what can I change (diet)

onlyroz

Sounds like you're having a full cooked meal for lunch and for dinner. Perhaps you could cut down to just one cooked meal a day and have something lighter for the other one?

Also a lot of people have been having great success with the intermittent fasting program, where twice a week you only have 500-600 calories in that day.

Mojisola

londoniana wrote: »

I gained 4 kgs in the past couple of months, out of the blue. (I'm 64kg now, use to be 59-61 range, and 168cm - sorry can't get used to stone and pounds).

meritaten wrote: »

That is true Mojisola - but if someone came on here complaining of losing weight at a stone a month without dieting, then the advice would be to see GP! at least, I hope it would!

I think losing weight without trying is more of a warning sign of possible problems than gaining weight.

It's surprisingly easy to gain half a pound to a pound of weight every week.

justme111

Op , age related metabolism slow down / muscle loss may be to blame.
Other changes in metabolism could be the reason as well. I would be skeptical about medical science being able to pick those up , and even more skeptical about expecting cash strapped NHS to deal with it. I do not say she should not see gp , I just would not be particularly hopeful about it. May be doing your own research , finding out what exactly happens in your condition , what are the most sensitive tests for it , what tests could be used to check metabolism in general.. I second what you saying , i hope I will never feel I have to count calories , I think life would be a misery for me if I do.
I would be wary about changing your diet as well , you may do more harm with it , they say when body does not get enough calories it goes into starving mode and tries to deposit as much fat as possible . Try at least 3 intensive aerobic fitness classes a week. This one is a failproof and will cause no harm.

DUKE

I watch Secret Eaters & they'd tell you to leave that cheese alone!

Also the Supersize vs Superskinny programme say in order to lose weight eat 3 meals a day & to gain weight eat 3 meals & 3 snacks a day. Good Luck!

It's easier to lose than gain weight. I was 6 stone for years & no matter what I did I never gained, finally at the age of about 30 I reached my goal of being 8 stone! Then I got ill & gained 2 stone! But I've managed to lose a stone, it's took me about 4 years. A few weeks ago after a stomach bug & UTI I managed to go just under 9 :-D I want to lose for my holz as I'm going to gain at least half a stone on my AI.

KxMx

I agree it would be worth an appointment with your GP.

I'd also keep a food diary and eat everything you consume. Not suggesting this is your problem but those on Secret Eaters all say the same thing. One man professed a love of salad's for lunch but in reality had no salad while under observation, in fact he had things like a pie buttie (yes a pie in a big bread roll).

There was also the lady training for the marathon who couldn't understand why she couldn't lose weight because she was exercising, until her calories were counted, in her words "that's disgusting no wonder I am not losing weight!

nzmegs

Stop eating all those processed carbs - well, carbs in general actually. Cereal, yoghurt are all full of sugars. Cut these out and you will lose weihgt in no time and feel ten times better too.

It has very little to do with when you eat or how much - but everything to do with what you are eating.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Try logging your choices on a fitness site, such as myfitnesspal. That'll give you an idea of how much energy you are consuming regularly - you don't have to be trying to lose fat (not muscle or fluid, which is what low calorie diets do) to want to be aware of what you are doing.


It could be simple as you've increased calories by just enough to give you a surplus, instead of eating at maintenance level/the amount that keeps your weight constant.

Activity level is important - perhaps you have been slightly more sedentary recently and it's caught up with you?


Whatever it is, it doesn't hurt to know where improvements can be made to your diet. In my case, I can see perfectly well that I eat crap when I drink alcohol. But I knew that, anyway. I didn't realise just how much in the way of calories I was taking in from seemingly healthy choices, though.

Tish_P

I've only scanned the thread but I haven't seen anyone point out that the OP is still a perfectly healthy weight for her height (BMI of 22). Maybe, and I know this is sacrilege in our thin-worshipping world, she doesn't need to change anything at all and can just get on with her life as if being a few kilos heavier than she used to be isn't the end of the world.

Edit: Didn't notice the thyroid thing, which does need checking. But otherwise? The stress of worrying about your weight is going to do you a lot more damage than those four kilos.

thunderbird

londoniana wrote: »

I'm actually underthyroid however I've been like that since I was 22 and was always on medication (and frequent blood tests for it).

Isn't weight gain a symptom of an underactive thyroid?

meritaten

we aren't allowed to diagnose on here thunderbird - gets a thread closed. I usually just urge the OP to see a GP.

saying that - there are many causes of weight gain - some benign, some not. it just makes sense to check them out before changing what seems to a normal healthy diet.
but trying to lose the weight by going on a 'diet' can lose valuable time and can affect mental health too if it isn't 'working'. I prefer to err on the side of caution and suggest a physical check up BEFORE trying one of the popular 'diets'.