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dramatic weight gain with depression

falafelbubble
falafelbubble Posts: 6
edited February 18 in Motivation and Support
Hello fellow friends
I know there are a lot of posts like this and I dont want to take your time but recently I am going through intense depressions because of my dramatic weight gain:sad: so here it goes:
I have lost almost 6 kgs last summer due to eating super healthy and running almost everyday. I have never starved myself and I am still pretty sure I was consuming enough calories back then. But everyhting changed when I was back at college.I never exactly stopped calorie counting but ofcourse I was not eating that healthily and I was not running everyday. Before all of these i weighed 64 kgs and was very squishy haha I mean those pounds were not muscle clearly. At my lowest I weighed around 57 kgs ( I am 170 cms tall by the way.) I was so happy during that time but ever since I started college I somehow never managed to feel as confident as I used to feel but I did not obsess about it either. However last week was terrible. It was my moms birthday and also I was attending this party thing for a week and ATE too much. By too much i mean lots of chocolate bars lots of cakes and cookies and pastries basically I was eating anything I coulld possibly put into my mouth. I could only run 2 times last week because i was so busy ( one of them was an 8 km run and the other was a 17 km run) but my scale says I put on 3 kgs!! I feel terrible and bloated and my belly is soo huge I can not even look in the mirror without crying. Is this even possible??? My belly is soo disgusting and so uncomfortable. Do you guys think it might be retained water?? Or did I really gained that much?? What should I do?? Thanks a lot by the way :(
Ps: sorry for my poor english i am not a native speaker

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  • amy_kee
    amy_kee Posts: 693 Member
    You obviously gained the weight from over eating. You've got to eat less fattening, high calorie food.....AND do quite a bit of good exercise. You've also got to learn more about food---not just from people's opinions here on MFP because you come across a lot of erroneous advice. A very good place to learn some of this is from someone with a whole lot of knowledge, like a RD (registered dietitian). You will learn good things there that you don't get to learn from this site with all different people's opinions. Opinions are so common on here, but, it doesn't make them correct. Don't forget to work on incorporating more exercise into your plan to help counteract all the weight you've gained.
  • coconuttjd
    coconuttjd Posts: 37
    5'5" and about 145 lbs... and you say you have issues with depression related to body image issues?

    I hate to say it, but I would suggest talking to a professional. Your body image and depression issues, and stress over 3 kg weight gain from a single week of falling off the wagon points to an issue that few, if any, people on this site are qualified to help you with.
  • falafelbubble
    falafelbubble Posts: 6
    Yeah thanks both of you guys. Do you mean like an eating disorder? I don't think I have an eating disorder. Its just a shame because I worked a lot to be at a certain weight and now like its gone and because my body is so weird. It just stores all the fat in my belly. So a little bit extra weight just ends up there. But thanks a lot for your advise. I will definitely think about it.
  • cholepapi
    cholepapi Posts: 79
    If you ate like that just for a week, you might have eaten out of stress. If your depressed about gaining the weight, that's a sign of trouble. Feeling sad is a normal feeling but depressed hmmm? Instead think positive like ; I over ate the junk food because
    reason and think about how positively you will do better. :D
  • falafelbubble
    falafelbubble Posts: 6
    Yeah I guess i was stressed a lot. But when i am stressed I eat food. Then I stress about how much food i ate hahah It's like an endless circle.
  • cholepapi
    cholepapi Posts: 79
    When are you ready to break that cycle? Have something nutritious to eat instead. Stop and think Am I really hungry? I have to do this too.
  • falafelbubble
    falafelbubble Posts: 6
    I am eating healthily for the past few days. But there is this voice constantly bothering me about those pounds. If that bloating could get down a little bit I would be more than happy
  • cholepapi
    cholepapi Posts: 79
    I have had an eating disorder before It's called anorexia Nervosa. one of the things that is really bad are those feelings that bother us when we gain a pound or two. That's not a good deal. I am telling you this with lots care " don't do that to yourself". That creates negative mental inputs in your mind that creat negative eating patterns. That's why it's good to think positively and be like ok I'm coming back. I still have to do it. :))
  • falafelbubble
    falafelbubble Posts: 6
    Oh really?? Well good job girl really! eating disorders are hard to beat but İ can tell that you're such a strong person by just reading your posts. Have you recovered fully? How are things for you??
  • cholepapi
    cholepapi Posts: 79
    I will never be 100% cured but I'm 100% motivated to move in the right direction. It's like being on drugs and getting off of them. That monkey wants to get on my back but I don't allow it to win.
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