Unable to lose weight however hard I try!

[Ido]

Hi all.

Feeling pretty sorry for myself today and was hoping to find some like minded people to help me feel like I’m not alone.

I have a few medical conditions, included in the list is PCOS, fatty liver disease and mobility issues so I am sure these contribute to me not being able to lose weight but it seems no matter what I try I can’t lose a single pound. I’ve stayed the same weight for years, which is obese, I can add the pounds easily and if I do ‘the right things’ can lose those extra pounds but never get under this particular number on the scales.

I have done everything the doctors have suggested, have gotten information from a nutritionalist and done everything suggested, I’ve tried calorie counting, intermittently fasting, gluten free, veggie....the list goes on.

But what has really upset me today is seeing people lose weight so easily, changing their diet, a little bit of exercise and the pounds drop off, or seeing people stuff their face with home-baked treats or massive calorie filled meals and being stick thin. It just all seems so unfair.
I’m getting to the point where I hate food and I think about it constantly and beat myself up about what I’m having/should be having...it’s exhausting!

Well that feels better to get that all out, I’m hoping I’m not alone in this feeling.

[MissBPotter]

I feel your pain op, I think some people just struggle to lose weight even if they eat well and others don’t understand why, I don’t understand it myself. I’m currently intermittent fasting and eating low carb and exercising 5 days per week but actually gained one kgin two weeks of doing that, though my fat went down 1% I’ve now cheated a bit because it’s so disheartening but only a bit and am back on it.

I think just keep trying and maybe try low carb if you have PCOS. I think maybe I have it but I can’t get diagnosed at the moment. Keep going though and well done for trying to get healthy, losing weight can sometimes seem impossible!

[Crosswithlifeatm]

Planning your meals ahead helps,you can balance your carbs through to day to avoid hungry patches

[Jeremyironsnothing]

ZOrrO Maybe you need to break the cycle

I do similar to you in that I'm super strict and try to stick to no more than 1000cals per day but ages ago I found out by accident that if I eat more than this at the weekends, in fact loads more, then a couple of days later I lose weight. If I don't do this I think my body feels it's in starvation mode and hangs on to it. It's as if I eat a load more on those couple of days and my body thinks, "Yay we are ok again, I'm not being starved", and it lets the weight go. It also means I have the weekend to look forward to.

On Sunday I had half a bottle of wine, two mars bars and two bags of crisps but I've still lost this morning.
Conversely, on several occasions I have eaten a bit more during the week than the 1000 calories (not that much though) so I thought I'd better make up for it by continuing counting over the weekend. The calories over the week were probably the same as I would normally eat in total, but then I never lost anything.

This is what works for me every time I can get into the emotional headspace to diet. My trouble is keeping it off.

[Z0rr0]

I have noticed that on weeks where I have a day where I slip and eat more that I might lose compared with weeks where I'm really strict. I don't know why that is.
People talk about starvation mode but Dr Mosely says that's not a thing and that as long as you're eating less calories than you're burning weight will come off. shrug
I think I really need to do some exercise but my knees are fecked so I can't run and I hate exercising at home because there's no privacy. If I'm going to turn beetroot I really don't want an audience of family members.