Is my body rebelling against weight loss?

This is happening because your blood sugar has dropped. I've had it happen to me so many times that I started testing my blood sugar- what I found is right before the "binge" my sugar dropped around 30-40 points. To stop this you will have to keep your blood sugar even. This also means not eating sugary foods or drinks because your sugar will spike and then drop off. Eat about every 2 hours, 200 calories with lots of protein to help maintain that level. Do not fast- it IS your body fighting back because of your blood sugar levels.

I'm not sure about this. I eat usually 5 times a day every 3 hours. However almost always when I lay down (or sit down) and get up a little fast I get dizzy or my eyes go blind for a few seconds. I don't know if that (whatever it is) could have an influence on the binges.

Yeah, for this you need to go to your doctor. The dizziness and eyes going blind is not normal. Please make an appointment with your doctor for the coming week.

Sigh I don't know. I guess after reading all the opinions here I'm realizing that it might have to do with mindlessness. I do zone out a lot these days. But I don't know how to improve on my alertness.
:-/ I'm not always aware of the present or of what I'm doing.

Log everything you eat. That will force you to be mindful.

And, what others said: see a doctor about the lightheadedness you're experiencing.

Fasting diets like that are not sustainable in the long run. It does not teach you moderation, and are essentially starvation diets 2, 3, ect days out of the week.

It's neither your job, nor your responsibility, to tell anybody what is sustainable for them. It's absurd that you really think you can decide for all human beings what kind of eating schedule is, or is not, sustainable.

Fasting diets like that are not sustainable in the long run. It does not teach you moderation, and are essentially starvation diets 2, 3, ect days out of the week.

It's neither your job, nor your responsibility, to tell anybody what is sustainable for them. It's absurd that you really think you can decide for all human beings what kind of eating schedule is, or is not, sustainable.

Why not just explain why a fasting diet teaches moderation and why it is not a starvation diet? Or how it's sustainable as a lifelong process? I would certainly like to understand how those things are possible.

So let's see. You don't believe in getting "trigger foods" out of the house, or that one style of eating may not fit everyone. You do realize that line of thinking in and of itself is restrictive? 'Do it my way, else you're doing something wrong.' My approach may not work for your psyche but it may be just what the doctor ordered for someone else

I do not practice IF, because the thought of not having the flexibility to stuff my face whenever wherever would send me into a tizzy. But even then I still understand numerous explanations from IF practitioners that they prefer to have a smaller eating windows, which for some means being able to eat larger, more satisfying quantities of food in a shorter time span, and then not really worry about eating for the rest of the day. Some people are already pre wired to prefer less actual meals in any given day so this would be a good fit for them. I mean, those that hate breakfast have already lopped off one significant meal from their day, so this wouldn't be a stretch for them

If you really want to learn about IF, I suggest you do a forum search and do a little more reading!

Fasting worked for the cavemen Lol I have a friend who's been fasting for 20 years. Not to lose weight. Just to be healthier. Also there are people who fast for religion. I can't believe my little old thread would generate such interesting (and hilarious) opinion battles Hahaha :-D

As a rule, everyone on MFP is an expert and none of them are allowed to agree with one another. It makes posting here a lot of fun because you can see long drawn out fights about how junk food doesn't exist and how losing 2.1 pounds per week is bad for you but 1.9 is just fine.

I was thinking the same thing about fasting, it isn't my cup of tea but huge swaths of the planet pratice it on a regular basis and they all still seem pretty fine.

Fasting diets like that are not sustainable in the long run. It does not teach you moderation, and are essentially starvation diets 2, 3, ect days out of the week.

It's neither your job, nor your responsibility, to tell anybody what is sustainable for them. It's absurd that you really think you can decide for all human beings what kind of eating schedule is, or is not, sustainable.

Why not just explain why a fasting diet teaches moderation and why it is not a starvation diet? Or how it's sustainable as a lifelong process? I would certainly like to understand how those things are possible.

It's down to preference. Not everyone is hardwired the same way.

The idea of eating six small meals a day, for example, is abhorrent to me. That is the definition of "not sustainable" for me, as I simply hate the idea of eating that much throughout most days. However I would never say that it's unsustainable for other people simply because it's not for me.

The same thing is with intermittent fasting. I've lost the last nearly 80 lbs IFing. I also fast for spiritual reasons. Fasting is a regular part of my life, and I love it. It allows me to lose without calorie counting and gives me total freedom on my eating days to enjoy what I want, to satisfaction, without any specific restrictions. I love the way I eat, I love my relationship with food, and I love intermittent fasting. As my personal eating style has evolved through the years, after many failures and much trial, IFing has become one of the best tools I've ever implemented.

See how that works? Not everyone is the same. What is "sustainable" for one isn't for another.

Just for the record--keep in mind that the original comment about fasting being unsustainable is not mine. I do tend to agree with it, somewhat, since it seems almost self-abusive to me. That said, I understand fasting for spiritual reasons. Before I was diagnosed with diabetes, I fasted twice a year for my faith, in long, six-week swaths. It was painful and horrible to me, since it was totally against my mode of eating, since I was unable to feel "good" on plant proteins, and because I was hungry every minute of every day. I felt good being diagnosed with Type II diabetes, actually, since I finally figured out that I wasn't doing it "wrong" spiritually, but that there was actually something physically wrong with me.

What I don't understand is the appeal to tradition that people use to justify this practice. "Cavemen" fasted for the same wolves fast several days/week--not every hunt is successful. Never in history has food been so readily to the general public and in such great variety at all times of year. Our fasting ancestors would (probably) not be fasting in the face of this bounty! There is no evidence (that I know of) that fasting makes people healthier. If a person uses fasting so that they can "eat anything" it, to me, seems no better than someone who binges and purges. Believe me, I do understand the lack of desire to eat a whole bunch of meals in a given day. I have been trying to get into the habit of eating three meals and a snack to help keep my blood glucose level at least fairly steady, but there are times it's a struggle for me, who has always been a "eat only when you're very hungry" type of person. Eating supper has always been optional for me and now that metformin regularly takes me two out of three falls, it's an actual struggle now. I'm absolutely NOT criticizing anyone for their meal timing choices--but--to me it does not seem to be a particularly healthy mode of eating to be promoting on a fitness site.

The dizzy/blindness on getting up can be caused by mild dehydration or anemia, said my doctor last week. I'd try drinking more first. Not to diagnose or anything but might be an easy fix.

The 'eating up to maintenance at night' thing-- I think it's probably just your mind and body trying to maintain homeostasis. Learning to end the day a little hungry is a new habit that can be learned. It just takes some practice. Finding some other ways to address night time boredom or stress or the need for a reward can help.

Mm. I do drink 2-3 litres of water a day. I DO have anemia. But this started happening last year. At the end of my weight loss, I started getting hasty to get to my goal. So for an entire 2 months I actually only ate 500 calories a day. (I didn't know better) And this has been happening ever since.

500 calories a day for two months to get to goal. Are you sure this goal is realistic? Are you positive you don't have an eating disorder? Because this sounds like you do. Plus, the hypotension and anemia can all be attributed to eating disorders, either bulimia or anorexia.
Everyone else reading, what do you think?

500 calories a day for two months to get to goal. Are you sure this goal is realistic? Are you positive you don't have an eating disorder? Because this sounds like you do. Plus, the hypotension and anemia can all be attributed to eating disorders, either bulimia or anorexia.
Everyone else reading, what do you think?

I won't go so far as to say it's a possible eating disorder; however, the brain can respond with confusion/disordered thoughts and the feelings of invincibility and euphoria at that low a caloric level. That's one reason (among several) why people on very low calorie diets should be monitored closely by a doctor.

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