Anonymous
01/25/2024 13:34
Subject: Why am I gaining weight?
OP- I am basically you, and had been steadily gaining weight once my kids got out of toddler phase. I hit 40 this past year and decided enough was enough. Literally the only change I made was to start intermittent fasting 7pm-11am and drinking acv/lemon water in the am.
It has been kind of miraculous. I generally am a healthy eater, but the fasting lets me eat whatever I want within the time frame. I don't exercise at all. And I am down back to the weight I want to be at, which to fit into my clothes was only like 7-8 lbs. It took a few months to see results, but stick with it, it was super easy.
It has been kind of miraculous. I generally am a healthy eater, but the fasting lets me eat whatever I want within the time frame. I don't exercise at all. And I am down back to the weight I want to be at, which to fit into my clothes was only like 7-8 lbs. It took a few months to see results, but stick with it, it was super easy.
Anonymous
01/25/2024 13:29
Subject: Re:Why am I gaining weight?
Unless you are weighting and measuring everything you are putting in your mouth you are probably underestimating.
The vast majority of people that think they eat such and such calories are probably underestimating by 10-20%.
Also breastfeeding can burn 500 calories a day - you no longer are getting that burn off.
You probably should be aiming for 1500 calories which gives you a good cushion if your count is off, you forgot to write down something or for that Sunday you ate out and blew your entire calorie surplus.
The vast majority of people that think they eat such and such calories are probably underestimating by 10-20%.
Also breastfeeding can burn 500 calories a day - you no longer are getting that burn off.
You probably should be aiming for 1500 calories which gives you a good cushion if your count is off, you forgot to write down something or for that Sunday you ate out and blew your entire calorie surplus.
Anonymous
01/06/2018 16:57
Subject: Why am I gaining weight?
OP, you're going to get a lot of extreme advice (no dairy, no gluten, no this, no that).
Don't ask a bunch of strangers to diagnose you. Have you set up an appointment with your doctor to discuss the weight gain? Have you discussed it with your OB/GYN?
Those are the people you should be asking.
Don't ask a bunch of strangers to diagnose you. Have you set up an appointment with your doctor to discuss the weight gain? Have you discussed it with your OB/GYN?
Those are the people you should be asking.
Anonymous
01/06/2018 16:54
Subject: Why am I gaining weight?
Anonymous wrote:PP above...just a ant to clarify the point a little the original menopausal mice. The researchers concluded that menopause causes overeating which causes obesity. But the truth is the OPPOSITE! The mice overate because they needed more food! They needed more food because their bodies were taking calories and storing them rather than letting them burn.
Menopausal women don't overeat because they are gluttons all of a sudden. If they get fat and overeat, they overeat because they have less energy and need more food! It's a vicious cycle, though, because if they overeat a Hugh carb diet, they are storing more and more fat and raising insulin higher and higher, storing more fat, and on and on.
Fat causes the urge to overeat. Overeating carbs raises insulin and causes even more calories to be fmdivertes to fat, which causes more hunger.
i actually cried when I read this chapter. Then got mad. Then got 50 pounds slimmer, seriously. With not a lot of effort compared to all the calorie restriction and exercise and self-recrimination I had previously tried and failed.
How?
Anonymous
01/06/2018 10:54
Subject: Why am I gaining weight?
I just watched couple of Fung's videos, and I have fasted and I know it works really well for weight loss. All he said in his lecture, I found true when I did it, I was less hungry, had energy after initial few days, didn't feel hungry after initial first tries when fasting and I felt better, not bloated at all. Yes, water retention also, when I would fast and wake up weighing more and then much less several days after. I grew up in a culture where 40 day fasts are practiced, but not in the same way. But, I didn't understand why he said fasting works? Why it doesn't decrease metabolic rate? He did explain it, but it didn't make sense to me. I would think that it would decrease it just as any other diet? Is there anybody who can explain it so it is easier to understand? Thanks!
Anonymous
01/05/2018 19:11
Subject: Why am I gaining weight?
What about hormone replacement
Anonymous
01/05/2018 18:22
Subject: Why am I gaining weight?
Working out twice a week ain’t gonna cut it. Everyone here loves to say that exercise doesn’t matter, but it does. I gained a little bit of weight when I started a new medication, and was also eating around 1900 calories a day. I wasn’t running or working out as much as I used to. Couple that with getting a little older (38) and there ya go. I didn’t cut anything out of my diet—which is the stupidest thing to do because it’s not sustainable unless you want to feel unhappy and deprived and be a diet martyr forever—but simply increased my exercise and cut back only to about 1500-1600 calories a day of whatever I wanted to eat and lost the 7 pounds I gained in just four weeks.
Anonymous
01/05/2018 18:17
Subject: Why am I gaining weight?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Diet book promotion
+1
This thread should be reported.
Why? If you don't like it don't read.
Because OP is obviously a troll, or Taube's publicist/ wife/ girlfriend, or both.
What makes it so obvious?
Anonymous
01/05/2018 17:45
Subject: Re:Why am I gaining weight?
OP here, definitely not Taube's wife or girlfriend (or child or publicist...) The book does seem to be doing well without a the help of few hundred viewers on DCUM. Also I checked it out from the library, so the PP's recommendation didn't actually help book sales. I still appreciate the (helpful) comments!
Anonymous
01/05/2018 17:34
Subject: Why am I gaining weight?
I often see troll in many things, but this book has almost 2000 reviews on Amazon, I don't think it needs more advertising on a DC forum, and I for one am happy to had pp recommend it. Should we ban any reference to 1,2,3 Magic and Yes, Your Teen is Crazy? They come up every single day!
Anonymous
01/05/2018 17:30
Subject: Why am I gaining weight?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Diet book promotion
+1
This thread should be reported.
Why? If you don't like it don't read.
Because OP is obviously a troll, or Taube's publicist/ wife/ girlfriend, or both.
Lol, what?
Anonymous
01/05/2018 17:20
Subject: Why am I gaining weight?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Diet book promotion
+1
This thread should be reported.
Why? If you don't like it don't read.
Because OP is obviously a troll, or Taube's publicist/ wife/ girlfriend, or both.
Anonymous
01/05/2018 17:20
Subject: Why am I gaining weight?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Diet book promotion
+1
This thread should be reported.
Why? If you don't like it don't read.
NP. We can't recommend books that we found helpful?
Anonymous
01/05/2018 17:18
Subject: Why am I gaining weight?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Diet book promotion
+1
This thread should be reported.
Are you a rival author?
Anonymous
01/05/2018 16:27
Subject: Why am I gaining weight?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Diet book promotion
+1
This thread should be reported.
Op here. What strange comments. I'm really interested in reading about nutrition - I have read all of Pollan, Marion Nestle, and I read Taubes's famous NYT piece. I didn't realize he'd written so much more on nutrition since then. Anyway, I'm finding most of the responses really helpful and thought-provoking, so thanks to those who have shared their experiences and tips.