Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: suggestions on weight loss

You could try more protein earlier in the day - maybe a hard-boiled egg white as part of breakfast. Have you considered swimming as an exercise? It's supposed to be great for your lower body. And to lose weight walking is supposed to be good.

You could consult a nutritionist and see if she can help design a meal plan for you. Ditto with consulting an exercise specialist, maybe some sessions with a personal trainer. I don't think you can pick the part of your body weight will come from but you can spot tone I guess.

I have to say, though, that it makes me kind of sad to see you being so hard on your body. I'm a little hesitant about giving advice on this kind of thing since I have a serious weight problem - and want to lose weight for health reasons - but I found over the years that the more I hated my body and tried to force it to lose weight the heavier I got. It was pretty much a given that I'd end up about 10 pounds heavier after each diet I went on.

I know it's sort of pie in the sky but I think it would be really great if we could all focus on eating right and exercising to feel healthy and let our body shapes and sizes take care of themselves. Years ago I read a book where the author suggested every woman imagine that a mysterious gas had been released into the air and from that moment none of us could lose weight no matter how hard we tried. We just had to learn to live with the bodies we had. She said most women who try this exercise feel panicky at first but then feel relieved - it frees up all the energy that we women spend hating ourselves and trying to force our bodies to submit to our will.

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