If you lost a nice amount of weight and are keeping it down

amother

Thu, Jan 02 2025, 9:29 pm

If you lost a nice amount of weight, I would say 30+lbs., and are keeping it down for at least 3 years already, what weight loss method/program have you done, and do you have any motivating/inspirational messages to share?

amother

Goldenrod ↓

Thu, Jan 02 2025, 9:34 pm

amother OP wrote:

At risk of getting tomatoed off the internet by the anti-diet folks, I will proudly say that I have been on the Rambam diet for 10 years. It was a fad when I started but helped me tremendously with a lot of GI issues I was having and knocked off 22 pounds. Still reference the book occasionally, I’ll link it at the end of my post. No specific motivational messages but what keeps me going is the incredible feeling of being able to inhale and not feeling like the air is getting trapped in the region of my small intestine. For years I didn’t have that and it created so many problems. Hatzlacha to you!

https://www.amazon.com/Life-Tr.....psc=1

amother

Banana

Thu, Jan 02 2025, 9:36 pm

amother Goldenrod wrote:

Can you share a bit what the Rambam diet is?

amother

↑ Goldenrod

Thu, Jan 02 2025, 10:49 pm

amother Banana wrote:

Can you share a bit what the Rambam diet is?

It’s hard to some up the whole book in one post but it’s largely based on the principles that the Rambam outlines for improving gut health. He believed the best way to stay healthy is to keep things moving through the digestive system. If stuff remains stagnant, that’s where bacteria hangs out and that’s how people get sick. The diet is based on those principles and caters to the 21st century lifestyle. It’s less about cutting out foods and more intention to what time of day you eat certain things, and not mixing things together that slow down digestion. That’s a very brief nutshell. I highly recommend the book

amother

Chicory

Fri, Jan 03 2025, 12:08 am

In 2017 I went very low carbohydrate and no processed foods. Lost 100+, regained about twenty, over four years but start to finish it has been over 7 years.

amother

Plum

Fri, Jan 03 2025, 6:26 am

I lost 85 lbs in OA. I'm doing the program for almost 14.5 years TYH!! What keeps me going is that I DON'T STRUGGLE WITH FOOD ANYMORE!!!! It's an absolute miracle that I would not have believed if I wasn't living t myself. I do the step work daily, my fellow members are my closest friends and I have so much menuchas hanefesh in all areas of my life now

amother

Amaranthus

Fri, Jan 03 2025, 6:45 am

I lost a bunch of weight by cutting out sugar and sugar substitutes. I've been doing it for almost 3 years now. It was really hard in the beginning but after a few months I have zero cravings and zero appetite for sugary food. Sugar is an addiction and when you don't eat it you don't crave it anymore. I eat 3 big balanced meals a day and I'm not hungry in between meals.

amother

Dill

Fri, Jan 03 2025, 6:48 am

I lost 40 pounds with eliminating most processed and junk food and sticking to only two meals a day, only one has carbs. If I ever want to eat more, than I can adjust my plan for chanuka. Even when I eat more for a week of simchos or YT, I always lose it when I get back on my own custom made plan.

amother

DarkOrange ↓

Fri, Jan 03 2025, 7:40 am

amother Amaranthus wrote:

does this include no fruit? What about stevia or honey?

amother

↑ DarkOrange

Fri, Jan 03 2025, 7:41 am

amother Dill wrote:

can u please share more about what u eat in a day? thanks!

amother

Hydrangea

Fri, Jan 03 2025, 9:46 am

amother Plum wrote:

What is oa how can I join?

amother

Bone ↓

Fri, Jan 03 2025, 11:42 am

Intermittent fasting was a game changer for me. I think it was mainly that I ate a lot of calories at night when I craved them but now my brain knows not to eat after 6:30/7 so it’s not an issue anymore. On shabbos I eat what I want but I lose wtvr I gained by mon/tue

amother

↑ Bone ↓

Fri, Jan 03 2025, 1:34 pm

stepmama wrote:

Amother Bone, are you careful not to eat junk and sweets in your eating window?

Yes I mainly eat healthy all week and enjoy treats on shabbos. I exercise about 5 days a week as well.
(Im the one who makes the modest movement videos) Although I did notice on vacation days when I didn’t eat healthy, as long as I stopped eating around 4 (because I was still so full from a big lunch anyway) then it didn’t affect my weight. It’s good to eat healthy anyway since it affects how you feel and in terms of health for your body.
Hope this helps!

amother

Calendula

Fri, Jan 03 2025, 3:05 pm

chocolate moose wrote:

40 lbs, 2 years. I got sick - I'm prediabetic and have high cholesterol.

How’s you do it. That’s me. Per diabetic and high cholesterol. I try so so hard and the only thing that helps is such low cal and no processed food. The low cal is so hard

amother

Honeydew

Fri, Jan 03 2025, 3:20 pm

amother Bone wrote:

You look great! Maybe I'll try IF. Did u struggle with weight? U look naturally slim.