Hi All,
I wanted some advice from you all. I’ve had a really bad journey with weight and weight management. I’m finally going to an endocrinologist to see if they can help.
It’s a long story, however, anyone who could help, I would be grateful.
For context - my family hereditary doesn’t have lean people, my family is overweight and obese (mostly on my mom’s side and I’ve taken those genetics). I was really heavy when I was in college, my maximum weight was 75kgs and I had never worked out in my life. Short girl 5’2-3”, so I was really plump. Started weight training, in the beginning I had to do a lot. Bad trainer, so he was making me eat 600-1000 calories, and I was working out really heavy. I used to walk 10,000 steps, run almost everyday and workout for 1.5-2 hours in the gym. Did 6 months and lost like 15 kgs. Covid hit and I was home, so worked out with only 30kgs with a home gym, but met a new trainer who taught me nutrition, so I was eating human calories and lost more weight. I was 50kgs by the end of the cut and maintained that for 2 years. Then changed countries and couldn’t workout for a year. Had no time to workout, cook, or eat. Was trying to save money so ate only at a dining hall at school (got barely one meal a day) and hence crash diet.
Got mono, and metabolism, body everything took a hit and gained back a lot of weight. I was 63kgs when I started working out back again, and started eating properly. This was back in 2023 (was also in a bad relationship). So now worked out on and off in 2023, 2024, was eating decently, I don’t think any crash diet episodes happened. However, was eating 1200-1800 calories in the period. I started traveling for work in 2024, and travel for atleast a month at a time.
Weight increased to 67kgs by May 2025. So started losing weight. Walked 12-15k steps a day, eating really healthy, working out 4-5 days a week. Lost 4 kgs and was 63kgs again by September 2025. Then fell sick on a trip for 3 weeks and workout cycle broke. Weight started creeping up again (was still working out and walking) and I hit 68kgs. Then my trainer decided this is a bad and weird pattern and we need to go into maintenance for a bit. Did 2300 calories for 4 weeks (had to break to go on another trip). Didn’t gain any weight during maintenance. And then got food poisoning and weight crept up after to 70kgs.
Now I’ve been 4 weeks into a 6 day workout, walk as much as possible, eat 1600-1700 calories (140gm protein) a day diet. And I am maintaining my weight at 70kgs.
Good news is that I’ve packed more muscle than I ever had in my entire life. I have 53 lbs of muscle (inbody scan) and I’m lifting more than ever.
One of my goal is to keep lifting and build more muscle and keep eating the same for however long it takes to start seeing that dip in the scale just by metabolic shift. Eat a high protein diet and Whole Foods (clean eating) and just be consistent, eventually the body will succumb to it.
Once the workouts feel comfortable, adding more cardio to it.
What would you all suggest?
TL, DR: F (27), having a bad metabolic journey and gaining weight despite being active. Gained weight from 50kgs to 70kgs and isn’t reducing.
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