Gaining weight rapidly

[hopefulsunshine11]

Hi,

I'm not sure where to start here. I've been overweight most of my adult life. I've always been bigger built even when thinner, I have broad shoulders, wide hips and I'm 5,8". Over the last 2 years I've put on about 2 more stone and having to wear a 20-24 in clothing. I feel so unfit, ugly and just depressed. I've tried everything! I'm doing caloric deficit and that's not even working. It's got to the stage where I'm seeing myself in photos and getting so upset and feel sick. My face has ballooned to the biggest it has ever been and I hardly recognise myself. I disgust myself. I once got tested for under active thyroid as I tick the majority of the symptoms but apparently my levels came back normal. I'm constantly lethargic, feeling anxious, depressed, I get back and joint pain but I do think I could have arthritis. I'm going to make an appt at the gp but I was just wondering if anyone had a medical condition that just keeps making you like the weight on? I was going to order water tablets to see if I could get rid of excess water and bloat. I have tried orlistat in the past too. On top of this we're trying for a baby! Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!

When you say calorific deficit isn’t working, how accurately are you tracking your calories?

I have to say that it was only by weighing everything and logging every morsel that passed my lips, even cups of tea with a splash of milk, on My Fitness Pal that I could see where I was actually going wrong. I do have an underactive thyroid BTW but it is treated. I have, however, spent years blaming getting bigger on my thyroid when in actual fact I was over eating.

That spread of Lurpak on that sandwich-calorific
Tiny blob of low fat Mayo -it all adds up
Two slices of bread - nearly 200 calories
Tiny amount of cheese-calorific

Maybe if you posted what you actually eat someone could have a look and see if there is an area that is secretly adding calories you aren’t aware of?

If you work out your tdee here and reduce the maintenance calorie amount by 20% that will give the calorie target to aim for, if it’s too restrictive it isn’t sustainable and consistency really is the key. You do need to recalculate the calories as you lose weight.
tdeecalculator.net/

Lethargy, pain, depression can all be caused by Vitamin D deficiency & B12 deficiency and low ferritin can cause some of those symptoms too. It’s worth asking the GP if any were tested when they checked your thyroid- if that thyroid check wasn’t in recent years it would definitely be worth requesting it is (& the other bloods) checked.

I hope you get some answers soon

If that was the only cause there wouldn’t be any obese vegetarians/vegans.