Today, and since the pandemic started, I have gained back 80 of the 150lbs I painstakingly lost via diet and exercise in the 5 years leading up to the pandemic. Despite trying multiple methods that worked before and some new ones, I cannot seem to stop the weight from piling on. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, and over the past six months, after 20+ years of habits aiming at not gaining weight and succeeding in doing so, I've suddenly LOST a lot of weight at 40 years-old due to bad circumstances. No matter how hard I try or how much I eat, my system just seems to have forgotten how to build fat. FML
Today, all of my friends are complaining about weight gain due to the pandemic. Instead, I have remained the exact same size, but completely unable to sleep or digest my food. FML
Today, after drastically changing my diet, going to the gym regularly, avoiding excess sugar and carbs, upping my protein, I’m still as fat as ever. In fact I weighed myself this morning, and I’ve gained 12lbs in 2 weeks. FML
Today, after I completely starved myself for a week and exercised every day in an attempt to lose weight, I instead gained 5 pounds. FML
Today, back in 2018, I had money and a six pack; in 2019 I couldn’t walk and had to have a back surgery; in 2020 I lost over $650,000 and gained over 40 pounds. Now, in 2021 I'm surviving and stress-eating trying not to lose everything I worked for. Fuck, I miss being a kid. FML
Today, I finished the first month of a diet and exercise program designed to help me lose weight. To keep myself motivated, I have avoided the scale the entire time. I weighed myself today. I've gained 6 pounds. FML
Today, after a few months of trying to gain weight due to being severely underweight, I got a stomach flu and lost every single pound I put on, and then some. FML
Today, after months of grueling hard work, I'd finally gained five pounds. Too bad I lost it all and then some, due to one good stomach flu. FML
Today, after two full months of trying to gain weight, I haven’t gained a single pound. Instead, I now have severe and irreversible digestive problems from overeating. FML
Today, I lost the 5 pounds I had gained over the last few weeks. I had vowed to do whatever it took to lose that weight, and I actually did, when I caught a horrible stomach bug. I'd eat my words, but I'm pretty sure I'd just end up throwing them up. FML
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poopface82 25
That blows. Perhaps a doctor can help? There may be more you’re up against than you know.
wysegirl 24
I feel you. I had to go see a nutritionist and had to get my thyroid checked. Now I have to yet rid of the 50lbs I gained. GL OP.
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poopface82 25
That blows. Perhaps a doctor can help? There may be more you’re up against than you know.
kitten79TX 5
Try talking to a nutritionist and a traiber to get a customized diet and exercise plan. WW helpedxme lose 80lbs during the pandemic. Download My Fitness Pal and track your calories in vs out. you could be eating too little or too much. iTrackBites is free, and very similar to Weight Watchers.
wysegirl 24
I feel you. I had to go see a nutritionist and had to get my thyroid checked. Now I have to yet rid of the 50lbs I gained. GL OP.
kristinagir 11
Follow up with your doctor? Thyroid maybe?
1known 34
A psychologist would be the person I’d go see.