Happiness and weight gain

zyxst
zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
How come when I feel good about how far I've come, I gain the weight back?

I'm not talking about "Oh, I've lost 55#! I'm doing so good that I can cut back on exercise and tracking food." or "Oh this new friend/lover is so great I can do whatever!" I mean "I've lost 55# and can see how much my body's changed. I should keep doing what I'm doing, even add another 30 minutes of exercise."

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  • elements2
    elements2 Posts: 10 Member
    I do the same thing its almost like I lose the weight so I can start eating again
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Broscientists don't have a guess?
  • stonerdude
    stonerdude Posts: 103
    Adopinectin is the answer! Watch the video at realdose.com/adopinectin
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    Adopinectin is the answer! Watch the video at realdose.com/adopinectin
    You're telling me I should drug myself to stop being happy? Hmm, that's the same reasoning my family gave when I was dealing with post-partum depression.
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    I don't think anyone can answer this for you...no one knows why you overeat but you. Have you done the work of understanding yourself and why you gained so much weight in the first place? until you do that, you will battle with the scale until the end of your days, I'm afraid.
  • wackyfunster
    wackyfunster Posts: 944 Member
    There is no magic to weight loss/gain. Deficit from maintenance = lose weight. Surplus from maintenance = gain weight. If there is a change in your weight loss, it is due to:
    A) Change in caloric intake
    B) Change in calories expended
    C) Change in BMR

    As you lose weight and get in better shape, your BMR will drop, as you are losing muscle mass. You will also expend fewer calories doing the exact same workouts, because you are doing them with less body weight, and because your body gets more efficient at tasks with practice. This means that eating the same calories will not produce indefinite weight loss (unless you are eating substantially below BMR, which is not recommended if not medically necessary).

    The weight that shows on the scale may vary substantially due to water retention (this is especially true for women), and on a substantial caloric deficit, you can experience 'plateaus' due to water retention that last for weeks. That is totally normal. As long as your workout regimen and diet are squared away, if you keep pushing, you will keep getting results, even if it takes time for them to show up on the scale. I recommend that people use a scale, body fat monitor, and measurements in order to have multiple metrics that can be tracked over time to observe progress.

    I hope that this information is helpful to you.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    There is no magic to weight loss/gain. Deficit from maintenance = lose weight. Surplus from maintenance = gain weight. If there is a change in your weight loss, it is due to:
    A) Change in caloric intake
    B) Change in calories expended
    C) Change in BMR

    As you lose weight and get in better shape, your BMR will drop, as you are losing muscle mass. You will also expend fewer calories doing the exact same workouts, because you are doing them with less body weight, and because your body gets more efficient at tasks with practice. This means that eating the same calories will not produce indefinite weight loss (unless you are eating substantially below BMR, which is not recommended if not medically necessary).

    The weight that shows on the scale may vary substantially due to water retention (this is especially true for women), and on a substantial caloric deficit, you can experience 'plateaus' due to water retention that last for weeks. That is totally normal. As long as your workout regimen and diet are squared away, if you keep pushing, you will keep getting results, even if it takes time for them to show up on the scale. I recommend that people use a scale, body fat monitor, and measurements in order to have multiple metrics that can be tracked over time to observe progress.

    I hope that this information is helpful to you.
    Most helpful thing so far. It's just damned hard to keep going and be positive when I gain weight being happy about looking better.

    Apparently, I'm not making it clear that I AM NOT EATING MORE FOOD WHEN I'M HAPPY.
    I don't think anyone can answer this for you...no one knows why you overeat but you. Have you done the work of understanding yourself and why you gained so much weight in the first place? until you do that, you will battle with the scale until the end of your days, I'm afraid.

    I know why I got fat. I ate what I wanted, when I wanted, and how much I wanted. I ate to hide from confronting being raped as a child. I ate because my siblings hated me. I ate because my brother threw out a Christmas present I made for him. I ate because I was the early puberty girl in 5th grade. I ate because I was bored. I ate out of depression from being fat, ugly, pregnant, in an abusive relationship, failing in college, etc.. Looks to me that I might have taken a hard look at why I got fat.
  • supplemama
    supplemama Posts: 1,956 Member
    I know why I got fat. I ate what I wanted, when I wanted, and how much I wanted. I ate to hide from confronting being raped as a child. I ate because my siblings hated me. I ate because my brother threw out a Christmas present I made for him. I ate because I was the early puberty girl in 5th grade. I ate because I was bored. I ate out of depression from being fat, ugly, pregnant, in an abusive relationship, failing in college, etc.. Looks to me that I might have taken a hard look at why I got fat.

    That's good, then keep pushing through when you stall in your weight loss progress! Perhaps you need to increase the intensity of your workouts, or try a new workout.
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