Why weight gain won't come off - any ideas? is this a hormone issue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am just seriously to suggest that it is not just eating, it is moving that makes you lose weight. I am all like so many here, it is calories in, calories out, and yet, most of my life I was super active, mostly walking, in Europe we walked everywhere, watched no food intake. So I move here, and watch what I am eating as I drive everywhere. My sister in Europe starts gaining weight? East the same? Why? I truly think because she started driving everywhere, well her husband drives her everywhere... So, it is like here, and then she lost weight when she started to watch what she is eating. I stop exercising here,(due to Lyme disease) and voila I gained weight. I watch my food, no carbs, all the works, and nothing, lose 5 gain back. And then I start doing yoga(prior to this I was very active) and elliptical and light weights, and yes, I do watch my food, but not as much and I am losing weight. I stop working out for two weeks, I gains weight. It is never some crazy work out either, yoga and slow cardio. I know what science says, but honestly I started to think that calories in and out make more difference for very overweight people, for us with 15, 20lbs, I think being active psychically is the key. So, I follow not advice by a book or anybody, I do this because it works.

Movement = calories out. You can achieve a calorie deficit either by limiting calories in or by increasing calories out. The physics is the same. Many people (myself included) prefer to increase calories out because limiting calories in beyond a certain point is really, really no fun. But either (or both) work.

[Anonymous]

Two doctors recently told me, to lose weight, you need to be eating protein and veggies. That's it. No carbs. No fruit (which are carbs). No sugar. Much less dairy.

[Anonymous]

OP- I wouldn't rush to implement some of the fairly extreme suggestions you have been given above. I started a calorie deficit in late September (like you I dropped weight previously) and lost only 2 pounds the first month. i was getting frustrated, but then suddenly pounds started coming off. I'm 10 pounds down now after 7 weeks.

Make small changes and be patient. The key is implementing things that you can do.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Two doctors recently told me, to lose weight, you need to be eating protein and veggies. That's it. No carbs. No fruit (which are carbs). No sugar. Much less dairy.

Low carb is okay for rapid weight loss, but studies have found most people regain all the weight within 3-5 years.

It’s much more effective to make sustainable lifestyle changes, which often means slower weight loss, but people are more likely to stick with it long-term than they are a crash diet.

Also, there are many societies where diets are carbohydrate-based, and they are very slim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How old are you? I'm definitely finding in my 40s that weight is really stubborn about coming off. I have many older colleagues (past menopause) who confirm that the 40s decade leading up and through menopause is really tough to avoid putting on weight and really hard to get it off. THey all say that post-menopause it becomes easier again.

In your 40’s (and sometimes earlier) the estrogen produced in your ovaries starts to drop naturally. However, your brain still wants the estrogen. Estrogen is also produced in fat cells so your body starts putting on the fat to produce more estrogen.
Either you can dramatically lower your calorie intake or you can supplement with a little estrogen. If you are still on birth control pills that should more than suffice. You could also try natural products and foods that are high in estrogen (though ‘Estroven’ made me vomit so didn’t work out for me, it might work out for others).

[Anonymous]

I was like you.. i was doing orange theory 4x a week. I stopped working out and really focused on food. I only lost weight that way.. doing keto and really watching what I ate.

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OP, if my friend and I go on a low-carb diet, she loses 8 pounds in 2 weeks and I lose nothing. In the past, this was my sign to quit. Over the years, I learned that sometimes, it just takes longer. So don't put a time frame on it. Just keep going. Maybe change up your activity a bit. But those who say physical activity is key are not right. I know many people who are completely inactive but thin due to what they eat. Each body is different, figure out what yours needs this time.