Well Im Fat Pt 3 - The New Diet

[The Benedictine]

Since my insurance is picky about Zepbound my doctor and I spoke about going on the Mediterranean diet. It has all the foods I like and I can still have beef sparingly. He also told me to drop the weightlifting and focus on aerobic exercise. He and the calipers said I have a lot of muscle mass and that is where my weight is coming from.

 

[starrynight]

I'm not a doctor. But I don't think I can agree with the advice to drop weightlifting. I'm sure there are different schools of thought on this, but... I just can't think of that as being a great solution.

Since you were calipered... would you mind sharing your body fat?

I don't want to come off dismissive to medical advice, but if your weight is coming from muscle, then you wouldn't have a problem. Unless your issue is purely in your joints, and you're in good health overall. Then, that might make more sense?

 

[The Benedictine]

I'm not a doctor. But I don't think I can agree with the advice to drop weightlifting. I'm sure there are different schools of thought on this, but... I just can't think of that as being a great solution.

Since you were calipered... would you mind sharing your body fat?

I don't want to come off dismissive to medical advice, but if your weight is coming from muscle, then you wouldn't have a problem. Unless your issue is purely in your joints, and you're in good health overall. Then, that might make more sense?

My only issue is weighing as much as I do. I'm completely healthy otherwise. This is purely a cosmetic choice. My body fat is 20%.

 

[starrynight]

Ok, great! Then it's just preference. Good luck on your endeavor!

 

[SmokingInTheWind]

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[prairiedruid]

Looks from the graphic above 30% body fat gives you the largest "package"!

 

[Sig]

This is why the BMI chart is only good for some people. I have a friend who by the reading of the BMI chart is morbidly obese. He is 5'11" 310 pounds. But his body fat is <7%. He has muscles I honestly believe I dont have.
He has been body building for about 34 years, and at 54 years old, still has <7% body fat...absolute beast.
And NO, its not "natural". He's been juiced for 30 years.
As to the OP, a "Mediterranean diet" can be a very useful method of losing weight. Just stay away from all the GOOD Mediterranean food....breads and sweets.
If you seriously watch your carbs, you can eat as much beef as you want...as long as your heart is good. Honestly if you cut out sugar, bread, pasta, rice, and other carbohydrates, pounds will fall off. Humans weren't meant to eat sugar and grains like we do today.
We have only been eating grain heavy diets for about 10,000-12,000 years. Before that the majority of humans ate a "Paleo" diet....meat, fruits, nuts, and wild vegetables. Obesity was not a thing back then.

 

[SmokingInTheWind]

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[JOHN72]

Muscle relieves the liver of the burden of storing all the sugar in the body. Building muscle is very healthy for the body in general. In any case, I wish you all the best.

 

[The Benedictine]

This is why the BMI chart is only good for some people. I have a friend who by the reading of the BMI chart is morbidly obese. He is 5'11" 310 pounds. But his body fat is <7%. He has muscles I honestly believe I dont have.
He has been body building for about 34 years, and at 54 years old, still has <7% body fat...absolute beast.
And NO, its not "natural". He's been juiced for 30 years.
As to the OP, a "Mediterranean diet" can be a very useful method of losing weight. Just stay away from all the GOOD Mediterranean food....breads and sweets.
If you seriously watch your carbs, you can eat as much beef as you want...as long as your heart is good. Honestly if you cut out sugar, bread, pasta, rice, and other carbohydrates, pounds will fall off. Humans weren't meant to eat sugar and grains like we do today.
We have only been eating grain heavy diets for about 10,000-12,000 years. Before that the majority of humans ate a "Paleo" diet....meat, fruits, nuts, and wild vegetables. Obesity was not a thing back then.

Yeah he said I can have pasta if it's whole wheat pasta. Mainly fruits, vegetables, legumes, beans, fish, and chicken.

 

[FLDRD]

Grass fed beef is not bad for the heart. Grain fed, different story.

 

[AreBee]

My wife is a clinical pharmacist and one of her new patients told her he was on the Mediterranean diet. He ate chicken parm every night. He was entirely serious.

 

[The Benedictine]

My wife is a clinical pharmacist and one of her new patients told her he was on the Mediterranean diet. He ate chicken parm every night. He was entirely serious.

He was on the Italian grandmother diet.

 

[Sig]

Yeah he said I can have pasta if it's whole wheat pasta. Mainly fruits, vegetables, legumes, beans, fish, and chicken.

You can have a very healthy and GREAT tasting diet by eating fish, beef and chicken, fruits and vegetables. Its nearly impossible to become obese eating any amount of these things.....and cheese.....dont leave the cheese out.

 

[Choatecav]

Also, you could lower the weight that you are lifting and go more for tone than bulk.

 

[romaso]

We have only been eating grain heavy diets for about 10,000-12,000 years. Before that the majority of humans ate a "Paleo" diet....meat, fruits, nuts, and wild vegetables. Obesity was not a thing back then.

Being chased by sabre toothed tigers also helped keep you trim!

 

[georged]

Being chased by sabre toothed tigers also helped keep you trim!

Boing

Whack

Crunch


nom nom...

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

How much water are you drinking?

It's anecdotal I know, but I've been drinking 6-8 16 oz bottles per day, and I've seen a great improvement in my sleep.

I do have to get up to pee a time or two, but I'm getting a lot more rest.

 

[Sig]

Being chased by sabre toothed tigers also helped keep you trim!

On a related note.....
Have you ever entered a paddock of donkeys, mules, horses, and goats with a bucket of apples?
I might rather face the sabertooth!

 

[The Benedictine]

How much water are you drinking?

It's anecdotal I know, but I've been drinking 6-8 16 oz bottles per day, and I've seen a great improvement in my sleep.

I do have to get up to pee a time or two, but I'm getting a lot more rest.

I drink about a gallon of water a day.