Weight loss help please?

[Anonymous]

This may get to be a little complicated and I'm sorry but I need some help. I currently weigh around 240 and id like to lose some weight and start eating better. I don't really eat that unhealthy or even that much during a day but if I want Taco Bell I do go get Taco Bell. Lately things have been a little more difficult because I'm nauseous all the time, there's a possibility I may be pregnant. Regardless of being pregnant or not I still do believe it would be best for me to get healthy, I don't think it's so much the food that's the issue I love my drinks and most times it's not water. My dr said because of my bm patterns I'm fiber deficient so he wants me to drink a big cup of Metamucil every day. I planned to drink that, drink at least a gallon of water a day, I'd like to get slim fast to drink because lately I have a hard time eating anything and figured that would at least be nutrition for me, I'd also like to drink at least 1 cup of lemon water a day on top of doing my best to eat healthy. Would doing all that help with losing weight in a safe way? Is there an alternative to Metamucil that would work just as well? It's to early to tell about the pregnancy but if I were pregnant would slim fast be ok to drink? I'm also terrible with exercise, I live in the third floor and do a lot so I don't really exercise but I'm still chubby so obviously I need to add more to that. I'm curious as to what a safe amount of exercise would be like can I exercise every day or is like a 3 or 5 day a week routine better? How about exercise with pregnancy, I know they encourage you to continue but do I need to be extra careful or something. Any tips would be great.

[guyintac]

If you are having trouble losing weight, you aren't eating healthy. 80% of your weight loss success/failure will come from diet. You'll hear lots of personal trainers say "you can't out-train your spoon".

Find out if you're pregnant, and if you have any food allergies. Then get a good book, I recommend "The Four Hour Body" by Tim Ferriss. And do yoga. Seriously, do yoga.

[Asker]

I eat a lot of fruits, vegetables, Greek yogurt, protein etc but I like to drink soda, juice, coffee, smoothies etc. Like with my breakfast I get a coffee and an apple juice and another drink for after breakfast. I know I drink a lot and I think if I just drank water that would help. I have to wait at least 3 more weeks to find out for sure about being pregnant, with all that's happening I feel I could be already but we just had unprotected sex this last week so have to wait to test for that to be sure and I'd like to start now. I have a cardio yoga tape I like to do, I have all sorts or tapes but by time I'm home alone and have time to do it I'm exhausted and don't feel up to it.

[guyintac]

Sounds like you've got a lot of sugar in your diet. Cut out all/most of the sugar.

If you quit soda you'll probably drop 10lbs just from that. And you'll sleep better. And you'll have more energy.

Speaking of sleep. Get enough. Enough means *8* hours. Not getting enough sleep sabotages your health goals.

Start counting calories, or keep a food journal. Or heck, just take a picture of everything you eat with your phone before you eat it. Get a tumblr and upload the food pictures. Give your friends the tumblr so they can help you stay on track.

[Asker]

Yeah I'm sure it's a lot of sugar, with all the nausea I've been maybe eating a few bites of one meal a day and pretty much all I can drink is water so I'm sorta starting off ok but right now it's easy because soda and stuff gags me right now. I can tell you I def don't get enough rest, the other day I had 3 hours of sleep and the next night 1 hr on top of working 12 hours each day, sleep is a hard thing for me and seems worst right now. I don't know if I'd get a tumblr for all that but taking a pic is a good idea. Probly take a before and after pic because almost anything I eat I hardly eat any of it. The other day I hadn't ate all day and wanted Stromboli and breadsticks and got it and was so nauseous from the smell of it being in my car I couldn't eat it and just threw it out

[guyintac]

Well, you're gonna need to figure out what is keeping you from eating whole meals. You still need to eat *enough* in a day. IIRC you need like 1200 calories at a minimum to not go into "starvation mode". Talk to your doctor about your appetite and nausea. And any sleep problems (probably related).

[Asker]

I tried to talk with him but he wouldn't really listen pretty much told me I need to lose weight and to be on an 1800 cal diet and I tried telling him I don't even eat that much in a day and be just moved on. I got sick a few years ago and that's when I stopped eating a lot, during that time all I could handle was water and foods I knew I liked would gag me and I just couldn't eat so since then I just eat small amounts of food but like this past week it's been horrible which makes me think I'm pregnant but I'm not really sure when to test

[guyintac]

You should get a new doctor. Blowing off patient questions is not okay.