Losing Weight with Meal Replacement Shakes is one strategy that can work. It takes good strategies to lose weight. Along the way of a major weight loss effort, the metabolism will try to prevent your success. I currently am on a path of having moved from 200 pounds to 166 pounds. It went quickly at first and more slowly now.
At first there was a major block at getting below 200 pounds. Then there was a struggle at 190 pounds. More recently, I have hit a wall at 169 pounds. I have achieved recent breakthroughs with a meal replacement shake for lunch. This doesn’t mean the rest of the day doesn’t have to be planned closely.
My current Body Mass Index is 23 and am at 166 pounds and 5’11” which is in between underweight and overweight. It is a good number. Over 25 is overweight and over 30 is obese. I like being lighter. Strangely, being 168 pounds made me feel heavy. I am aiming for 160 because I enjoy the game, because I seem to find a way, and I like feeling light. It certainly must assist in my oxygen uptake for biking, walking, and hiking.
Good Strategies for Weight Loss
A few good tactics in the losing weight strategy are drinking lots of water and getting regular exercise. The water helps the body use energy for digestion. The exercise helps the body regulate its metabolism. The idea is not to make the metabolism think we are starving but to restrict calories.
I reached a limit I felt in how much calorie restriction I could enjoy. I also am on intermittent fasting which means I eat during limited windows. I try to have dinner at 4 and minimize intake afterward. I have begun taking a meal replacement shake at noon with a tbsp of peanut butter. It lasts me until dinner at 4 or 4:30. It is resulting in a half pound to pound loss a day.
When this occurs, I have to feel it is with the blessing of my metabolism. It is allowing the calorie restriction. So now my strategy is daily exercise, over 100 oz of water, restricted calories, and still the eating window of 8 hours. I might mention I don’t drink alcohol or eat sugar. You do get used to the whole routine with minimum suffering. I don’t have the cravings or feelings of bloat or being stuffed that people on regular routines suffer. I don’t suffer from ill affects of meals. I don’t starve.
Getting lean and staying lean becomes a lifestyle. It can dominate. Exercise is part of my lifestyle. I love the outdoors (living at the beach) and enjoy anything that moves me while I am near the water. I do forray into the mountains now once a week to get a steep hike. I can evaluate on a regular basis what might be having an effect; water, food choices, or exercise. It is a game, and I want to be the master.
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