What the hell is going on to my face?! Please help

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miratps
miratps Posts: 141 Member
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So my family has always had round faces primarily. When I lost my initial weight, my face cut in half and had some definition/could see cheek bones etc.

But for the last few weeks, my face has become round again. I haven't added any weight according to the scale, I still weigh my food etc. The only changes I'd say in the last couple months is that I am back to drinking diet soda's (a lot) and trying to limit my exercise in the last few weeks as it was ruining my life (obsession and hurting those around me as well as me) but I still remain under the goal MFP/MyFitnessPal give me. If anything, when I was exercising like crazy I was eating share size chocolate bags on the daily and nothing happened, but now it has? Is it down to the huge diet soda consumption?

It's really disheartening. For the record, I am mid 20s male, weighing 55kg and 5 ft 6
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  • miratps
    miratps Posts: 141 Member
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    singingflutelady wrote: »
    Why are you eating under your goal at 5'6 121 lbs?

    I have been too scared to eat at full maintenance in terms of using the exercise calories but I tend to still eat around 2000 cals a day at least so not really under to be honest anymore
  • Lisa_ASD_Mummy
    Lisa_ASD_Mummy Posts: 36 Member
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    don't want to worry you but a sudden round face with no change in anything else could be to do with something other than diet, are you well in yourself? if you are eating right and exercising and not putting weight on, that is something to think about.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    miratps wrote: »
    singingflutelady wrote: »
    Why are you eating under your goal at 5'6 121 lbs?

    I have been too scared to eat at full maintenance in terms of using the exercise calories but I tend to still eat around 2000 cals a day at least so not really under to be honest anymore

    2000 isn't maintenance so you are under eating...
  • CoachBrafford
    CoachBrafford Posts: 27 Member
    edited January 2017
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    Face rounding... it can be a pain. The plus side is you will look younger longer...
    Soda has salt in it... your drinking salt and it retains water... in your face... like beer does. STOP THE SODA and it will go away
    Hope it helps
  • miratps
    miratps Posts: 141 Member
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    Lisa_ASD_Mummy wrote: »
    don't want to worry you but a sudden round face with no change in anything else could be to do with something other than diet, are you well in yourself? if you are eating right and exercising and not putting weight on, that is something to think about.
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  • miratps
    miratps Posts: 141 Member
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    mandy220750 wrote: »
    Hi,

    I noticed that when my sister drank loads of soda her face would puff up.

    She also had a round face and used to drink lots of soda.

    As soon as she cut the soda out (which was very difficult) her face changed and had definition.

    Try to cut the soda and drink water and see if it changes your face.

    Hope that's the answer x
    CoachBrafford wrote: »
    Face rounding... it can be a pain. The plus side is you will look younger longer...
    Soda has salt in it... your drinking salt and it retains water... in your face... like beer does. STOP THE SODA and it will go away
    Hope it helps

    I shall limit the soda to maybe one a day or one every couple days. I've neglected just water which I was downing by the gallon so maybe go back into that/tea/coffee
  • miratps
    miratps Posts: 141 Member
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    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Lots of nasty things can happen when you starve yourself. Start eating more.


    Definitely eating a lot though, just happens to be in one big meal. Like I have more often than not each day just gorged on over 2000 calorie dinner (if not 3 on occasion) and then snacked. So while I am trying to not go crazy on intake I still actually seem to
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
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    PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
    CoachBrafford wrote: »
    Face rounding... it can be a pain. The plus side is you will look younger longer...
    Soda has salt in it... your drinking salt and it retains water... in your face... like beer does. STOP THE SODA and it will go away
    Hope it helps

    Soda isn't salt water. It contains very little sodium. The container even says "very low sodium."

    That's not to say it couldn't be a reaction to something in the soda. It's just not the sodium.

    This. OP please open your diary! The very little sodium in soda wouldn't do that. It might be something else on there. Do you have any known allergies? Hormonal changes, excess sodium in your diet, the heat (summer or being in heated houses all the time), medications, dehydration, and more carbs than usual can. As well as allergies. The pill can, too.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
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    Also, do you have comparison pics?
  • hellobaconplease
    hellobaconplease Posts: 108 Member
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    You would surely blow away in a stiff breeze. Do you have an ED?
  • PokeyBug
    PokeyBug Posts: 482 Member
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    CoachBrafford wrote: »
    Face rounding... it can be a pain. The plus side is you will look younger longer...
    Soda has salt in it... your drinking salt and it retains water... in your face... like beer does. STOP THE SODA and it will go away
    Hope it helps

    So, if I drink diet soda, I'll look younger? Awesome! I love Diet Coke!
  • miratps
    miratps Posts: 141 Member
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    cerise_noir wrote: »
    PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
    CoachBrafford wrote: »
    Face rounding... it can be a pain. The plus side is you will look younger longer...
    Soda has salt in it... your drinking salt and it retains water... in your face... like beer does. STOP THE SODA and it will go away
    Hope it helps

    Soda isn't salt water. It contains very little sodium. The container even says "very low sodium."

    That's not to say it couldn't be a reaction to something in the soda. It's just not the sodium.

    This. OP please open your diary! The very little sodium in soda wouldn't do that. It might be something else on there. Do you have any known allergies? Hormonal changes, excess sodium in your diet, the heat (summer or being in heated houses all the time), medications, dehydration, and more carbs than usual can. As well as allergies. The pill can, too.

    I do keep the heating on non stop now to be fair. No allergies etc. but the rest of the diet (other than consuming more than I was 4 months ago) is the same
  • miratps
    miratps Posts: 141 Member
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    jemhh wrote: »
    Your low weight and reluctance to eat enough for a 21 yo male makes me wonder about how much of this is a matter of faulty self-perception.

    26 but definitely not wrong perception, people have said it (not negatively). They have spotted my face has got rounder
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
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    miratps wrote: »
    jemhh wrote: »
    Your low weight and reluctance to eat enough for a 21 yo male makes me wonder about how much of this is a matter of faulty self-perception.

    26 but definitely not wrong perception, people have said it (not negatively). They have spotted my face has got rounder

    Sorry, I was thinking of your weight. 121 lbs at 5'6". At that weight your face is likely quite thin. Added roundness is probably healthy due to eating more (I'm curious about how the comments from others were phrased.) In this thread you have claimed to eat under goal, at maintenance, and over maintenance. That kind of waffling makes it hard to give useful advice but if you are actually eating enough to gain, that's a good thing.

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