How can a morbidly obese person lose weight without surgery?

I have a friend who weighed 450 pounds. He's down to 330 & working on losing more. He couldn't hardly walk before going on his diet. Now he walks a mile every day!!! I'm sad to say it is NOT a decision you can make for your Mom. It's something that she needs to do for herself. Diets are hard enough to follow when you have the desire to lose. When there is NO desire, then it becomes impossible!!! You might try telling her how much you love her & how much you worry about her health. That might work or it may just cause her to eat even more. You are the ONLY one who can know what to do or say...GOOD LUCK!!!

a doctor once told me anything over 30 pounds is considered obese by doctor's. that was enough for me to lose 83 lbs and keep it off for 1 1/2 years so far. just the word got me to wake up and do something about it. now if your family runs that big you should deffinitly see a doc first. just because their big doesnt mean you'll be. get all your thyroids checked even your parathyroid there's 4 of them little suckers in your neck that cause problems. i lost by portion size alone after trying every money sucking diet out there. if you can last 1-2 weeks on portion size alone you'll have it made. i eat what i want but a little of everything. instead of that whole 16 oz steak and a large soup ladle of garlic potatoe's i'll eat half take the steak home, slice it and have it with eggs the next morning and leave 1/2 of the potato's on the plate. that xtra large slice of pie eat 1/2 leave the rest because you will eat it later at home. and i try as much as i hate it because i love milk and cheeses i dont do dairy, well i do cheat with the cheese sometimes and use yech, fat free milk or skim in cereal. hey it almost summer, stock up on all the great fruits and veggies comming your way, radishes are - calories as is cerery but if ya dont like that stuff, thats o/k drink v8 fusion "lite" only 10 grams of sugar and believe me when i tell ya it's sweet. some people are set in their ways and there's nothing you can do about it, and that sux.

I think realistically, if someone is morbidly obese they have to start with dieting. Personally, I don't like to diet and would rather lose weight by exercise. But there just aren't enough exercises that a morbidly obese person could do. I would try to move towards a vegan diet. So it's more of a lifestyle change than a diet that would ruin your metabolism and just make things worse. Instead of hamburgers, try veggie burgers. Most people I've made Boca burgers for really liked those. They're way better than turkey burgers according to my friends who tried diet programs that required those. And they're way better for you. Just start with small simple changes like that. And once some weight is lost, try to have her exercise more. For people of a healthy weight, walking isn't going to burn many calories. But when you're carrying that much weight, even a walk could really help a lot if that is possible at this point. If it is not yet possible, dieting is probably the only option until a significant amount of weight is lost. Hope that helps! If you'd like to see specific advice on how moving towards a vegan diet helps, I'd recommend looking up the McDougall program. My own mom went on that when she was nearly 200 pounds and she lost over 50 pounds. I know that's not exactly morbidly obese, but several people who are morbidly obese have used the program too.

I am planning on losing between 80 & 90 pounds at a minimum, which is not 200 but I can add some insight. Get some light weights, let her start doing some upper body. If she can sit in a chair, get one of those bicycle things to put in front of the chair and let her ride, every few days add another minute or 2 to the workout. She can also start eating better, add more fruits and veggies to her food intake and start reducing high fat items. Get her to a doctor. Get her to join weight watchers. I am a devoted attendee and swear it is the right way to go. Join the weight watchers interest area, there are a few of us there with some hints that talk.

This will probably sound a bit harsh. I dont mean it that way. But all she has to do is MOVE! In my experience, most people who are that obese hardly ever move. A person who is a healthy weight, or even a bit overweight, will shift around while sitting on the couch or shift around in bed. A person who is obese does not. It takes so much more energy to move a leg if it weighs 75 pounds than it does if it only weighs 35 pounds. (These numbers dont mean anything, I just made them up.) (I am saying 'you', I mean it as generic. So it can apply to you or your mother or anyone else that needs it!) Every movement a person makes uses calories. I understand that it can be very tiring to move when you are that obese. So take it slow. Start out by doing leg raises while sitting down or laying down. Even if it only starts as 2, it is still a start! Do 2 in the morning and 2 in the evening. The next week, try increasing it to 3. It will only take a minute or 2 to actually do, but it will help. As time passes, do more as you can. If one of the problems is how much you eat, than keep the food in the kitchen. Never bring more than 1 glass of drink or 1 serving of food into the other room. Measure out the servings so you know for sure that it is only 1. That way, when you want more your options are to not eat it or to walk to the other room. (Please note that I am not suggesting starvation. That is NEVER a good option.) These extra steps will do a lot for your health. It gets you moving, which uses more calories. It also promotes things like blood circulation and muscle building - which will ultimately make it easier to burn that fat! Something else you can try is to slowly phase out all drinks so that you are drinking only water. Start out with just 1 glass of water each day if you dont currently drink any. Then slowly build up. I built up by drinking 1 glass a day, and then 2. Eventually I said I wouldnt drink anything besides water until dinner time. Now I dont even want anything else! The biggest thing to remember is none of this will happen over night. The best thing you can do is to make small changes. If you try to change everything all at once, you will just get frustrated and quit. Start with 1 glass of water until you are comfortable with that. Then add another. Start with exercise twice a day for 2 minutes. Then add to it after a week. I know those things sound like they wont help, but they will. It will give you something to build off of. You have the best thing you can right now. You have motivation and the desire to make changes. That is something no one else can give you! Go with that! I learned a lot of what I know from www.sparkpeople.com. I suggest checking them out for more advice.

Well, it is definately possible for her to lose 200 pounds. In shows like The Biggest Loser, I have seen people lose 100 pounds in 3 months. Of course, in that show they take diets too far, but if they can do it, than it definately must be possible. The average person weighing 140 pounds loses 2000 calories per day doing normal things. If that person consumes 1200 calories per day, than they will lose 800 calories per day. There are approximately 3500 calories in a pound so after 5 days, that person would lose 1 pound without any exercise. Of course since your mom weighs more than 140 pounds, she will lose more than 2000 calories per day. She should consult a doctor to see the minimum amount of calories she should be consuming and try to stick to that. She will lose weight regardless of how much exercise she does. After she loses enough weight, than she can start doing exercises to lose weight faster. Hope I helped.

This type of person can loose weight slowly slowly. May be it takes more then 2 year to loose weight for this type of person. Apart from that good excercise and balance diet is also required.

You can start by having her change her diet, and lifestyle. She can do some exercise. At this point picking up a weight and doing arm lifts would be a great option or anything that is low impact and would not require a lot of excretion. There are many web sites out there that can help and advise you as to exercises that will work to get her started on her journey.

the most important thing to lose weight is to decreae your calorie intake. I addition , you should take regular exercise and yooga therapy can be helpful to reduce weight . But most important thing is to stick to your schedule and one should be regular indoing exercise.