THREAD: about making small changes in those who fear drastic changes
I want to talk about advice I gave to a coulleague.
Basically, my colleague is obese and has struggled with weight issues most of her adult life. Her ~12 year old, also obese, has also had struggles.
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I want to talk about advice I gave to a coulleague.
Basically, my colleague is obese and has struggled with weight issues most of her adult life. Her ~12 year old, also obese, has also had struggles.
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In the past have been many attempts to lose weight. Weightwatchers, exercise, low fat, etc. NO results
In the home, the child eats breakfast cereal, pop tarts, granola bars, fruit, fruit juice, oatmeal
Lunch is typical school crap
Dinner is typical
Snack is chips & cookies
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In the home, the child eats breakfast cereal, pop tarts, granola bars, fruit, fruit juice, oatmeal
Lunch is typical school crap
Dinner is typical
Snack is chips & cookies
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I talked w/my colleague about how & why low carb diets work. She explained that her husband, “has to have juice”, which makes lower or eliminating sugar hard. my colleague said with a toddler, teenager & husband all with different needs she “doesnt know that she could do it”
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So we talked about simple changes. I’ll let you know what they were and the results
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Change #1 BREAKFAST
REMOVE all cereals, oatmeal, bread, fruit, granola bars, pop tarts
REPLACE eggs, ham, bacon, cheese for breakfast. Omelets in days she can cook, hard boiled otherwise.
Low gi berries are fine
Almond flour pancakes or waffles
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REMOVE all cereals, oatmeal, bread, fruit, granola bars, pop tarts
REPLACE eggs, ham, bacon, cheese for breakfast. Omelets in days she can cook, hard boiled otherwise.
Low gi berries are fine
Almond flour pancakes or waffles
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Change #2 - SNACKS
This was an issue b/c she felt the children needed options to make it work, so this is what we did
REMOVE all current snacks
REPLACE with quest protein bars, quest protein chips, all variety of nuts: peanuts,macadamia, almonds, pecans, cashews, walnuts
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This was an issue b/c she felt the children needed options to make it work, so this is what we did
REMOVE all current snacks
REPLACE with quest protein bars, quest protein chips, all variety of nuts: peanuts,macadamia, almonds, pecans, cashews, walnuts
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Change #3 - NO JUICE, NO SODA
Spent a lot of time talking about the fact that nobody in that house needs juice or soda. Given that there are several people struggling with obesity should be removed.
REPLACE with water, unsweetened ice tea, flavored seltzer
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Spent a lot of time talking about the fact that nobody in that house needs juice or soda. Given that there are several people struggling with obesity should be removed.
REPLACE with water, unsweetened ice tea, flavored seltzer
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Change #4 - DINNER
No more pizza, unless it’s FATHEAD or Cauliflower crust.
Otherwise dinner should be meat and vegetables
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No more pizza, unless it’s FATHEAD or Cauliflower crust.
Otherwise dinner should be meat and vegetables
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This is not exactly the typical recommendations I give, but it really has worked for this family. Each of them have lost 10 pounds in two months time and they haven’t restricted the amount they are eating in any way.
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Its difficult to get across over twitter that this family was disenfranchised, & demoralized from failure after failure. They didnt think even slight changes could work. by maintaining convenience & palatability, theyre eating healthy, losing weight & enjoying what they eat
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