Anyone on the Mediterranean diet

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Had a dr appointment this week and despite being overweight, I'm in great health. I have extremely low blood pressure. Unusual for a 50yo that overweight. I tried keto and gained 24 pounds in 8 weeks. My doctor said I am one of the people who can not do keto. She said Mediterranean is the only diet plan that will work for me.

I'm 5'8" and 244lbs. I was 195lbs 8 years ago. Moderately active. I cant do major workouts because I get extremely light headed due to extremely low blood pressure. Any moderate exertion and i nearly faint.



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You gained 50 lbs in 8 years? Wow, that's a lot of extra weight to pack on. Time for exercise and calorie reduction.

I did Med diet pretty strict and lost a lot of weight: 6'2" and 175lbs. I was looking kinda anorexic actually and was perplexed, until I discovered I wasn't eating enough protein. I had been pretty much vegan when doing the Med diet. I started working out with weights and eating organic chicken, plus other protein (eggs, powders, etc). Two years later I am at 210lb, plus arms and shoulders look a million times better, haha.

For exercise, you can likely do moderate stuff like walking. Also, some medium weights might be good too. Of course, check with doc first. What's causing the low BP, did doc say?

Good luck. Be careful.
 
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Not sure yet what is causing LBP yet. Had labs and other tests ruling out things. Yes 50 pounds in 8 years and still gaining. I dont eat a lot. I eat moderately healthy with drinking mostly lemon water. I'm not diabetic yet.

I used to have extremely high BP. In 2014 it was 210/110 and they wanted to admit me to the hospital but I refused. Last 3 years I have extremely low.

I walk often and work in the yard. Built a small retaining wall last week and about. Collapsed driving rebar stakes.

Hoping the Mediterranean diet will work for weight loss.

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It’ll be interesting to hear where the doc lands after interpreting the lab work. As mentioned, if you’re not eating a lot of calories(do you count them?), and still gaining, then I’d bet there’s an undiagnosed metabolic condition.

You might consider checking out Ray Cronise, he’s a super interesting rocket scientist whom has generated a unique approach to diet that might help you. He’s credited with Penn Jillette’s (from Penn and Teller) massive and sustained weight loss. Specifically, the thing I’m thinking you should try is an extended 2-3 day fast.
 
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FWIW I would try to get a ballpark estimate of the calories you are eating now and trim that by 500 a day with some light, moderate exercise. Watch the sauces, dressings, condiments etc...those are the sneaky mfers, full of calories that many don’t expect.

I’d also add for you starting out, don’t fast, skip meals. Ghrelin i.e. hunger hormone will make you hungry AF and you will want to binge once you do have a meal. Fasting has it’s place, with more advanced, experienced dieters. Just keep it simple, the key to sticking to it is not hating it :D
 
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Outlaw99 said:
Had a dr appointment this week and despite being overweight, I'm in great health. I have extremely low blood pressure. Unusual for a 50yo that overweight. I tried keto and gained 24 pounds in 8 weeks. My doctor said I am one of the people who can not do keto. She said Mediterranean is the only diet plan that will work for me.

I'm 5'8" and 244lbs. I was 195lbs 8 years ago. Moderately active. I cant do major workouts because I get extremely light headed due to extremely low blood pressure. Any moderate exertion and i nearly faint.



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You're not alone, but in my experience, the people who fail at keto are the ones who hear "bacon, cheese, butter, yay!" and don't hear "you can't lose weight without eating way fewer calories than you need to maintain your weight". What keto does is make it ridiculously painless to maintain that caloric deficit, not feel hungry all the time, and still eat a bunch of foods that are gooooood that most diets tell you are the devil.
 
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Intermittent fasting and the fat will fall off of your body. 16 hours of fasting, and 8 hours of eating window. Gotta stay true to it though.
 
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I’d say we eat a mix of Mediterranean and Paleo. Since the lockdown, I’ve actually dropped almost 10 pounds from two changes. Taking the kids on walks each day when the weather is decent (1.75-2.5 miles) and stopped eating dessert right before bed.

Have you checked to see if you have hypothyroidism? Edit: probably not because you have LBP. Ignore.
 
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I'm not that diet, but I do see I eat a lot of stuff on the Med. diet outside of fish.

Cut out red meat to may 1 once a week.
Limit processed sugars, and don't have sugary drinks outside of one in a blue moon.

Probably need to cut back on the amount I eat if I wanted to lose weight but usually hold steady in the 187-195 range.
 
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Outlaw99 said:
Had a dr appointment this week and despite being overweight, I'm in great health. I have extremely low blood pressure. Unusual for a 50yo that overweight. I tried keto and gained 24 pounds in 8 weeks. My doctor said I am one of the people who can not do keto. She said Mediterranean is the only diet plan that will work for me.

I'm 5'8" and 244lbs. I was 195lbs 8 years ago. Moderately active. I cant do major workouts because I get extremely light headed due to extremely low blood pressure. Any moderate exertion and i nearly faint.



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Wait, you’re only 5’8”?! The closet story seems much more plausible now.
 
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Lab results in today. No thyroid issue. Everything looks great except for triglycerides which were pretty high

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Did she recommend a statin? I’d avoid them personally. Diet and exercise can lower those numbers.

Did you check out Ray Cronise? Another reference would be Jason Fung, MD. He publishes a lot of content specific to weight loss and type 2 diabetes. He actually recommends newly dx’d type 2 patients to do an extended fast right away if they’re up for the challenge, and says it eliminates the need for drugs about half the time. Obviously the patient has to maintain good choices but the shock of fasting resets their system enough that it’s his routine practice.

Studies in mice have shown that gut microbiome can have a tremendous impact on BMI. They’ve shown that swapping microbiomes of obese and non obese mice consuming the same calories will switch the fat mouse to skinny and vice versa. It’s called a fecal transplant if you’re curious. Gut health might be another consideration for you.
 

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