Frustrating weight gain

[Kazcr]

Hi over the past 18-24 months I’ve been putting in weight I don’t feel my diet has changed I’ve always had a sweet tooth apart from this I eat healthy and do a lot of walking about 2 years ago I had a flare up of IBS /colon colitis went on antidepressants and not long after had started to gain weight I’ve always went between 8 stone 7 to 12 but my weight continues to increase last year I joined SlimmingWorld at 9 stone 13 I lost 1/2 stone it took over 2 months as it was like a yo-yo 1lb off 2 on then maybe 2 off again I got fed up getting no where and after stopping gained even more weight I’m now 10 stone 4 and continue to gain weight no mater what I had a flare up again last year which lasted a few months and still didn’t loose weight during the flare up I’m at my wits end I’m only 5ftn2 and feel really bloated and overweight don’t feel anything I try is working I’m considering trying taking apple cider vinegar anyone else got similar problems? 🤫

[lucigret]

Welcome to the Forum Kazcr,

We are a friendly supportive bunch and there will be others here that have some experience of your problems.

I am an IBS sufferer also, but have to say that over the past year I have not had anywhere near as many flare ups.

I have given you two links here, one to the IBS forum and one about FODMAP (you may be familiar with both already)

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[Kazcr in reply to lucigret]

Thanks I’ll have a look all help and tips appreciated 😀

[lucigret in reply to Kazcr]

You are very welcome

[Pineapple27]

Hi Kazcr and welcome! You will find this a great supportive environment to lose that weight. We shorties (I am just 4ft 9") have our work cut out. Not sure how old you are, but the older we get, the harder it is to lose weight too.

When I started my weight loss 6 years ago, I had 4.5 stone to lose.

I have a disability that I was born with (shortening of all four limbs as a result of the drug Thalidomide my mum took when pregnant with me). As a result my mobility is minimal - and was further reduced following a serious head on car crash in 2002 when I broke my ankle. I went on to have my ankle joint fused and am still in constant pain with it.

I started my weight loss journey at 14 stone - 5 and a half years ago. I am just 4ft 9" tall and so was classed clinically obese.

I was 49 years old and had been trying to lose weight all of my life since the age of 9. My disability makes exercise difficult (I am very sedentary and use a wheelchair outside of the house).

The one thing that I realised very early on in my journey was that I was just eating FAR TOO MUCH! I was a short, middle aged, sedentary female and I was eating the same as 5ft 9" active man (my now husband!). No wonder I was piling on the weight!

I started my journey at the end of February 2012, and managed to lose 4.5 stone in 2 and a half years through calorie counting and logging/weighing all of my food. That works out at 130 weeks, so on average my weight loss was less than half a pound a week - of course some weeks I lost more, others I gained... but I am trying to impress upon you the importance of just keeping on going, even though the weight may not come off as quickly as you would like it to.

I cannot stress enough how important this part of the weight loss journey is - being able to recognise just how much we are eating and address that. It is not about cutting out any foods but about being able to make informed choices about the foods we eat Also about learning how to behave differently around food. Just because food is in front of us does not mean to say that we have to eat it! Being able to exercise control and moderate intake is paramount.

I re-gained some of the weight I lost, then lost it again and have now managed to more or less maintain for the past 6 months at around 10 stone. Still considered "over weight".

Ideally I would love to drop another stone to 9 stone and maintain there.

The other great news is that it is entirely possible to lose weight without moving! Of course though, there are lots of advantages to moving a bit more - but it doesn't have to be as formal as going to a gym or out for a five mile run. A good session of house work, mowing the lawn (when the weather permits!) or even a cooking session will all burn calories and have the advantage of making you feel much better emotionally too! It's good to find something that you LIKE doing, that is enjoyable and that you are likely to sustain on a regular basis.

My weight loss journey has been long, but I am still learning new tips and tricks to help me along the way and what's more, still enjoying the challenge! I would say that my behaviour around food has changed massively - I have learned to respect food, to "break" it's control over me, and to be able to modify how I behave with food. Just because food is within sight doesn't mean I have to eat it! I don't see eating the way I do as meaning that I am missing out any more - in fact I am now able to enjoy my life and have regained the ability to do things that I struggled to do or even found impossible to do!


Here are a few of my past posts which I hope you will find helpful and inspiring. I won't try and tell you that my journey was easy - and you'll see that there were many blips along the way, but 6 years down the line, I feel about 20 years younger than I did when I was lugging around 4 stone more.

Please do pop back to the forums and share your journey with us - we are here for you, day and night and happy to share your success or support you when you need it.

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[Kazcr in reply to Pineapple27]

Hi thanks for replying you are a very inspirational woman.

I’m feeling a bit silly I’m trying to use the site on my mobile as I don’t have a laptop but can’t seem to access much on the site are there any websites you know to use to count calories and recipes and had planning ideas.

There’s also a lot of times when I feel full but still want to eat and need to learn to curb this any help appreciated 😀

[Pineapple27 in reply to Kazcr]

Kazcr I use a website weightlossresources.co.uk which has a great food database and the ability to keep track of dail6 calories and log food. You can try it free for 24 hours. If you like it I can also give you a code to try it over 7 days... just send me a private message.

[Pineapple27 in reply to Kazcr]

With regards to eating when you are full, just ensure you measure healthy portion sizes and don’t cook more than that. Or I package and freeze leftovers - I just had to break the habit. It’s hard but it can be done. I sometimes remind myself of the ridiculous sized portions I once ate! I always drink a big glass of water with meals.