, the weight can come off easily. How do you keep track of counting calories? Do you look up the calories for each meal, food item, etc? Any advice would be great! :)

Heather

Someone else suggested Weight Watchers. That's actually a very good idea but I believe you have to pay for it. Instead of using calories, Weight Watchers teaches you a pretty handy point system whereby you can eat some foods and not others, save up points and then splurge every once and awhile without it affecting your diet. I have a few friends who have used Weight Watchers with great success.

I just count calories though because it's easier and more of a no-brainer. That and I didn't want to spend the money.

Anyway, almost everything you buy is marked with how many calories are in it and you can always Google calorie information pretty easily. After a few weeks of doing this, you won't even really need to look stuff up anymore because you'll know just by looking at it (for example, if I see a chocolate bar I know it's probably between 250-350 calories, I know a can of pop is around 150 calories and a bottle is around 300 calories, etc).

You should find out how many calories you should be eating per day, too. It goes by weight and a few other factors. I have to eat 2000 calories per day to maintain my current weight but if I eat more than that, I gain weight and if I eat less, I slowly lose weight. If you limit yourself to 1500 calories a day, you'll have to A) be creative with your food if you want to be full without going over the calories, this would involve eating salads without salad dressing and so forth and B) burn off calories to make that number even lower, like if you eat 1500 calories a day and burn off 500 by running--then you've only eaten 1000 calories a day and will be able to lose more than a pound every week! :)