I'd just like to give a positive for anyone with a chronic health condition that needs to lose weight.
I have put on weight and lost it several times over. I put it on because I'm stupid and I comfort eat. I end up eating badly because of chronic pain. I use the binge eating as a coping method. This is wrong I know and the resulting weight gain that has happened all my life has had rebound effects and made my pain worse to a point where I have no choice but to switch my coping method to something else and lose the weight.
For me I can not exercise as in dancing around or going to a gym. Im not even allowed to go to the swimming pool. All I can do is a very slow and short walk whenever I can. But I want to just let people know that even though this is all I can do, with the correct healthy diet my weight falls off regardless. As my weight falls off I find that I can walk a bit further so it has a snowball effect and more weight comes off.
I find I have to restrict my calories to around 1200 -1500. I also don't strictly count those calories either or else I'd go demented. I just do a rough count and mainly eat lots of veg. I mean LOTS. I also eat only chicken and fish along with quorn. Of course i have rice and pasta...and I love salads.
Drinking around 3 litres of water per day is a must too.
My snacks become fruit. Bananas help with the sugar cravings at first when I quit the sugar.
Hope this helps to keep those of you that can't exercise much, positive. A nice gentle walk whenever you can is a good start and if that's all you can manage (like me) you can still lose the weight. It does come off.
Fraz
