I need advice as to why calorie deficit doesn't work for me

kitticus15

The reason I am obsessing is because the NHS started putting pressure on me telling me I was obese and need to lose weight, I will lose weight but come the day to be weighed by them, bang, up goes my weight, weird thing is it goes back down the next day, yes I did intermittent fasting in the past but it was due to financial rather than choice, as a single parent sometimes feeding my kids came before feeding me, but yes I was what the NHS called healthy, but everyone else said I looked ill, too thin.

I have been trying to shift this 50+ lbs since xmas but it aint working, I measure and weigh everything, and sometimes (due to laziness when logging I will look for whole recipe equivalents to what I cook, rathger than log all ings separately, sometimes I can't always find the right thing and when I try to input details it crashes or tells me its already in the databases.

last year, sept 2012, my thyroid was 1.19, now it is borderline, I really want to find a way of sorting it out as I have heard a side effect of medication can be weight gain.

I have been given orlistat from GP, and gained weight on it, so they could not give me it any more, however,while taking it my gas increased, but I never once had any of the nasty side effects of oily diarrhoea, in fact I was still constipated.

I have tried hypnosis, self hypnosis, fasting, eating MFP totals using slimming clubs etc, I find posting something here often gives you some useful advice from other people who have struggled and found what works for them, I know it's trial and error and I am grateful for all the advise and insights into this journey.

3dogsrunning

The reason I am obsessing is because the NHS started putting pressure on me telling me I was obese and need to lose weight, I will lose weight but come the day to be weighed by them, bang, up goes my weight, weird thing is it goes back down the next day, yes I did intermittent fasting in the past but it was due to financial rather than choice, as a single parent sometimes feeding my kids came before feeding me, but yes I was what the NHS called healthy, but everyone else said I looked ill, too thin.

I have been trying to shift this 50+ lbs since xmas but it aint working, I measure and weigh everything, and sometimes (due to laziness when logging I will look for whole recipe equivalents to what I cook, rathger than log all ings separately, sometimes I can't always find the right thing and when I try to input details it crashes or tells me its already in the databases.

last year, sept 2012, my thyroid was 1.19, now it is borderline, I really want to find a way of sorting it out as I have heard a side effect of medication can be weight gain.

I have been given orlistat from GP, and gained weight on it, so they could not give me it any more, however,while taking it my gas increased, but I never once had any of the nasty side effects of oily diarrhoea, in fact I was still constipated.

I have tried hypnosis, self hypnosis, fasting, eating MFP totals using slimming clubs etc, I find posting something here often gives you some useful advice from other people who have struggled and found what works for them, I know it's trial and error and I am grateful for all the advise and insights into this journey.

This confused me, are you logging consistently?

And how long are you trying these different things?

I assume you aren't willing to open your diary since several of us have requested it. It would really help.

Mokey41

Doesn't matter if you exercise 24/7 unless you are eating properly to along with it. All the BS about metabolism, starvation mode, etc isn't helpful or true. No one eating 1,000 calories a day and exercising a lot is holding onto 50 extra pounds. It just isn't possible. Your body will take from it's fat stores and will consume muscle mass until it isn't able to do that anymore, then it will start to conserve.

Something tells me that you don't log food correctly, eat back all your exercise without really knowing what you burn, or some other factor rather than the dreaded metabolism slow down.

jonnythan

The reason I am obsessing is because the NHS started putting pressure on me telling me I was obese and need to lose weight, I will lose weight but come the day to be weighed by them, bang, up goes my weight, weird thing is it goes back down the next day, yes I did intermittent fasting in the past but it was due to financial rather than choice, as a single parent sometimes feeding my kids came before feeding me, but yes I was what the NHS called healthy, but everyone else said I looked ill, too thin.

I have been trying to shift this 50+ lbs since xmas but it aint working, I measure and weigh everything, and sometimes (due to laziness when logging I will look for whole recipe equivalents to what I cook, rathger than log all ings separately, sometimes I can't always find the right thing and when I try to input details it crashes or tells me its already in the databases.

last year, sept 2012, my thyroid was 1.19, now it is borderline, I really want to find a way of sorting it out as I have heard a side effect of medication can be weight gain.

I have been given orlistat from GP, and gained weight on it, so they could not give me it any more, however,while taking it my gas increased, but I never once had any of the nasty side effects of oily diarrhoea, in fact I was still constipated.

I have tried hypnosis, self hypnosis, fasting, eating MFP totals using slimming clubs etc, I find posting something here often gives you some useful advice from other people who have struggled and found what works for them, I know it's trial and error and I am grateful for all the advise and insights into this journey.

Now try opening your diary so we can see what you're actually consuming.

Ericacarrino

What kind of calories are you taking in? Are they good clean whole foods?

cavia

A TSH of 10 is considered borderline? Do you have other symptoms of hypothyroidism? Fatigue, muscle pains, brain fog, hair loss? The American Association of Endocrinology recommended the range be narrowed to .3-3 back in 2003. The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry believes it should be narrower still. I live an hour from the US border and when my doctor balked at my request for an increase I asked him how it was possible that I could cross a bridge all day long and swing from hypo to euthyroid simply based on the country I was in?

I think your thyroid may be the culprit especially if you are experiencing other hypo symptoms (you didn't say if you were or not).

megsmom2

Honestly? Eat at maintenance for a month or two. Real maintenance. What it should be for your weight, age and height. You'll gain weight short term, but then you'll be able to lose weight with a reasonable amount of calories. You got to repair your metabolism or you'll never be healthy.

The question is what were you eating to mess up your metabolism like this in the first place?

agreeing with this. something is wacky here. you should get some bloodwork done to make sure everything is ok, but it sounds like you've simply messed up your metabolic rate with yoyo dieting. Eating at real maintainance for a couple of months will help things settle back to where they ought to be. You'll probably gain a little weight doing that....that's ok. In the long run, it will help you get where you want to go.