What am I doing wrong? Weight loss

[Sophie1029734]

Hi everyone. I was happy at 9st.. then I met my partner and jumped to 12st 3 in 1.5 yr 🙃 wth!!! I got pregnant and after birth I was 14st 11.
I'm now down to 12st 3.. unless I thought I was. My weight keeps fluctuating so much I just dont understand 😞 I'm trying to excersise every morning, walk, do stuff in the evening. Keep my calories to 1.3k-1.8k (still breastfeeding)
I have come of the cerezette pill and have yet to have a period. I'm pretty sure I have an ovarian cyst (dull pain in left area, very bloated) i've read that some can leak hormones to slow your metabolism down. If this is why how do I combat this?.

I've been at the weight loss for 4 weeks, I'd shown the notes of my weight but it's literally just fluctuating from 12st 3 to 12st 6. I dont understand how I'm doing wrong. All the work in doing, it makes me feel like I'm doing it for nothing

OP your fluctuations in weight are very small and your body doesn't know you want it to lose fat fast - it wants to recalibrate, get the pressure off it from any unhealthy eating, lack of exercise, malabsorption of vitamins and minerals, etc. That can take more than 4 weeks. Take the pressure off, eat v healthy, take multimineral and multivitamins, a good probiotic, as good sleep as you can with a little one, as much walking as possible for exercise, and give it time. The fluctuations in water weight are normal. If you do all those things consistently it is physically impossible not to see a slow and steady weight loss that will only end when you want it to.

Hi OP if you’re feeling a constant dull pain, are you also feeling bloated? Might be worth speaking to a GP if the ovarian area pain is persistent and not cyclical?

Also @Polkadots2021 do uou have any recommendations for multi mineral and vitamins and a good probiotic that isn’t just empty powders? Am keen to look after myself and my sluggish metabolism a bit but a bit consumed by high stress career day to day and the combination of 1 year old and 5 yo :/ might be useful for OP too!

Try cutting out processed food, bread, margarine, vegetable oil. These all mess with your hormones

How old is your little one? I found that after 6 months breastfeeding my dc no longer burnt the amount of calories it had previously because although they both still fed quite often, I think the purpose of feeding swapped over more to comfort so I wasn't actually producing much milk. I used an online calculator to work out how many calories I burn in a day (ignoring the breastfeeding) and use that - my maintenance calories are 1450/1500 and my weight loss are 1100/1200. I still feel that I can eat well in that (I am very short though!)

If you are still breastfeeding, your hormones will be all over the place and that will cause fluctuations in your weight.

Keep on with the healthy diet and exercise, and you will start to see a 'net loss' but be prepared for a non-linear journey.

Get your ovarian cyst checked out regardless of any impact on your weight. If left, they can grow and the pain is excruciating - passing out levels of pain - so get it sorted out while it's still at the dull ache stage.

Look at low carb.

Lots of women do keto because it stabilises hormones and weight is lost as a result.

Lots of people think of low carb as 'faddy' but, from everything I've read, it makes far more sense than eating low fat and low calorie - which everyone accepts as 'right'.

I'm in a really good keto Facebook group. If you want me to pm you the name, I shall do. Some people spend months in it before deciding to follow it. No pressure!

@WashingMachineDrumFirePit

Would you pm me the fb page please? Excluding the breastfeeding I am the same as OP.

Have tried every diet going and was toying with the idea of low carb.

@WayneBruce There are some great low carb threads on Mumsnet as well - check out BIWI's bootcamp (in Weightloss topic) for an overview of how it works, meal ideas etc.

[quote WayneBruce]@WashingMachineDrumFirePit

Would you pm me the fb page please? Excluding the breastfeeding I am the same as OP.

Have tried every diet going and was toying with the idea of low carb.[/quote]
Done

Think I'm gonna reduce calories to 1.3k - 1.4k is this a good ammount?

Good question! Probiotics, I love boots travel probiotic funnily enough. If you get bloating etc in the short term start with a smaller dose and work up.

For multivits, honestly Berocca is by far the best value, with the highest doses, get the effervescent as it gets you to start each day with a big glass of water.

Then night time go for a magnesium calcium d3 combined dose from Holland & Barratt. I love H&B, high quality and if you have a card you get great points, also the penny's sales and 2 for 1 deals make taking supps long term very doable!

How old is your baby?