Inspo for people that lost and gained again -post here-
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squidgybunny_276 wrote: »Urgh. I'm here too, lost 20lbs (mostly from my stomach and podgy arms) last year. Gained it back.. oddly enough on my thighs and butt. Now not even my bigger clothes look right as i'm big in different places! Not only super odd but super aggravating
Back to loosing again..
P.s has anyone else experienced this odd change in weight distribution?
Yes on the weight distribution change! I've been heavy most of my life and it was just kind of all over. 4 years ago I lost 100 lbs and since then have put most of it back on. My face and upper body are definitely thinner than before and my hips are way bigger!
I wonder if that's very common for re-gain? I regained about fifty pounds, having gone from 250 to 125 then back
up to 170 and now losing again. It seems like all the weight has shifted downward. I used to be very proportionally heavy, no real area was disproportionately larger than any other area, but now it seems like almost everything is in my legs.
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squidgybunny_276 wrote: »Urgh. I'm here too, lost 20lbs (mostly from my stomach and podgy arms) last year. Gained it back.. oddly enough on my thighs and butt. Now not even my bigger clothes look right as i'm big in different places! Not only super odd but super aggravating Back to loosing again..
P.s has anyone else experienced this odd change in weight distribution?
Yes on the weight distribution change! I've been heavy most of my life and it was just kind of all over. 4 years ago I lost 100 lbs and since then have put most of it back on. My face and upper body are definitely thinner than before and my hips are way bigger!
I wonder if that's very common for re-gain? I regained about fifty pounds, having gone from 250 to 125 then back
up to 170 and now losing again. It seems like all the weight has shifted downward. I used to be very proportionally heavy, no real area was disproportionately larger than any other area, but now it seems like almost everything is in my legs.
Here too!
I thought it’s weird but seems like it’s a normal thing after seeing so many saying that
My weight is all back in my mid section and I really hate it
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squidgybunny_276 wrote: »Urgh. I'm here too, lost 20lbs (mostly from my stomach and podgy arms) last year. Gained it back.. oddly enough on my thighs and butt. Now not even my bigger clothes look right as i'm big in different places! Not only super odd but super aggravating Back to loosing again..
P.s has anyone else experienced this odd change in weight distribution?
Yes on the weight distribution change! I've been heavy most of my life and it was just kind of all over. 4 years ago I lost 100 lbs and since then have put most of it back on. My face and upper body are definitely thinner than before and my hips are way bigger!
I wonder if that's very common for re-gain? I regained about fifty pounds, having gone from 250 to 125 then back
up to 170 and now losing again. It seems like all the weight has shifted downward. I used to be very proportionally heavy, no real area was disproportionately larger than any other area, but now it seems like almost everything is in my legs.
Here too!
I thought it’s weird but seems like it’s a normal thing after seeing so many saying that
My weight is all back in my mid section and I really hate it
Unfortunately it is normal. Our bodies want to hold on to the weight; it's our default to prepare for times of famine. If any of you guys are interested in the science, I would recommend the book 'Gene eating' by Giles Yeo. He's a geneticist/obesity researcher at Cambridge and I found the book really interesting and 'eye-opening'. It's not dry science but rather amusing! It's not the type of book, that will make you lose weight, I'm a scientist and know all about it, yet I regain and regain - but it did make me think about diets, the food I consume etc.4 -
yep that struggle is real for me. definitely gained quite a bit of weight over this year so far. ugh it sucks; it's turning into bad habits that are becoming harder and harder to break.
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There is an interesting article about Giles Yeo in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/food/2019/jan/20/giles-yeo-gene-eating-obesity-interview-fad-diets-pork-scratchings.2
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I'm one of those people. Seven years ago, I lost 130 pounds. Instead of keeping up with logging my food, I quit and went back to my old habits. Not only did I gain those 130 pounds back, but I added 11 extra to boot. I'm back at it though. I know if I did it once, I can do it again.14
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True. I gained weight while working and going to grad school full time (wanted to get my MSME in 2.5 years). I'm 5'3" and went up to 165 lbs in 2009. I graduated, got engaged, and went down to 136 lbs when we got married in 2012. The next few years, I started to go back up to 164 lbs and then we got pregnant in 2018. My highest was 184 lbs. After giving birth, went down to 164 lbs, but post partum got me up to 172 lbs. I decided to join Noom, since they focus on food psychology and your relationship with food, so now I'm down to 155 lbs. My goal is to reach 140 lbs next March when I turn 41.7
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I weighed 270 (at 5'6"). Got down to 195. Then went through some rough times (divorce etc), and went back up to 269. Now I'm working to lose it again. Down 6lbs so far.8
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I’m glad to read all of this encouragement! I lost 63lbs in 2018. I was gearing up to do a sprint triathlon in 2019 and in February I got meningitis and almost died. I recovered and was only a couple pounds heavier from having to rest. In April I found out I was pregnant with my second baby. I immediately gained weight where I still couldn’t exercise and move a lot after my earlier sickness. Half way through my pregnancy I got strep in my face (who knew that even happened?!) I went septic and had to be in ICU. They managed to save me and my beautiful baby but I was told I could not push my body at all after that until my pregnancy was finished. I was pregnant, overwhelmed and unable to do any exercise so my eating went off track too. I gained 30 pounds during pregnancy and since then (during quarantine) I’ve continued to gain for a total of 40 pounds. I’m back on track now though. I still have the mental power I gained when I lost in 2018. I know I can do this. The other day I almost got down about it but then I decided I will not be defeated. I know I can sit around and whine or do something to make my life better. So I’m back on it and hoping to feel strong and healthy again soon.13
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This has been very inspiring !
Thank you all for ur inputs3 -
I actually didn't fall off. I stayed with the program, and exercised harder! What changed? I am reaching menopause. I was taken off my pills, and I couldn't stop the weight, no matter what! My doctor looked at my diet and said, anyone who eats like you would be skinny. so, basically, I always felt like a loser because my body hs never in my life really cooperated. You know when I was finally thin? When I exercised 2 hours a day as hard as I could DAILY! This was 1 hour of fierce cardio, and 1 hour of fierce weights. And after 2 years, I was finally 135 pounds! and I kept it off for 7 years. then...I suddenly got really really tired and I couldn't keep up that routine. Since then I've been trying to find a middle ground. But I can't! and not reaching meno, it's become impossible. I mean, it went up, and it just won't come down. I'm now 172 pounds. I don't overeat, I don't eat bad foods, it's all organic, and low calorie. yeah, there are people like me who, cycled 100 kms a week, at 30 kph, and my heart rate goes up to 170, and stays at that level for an hour, and nope, my weight will NOT come off, and I got everything checked, I have no thyroid problems, not health issues, it's just a stubborn body. anyway, I decided that because I lost 20 pounds on Jenny Craig, I would simulate that except using organic foods. So wish me luck!9
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Cyberian_Wolf wrote: »I actually didn't fall off. I stayed with the program, and exercised harder! What changed? I am reaching menopause. ... So wish me luck!
I really sympathise! I am having to learn to eat and exercise for this new stage of life. I do wish you luck!
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Cyberian_Wolf wrote: »I actually didn't fall off. I stayed with the program, and exercised harder! What changed? I am reaching menopause. I was taken off my pills, and I couldn't stop the weight, no matter what! My doctor looked at my diet and said, anyone who eats like you would be skinny. so, basically, I always felt like a loser because my body hs never in my life really cooperated. You know when I was finally thin? When I exercised 2 hours a day as hard as I could DAILY! This was 1 hour of fierce cardio, and 1 hour of fierce weights. And after 2 years, I was finally 135 pounds! and I kept it off for 7 years. then...I suddenly got really really tired and I couldn't keep up that routine. Since then I've been trying to find a middle ground. But I can't! and not reaching meno, it's become impossible. I mean, it went up, and it just won't come down. I'm now 172 pounds. I don't overeat, I don't eat bad foods, it's all organic, and low calorie. yeah, there are people like me who, cycled 100 kms a week, at 30 kph, and my heart rate goes up to 170, and stays at that level for an hour, and nope, my weight will NOT come off, and I got everything checked, I have no thyroid problems, not health issues, it's just a stubborn body. anyway, I decided that because I lost 20 pounds on Jenny Craig, I would simulate that except using organic foods. So wish me luck!
Sending some sympathy/empathy your way. I realized long ago that I can only lose weight when I have the time and mental energy to make it my primary focus. My one successful, long term time where I lost weight I, like you, was doing a few hours of exercise a day. Eventually life happened, I cut back (although still exercising) and slowly I put nearly all the weight back on.
Now I’m peri-menopausal and back here starting again (at least I stopped a couple of kg before my previous highest weight rather than sailing on past it so I’m thankful for that).
This time (thanks to bad knees combined with strict lockdown- currently in week 14) I’m trying to focus on food more than exercise. So I wish both of us luck!
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Bump for inspiration 🙂1
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Someone commented further up this thread about how different the shape of regained weight is. I am still 10kg above my target weight, but this morning I did my my belt up on the tightest hole, which I had punched when I was at 75kg a few years ago.2
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Oh my, I know how it feels. I lost 50 pounds and have gained it all back. I am struggling to get motivated. I am exercising regularly, but my eating is out of control.
This is so me too.....I just can't stop and I don't know why. In my heart I really want it but I still keep eating those devil dogs....
Makes me so mad at myself. I just feel disgusting.6 -
First post on MFP communities so go easy on me!
I lost 38 pounds in about four months and maintained that for two years. When I got pregnant I was 102 lb/ 5'2. I gained 60 pounds.
So the day I delivered I was 161. I'm down to 128 now but wanting to get down close to starting weight, or at least in the 105- 110 lb range as a goal. 6 -
I’ve been using MFP on and off for 8 years. I’m not here for sympathy but my life has been a yo-yo of emotional trauma and correlating weight gain. I had lost about 40 lbs 4 years ago but when the father of my children died my mental state went off the deep end. I went on meds to gain back some sanity and gained about 30 back, then I had other issues went on a different med and gained additional 15. I’m currently at my highest weight ever. I was using Noom but it absolutely did not motivate me so I’m back to MFP. The only time I’ve failed myself is when I gave up so I’m not going to beat myself up about currently circumstances. Try harder than I did the day before, that’s all any of us can do.12
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I am in that boat as we speak. I managed to reach my highest weight ever yesterday. This was after successfully losing weight. Part of it may have been this blasted quarantine, but I definitely could've done better to prevent gaining so much weight. Gaining so much so quickly is wreaking havoc on my body. Swelling and aches have become my norm and it's making me miserable. I am making a turn around, thank goodness. I can't keep this going. My poor body has given me enough hints 😂 You absolutely can do it (again). We all can and we all will. I'm rooting for you!7
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Yes, hence why I'm still on MFP
220-150-210-160-180 ugh lol
Nice to see I'm not alone7
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