Anyone physically feel worse after weight loss?

For reference Im 32/F 5’4”. For most of my adult life I’ve been in the 200-210 pound range. In January I got up to 222 and loathed the way I looked. I lost a few pounds pretty quick and then around April/May I buckled down more and started to count calories. I eat around 1500 a day. Sometimes a little more or less. I have a food scale and weigh my food and log my meals in MFP. I was also drinking 64oz of water a day. For exercise I was walking 3 miles about 5 days a week. I got down to around 205 pounds and started having dizziness upon standing. I saw my dr and we ran a bunch of labs and thyroid, vitamins and electrolytes were fine. She told me to up my water and I did to 100oz a day. Felt better. Was still having some of the dizziness but not like before.

Fast forward to thanksgiving. I’m down to 185 and feel great. At this point I had cut back the exercising I was doing because it was colder here and I wasn’t able to get out more. And my gym is closed. I started getting more of the lightheaded and dizziness with standing up. My heart was always racing. My Fitbit said my HR while sitting was in the 70s-80s range and getting up and walking to the next room my HR would jump up to 115 or more. Saw my dr again and she told me to up my water again. I question that because it’s not like I’m out running marathons or doing a lot of strenuous activity. She sent me to a cardiologist where I’ve had a echocardiogram, holter monitor and a tilt table test. Before my appointment I was checking my BP and was getting readings around 90/60 in the morning. He thought I had orthostatic hypotension caused by my weight loss. My tilt table test was negative for the orthostatic hypotension. I haven’t got the results of my other tests yet. But he’s had me up my water to 120oz and up my salt intake as well.

I also get migraines and have so for about 5 years now. They are getting worse. And I’m starting to have a lot of issues with dizziness. Last night when I bent over I was so dizzy and had to lay down.

I’m just feeling really discouraged. I pretty much feel worse now than when I was heavier. I thought that losing weight would help me feel better physically. I’m tired all the time. I’m anxious because I feel like crap. The cardiologist told me that when you have a good amount of fat loss you lose blood volume and make you feel bad. Had anyone else experienced this? Or anything similar? I want to get down to about 150 pounds but I’m almost afraid to keep pursuing weight loss.

Any guidance wound be appreciated

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Struggling to lose weight 24F 5’2

Hi everyone,

I’m struggling a lot with losing weight. I was around 55kg my whole life and pretty fit, but in the last few years I went on medication for my depression, and two of the side effects for my specific medication have been weight loss or gain and an increased appetite. I subsequently have gained 30kg in 3 and a bit years.

I’m obviously overweight and I’m extremely self conscious about it. I stopped my medication after discussing with my therapist and doctor, and joined a gym in august. For my birthday in September I was given PT sessions. I went twice a week for a couple of weeks, then dropped down to once a week. I lost a couple of kg those first few weeks, but have really not seen much result since then.

I was doing a food diary and have been gymming 3-4x a week since October now, but I haven’t even lost 5kg. I don’t think I’m eating extremely unhealthily, and my PT has been pretty happy with my eating habits overall.

Obviously Christmas time is a hard period when you’re trying to lose weight and control food etc but im just so frustrated with the lack of results.

It’s been long enough now that I feel I should be seeing more results, and I’m just so tired of working out and eating pretty well (80/20) and nothing coming of it.

Does anyone have any advice? I don’t know what to do next

TLDR: eating 80/20, working out pretty regularly, not seeing results. What next?

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Starting weight loss this week - how do y’all meal prep?

I’m a bit overweight and I can tell (6’0, 185lbs male, irregular eating habits and currently getting fatter). I’m starting a new 9-5 job, and I plan on finally following a regular lifestyle, and the first thing I’ve been fascinated by has been r/MealPrepSunday.

Anyone have any advice on how to follow through with that, some plans I could follow, or maybe some success stories? I’m trying to eat about 1500 calories a day until I get to 165lbs or lower (I’ve been sedentary and I’m not muscular, so I look fatter at 185lbs than some). Do you just buy ingredients and look up their nutrition and add them together in the meals you’ve cooked and their weights?

Part of the reason I’m chubby is that I love cooking and I eat my food too much, hahah.

Thanks a bunch everyone, I’ve read through here a bit and y’all are really wonderful

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Anxiety about family commenting on weight loss

F/25/SW:301/CW:221/5’4”

Hello and merry Christmas! I’m sitting here with terrible anxiety because I’m about to go see my dad for a Christmas dinner. I have been overweight/obese my whole life and my dad (who has always been slim) has always made comments around being “concerned for my health”. This year, I finally got my act together and have lost 80 lbs! I’m so proud of myself. I feel healthy, confident, and strong. But like I said, I’m getting the worst anxiety about seeing my dad and knowing the comments he’ll make. Last time I FaceTimed him, he answered by saying “Jesus, you look half your size!” I KNOW he means well and it’s supposed to be a compliment....but I just find it so, so embarrassing whenever he comments on how much weight I’ve lost or how different I look. I did it for myself and myself only, not because he told me too. I’ve only seen him a handful of times this year due to quarantine but also because I’m just very anxious as to what comments he’ll make.

Rant over....guess I just need to type out all my anxieties and get this over with....but if anyone has any advice for acknowledging your weight loss and family members commenting on it I would appreciate it SO MUCH :)

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Being weight loss shamed by parents

Some holiday fun... I’ve lost 20 pounds this year (I was overweight and changed my diet and exercise routine and I am much healthier now). In the past 24 hours I have been shamed by both my mother and father THREE TIMES for being “too thin” or telling me my butt is “nonexistent” now (it’s not, I always have a big butt) and I just don’t understand why anyone feels the need to comment on someone’s weight like that. Both my parents are overweight and they say they don’t mean it in a mean way, but my mom literally called me anorexic to my sister. Why are family members such haters???

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Parents in denial about my obesity - how should I react?

Hi everyone! I hope everyone is having a great holiday. I have a small problem regarding my parents and I want to know if there is anything I can do to make the situation better. For reference, I am 21 year old woman, 5'4, and my starting weight was approx. 237 pounds. I am currently at 207 pounds (lost 30 pounds in 3 1/2 months, yay!) and my goal weight is around 130 pounds. I have been obese for pretty much my entire life: I was obese throughout my childhood and my weight slowly creeped up as a I got older. I was always told by my parents that my weight was fine and that I shouldn't listen to my doctors after the numerous times they told me I was obese. I was told "You're not skinny and you're not fat" which, in retrospect, is a completely ridiculous thing to say. I am losing weight primarily for health reasons; my dad has Type II diabetes (he is not obese) and my mother, who is obese, has high blood pressure. These things really scare me and so I am working very hard to reach a healthy BMI. My father has been supportive of my weight loss and encourages me to lose more but when my mother visited today, he proudly declared that I was "nowhere near obese" during a conversation about weight. In retrospect, I probably should not have entertained this conversation at all, as it is an inappropriate topic to discuss in general. I guess that's Christmas family conversation for ya :/. I will try to avoid that topic in the future. Anyway, my BMI is currently 35.5, so clearly that is not true. I am obviously not "nowhere near obese." I am obese, period. It may seem strange, but this genuinely hurt my feelings. It felt like he was lying to me or, at the very least, in a lot of denial about my problem. It almost made me question my perception of my weight, which I did a lot during my childhood as well. Not only that, but it almost implies that my goals aren't as important as I think they are. My question is: Should I have a conversation with him to help him realize that I am, in fact, obese and that losing weight is very important to my wellbeing? Or is this something I truly don't have control over and that it would be better to just focus on myself?

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Weight loss sabotage or just dumb?

I have been working hard and eating healthy and lost 16lbs since the end of October.

Last night we were at a gathering for a pig roast. My friend (someone I’m friendly with, and our paths cross frequently) kept bringing up my weight loss and asking a lot of questions regarding how I did it, what I’ve been eating etc., I specifically said that I drink mainly water because she knows that I used to drink a lot of coke. Fast forward to when we are about to have dinner, and she’s trying to convince me to try one of her diet sprites that she had bought. After going back and forth a little bit, I said that sure I would try it. She brought me over a glass of “diet sprite”. I tried it and I said “wow that’s not bad at all” and she made a big deal out of how it’s the best diet drink she’s ever found. About 30 minutes later she brings the sprite bottle to the table. I started looking at it because it was a special holiday sprite with a funny label. I didn’t notice anything else until she said “oh yeah I guess it’s not diet, sorry”

Like, seriously? There is no way that was an accident. Why do that?
I’m a non-combatant person, so I chose not to say anything, it wouldn’t have solved anything anyway.

Anyway, that’s my only frustration from changing my lifestyle and becoming healthy, some people don’t cheer you on.

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