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I am 5'5, 125 lbs. I have been on the WFD for about 4 months now. During the first few weeks of the diet, I lost about 10 -12 lbs. I have been able to maintain this weight loss.
i would like to lose about 10 more lbs, but I am finding that I have "plateaued". I eat only whole foods and don't overdo it. I know I could lose the weight if I restricted myself and exercised more, but then I think think that the weight will probably come back anyway, because I can't live in the restricted or regimented way it takes to maintain it.
My question - is it ever healthy to diet beyond your "right" weight? (I am assuming that I am at the right weight for my height). Or does the dieting put stress on your body? OR, if I continue on my whole foods diet, will the weight just naturally come off over time?
In Reply to: WFD and Weight Plateau posted by Gina on September 14, 2003 at 21:34:44:
If you are on the WFD and eating the right amount of calories for your height, activity level, ect., your weight will natrually fall/climb to where it should be provided that you do not have any other illnesses (thyroid, etc.) Why would you want to weigh less than what is healthy for you anyway? Don't let the media dictate your body image for you! 5'5'' and 125 pounds sounds healthy to me. In fact, it actually seems a bit low unless you have no muscle mass.
In Reply to: WFD and Weight Plateau posted by Gina on September 14, 2003 at 21:34:44:
Hi, Gina.
Listen to Mary K.
To more quickly stabilize your healthy weight adding aerobic exercise (you did not say what kind of exercise you did) and SR will do it the quickest.
Let us know what you learn.
Walt
In Reply to: WFD and Weight Plateau posted by Gina on September 14, 2003 at 21:34:44:
Are you exercising? Are you toned...making sure your heart is healthy?
You only mention your diet, which is why I ask.
Also, even if you are on Whole Foods, you still need to eat less than you are burning to lose weight.
In Reply to: Re: WFD and Weight Plateau posted by Walt Stoll on September 15, 2003 at 07:29:39:
Walt,
While aerobic exercise can indeed lead to weight loss, this recommendation is a knee-jerk reaction that originated from the allopathic monopoly you love to hate. It comes from the field of cardiology and frankly it's the only form of exercise the allopathic community has the expertise to recommend. Frankly, the average doctor has very weak training in exercise science (as well as nutrition.) The recommendations that the allopathic community have been making for weight loss for the last twenty years - aerobic exercise and low-fat diets - have led to nothing but failure, obesity, and a generation of wildly out-of-shape patients.
The result has been that their patients have logged countless miles and hours of walking and jogging with little results to show it. The current allopathic recommendation is now up to 5-7 hours a week of low intensity exercise! When that doesn't work, will they boost their recommendation to 12 hours a week???
True story: according to "A Walk In The Woods", a 350 pound man once hiked the length of the entire Appalachian Trail, Georgia to Maine. An amazing commitment and effort, but he only lost 50 pounds. How many times must he take that 2,172 mile hike in order to get down to a reasonable weight?
The reason why doctors don't recommend weight training or other form of exericse other than aerobic training is that generally they don't know how to do it themselves. They are skilled at disease (i.e. cardiology) but unskilled at health and prevention (i.e. being in shape.) They know how to tell a patient to walk 5 miles but they don't know how to teach them to lift a barbell over their heads. The average General Practioner may know how to jog 10 miles, but they rarely know how to set up an program of anything but the simplest exercises (i.e. aerobic exercise) for their patients, nor are they willing to send them to someone who does (i.e. a non-allopathic professional such as a fitness coach.)
If anything, my first reaction for weight loss would be to tell someone to kick up their strength training program or their general fitness program, not their cardiovascular conditioning. I personally do not believe aerobic training is the best method for fat loss.
In Reply to: Re: WFD and Weight Plateau posted by Lincoln on September 15, 2003 at 13:25:33:
Thanks, Lincoln.
I know you are absolutely right! However, I have learned a little about so many different modalities I have to defer to people like you for somethings. Aerobics was easy for me because I was doing it and could refer my patient to Cooper's book that spelled out all the fine details.
I will not apologize for not knowing everything. I have to be satisfied with knowing who to send people to and where to look it up.
You are an indispensible asset to this BB.
Namaste`
Walt
In Reply to: Re: WFD and Weight Plateau (Archive in exercise.) posted by Walt Stoll on September 16, 2003 at 06:53:54:
Question - Isn't a combination of BOTH (alternating days) ultimately the best? If not, am I wasting my time running on the days I don't lift? I lift M-W-F (full body) for an hour and I run or do kickboxing, step, etc. T-TH-Sa(or Su) for an hour or so. I also add Yoga most days for 20-30 minutes - mostly the stretching type.
In Reply to: Re: WFD and Weight Plateau (Archive in exercise.) posted by Mary K. on September 16, 2003 at 07:17:23:
Hi, Mary.
Kudos on your program! Of course it will help more than just aerobics but most people will not do what you are doing. Aerobics is recommended because, for beginners, it is the simplest and most beneficial (for effort and time expended) of all the exercises.
Hope this helps.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: WFD and Weight Plateau (Archive in exercise.) posted by Mary K. on September 16, 2003 at 07:17:23:
Good question.
The answer may depend on your goals and priorities. Aerobic conditioning is good for the cardio-vascular system, easy to perform, but only moderately good for weight loss and it's one of the most time consuming exercise modalities.
I would not say you are WASTING your time running on your non-lifting days. Hard running on your off days can cut into your weight training. Hard weight training can cut into your running. Moderate running and moderate weight training gets less results than hard training. Priorities.
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