I'm back at my starting point!!

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  • Akimajuktuq
    Akimajuktuq Posts: 3,037 Member
    I can't even begin to offer advice when you suggest that you should just live on Special K bars. I think other posters have given you some great advice. My diary is open but I don't eat like the majority of MFP members. Have a look at my macros and notice what I DON'T eat. I'm healthy and I'm losing lots of weight. The only big downside of my eating is that I love my coffee and have lots of it, but it works within my calorie and macro goals.
  • MSeel1984
    MSeel1984 Posts: 2,297 Member
    I do not want to come off as mean or harsh-this is purely to help you figure out some ways to maybe improve.

    I do not see any vegetables in your diet and most of your fruit is in the form of juice. I see a lot of fast food, prepackaged items and sodium in your diet.

    On the other hand, if you (not to be crass) have not had a BM in a while, have had too much salt or are approaching shark week, you can gain a lot in water weight.

    Try incorporating more whole fruits and vegetables, more high fiber foods like whole grains. Less processed foods and less takeout.

    Exercise was pretty consistent for a while there and then it tapered off...going from lots of exercise to none could be part of it too.

    Hope this helps-I really do just mean to give you advice. :(
  • Briko3
    Briko3 Posts: 266 Member
    Too much sodium. It's just about the only way you can gain that much in a few days. I have a scale that measures body water. Even though it's not extremely accurate, it lets me see the reality of the weight on the scale.
  • Cimolestes
    Cimolestes Posts: 33 Member
    Please be kind to yourself and eat at least a little fruit and veg a day. As to weight fluctuations, as a very heavy woman I can vary 5 or more pounds in water weight over a few days. I have learned to ignore it and just sort out the healthier eating and trying to get a little fitter than I was last week. I'm no angel, but I do try and get my 5 fruit and veg a day if not more. It's just a matter of substituting a better option as often as you can. All that sugar, white flour and fats won't help you.

    On your diet I would feel tired, lethargic and have no energy - but you're a lot younger than me so you can probably get away with it for now!

    The best advice I ever heard was to avoid 'beige' food (ie pastry, cheap bread, biscuits/cookies, doughnuts, salty crackers and snacks etc) and get as much colour into your diet as possible. That doesn't mean M&Ms by the way, it means a rainbow of fruit and vegetables! I feel so much more alive on stuff like this and I'm still over 350 lbs - but I feel and move so much better than I have in years. As you can see from my ticker - it's working too! Good luck! :flowerforyou:

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