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Old Nov 19, 2012, 04:23 PM
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I am way overweight, i know i am, i honestly do not eat much at all, take today for instance, i had half a slice of sandwich ham - no bread, about 11am after my carer helped me bathe and dress. I do as much as i can and she does the bits i can't manage. i had a about 250 ml of rice milk at 3pm, by 6pm i was hungry so had 10g of munchy seeds (152 cal per 25g) and at 8pm i have just finished a M&S mini meal (260 cals) with some sprouts and mini sweetcorns(80 cals) i do not drink hot drinks so do not get hidden sugar/cals that way. my drinks are either water, diluted no added sugar cordial or once a day i have 200ml of apple juice but not every day. very occasionally once a month max i will grab a take out chinese or chips, ok i will finish an all in one dish rice, veg and mixed meat from the chinese with a spring roll, but the odd occasion i grab chips from the chippy i always buy a kids portion and leave more than i eat!
My allergies to wheat dairy soy celery and tomato mean i do not have desserts, chocolate, cream, butter ice cream, pizza, biscuits, in fact most things processed. I usually eat fish, boiled chicken or roast meat with microwaved veg and mash or rice boiled with a garlic clove or spices, so i really can't see how i can lose weight.
Ok i am unable to walk and have weak/poor control of my core muscles (i have to use a body harness to sit upright though i try not to use it in the house to make myself try and balance), so guess they aren't burning much, but my house is unadapted, my bed and loo are up a flight of 15 stairs which i have to pull myself up backwards each time i need to change my incontinence pad and to cook my elbows are above my head. i mentioned i have a carer but she is not with me all the time, in fact she works 8-10 hours per week, the rest of the time i am fending for myself. I presently go out as much as possible in my mobility scooter, mainly so i can access a loo easier than at home, but also to meet people else i would end up not seing anyone other than my carer. I do my own shopping and put it away, cook, clean the bits of house i can reach, look after my 6 gerbils and 2 foster rabbits including cleaning their 7 cages and host of tubes every week (carer helps with bunny cage as i can't lift it ), in the warm weather i grow some of my own fruit/veg in my 250 ft garden and have been known to strim the grass a few times too. i scoot 8 mile round trip into the office at least two or three times each week, (i am a director of a charity that helps disabled people by equiping them with the knowledge they need to live as independently as possible in the life of their choice. ) I also volunteer as an advisor for another charity helping long term unemployed and disabled people to find and maintain jobs and i am a board member for a charity helping those with mental health and isolation, sometimes i am roped in to cook berakfast for 20+! so i am by no means a person who is happy laying in bed all day, though there are one or two days a week when i do stay at home on my bed for most of the day to air my bum as much as possible to prevent pressure sores! I swim around 20 lengths whenever i get the opportunity which is rarely now since my carer cut her hours down.
just doing my survival things and 'work' commitments I am exhausted by bed time
I am on about 10 meds a day including steroid inhalors, and codeine but really do need to take these or i end up in hospital.
my doc will not help me with my weight until i can walk which is probably never going to happen.
so eating less - i eat for a sparrow as it is, i eat healthy stuff and very rarely snack between meals, exercise - i do as much as i physically can -

any ideas please how i can lose weight other than not eat at all!
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