Last year I went on some crash diets and dropped over 100 pounds and got down to 193lbs from 296lbs. But trying to eat normal again triggered my eating disorder and I relapsed into a horribly unhealthy eating disorder behavior. Now I’ve been in therapy and working with a dietitian since October. But I’ve rapidly regained weight. I’m now back up to 230 which is nearly 40 pounds up from my low weight.
I’m feeling utterly discouraged with my weight regain. I feel ashamed of myself. I regained the weight so rapidly that I actually have stretch marks again.
Someone give me something encouraging. I want to start to lose weight again but in a healthy way. But I don’t know how to lose weight without strictly counting calories and weighing myself daily. Which both of those things my dietician told me to steer away from.
If you got down to 193 before, you can do it again. As time passes by, you will continue to learn new tips and tools to achieve your weight loss goals. In the mean time, continue with exercise. I know some people will disagree with me but I think someone can still be healthy while being heavier then they would like. Keep running, strengthen that heart and lungs.
Thank you @TheCanuk@anon59642972 I am trying to focus on creating healthy habits which includes exercise and making sure I eat enough fruit and vegetables. It’s just hard to lose weight
100% agree. Especially on certain meds. I wish I enjoyed fruits and veggies as much as I do a cheese burger or a bag of chips. It’s very difficult. Im way too heavy for my short height of 5’6. Last time I weighed myself i wad 235 pounds. Im probably closer to 240 pounds now.
Yes certain meds make it hard to lose weight. I had hoped that starting Vraylar would lessen my appetite but it only made me nauseous for two weeks then that went away
I’ve tried to lose weight so many times on Olanzapine. Maybe i’ve eaten too little for the first couple of weeks which lead to me over eating. I don’t have patience, I always want to lose like 3 to 4 pounds per week. Though its more healthy to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week. Losing 1 pound a week and trying to lose 80 to 100 pounds would take soo long.
It took me from March 2023 to September 2024 to lose 100 pounds so 18 months so about 78 weeks which is about 1.25 pounds a week. But I went to crazy fad diets like the carnivore diet. All that diet did was make me relapse into my eating disorder and caused my cholesterol to sky rocket
Yeah that diet is notorious for making peoples cholesterol reach bad levels. I think a good diet is mostly veggies and fruits with a small amount of meat.
Perhaps weighing yourself once a week would be more constructive. Gives you a better more realistic account anyways. Day to day weight can fluxuate a lot.
The middle ground is your friend… Instead of tracking calories and macros just track things by the cup or 1/2 cup measurements. Obsession is one extreme and abandonment of a healthy diet is another extrem. One extreme always invariably leads to the other extreme. The key is to take the middle ground
I was 265 after I got out of jail in 2023. I went on a crazy unhealthy diet and lost 50lbs in 6 months. Then I got sober and had money to buy food and also stress eating and gained 55lbs in 6 months. Also I experienced the same thing where I gained it so quickly I have stretch marks all over now. Also my antipsychotics cause me to have increased appetite so I eat a ton. The last few months I have been taken semaglutide shots as recommended by my doctor and have been eating less. I’m not sure how much weight I’ve lost if any because I don’t have a scale and I only get weighed every 3 months at my check-ins with PCP.
