Anonymous
Post 11/02/2025 10:49     Subject: I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
I was where you are. Had lost weight twice on WW, once on dr supervised keto, and gained it back plus more each time. Current doctor convinced me to try a GLP1, and I'm glad they did; my bmi went from 34 to 24. Size 18 down to a size 10 (and still losing). It has not been a walk in the park -- the med I'm on is not magic and has side effects. But it worked.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2025 09:52     Subject: Re:I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
^^Meant to add if I hadn't been so chill about the weight gain and had been trying all the things previous posters say they have tried, I would have wanted to rant and vent as well. And none of those things would have done anything for my weight gain as they would have had zero effect on the medical condition causing it.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2025 09:47     Subject: I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you were stranded on a deserted island and had to forage for your food...how long would you still be fat?

There is something you aren't being honest about.


Thanks? I’ve tracked my macros and calories religiously for a year and a half. NOTHING crosses my lips that I don’t assess and document. I am not out here eating whatever, whenever. I am MUCH more vigilant about what I eat than I was when I was smaller. So it is indeed quizzical.

I’ve been doing a lazy/dirty carnivore to include dairy. I’m going to cut the dairy and hope to god some progress comes from it. I have been in tears many times because I feel betrayed by my body.


Quizzical? Hmmm..

Not at all. If I were you I would use a packaged meal diet service. You have to be miscalculatibg. It is literally biologically chemically not possible to eat very little and not lose weight. You may be monitoring what you eat but not limiting calories. You can eat two frosted cupcakes a day only and lose weight. It's about science not drama.


While broadly true, not always true. I was eating as I always had and seemed to be gaining weight. Didn't weigh myself, but found I was having to getting size larger and then a size larger than that. Thought the weight gain was just coming from older age and reconciled myself to that. When I finally had symptoms that even I couldn't ignore, it turned out that a had a medical condition that was causing body swelling. Turns out that water weight can be a real thing.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2025 09:02     Subject: I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
Check with your endocrinologist. I gained 20% body weight and was not able to shed it despite diet and exercise. I was found to have excessive cortisol due to a benign tumor on my adrenal gland, a condition called Cushing’s syndrome. Excessive cortisol causes weight gain, especially around mid section.
Anonymous
Post 11/02/2025 08:54     Subject: I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
Anonymous wrote:A lot of these replies are from the OP of the "lost 60lbs without GLP" thread (the one who ate 700 calories and walked 30k+ steps a day).


No way to know this.
The OP is a troll and trying to stir up the craziest. Just stop feeding the troll! It's a totally fake situation with fake recommations.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2025 20:17     Subject: I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
A lot of these replies are from the OP of the "lost 60lbs without GLP" thread (the one who ate 700 calories and walked 30k+ steps a day).
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2025 15:23     Subject: I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
This has to be a troll post. All the follow up replies are borderline nutso from OP. They literally make no sense!!
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2025 13:31     Subject: I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:GLPs didn’t work for me either. Not the miracles some say they are.

Did OP try glp?


+1
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2025 11:21     Subject: I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
Anonymous wrote:Also OP track your diet. Every bite. Do not taste test while cooking. Walk 7 miles a day 1-2x a week. Walking is just as good exercise as running! And better for your joints.

Peptides can also help.


I’d rather be overweight than live like this.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2025 11:20     Subject: I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
oh, and my therapist (who is a psychiatrist by training) has zero concern about my "anorexia".
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2025 11:19     Subject: Re:I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
Anonymous wrote:
I am OP of that thread... I posted evidence of my steps. I am toying with the idea of posting before and after pictures so that you can understand that, whatever else I am doing, I am not lying. This happened. Today, while I was wearing leggings, someone approached me to tell me I reminded them of "Jennifer Aniston". No kidding. I was over 200 lbs less than 8 months ago. I actually understand your skepticism, but what I did is real, and, the thing, it wasn't that hard. I explained there, eating <700 calories is easier than eating 1200 calories.


You clearly have an incredibly unhealthy relationship with food. You said you were obese 8 months ago, and you obviously developed an eating disorder to combat that. So, you are going from one extreme to the other. You need therapy to change how you think about food and diet. Most people aren't doubting your results, they are telling you that your methods are unhealthy and unsustainable. And IMO, you have absolutely no business encouraging other people to try and follow your lead.


nope - i have actually been in therapy for the past 3+ years and my scale was going up (sometimes a little down and then twice as much up again) until i started that thing.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2025 08:02     Subject: Re:I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
Anonymous wrote:Given your likely insulin resistance /metabolic syndrome I recommend :

A low carb diet- where almost all the carbs you eat are in the form of vegetables or nuts/seeds. And eating only low glycemic foods. (Glucose spikes and crashes are your enemy - those avoid most fruits or eat in very small amounts)

Eating at least 25 grams of fiber a day (this will help improve your microbiome, avocados and chia seeds are good sources of fiber) and 1g/kg of weight in protein.

Combined with intermittent fasting (maybe 5:2, I do 12-12 eating breakfast and dinner and one 24 hour fast a week) ideally eating very low carb or no carb when you break any fast (eating too many carbs after fasting can cause spikes and metabolic disarray for the rest of the day)

Combine with resistance training 4-5x a week- need to build muscle to improve basal metabolism.

If you need to take a GLP-1 to make the proper fueling pattern happen- add that too.

A lot of people think that with IF you can eat whatever you want in your windows- but it’s really important to eat nourishing high fiber healthy foods during your meals - not binge French fries, bread and pasta. Binging whatever you want during your eating periods will not help you lose weight.



Also to add- no artificial sweeteners. This will disrupt and suppress a good micro biome.

And when eating, protein and fats first and carbs last.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2025 07:40     Subject: I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If you were stranded on a deserted island and had to forage for your food...how long would you still be fat?

There is something you aren't being honest about.


Thanks? I’ve tracked my macros and calories religiously for a year and a half. NOTHING crosses my lips that I don’t assess and document. I am not out here eating whatever, whenever. I am MUCH more vigilant about what I eat than I was when I was smaller. So it is indeed quizzical.

I’ve been doing a lazy/dirty carnivore to include dairy. I’m going to cut the dairy and hope to god some progress comes from it. I have been in tears many times because I feel betrayed by my body.


Quizzical? Hmmm..

Not at all. If I were you I would use a packaged meal diet service. You have to be miscalculatibg. It is literally biologically chemically not possible to eat very little and not lose weight. You may be monitoring what you eat but not limiting calories. You can eat two frosted cupcakes a day only and lose weight. It's about science not drama.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2025 07:35     Subject: Re:I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
Given your likely insulin resistance /metabolic syndrome I recommend :

A low carb diet- where almost all the carbs you eat are in the form of vegetables or nuts/seeds. And eating only low glycemic foods. (Glucose spikes and crashes are your enemy - those avoid most fruits or eat in very small amounts)

Eating at least 25 grams of fiber a day (this will help improve your microbiome, avocados and chia seeds are good sources of fiber) and 1g/kg of weight in protein.

Combined with intermittent fasting (maybe 5:2, I do 12-12 eating breakfast and dinner and one 24 hour fast a week) ideally eating very low carb or no carb when you break any fast (eating too many carbs after fasting can cause spikes and metabolic disarray for the rest of the day)

Combine with resistance training 4-5x a week- need to build muscle to improve basal metabolism.

If you need to take a GLP-1 to make the proper fueling pattern happen- add that too.

A lot of people think that with IF you can eat whatever you want in your windows- but it’s really important to eat nourishing high fiber healthy foods during your meals - not binge French fries, bread and pasta. Binging whatever you want during your eating periods will not help you lose weight.
Anonymous
Post 11/01/2025 06:54     Subject: I fear I am going to be fat FOREVER - vent/advice-seeking
Also OP track your diet. Every bite. Do not taste test while cooking. Walk 7 miles a day 1-2x a week. Walking is just as good exercise as running! And better for your joints.

Peptides can also help.