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I started gaining weight rapidly after taking depo-testosterone injections even though it made me not be hungry ever and caused insomnia and nerve compression. I have told my doctor that I most likely will decline further treatment.

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I do have a scale and am weighing. I plan to post pictures of what I am eating with the scale readout though I doubt that will change anyone's mind. It appears everyone is looking at the end result and inductively reasoning that the only possible explanation is my logging. There are other possibilities.

Thanks for the responses. Stats: 6ft, 280 lbs, 29 years old. What other lifestyle information is needed? I have not really eaten excessively more than three times in six months. I increased my intake slightly so that I don't drop the weight bar on my face or fall asleep driving. My doctor says something bizarre is going…

I buy it. OP's TDEE should be around 2400 + exercise. Even if he is grossly underestimating, there should still be some loss. I consumed fewer than 2000 calories per day with net calories even lower (about 1500 or so) this month and gained 11 pounds. Maybe OP should talk to a doctor to see if a low calorie diet (e.g. 1200…

6 months with about 2 pounds lost here. I'm certainly in vastly better shape than I was when I started though. It's discouraging, but short of starving and doing unsafe things, it's life.

Even if the studio is paying the bill, the doctor has a legal duty to provide you with competent medical advice. If you feel the doctor is deviating from providing competent advice, you can report him/her to the state medical board. They usually take this seriously because a reprimand on the doctor's license will usually…

Thanks. I plan to stick with this plan for the foreseeable future. It is helpful to know that I cannot burn through the 5000 calories a day the Scooby calculator says I can (which I think is an absurd number for anyone).

I actually feel really good. I feel best at 1500-1700 calories a day. Anything over 2000, especially without exercise, makes me feel bloated and lethargic. I feel rather hungry as mealtime approaches, but who doesn't?

"On the bright side, if your RMR is that low, your grocery bill can be lower too." Very true!

Who knows? I guess if it works for you and you don't suffer any negative side effects. I'm a 6ft 280 lb male and I start gaining in 1200-1500 range. I am on a break from trying to lose for a while. I have been eating 2000 calories per day and set to regain months of weight loss in less than two weeks.

I also recently found out I had a Vitamin D deficiency as well. The CDC estimates 1/3 of Americans have a vitamin D deficiency. I have/had multiple risk factors such as obesity, fatty liver disease, and GI tract disorders, so it would be difficult to pinpoint the cause. My father supposedly had rickets that caused…

Ok...you caught me...I just can't help myself when it comes to worms. I do feel terrible.

Worms? It's high fiber cereal (I have IBS and diverticulitis). I'll give my doctor a call if he's open tomorrow and set up some blood work and then go in when the results come back.

I don't think anyone got the joke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmfepbuMEyw

That sneaky, sneaky soy sauce.

I am at a loss here...how is what I have presented above even remotely near maintenance or overeating?

Well, here is everything I ate today. I moved the carrots to dinner because I didn't get to them earlier. Plus there will be another bowl of cereal tonight. I think my log is a pretty darned good representation of this. I can post pictures of the scale display with the food on it if necessary.

Don't people with hypothyroidism usually have high TSH levels (and low T4) unless the hypothyroidism is caused by pituitary failure (which would probably cause severe symptoms)?

Because many are in disbelief that I eat so little and am not losing. It will not change anything.

Hopefully you will be able to see exactly what I eat. I plan to post pictures of everything I'm eating for the next couple of days. I log all my snacks and don't drink any beverages that contain any calories. I usually do feel hungry and irritable, otherwise, I won't lose anything.

I know a lot of people are skeptical of what I eat, so I will go ahead and post pictures of everything I am eating for a couple days. As far as avocados and bananas go, there the 1/5 is just what 1oz calculates to be, and for bananas, they are usually either pre-cut and frozen cut in half and refrigerator for later use.…

It doesn't look like they specify the United States Military...could be the North Korean Military Diet.

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Deep fry them like Elvis...

With visible neck muscles and collar bone, you can't be that overweight. Under 1200 is probably too aggressive unless you are under 5 feet or something like that. 1300 maintenance is something like 5 feet tall, 85 pounds, and sedentary.

I think my logging has been decent the last few days though my calorie intake has been very low. I will sit with this for a couple of weeks and see what happens. I will adjust upward if necessary. I think the strict 1200-1500 calories a day for the time being will help to lose some weight because it is the minimum I have…

I will probably try to limit my calories to around 1500 for a couple of weeks and see what happens before I go to the supervised diet. I've tried a few days at around 1000 or fewer calories, and while my weight is going down, it is difficult to do much. I was virtually unable to move the weights I usually can throw around…

I can only give it a try. If I fail, I fail; not any worse off than before. I'm not planning on losing hundreds of pounds or anything like that. I am only hoping to lose about 50 pounds. I had my body fat measured at the doctor and it was something like 27%, which leaves me at a little over 200 pounds lbm including fluids…

What was your program like? My TDEE is upwards of 4000 calories a day, so I can probably lose must faster than you. I've probably been suffering much more in the past year than I will from being hungry. I will let the doctor know if there are any serious issues arising (for example, when I've dropped to these calorie…