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Originally Posted by tuvalu
Since I am so fat (220lbs) I actually majorly injury myself doing beginning yoga class. In fact I hobbled out of class on saturday, the only 20 something in a class full of 65 plus. Dieting scares me because with my bipolar - I begin to feel deprived, get scared and binge for days - and then feel so ashamed , its hard to start again.
But i have been seeing ads for sensa- i guess it fills you up so you don't eat too much,and then there is the visalus meal replacement shakes - and I was thinking it could help me cope with portion control if i had these shakes to snack on between meals.Has anyone had success? I can tell these are both pyramid scams - so i won't get sucked in - I was just thinking of trying them for a couple weeks and see if it helps.
I've been there, at 5'3 and 235.. meal replacement shakes aren't going to help with binging and shame. I started with exercise, and let diet take care of itself. Walking. Lots of walking. Then a few trips to the gym to lift some light weights, and on from there. When you hurt yourself - go to the doctor and get a referral to PT. My first visit I said "I'm trying to lose weight, and keep hurting myself, and then I blow my diet because I'm laid up for two months while I heal. Will you send me to PT everytime I hurt myself?" And she said "Sure will! And I'll give you enough muscle relaxants/pain relievers to keep going as much as the PT approves." We both kept our side of the bargain, and I lost 10% of my body weight in three months.
Your physical therapist can get you back on track faster than you can get yourself that way, and give you exercises to strengthen that body part, so you don't injure it again.
I can rehab my own back out of just about anything now. And my wrists, ankles and knees. Weight loss is slow for me now, because I'm focusing on other things, but it's become not a source of stress, which was what -I- needed to be successful.