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help!

MissLadyInWaiting
MissLadyInWaiting Posts: 152
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
my mum wants to lose weight and no matter what she tries she ends up getting bigger! whether its dieting or exercising even both. and she always done it so it was healthy, but no matter what she always puts on weight and gets bigger. what does it mean?

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  • UmbraForzare
    UmbraForzare Posts: 137
    Hm,
    Well, it could be a lot of things (although the only two I can now thing of are thyroid disorders and PCOS) - the first suggestion I have is for your Mom to speak to her Doctor about it as he/she will be able to run whatever tests are needed to pinpoint where the problem is.

    Good luck to your Mom, I hope she gets an answer and some help soon!
  • lisa_lotte
    lisa_lotte Posts: 216
    First stop like the pist above mentioned is the docs!! I was also having this same problem recebntly where I thought I was eationg really healthy and doing lots of exercise, putting on weight. It turned out I wasnt easting enough(!). If you dont eat enough your body goes into starvation mode and stores everything. When I started using this site and calculating my points i made sure I was eating the recommended amount, and the weight started coming off again :-)

    Lisa
  • UmbraForzare
    UmbraForzare Posts: 137
    It turned out I wasnt easting enough(!). If you dont eat enough your body goes into starvation mode and stores everything.

    Ah thank you!!
    This was the one I was trying to think of and it went right out of my head as I was typing, lol
  • MissLadyInWaiting
    MissLadyInWaiting Posts: 152
    no she's definately eating enough, but she eats healthy, ofcourse not all the time she'll occasionally snack but thats eat. i've told her to go to the doctors, i just hope she goes. i'm worried.
  • LauraMcGanity
    LauraMcGanity Posts: 112
    It depends how often she snacks, and what she eats when she snacks. It could be that her occasional snack is undoing all the good work she has done with her healthy eating. Does she keep a food diary?
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