Counselor recommended Wellbutrin. I’m conflicted.

Long story short: morbidly obese, have some mental health issues related to food. I quit smoking 5 years ago with help of Wellbutrin, but have gained weight since then, with fortnight-long bouts of mixed success re: weight loss (only to have it come right back and then some). Started seeing a counselor about what I can only call a food addiction (I’ve been to OA and all meetings are during business hours). I saw this counselor years before and she is aware of my health history and quitting smoking.

This counselor recommended I talk to my doctor about being subscribed Wellbutrin for some support in what is the beginning stage of a very serious effort of weight loss and healthier food choices.

Has anyone had Wellbutrin prescribed to them related to or for weight loss? I’m skeptical but I am not sure why. Seems like some sort of admission of failure....

EDIT: minor typo that drove me nuts.

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Weight loss Question

So I’m 33. I just moved out of state to pretty much completely change my life style from a bad break up and a really stupid manager which caused me to lose my job. Enough backstory.

I am not overweight by much at all, but enough where it annoys me and grosses me out. I’m 6’2” and about 216 pounds. Problem is, I’m thin everywhere except my stomach which sticks out where I look like a zombie that just ate an entire body, and then the rest of the weight is in my neck and face. Absolutely nowhere else.

I’ve been going to the gym for about a month now and have really been focusing on putting muscle on. I absolutely despise cardio because it’s the most boring thing on the planet. I’ve been eating very well for the most part.

I’ve been told that my appetite is going to increase (and I feel that it has) because my body needs energy and strength to Compensate for the weightlifting I’ve been doing.

My dad used to be a professional body builder and I brought up the keto diet and he said I shouldn’t do that because it’s not really sustainable.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can lose the weight in the face and stomach and not sacrifice what’s need to put on muscle mass?

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8 weeks of calorie tracking with MFP & Fitbit.

Hi everyone!

I'm a 5'8" female with a starting weight of 163.5 pounds. I got a Fitbit for Christmas and have been wearing it daily since January 5, 2019. I've always been pretty surprised at the amount of food I can eat to maintain / lose weight, so I decided to start tracking my calories consumed and weight to get an idea about the accuracy of Fitbit's calorie count. Here's some of the data I logged:

https://i.imgur.com/KEZzC9B.png

Over the last two months, I have lost roughly 6.5 pounds (157). While there have been some discrepancies week by week, the graph overall lines up very closely with the weight loss estimate I calculated from my Fitbit data:

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https://i.redd.it/5hzo9zzcxck21.png

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Very happy with my Fitbit and its calorie estimates! I'm burning an average of 2450 a day which has been enough for me to lose approximately .6-.7 pounds a week on a 2100 calorie a day diet. I've found my Fitbit to be a very helpful and motivating tool through my weight loss journey.

I'll continue tracking and post an update in a few months.

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All About Drinking Water and Weight Loss

Hi Losers of Reddit!

I want to know all about your weight loss experience and your experience with drinking water. This could be anything: did drinking more water help you lose weight? Have you noticed a change in your success as your water drinking habits have changed? How much water do you currently drink? Do you drink more water now than when before you were losing? Do you find it really has had no affect on your weight loss? Does it help you curb your appetite?

I am just looking to see how people's water consumption / non-consumption habits have tied into or not tied into their weight loss, what advice they have to give re: water, what changes they've made re: water, and anything else.

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Major life changes - How did you handle it?

Hi everyone! Longtime lurker of this sub though I do post in others. I love every single one of you. You are all very inspiring and I love seeing new posts every day. Keep up the good fight!

tl;dr Have you experienced any major life changes and how did you handle it during your weight loss journey - for better or worse?

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Okay, now for the story!

As a preface: I've always been comfortable with myself. Even at my highest weight I've never found myself in a position where I hated myself, loathed how I looked in the mirror, etc. But after some health problems started to arise, I took my weight by the buttered up horns and started beating it down. Looking back - yikes, how did it ever get that bad? I'm proud of myself for who I've become today - both physically and mentally - but I do have a long way to go.

On that journey, I accepted that food is what makes me happy. Restricting myself away from what I loved only lead to failure. Since starting CICO last summer, I've learned to balance enjoying good food with moderation. It's been the only successful "diet" I've ever done. Who knew you could actually enjoy whatever you want, as long as you don't overdo it? What a concept! 👀 I'm now down to my college weight. Soon: my high school weight!

So, here's what happened. Quite possibly my biggest, coolest, and most anticipated life change to date: My husband and I bought a house! So far, every single day for the last month has been 100% focused on the house. Day after day of relays between apartment and house, packing, unpacking, stressing, calling utilities, maintenance, and excited friends and family asking if we needed anything. We are finally moved in, and we're starting to settle and get life back to normal, and it's so much excitement, new discoveries, and lots of spent money (haha).

But that entire time, I didn't have a single ounce of energy to focus on meal prep, or calories, or anything. It's understandable given I was living in 2 places. Once I got my fridge, I was ecstatic to begin cooking in my brand new kitchen... but dang if I had the time. The very idea of weighing ingredients and planning good food was just so.. exhausting.

I had a bit of a wake up call the other day, halfway into a box of cookies sitting at my desk. It was weird. Just a brief moment of clarity: I was eating because it was something I knew. In a house I didn't recognize, with furniture I've never owned before, and different bills and a new commute and new neighbors and everything being so different - the taste of thin mints, or jasmine white rice from our rice cooker, or starbucks drinks - those were things that felt "right", things that were familiar. Needless to say I put the box away. Come on, I can do better than that!

Ah, but what an exciting time this is. I'm enjoying every minute. We had some friends from New Orleans swing by this weekend to celebrate and brought a HUGE king cake with them. How can you say no to that??

But it's true what they say - it really is a slippery slope. But I'm not stressing over it. I haven't even stepped on the scale. I count my blessings to be fortunate enough to be able to not worry about my weight while I focus on the house and getting my life back to a new "normal". I know not everyone can do that. I am definitely overweight, and I definitely have weight to lose. And I will lose it. But at this moment, I'm trying to take care of myself the best I can.

I'm getting better. Every day I do a little more to get back on track. I'm counting the little improvements. For example, this Sunday I successfully weighed out and prepped lunches for Mon/Tues, and I ate them and was happy. That's one meal under control! I have some homemade ramen broth in the fridge to cook tonight... no, I didn't weigh anything out so I can't really count it right, but some heartwarming homemade ramen on this cold Texas night helps the soul! And another micro win: I did NOT buy a box of cookies today! WOO HOO

Please share your stories of major life changes and how you've coped with them. In the end, did you manage to succeed in your weight loss goals? How long did it take to get back on track?

Have a great day everyone and thanks for reading!

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Been out of it for a bit - will this help, just looking for advice.

I've started a regimen to start my journey with weight loss. About 3 years ago, I was successful in losing about 50lbs in less than 4 months, mostly due to jogging, and controlling what I ate. Everyone said it was bad for me but I looked and felt awesome. Right now I am 237lbs, I was 180lbs before.

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I've started a new regimen a week ago, but am unsure on the results. What do you guys think? I've cut a LOT of food out of my diet - I was eating fast food for lunch for the last 3 years, then eating again at home out of guilt because my wife cooked. (This alone will should cut my calorie intake by 1000.)

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This is my daily routine now:

• I've already cut calories to under 1500/day.
• I am walking 1 mile to work downhill to work.
• Taking a 2.5 mile walk around my work campus, instead of eating.
  
• Walk 1 mile uphill home.
• Go home and eat something sensible. Usually it's some sort of meat, and vegetables fried with 0 calorie spray in a nonstick pan.
• Take a 2.5 mile walk until it gets warmer, When I will start running.
• Eat a sensible meal.
• I've committed myself to doing pushups and situps. In a week's time, I already can do 15 pushups, and 4 situps. My goal is to do 50 each a day, or more.

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I relax on Weekends and go out to restaurants with the wife.

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Do you guys think I'll be able to drop at least 30lbs by May 31st? I'm going to start logging my walks in Endomondo, so I can keep up with my progress.

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As for the calorie deficit - I was eating under 1000 calories before, and never felt sick or any loss of energy. I actually feel much better since I've cut off the fast food calories. I'm never really hungry either.

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Food as a reward when feeling bad + irrational behaviour

Dear Reddit,

I am a 27 year old woman, living together with my boyfriend. I have a stressfull, interesting and demanding job. I am not obese, but I’ve been overweight (BMI 28-30) all my life.

I’ve been on a diet/concious of my weight since I was around 10 years old. As such, I’ve dieted on and off the past 17 years. Never in an unhealthy way. Despite my continuous failure in weightloss, I’ve never believed in the lose-weight-fast methods and have always tried to do it the right way through healthy eating habits (CICO, plant-based diets, etc.). I believe I have the correct nutritional knowledge to, theoretically, diet healthily.

Recently, my boyfriend of 10 years expressed his frustration with my ongoing weightloss battle and the effect it has on my mood and my general happiness. He told me to see a therapist or to ask reddit.

I’ve analysed the following behavioural issues in myself: 1. Even though I am great at reaching my goals in every other part of life (business, academics,..) I have been unable to show the same tenacity in weight loss. I keep it up for about a week until I have a bad day. 2. I feel like food is always my reward for any shitty things I encounter in life. Bad day at work? Mac ‘n Cheese in the evening. Period pains? Give me those crisps. At those times, I am completely irrational and will get very angst if someone stops me from eating. I feel as if I’m entitled to eating, because I feel bad. And then the guilt cycle begins. 3. Boredom eating.

Solutions I’ve tried in the past: 1. Stick to a strict food plan: I’ve failed this one since I get bored very easily and I don’t view this as a long-term solution. Also, I have many work-related lunches and dinners. 2. Reward myself with other things than food: It’s very sad, but food actually maken me the happiest as a reward. I’ve tried material things, but I dislike spending the money on items I don’t actually need or clothes which make me concious of my body (and the bad feeling cycle commences). Also, I feel like I need to learn to live through the bad times withouten having the need to be rewarded for it.

I see myself longing for the thin me these past 17 years and I can’t help but feel sad about how I feel about myself and how I’ve still not managed to change my eating habits.

So, does anyone else feel the way I do? What have been the solutions/tricks you’ve tried and were they (un)successful?

Thank you for your feedback and advice!

FYI: 5ft5, current weight: 170 lbs, goal weight: 143-145 lbs

TL;DR: Please take your time to read my story, as I feel weight loss is much more complex than what can be explained in one sentence.

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