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I began my own weight record as a direct response to a patient that was doing everything right, 1000 calories a day, four
mile walk every day, and no weight loss over five years. I have included by own weight loss record to show that none of it
has anything to do with fat, and that the weight that I struggle with has very little to do with calories. I also offer it
to those of you who continually starve yourselves-it doesn't work. Over the past year I have "cheated" perhaps one month,
and "been good" the other eleven months. But only by understanding the complexities of my own body have I been able to come
to terms with weight.
Summary of my personal weight loss diet after a year of experimenting. Your weight loss diet is an individualized creation.
What does not matter: calories.
What does matter: sleep, stress, sugar, salt.
What matters most: whether your body can process the calories you have taken in.
What does not work: starvation.
Caloric intake: between 1500-3000 calories a day. It is the quality of the food, not the quantity, that matters.
Sleep long and well: average weight loss 2 lbs overnight.
Avoid straight sugar and salt: they both hold water in the gut and cause extraordinary weight gain.
Avoid all preservatives: they do the same.
Avoid all dairy products: I gain an average of 2 lbs after a single serving. They also constipate me.
I tried all of these supplements, and none were effective for consistent weight loss.
Supplements: phosphatidyl choline, Sho-saito-to (this is the most helpful at restarting the liver: I feel great on it and
I notice consistent weight loss when I do everything else right), Multi, vitamin D, Chlorophyll, Network marketed drink, lemon,
lime, apple cider vinegar.
None of these diets work, because I couldn't lose weight quickly enough and because the confounding factors in my lifestyle
disrupted any benefit:
Diets flirted with: starvation, Atkins, raw food, starvation and exercise. Current diet: whatever I want, whenever I want
it. In large quantities.
Current diet, truly:
No salt, no sugar=both cause osmotic water retention
Exercise=more hunger=same weight (I exercise some, but I don't expect it to lead to weight loss)
Bad food=constipation=fermentation=toxic build up=fat cell deposition
Starvation=getting cold=thyroid shut down=eventual weight gain when I regain my senses and eat
Up late=up weight (I average 2 pounds of weight loss overnight)
Warm at night=weight loss (if my feet are cold I can't sleep)
Milk (all milk)=constipation=less weight loss=eventual weight gain
Citrus=more BM=more weight loss
Calories absolutely no effect if I eat between 1500-3000 calories.
Points to consider:
If you treat the scale as one body measure of health rather than a dark and evil god who squats in the bathroom waiting to
dispense misery, it is a very cheap way to keep track of your body function.
If you have spent your life avoiding calories, you owe it to yourself to monitor your weight last thing at night and first
thing in the morning. If watching calories drops weight for you, great. If not, start monitoring what does. At one point
I checked my weight before and after every meal, and did not see the expected rise in weight. If I had put the sandwich in
my pocket, I would weigh more, but in eating it, more complex issues are brought into play.
Only follow a diet that the words "for the rest of your life" added to the end does not make you weep. Otherwise you are
fooling yourself, and need to find another path.
Thank you for listening, and best of luck. If you need help on your journey, please call me and set up an appointment.
(207) 623-1681 Maloney Medical, 4 Drew St., Augusta
ME 04330 docleroymaloney@hotmail.com
"If
you get hit by a bus, go see your MD. If you just feel like you were, it's time to see me."
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