What's been going on with me?

gizmik

After shedding about 24 pounds in the summer, in 4 months, I'm nearly back to where I was in the first place! From 176 to 152 in 3 months and back to 165 in 1.5 months! Yes, I' might have been eating a little more, especially considering I'm far away from home, in college trying to survive on my own. But not definetely as much as leading to 13 pounds gain in 40 days. The funny part is, apart from my butt ( which once upon a time was my smallest part), it is nearly invisible! I still fit into my clothes. I still keep my dress size. Yes I admit, they might be a little tighter but does not matter i still rock them! Only 3-4 people could tell me I've gained weight, others did not even notice.
And the scary part is. I can' lose them this time. Whenever i realized i've gained weight, i took my calorie intake under control. I especially tracked my carbonhydrate intake and limited it. There were subsequent days when i took no more than 1200 calories but at the end, let alone losing some, i even gained a little more. It especially happened when i saw 160 on the scale. After 5 days of resisting temptation and making definetely healty choices, I was up to 164! I really can't figure out what's wrong with me? There's something wrong with my leptin or other fat-burning hormones, I think. I'm going to have a blood test done tomorrow morning just in case but nevertheless i need your help as to what i can do to avoid more gain, and even losing, if possible. Now I'm at home for 25 days where I can eat healthily and do more exercise but I'm afraid it won't work this time so i may not even bother it. I don't know. I'm really lost and confused. I had never been there in my life.
Also, another explanation I can think of is that, my menstrual cycle has always been irregular. Once in 2-3 monts, I mean. But for 2 months, it's perfectly regular. It occurs without even missing one day. There must be an increase in my estrogen levels which led me gain weight and hold them in my butt and nothing else is wrong. But I might be being optimistic, I don't know. And, some of you may think it's water weight or i've gained muscle. Neither is true, unfortunately. My weight has been the same for 20 days and I did nothing to gain muscle during this time. Oh, by the way I'm 5'10 and 19 years old. Thanks!

gizmik

UP!

gizmik

Okey...

navyrigger46

I got through about two sentences and then gave up. You may want to employ the use of a paragraph, people would be more inclined to continue if their not staring at a wall of words.

Rigger

MinnieInMaine

I managed to get through that but have to agree with the above response - you're more likely to get responses if you present yourself more clearly...

You seem to be trying to blame all of this gain on a medical reasson - and that's totally possible. Glad you've gone for blood tests and hopefully that will tell you something. Beyond that, sure it could be some water weight (hormones, high sodium) but I'm thinking at least part of that is real gain and the only explanation for that is that you're eating more calories than your body needs.

Have you been tracking your food?

editorgrrl

If you're not losing weight, then you're not eating at a deficit. Log everything you eat accurately & honestly. Find reliable database entries. (There's a lot of incorrect data in there.) Weigh your food. If you're still not losing, try eating back half your exercise calories.

Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

ajhugz

You have to figure out how to eat at a deficit while you're away from home! Be consistent in your lifestyle change. Do you eat more processed foods while away from home? They contain a lot of sodium which causes water retention. That might be your issue but you'll never know unless you log everything you eat.

gizmik

I thought that being careful with punctuation was enough, but your remarks.. Anyway.
Since I lost a considerable amount of pounds in the last few months, I'm well aware of all this calorie deficit stuff and so on. I've nearly memorized the calories of the food i eat on a daily basis, and when i'm for a treat or go out for dinner, i will look it up. Based on my measurements, i have calculated that if i take around 2000 calories daily, i am supposed to maintain my weight. But that does not seem to be the case, unfortunately.
Also, it is true that i've kinda developed a tendency to eat sweets. Last year, i would rarely fancy sweets or desserts like cookies and cakes but now I can not go on a day without having a piece of cookie etc. But i do all of this on moderation it must have a slight effect on my extra-ordinary weight gain especially considering a pound is 3500 calories. All this fancying sweet thing makes me worry about a medical issue- something about my tyroid, leptin or insulin.

Efflictim

But i do all of this on moderation it must have a slight effect on my extra-ordinary weight gain especially considering a pound is 7000 calories.

A pound is 3500 calories

gizmik

I know, my bad. I meant to write a kilogram, not a pound.