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Originally Posted by abigi7
I am just starting a low fat diet cause I have tried the low car. and no way I am not that much a meat eater. If anyone could give me some good books to research I would much aprreciate it. I weigh 277 and am only 5'3" so I am very obese and need alot of help. Also I have articifal(sp) knees and can not do a lot of excerises with jumping and running aded to it so if someone has any ideas please let me know. I plan on posting alot and keeping in touch. Thanks for reading my post.
abigi7
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As I (and lots of other folks) found out back in the mid-90's, and as has been stated by Aphil and Jawsmom already - you can eat 'low fat' or 'low carb' and STILL gain weight - because bottom line, it's CALORIES that count.
And again as has been stated - there are healthy fats that are essential to keep your body running smoothly (think of it as taking the car to Jiffy Lube!). Back in 1996 or so, I went on a vegan diet - it was about as fat-free as you could get (and low-calorie as well, since I was basically living off steamed veggies, oatmeal, plain baked potatoes, brown rice and limiting myself to one piece of fruit a day). Sure I lost weight - but I also noticed my hair thinning out, my skin becoming dry and flaky no matter how much lotion I applied, and generally just feeling blah.
There are LOTS of good books out there - you might want to check out
The Way to Eat (the author has a regular column in O Magazine), or
Body for Life For Women.
As far as exercise - again as jawsmom stated, there are lots of exercises that don't require running and jumping