I am confused, this goes against everything I know about food, science, and my body.
This week my boyfriend and I agreed to give up ultra-processed foods 100% for the entire month of November. Which means I am legit baking bread at home to compensate, etc. So we have gone a week without eating any pre-prepared foods or even many ingredients that contain too many ingredients, any fillers, or added sugars. Anything in the NOVA classification that is in category 4 is just out of our diet.
I gave up caffeine cold turkey, gave up snacks, candy, chips, everything. I am in college for nutrition and I am currently a Massage Therapist. I have a very active lifestyle and burn somewhere between 2,000-2,300 calories a day. HOWEVER, after starting this I've literally gained weight, 2 pounds to be exact IN A WEEK. I understand it is probably water retention but I have no idea where. my scale is not magic but it is consistent and my body water % is dropping as my fat % is rising and I don't know why.
I am not snacking at all anymore, I am actually very firmly intermittent fasting (not intentionally i just cannot be bothered to make breakfast when I'm not even hungry). My fasted blood sugar is 84 (yesterday) , 95 (today- i just woke up like 30 mins ago).
I am just frustrated by all this. I do all the right things and my reward is not just failure but actually worse. I am not over eating, I am not under eating, I've been tracking since 2017. I have however always desperately struggled with losing weight. I've always struggled with inflammation, very fast weight gain, and really unreliable hunger signals. Some days I am not hungry at all and eat nothing and other days I feel like I'm starving to death even 20 minutes after I eat.
At this point the only real modifications to my diet i feel i can make is maybe more water, maybe more vegetables, and maybe more protein. As it is we already eat really healthy, my boyfriends lost 5 pounds, while I've gained 2.
I suppose I could do extended fasting again... that was honestly like the only time i saw any real weight loss. Its taken me like 3-4 years to lose and keep off 20 pounds and its honestly fu*king depressing.
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