Antibiotics and plateauing

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LadyFlexible
LadyFlexible Posts: 108 Member
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Ok. I have been exercising a lot and I try my best to not eat as much. So far I've been pretty successful. However, ever since I had to go on antibiotics. It feels impossible to lose weight.

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  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    edited August 2015
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    Is weight gain a known side effect of the antibiotic you're on?

    It doesn't look like you're logging in your diary much, are you actually counting calories? And what exercises are you doing to burn several thousand calories a day??
  • LadyFlexible
    LadyFlexible Posts: 108 Member
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    I typically. Write down what I've eaten after the day is done. I do MMA and Juijitsu and workout at the gym most of my days of my days off. running and calisthenics to warm up. Strength training afterwards for a few hours by doing weightlifting, strength building exercises, or activities.
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
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    log everything. until you actually know you are in a deficit, we wouldn't be able to tell you if it was possibly the antibiotics
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
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    You should get a couple weeks of good logging in before concluding that you can't lose weight. Your calorie burns seem really, really, really, really high.
  • CSARdiver
    CSARdiver Posts: 6,252 Member
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    Taking antibiotics can impact your intestinal flora which may impact your water retention. Ensure you're properly hydrating, especially when taking new medication. Give it 5-7 days for your cells to cycle through the uptake and see if there's any change.

    New exercise routines can have the same impact.
  • LadyFlexible
    LadyFlexible Posts: 108 Member
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    NVM it was something else...
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    LadyFlexible wrote: »
    NVM it was something else...

    Congrats?
  • jeffpettis
    jeffpettis Posts: 865 Member
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    Where do you walk your dog to for 7 or 8 hours? The next state?
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    Yep, your calorie burns are way over stated. Wow
  • LadyFlexible
    LadyFlexible Posts: 108 Member
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    I work in a physically demanding job...I didn't know where to put it so I chose that...
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    LadyFlexible wrote: »
    I work in a physically demanding job...I didn't know where to put it so I chose that...

    Set your activity level to active or very active. That accounts for your daily life like your job.
  • LadyFlexible
    LadyFlexible Posts: 108 Member
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    Did it. My antibiotic ended today but something else started today that tends to make life harder.
  • LadyFlexible
    LadyFlexible Posts: 108 Member
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    It was definitely my partially my periods fault. My weight has actually gone down some though since the antibiotic ended, however.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,943 Member
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    You eat 5200 calories a day? Really?
  • LadyFlexible
    LadyFlexible Posts: 108 Member
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    Where does it say eat? No where. I burn a lot because my job requires me to be physically moving all the time

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