heres a darn good question for you and please please help me

alapoint89
alapoint89 Posts: 632
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
why is it that i can eat more than most men but not gain weight but lose weight? i lost more weight than ever, since i have quit my diet temporarily. like i have been nonstop eating and no im not pregnant i swear

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  • psmd
    psmd Posts: 764 Member
    higher metabolism?
  • alapoint89
    alapoint89 Posts: 632
    i can eat 3 large pizzas and still not be saticfied and i just had a baby as well
  • Jmayhem69
    Jmayhem69 Posts: 36
    There's an entire chapter in the book 4-hour Body by Tim Ferriss explaining this phenomenon. I won't explain it because I get sh*tbagged whenever I mention it but if you want the book, PM me your email addy and i'll send it to you.
  • bexominglex
    bexominglex Posts: 130 Member
    Impossible to say for sure without more information. What are you eating now, and what did your previous diet consist of? How much are you exercising? What was your diet like previous to this? How much sleep are you getting, how much water are you drinking? Do you have any medical conditions? Etc, etc, etc...
  • JacksMom12
    JacksMom12 Posts: 1,044 Member
    There's an entire chapter in the book 4-hour Body by Tim Ferriss explaining this phenomenon. I won't explain it because I get sh*tbagged whenever I mention it but if you want the book, PM me your email addy and i'll send it to you.

    interesting. I want to know about this!
  • Nikki582
    Nikki582 Posts: 561 Member
    How long ago did you have the baby, and are you breastfeeding?

    If you're breastfeeding it uses a heap of calories, so many! So you feel like eating eating eating, some people say it helps them lose weight (not for me, I kept eating lol)
    And depending on how long ago you had the baby, I'm willing to bet the body getting back to it's normal self also boosts the metabolism, getting all those muscles back to normal etc.
  • alapoint89
    alapoint89 Posts: 632
    Impossible to say for sure without more information. What are you eating now, and what did your previous diet consist of? How much are you exercising? What was your diet like previous to this? How much sleep are you getting, how much water are you drinking? Do you have any medical conditions? Etc, etc, etc...
    im eating so unhealthy and fatty im not excersizing much at all but when you have kids you are always doing stuff my diet consisted of healthy foods im sleeping 8 hours or less not sure how much water and no medical conditions
  • alapoint89
    alapoint89 Posts: 632
    How long ago did you have the baby, and are you breastfeeding?

    If you're breastfeeding it uses a heap of calories, so many! So you feel like eating eating eating, some people say it helps them lose weight (not for me, I kept eating lol)
    And depending on how long ago you had the baby, I'm willing to bet the body getting back to it's normal self also boosts the metabolism, getting all those muscles back to normal etc.
    five months and i never lactated so didnt breastfeeding
  • summalovaable
    summalovaable Posts: 287 Member
    In a way you've "shocked" your body. It still attempts to maintain homeostasis and thus burns off all these additional calories. Do not expect the weightloss to continue and do NOT temporarily "quit"... switch to maintenance go for it, but do not consume more junk. Do your body some good.
  • chelsifina
    chelsifina Posts: 346 Member
    If you are breastfeeding, I was the exact same way. At my son's first birthday I was 15 pounds lighter than before I was pregnant, but people looked at me and thought I was ill. I ate constantly. I was so so skinny and had such a cute, fat, little baby that we had a joke that I could eat whatever I wanted and it would go straight to my son's hips! Second baby was totally different. Still working on losing that baby fat....
  • alapoint89
    alapoint89 Posts: 632
    In a way you've "shocked" your body. It still attempts to maintain homeostasis and thus burns off all these additional calories. Do not expect the weightloss to continue and do NOT temporarily "quit"... switch to maintenance go for it, but do not consume more junk. Do your body some good.
    not litterally junk lol but what i call junk
  • alapoint89
    alapoint89 Posts: 632
    If you are breastfeeding, I was the exact same way. At my son's first birthday I was 15 pounds lighter than before I was pregnant, but people looked at me and thought I was ill. I ate constantly. I was so so skinny and had such a cute, fat, little baby that we had a joke that I could eat whatever I wanted and it would go straight to my son's hips! Second baby was totally different. Still working on losing that baby fat....
    i just said that i never lactated and i dont really like to talk about it because its sad
  • Rayman79
    Rayman79 Posts: 2,009 Member
    You may be losing weight for now, but please dont lose sight of why we change our lifestyles.

    Think of wieght loss as a 'symptom' of a healthier lifestyle. You may be losing weight at the moment, but think about whether you are improving your health with this way of eating. The number on the scale is NOT a true indicator of your health...
  • jenny95662
    jenny95662 Posts: 997 Member
    If you are breastfeeding, I was the exact same way. At my son's first birthday I was 15 pounds lighter than before I was pregnant, but people looked at me and thought I was ill. I ate constantly. I was so so skinny and had such a cute, fat, little baby that we had a joke that I could eat whatever I wanted and it would go straight to my son's hips! Second baby was totally different. Still working on losing that baby fat....
    i just said that i never lactated and i dont really like to talk about it because its sad

    i never lactaid with either of my kids either so i know how you feel
  • alapoint89
    alapoint89 Posts: 632
    If you are breastfeeding, I was the exact same way. At my son's first birthday I was 15 pounds lighter than before I was pregnant, but people looked at me and thought I was ill. I ate constantly. I was so so skinny and had such a cute, fat, little baby that we had a joke that I could eat whatever I wanted and it would go straight to my son's hips! Second baby was totally different. Still working on losing that baby fat....
    i just said that i never lactated and i dont really like to talk about it because its sad

    i never lactaid with either of my kids either so i know how you feel
    finally someone sees that
  • Jmayhem69
    Jmayhem69 Posts: 36
    There's an entire chapter in the book 4-hour Body by Tim Ferriss explaining this phenomenon. I won't explain it because I get sh*tbagged whenever I mention it but if you want the book, PM me your email addy and i'll send it to you.

    interesting. I want to know about this!

    PM your email and i'll send you the book.....
  • alapoint89
    alapoint89 Posts: 632
    There's an entire chapter in the book 4-hour Body by Tim Ferriss explaining this phenomenon. I won't explain it because I get sh*tbagged whenever I mention it but if you want the book, PM me your email addy and i'll send it to you.

    interesting. I want to know about this!

    PM your email and i'll send you the book.....
    i did
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