Anyone ever experience a “woosh” after a refeed day?

Just curious- I’m around 15% BF (Male, 32inch waist) and am trying to lose the last 5-10 lbs to get to 10%. Weight loss has been stalling the past few weeks despite an increase in cardio AND decrease in calories, so I tried using a Refeed Day yesterday (500 calories above maintenance) to see if a woosh would follow.

But ultimately today I just weighed the same as I did previously. So I hit the gym this afternoon and am back on the calorie deficit today. Just wondering if it takes a few days for a Woosh to happen following a refeed day or if it’s just not gonna happen at all. I plan on just continuing with my dieting down but the lack of change on the scale can be hard for motivation

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Topamax and long term metabolism issues

I took 100mg topamax for several years, I had mental slowing, hair loss, and weight loss as the main side effects. I've been off topamax for 3 years now.

From my research I understand the weight tends to all come back, and mine certainly did. However it came back and then some! I'm 20lbs heavier than I've ever been, and two years later I'm still struggling to lose it. Although there have been studies about people coming off topamax and regaining weight, I can't find anything long term.

I eat a balanced diet (I have some education in nutrition) very little junk food, I don't snack or drink my calories, I am lightly active. I am eating at calorie maintenance or in a deficit. My weight doesn't budge, or it goes up a little. It seems like coming off topamax has permanently affected my metabolism. My doctor doesn't want to hear it, and always said that there was no way my hair loss and mental slowing was associated with topamax when these are all established side effects.

So my questions are, has anyone else had persistent weight issues after stopping this drug? Is it plausible that topamax could have had a long lasting impact on my metabolism?

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I HIT 200LBS TODAY!!!

Stats:

• 5'3 trans man / HW 265 / SW 256.8 / CW 200 (!!!) / GW 175
• Size changes: 44 to 38 pant, XL to M shirt, 4XL to M chest binder (GC2B fwiw), 10ish to 8/8.5 men's shoe

This morning, I stepped on the scale and I hit 200lbs exactly. I know I still have a long way to go, but this is a huge milestone for me! A year ago, I hadn't even started this journey (I began March 11, 2020). My weight was going higher and higher, I was wearing uncomfortably tight clothes because I couldn't find any in my size, I was throwing out old clothes that didn't fit... Worst of all, I felt miserable. I wasn't active at all, save for a walk down to Dunkin Donuts. I still have a solid 30 or so pounds to lose, but that means I'm only 1/3 away from my goal!

Can I share some stuff I've learned?

1. People might not be happy at first, they may doubt you. When I first started losing weight my parents blamed every ache and sickness on the weight loss, saying I was losing too quickly. Ignore them.
2. Thrifting new clothes is a good idea. I get almost all my clothes on sale, thrifted, or secondhand because it is wayyyy too expensive to buy new clothes every few months. I honestly still wear my size 44 pants because at this point they're oversized but in a ~trendy~ way.
3. Please please PLEASE take pictures! It's hard to really see the progress since you see yourself every day and it's less noticeable. Sometimes I'm vain and send the progress pictures to my dietician haha.
4. Eat what makes YOU feel good. This doesn't mean eat junk food 24/7. Find out what food makes YOUR body keep ticking, find what nourishes you the best. See what fruits and veggies you like and stock up on them! CICO is important, but someone who eats 500 calories of McDonald's is going to feel significantly different than somebody who eats 500 calories of actual food.
5. Your weight will fluctuate. That's normal - water retention, muscle gains/losses, eating a particularly heavy meal, stress, and SO many other factors play into weight. I used to weigh myself daily and stress over the number, but I don't bother anymore. I weigh myself when I remember and look for the trends. I also look at the NSVs - my clothes fitting different is a big one.
6. Navigating day-to-day life will be very different for a while. There are times where I'm like "I'm not going to be able to fit in that space/chair/shirt/whatever" and then I do! Those moments are common, but it'll settle down. Not going to lie, I still see myself as that 265-pound kid who was busting out of his jeans. I've worn enough size medium shirts now to trust that a medium will fit.
7. I've found finding community is SUPER helpful. I don't think my family wants to hear about my weight loss, so I've found online spaces (like this one!) super helpful in keeping me on track, finding tips, and sharing my trials and errors.

I want to thank all of y'all especially. Community support has been a big help throughout this whole thing, and it's really helpful to see what other folks are doing and their progress.

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Fat loss and weight loss are not equal.

I Thought I would write this topic - I am not trying to offend anyone but I see some people losing insane amounts of weight...3% of bodyweight a week ect...on very low calories.

Now granted if you are super morbidly obese then this will be beneficial for your health - but for the majority of people you are probably shooting yourself in the foot.

Its tempting to want to lose weight fast - but should we want to lose weight??? I say no, weightloss should not be the goal.... FATLOSS should be the goal.

When it boils down to it we cannot accurately measure our fat loss week to week (those hand held gadgets or bodyfat measuring scales are not accurate!) and so weight loss is what can be easily tracked.

All weight loss is not equal. losing 50 lbs of weight where it is 35lbs fat and 15lbs lean body mass is far from ideal. Losing weight at a slower rate and combining with resistance training and you are going to be loosing a vastly higher percentage fatloss.

Remember, its lean body mass that gives us our TDEE figure - Its worth preserving what you have! long term the more muscle you have the easier and longer you will be able to burn of fat.

Everyone has their own journey , every single person that visits this sub is trying hard. But honestly i feel to much emphasis is put on weight loss.

Each to their own though. Whats right for someone may not be for someone else.

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Loosing weight after years sleeve surgery and 7 years of debilitating chronic pain

Hi. This is my first time posting on reddit and I am very fragile and will be completely honest. I hope I can stay strong through the responses. I am just at a breaking point and really need support and advice and it would be nice to find someone ojt there going through something similar.

For a bit of background I have been overweight all my life and it really bothers me and I feel extremely fragile about it and I get fat very easily. I remember being 5 and everyone described me as extremely active and I was still made fun off for being fat. And it is not like I ate that badly, I am sure I ate candy like all kids but my mom made a loint of me eating fish and veggies and all that. Anyways throughout my life I have yoyoed. I have done some unhealthy things to lose weight even as a minor and pressured by my parents. And naturally I gained the weight back and more. Things got worse when I went overseas for college at 17. When I was 19/20 I started getting persistent lower back pain that radiated. I wasted a few years with wrong diagnoses. Weight was massively emphasized by doctors. I lost 20 kg. Not a difference but they did not care. Things progressed, the pain is debilitsting and I really had to fight to do things like finish my degree and try to have a semblace of a normal life. But it is very hard. Standing up without walking hurts a lot within minutes sitting within 30 minutes and walking within 20/30 minutes on good days. I have been on medicstions that did nothing but give me side effects including weight gain. Fast forward I was referenced to the pain unit finally and it took months to get in due to my age. Doctors say contradictory things about my pain but the most accurste seems to be sacro iliac disfunction and I have tried a lot of things including alternative medicine which shiws how desperate I am/was. Again weight was massiveky emphasized. They were actually pretty verbally abusive at times. I had doctors bring up weight in compassionate ways but they were just terrible and made jokes in the middle of painfull procedures etc... So I was referenced to bariatric surgery. I was 24 or 25. I did a gasteic sleeve. I lost 40 kg. The pain did not imptove one bit. I did muscle strengthening via clinical pilates and physio and things still did not improve. Of course the exercise I can do is very limited due to pain. But I would push through the pain when they told me it woukd help an often would cry from the amount of the pain. But it did not help. The surgery made my metabolism a lot worse. But maybe because of my age within two years I can eat a lot more than initially. It is still less than an average person but thst made me plateau and even gain a little weight. This year I started a PhD overseas with a lot of fears due to pain etc. And I gained like 20 kg back. My main problem is sweets. I definitely have a psychological problem but I do not know what to do. I have gone to therapy for three years as well as a psyquiatrist and I am on meds. Truth is it is extremely hard for me to talk about it but sometimes I feel like junk food is the only thing that can get me through the days. I do have severe depression but I have been working bard on it and still here I am. I want to lose the weight I gained back but I am having a lot of trouble with motivation. It feels like I will always be miserable. Either because I have to severely restrict and miss out in order not to lose weight or because I am overweight. The fact that the weight loss did not helo the pain also makes me feel very tired and demotivated especially because of how pain robs me of coping skills and of doing proper exercise. I can only walk for like 30 min on good daya with extra pain and it does not stop when I stop walking. I am in pain all the time. This is all on top of it. I also suffer from extreme fstigue. Like I will feel sleepy tight after wakingmuch up even if I slept well. I have to fight eztremely hard not to nap and feel lots of brain fog and it ia hard to progress with my PhD the way I feel. I feel an extreme need for sleep like 3 times a day and its hours. I have been fighting my hardest to not give in and work but it has been very difficult. I absolutely do not know how I will lose weight like this. Surviving feels so hard. I feel like I have gotten all the help I can afford too. And I feel really ashamed I messed up the surgery weight loss. And 20kg seems like it will take ages to lose and I do not kniw how to keep exercising through the pain and restric my eating so much while still being able to do the PhD. Even if I make it it seems like things will be even more bleek and miserable and I feel like I can barely take it as it is. I really do not know what to do. There are family pressures and some abusive environments on top too. And I am now scared to go to doctors cause all they will see is the weight gain and bully me to no end. I was just wondering if anyone has tips or can relate. I am 27 female by the way. 1,74cm, roughly 110kg.

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Halfway there!

SW: 221 (no idea if I was ever higher because I was always afraid to weigh myself) CW: 181 GW: 140 27F, 5’4”

I have done that thing that lots of people do when they get divorced...and lost a bunch of weight. I separated from my ex mid July and starting trying to lose weight mid August. I started with Noom and found it very very helpful for the first couple months. The articles were great for reframing my thoughts, understanding, and relationship with food. I no longer use Noom and seldom count calories, instead just keeping a mental tally of about how much I’ve eaten. Some days I know I eat more than I should for losing, but I think I probably rarely go over maintenance. This is worth it to me because I just REALLY hate counting calories.

In December I started using the app None to Run. It uses walk/running intervals with the end goal of being able to run for 25 min straight. I know that exercise itself does not necessarily have any meaningful impact on weight loss but it has been really motivating to me to have the routine of running about 3 times a week and feeling strong and capable. I have never enjoyed exercise and anytime that I tried to just get out and run or something in the past I always ended up feeling nauseous and like I was going to die. This program has been so great because it has been gradual enough that I have to work for it but I have never felt nauseous or like it was unattainable for me to complete the work out. I’m currently up to running in 5 min intervals which is something I know I never could have done before!

This journey helped me to feel in control of something at a time in my life where I had little control. I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished so far and feel motivated to keep going.

Progress pic

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Worried about Gallstones

So I (20y/o 5’11’’ male) recently started a pretty successful (unsuccessful?) diet, in the first 8-9 days now I’ve lost around 15 pounds, going from 273. I realized going through it while I’m not hungry or feel any adverse affects that the amount is pretty unhealthy. Looking into it I’ve read stories about too fast weight loss causing gallstone and worse surgery.

The majority of these I’ve noticed are women, I’m assuming they have higher likely hood of developing them but am unsure. I’m now pretty worried about developing them and am wondering the likely hood of it happening if I continue?

I already plan to change my diet to increase my caloric intake.

Also i’m wondering if eating the occasionally “very fatty” food (fast food once a week or so) would reduce the likely hood of developing gallstones? (From my limited knowledge)

I understand the vast majority of the subreddit aren’t dietitians or doctors but still wanted to get the opinion of people maybe in the same boat or have experienced it.

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