Weight loss and exercise #2

I am on 2000 calories again today.It is hard to go back down to 1300 after going so high,i reckon tomorrow though I will be back on top of it and get the calories back down.I haven't weighed but I feel lighter on my feet.Severe depression isn't helping and the moods and swings of mood are awful.

I was 152.4 yesterday and today I was 149 exactly. I read yesterday that antibiotics can cause hunger and can cause you to pack on the pounds. Plus some sites say the hunger is irreversible. I don’t think I believe that. I’m more concerned with the Today Show saying this morning that antibiotics can do irreversible damage to your immune system.

Today I had 1,180 calories. I am hungry but it’s manageable. I take my last dose of antibiotics tonight. I can’t see how hunger can be irreversible. Has anyone heard this about antibiotics? They said it changes something in your gut so you don’t get signals that your full.

I have not hear that antibiotics affect appetite,but I have heard say they get rid of all the bacteria in your gut,the good and the bad bacteria,so after taking antibiotics they recommend eating live yogurt or taking probiotics.

@Mountaindewed - what often causes ravenous hunger is lower production of leptin, the hormone that inhibits hunger and makes you feel satiated. I have not heard anything about antibiotics affecting it.

What would be the cause of lower leptin? I’m currently pretty hungry but I’m drinking cold Fiji water and I’ll be going to be in about half an hour anyways.

If you Google the Biggest Loser study, you will see an example of the one that has been most widely documented. Losing a tremendous amount at an insanely rapid pace can increase hunger and slightly lower metabolism. Worse, in the follow ups years later, most of them had returnwed to their old weights and still had low leptin levels and the slightly reduced metabolism; it didn't "reset".

Another cause is bad luck, probably genetics. It is harder for some people to lose weight, but it is possible for everyone.

This is almost scary - 152, rounded up from 151.8. That's after a day with some good cardio and light eating that was preceded by a day of light eating. Two days ago I rounded down to 157, so this is a drop of over 5 pounds. Water; I need to make sure I am hydrating properly.

I am not entirely back on track but will eat less calories today than yesterday.Yesterday I ate 2500 today I estimate I will have eaten 1600 by tonight,which is better.I want to get back to 1300 a day though.

I took my last antibiotic last night and I have noticed a drastic decrease in my appetite. Yeah, it was definitely the antibiotic. I went from 149 yesterday to 147.4 today. @UpDownAround Maybe there’s something in the air (as my mother would say) that’s causing weird weight flucations. Because I was 152.4 3 days ago.

Eating treats like a madman again today...

I lost control again today and ate stuff I should not have eaten!Crisps and a marshmellow bar and extra foods.

Bumped back up to 155. No surprise there. Seems to be my favorite landing spot. BMI is under 24 at this weight, so I should be happy with it but I want to get down to 150.

I spoiled my diet again today,am over 2000 calories,ate ice creme and other stuff I shouldn't have ate.This is it now I've got to go down to 1000 to 1200 calories a day and stick to it!Starting tomorrow.

Lots of cardio last night, 154 this morning.

Down to 150.6, haven't been exercising much just eating less junk food

I am going to try this:

One-month sugar detox: A nutritionist explains how and why - CNN

to break my cycle of sugar overload days, light days and the cardio eraser. I will eat a lot of nuts to keep from losing too much over the long haul, but I am okay with a little bump down to start.

Today I stuck to the diet,I am pleased with myself.I want to lose at least 10 pounds before my weigh in in eight days time.

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Oddly enough, there is a lot of "science" in this that I view with more than a little suspicion, but I am eating to much sugar and I am willing to try this to break the cycle. I am eating pretty horribly today before I start.

I’m not sure what I weigh. Yesterday was really bad. I ate one of those big breakfasts from McDonald’s at 8AM which had 1300 calories. I also had an iced coffee too. I didn’t eat anything until dinner but then I had two huge servings of mashed potatoes that had a ton of stuff in them, and some other stuff. For dessert I had a giant piece of chocolate cake and some ice cream.

Today I had a couple funfetti waffles. Then I went out to eat and I had a small sirloin steak and fries and Mac and cheese. I also had one of those XL gas station cokes with no ice. Dinner was just 1/6 of a frozen pizza. So not as bad as yesterday. But with that giant coke it was still pretty bad. I’ll probably skip weighing myself and get back on track tomorrow and weigh on Tuesday. It’s not ideal but if I don’t get over 152 then at least I’ll be satisfied. Everyone I talk to says I look healthy and I shouldn’t lose anymore anyways.

Boom - 158! I ate sweets like a pig yesterday. That big of a bounce is largely water. Starting the "sugar detox" - I hate calling it detox as that isn't accurate, but that's what the plan is called in the article I linked a few posts up.

I was 150.8 today. Not as bad as I was expecting. So far today I’ve had two string cheese and a Mountain Dew all of which had 330 calories. For lunch I had the least calorie dense item I could find at Jimmy Johns that wasn’t an unwich. That had 320 calories. Dinner is going to be a lean cuisine at 340 and then I’ll probably have some yogurt at 140 and it will equal to around 1,130.

I was 148 today. For breakfast I had a small coke and a yogurt parfait with no granola from McDonald’s. That had 280 calories. For lunch I had a baked chicken Stouffers TV dinner that had 230. For a snack I’m going to have some potato soup and some yogurt that will have 430 calories. Then dinner will be a Lean Cuisine at 260 calories. It all adds up to 1200 calories.

I rounded down to 155 this morning. I ended up with 16 grams of sugar yesterday and I am at 20 today. Pretty much right on 1500 calories each day; I may go over tonight with more hummus in a bit. The amount of protein and fat I have eaten the last couple of days seems crazy. Another day of it tomorrow, and then an apple on Thursday to start the slow re-introduction of sugar. I am not sure I will explicitly follow the whole long drawn out process of slowly bringing other stuff back in. I felt like I was just getting out of hand with recent sugar based splurges. A couple of incidents in particular were just too much like my old troubles. I had 3 donuts one morning last week. I ended up doing a lot of exercise the following night and was close to maintenance as an average across the two days. Still, the behavior was worrisome.

Maybe this is a dumb question, but is actual water worse for water weight gain then other liquids? I sometimes will drink 64oz in diet sweet tea and I won’t have an issue with water weight gain but today I drank a 1.5 liter bottle of Fiji water which is only 50oz and I’m kind of concerned about water weight gain. I don’t know if it works that way or not.

Pretty much any liquid that is mostly water is about the same. Even the thing about coffee/caffeine as a diuretic is mostly myth; technically true, but such a weak one that you can still hydrate fine. In fact, when they tested people who drink coffee regularly there was no difference in the hydration value of coffee and plan water.

152 this morning. I didn't expect that drop, but speaking of water I do feel like the change in diet the last couple of days (almost no sugar and not many other carbs) is dehydrating me.