Can't seem to lose weight while consuming carbs. Is something medically wrong with me?

I am a 5ft 9, 226 lb, 26 y/o male who is currently two months into my latest weight loss attempt following a 1700 cal diet of at least 50g fat and 150g protein while also walking 10,000 steps per day and doing 30 min HIIT workouts three days per week.

In two months, I am only down 2 pounds from my 228-starting point. I have tried losing weight many times before and have only ever had success doing a low carb diet with minimal exercise where I was able to get down to 204.

I have noticed whenever I do any sort of strength training while also eating carbs I almost immediately gain weight. My muscles swell up and I feel very bloated but strong until I stop lifting again.

I am at a loss for what is going on. I am working with a fitness coach who believes I am either not counting calories correctly or I may have a medical issue based on how slow the scale is moving. I am 100% certain I am logging calories accurately using a food scale. Do I have a medical issue or am I genetically intolerant to carbs? My father who has a similar build to me carries a good amount of fat despite working a very active job while eating a decently healthy diet that contains a lot of carbs.

When I look at myself in the mirror, I feel that I have gained muscle and possibly lost some fat and overall, I feel stronger but my slow weight loss and the overall bloatedness that I am feeling has me concerned.

Is it possible that I am rapidly gaining muscle at the same rate that I am losing fat or is something wrong with me?

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Foods becoming salty?

Hello over the past almost 2 years (my fitiversary is Dec 1 yay!) I have been working on my weight and dropped lots but still lots to go.

Lately food tastes salty. I have never bought low sodium options but now I do especially chicken broth etc. Has anyone tried Schneider’s off the bone ham? So delicious except it’s a splurge item for me. Just bought some and now it’s too salty! Jeez. I googled “things taste salty” and I’m now low key paranoid I have a brain tumour. But I am wondering if it’s just food tasting different due to weight loss. Has anyone else started to find food salty? Or other changes?

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Is it normal that I have loose skin with a non-drastic weight loss?

CW: mention of eating disorders

Sorry haha, I know posts about loose skin are really common, but I’m just concerned.

For context, I’m 5 ft tall and 20 years old. I started at 182 lbs and I’m down to about 150 lbs in 8 months. Most of this has been through diet changes, walking, and twice-daily yoga.

I had a restrictive eating disorder for a long time, but one of my major motivations for recovery was the fact that I would have loose skin, so I have been trying to lose weight in a healthier way and treat my body normally as well as recover mentally.

I feel like my weight loss hasn’t been too drastic, but I’m already seeing loose skin (especially on my thighs and chest). Is this normal? Is there something I’m doing wrong? I know people say the younger you are, the most likely it is that your skin will bounce back. However, I’m just really concerned because I have been at a high weight for such a long time.

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Can you eat more to lose more?? Help

This might be a dumb question, bear with me. The logic makes sense in my head but I know there’s a lot more science that goes into weight loss, so I’m coming to you.

My current calorie limit is 1200 per day. I always make sure to have less than 100 calories left over at the end of the day, so I eat at least 1100. It’s been working for me and it’s not too hard for me to maintain, so I’ve kept it up. I know that it is understood that eating less than 1200 is too little, so here is my question.

When you eat “too little”, your body goes into starvation mode and tries to prevent you from burning fat, right? So if I ate more, say just above the limit at 1250, would I actually lose more weight? Since I’m slightly over the line? Can I eat more to lose more in this case?

Please be nice to me, my weight loss journey is still young!

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I need my morning workout like I need my morning coffee.

M32, SW 214, CW 193.4. I've been Losing Weight since September 6th, Mostly keeping myself @ 1900-2100 calories a day, and going to the gym or jogging 6 mornings a week with an hour or two on the treadmill every evening. On Monday, I pulled my Glute, I didn't hydrate enough the night before my leg day. Tuesday I did my arms and back, and I haven't been able to run/workout since then to allow time for my muscle to heal. I've been averaging -2.2lbs/week, this week was -0.8lbs. Tomorrow is my scheduled Arm/back day again, so I will be setting back into the gym. I hope it helps.

These last 3 days have been depressing AF. I'm not sticking to my Meal plan, I'm not being productive, I'm just a lump right now. My house is getting messier, I'm reverting into the fat, lazy slob I've always been. I think I'm addicted to the endorphins and without them, I'm just unmotivated and Meh.

It kills me inside to think about how if I had started morning gym/run time years ago, how much better my life would have turned out. Days that I workout first thing, I feel like superman doing all the other things in life not related to weight loss. These days that I'm not, I'm just the lazy bum that has ruined his health and his life. it's depressing. My butt-muscle feels like it's getting better though. I am going to try and do a light run tonight, My plan is the same light jog I went for my first "Screw it, I'm going to run" run. I think I'm going to skip leg only day for another week, but I need to work out!

Sorry for the rant. Don't know if this will get removed. I just needed to say it.

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Is a midwife considered a sedentary job?

So, I'm a student midwife in university who's trying to lose weight. 5’1”/F/ SW: 77.3kg CW: 50.9kg GW: 44.5kg. I've been mostly sedentary during my weight loss due to depression. I sometimes go on walks to do 10k-12k steps and I go to the gym, but I'll admit I've not been as consistent as I should be in that regard. I recently started placement as a midwife and I was disappointed to find that I only come out with around 6k-8k steps at the end of a 12 hour shift. I do more steps on a day off usually but I find it hard to find spare time to do go to the gym so I'm mostly getting 7k steps a day on average, not even meeting my daily target. Is this considered sedentary? I'm also struggling to keep to 1,200 calories at work most days so I'm going over my calorie limit while also being less active. Please help me, I don't know what to do and my weight loss is slowing down. I want to reach 50kg before the end of the year and I'm afraid that won't happen :(

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Feeling like a deer in headlights

20 F 5’2” SW:87.1 kgs CW:81.6 kgs GW:57-60kgs

I began my weight loss journey in March focusing on exercise and diet, but the progress is so slow, and it’s leaving me dejected, frustrated and angry🙁. I have increased my protein intake and track my calories on an app, and am in a deficit according to my TDEE.

I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.

I live in a South Asian country and I’m dependent financially on my parents. My family members keep sabotaging my efforts to lose weight. They refuse to allow me to consult with a nutritionist and when I try to make healthier choices with my food consumption, they ridicule me by calling me ✨fancy✨. I had to fight to consume chicken breast on a daily basis, which after coming to a compromise is 5 days a week, but I consider it a win . They’re also the same people who have made and still make fun of me cause of my weight. The quality of gym trainers is painfully laughable and atrocious where I live, affording an actual value adding coach is not feasible for me at the moment. I depend on the Internet a lot to inform myself about healthy approaches to weight loss. Currently I’m doing what is considered best and healthy i.e., calorie deficit and exercise, but I’ve been at 81.5kgs since September 6th. I don’t understand why😔. I wanted to be able to reach 71 kgs by the end of the year, but it doesn’t seem like it’s gonna happen now 💔

Please help🙏🏼 I want to reach my goal and all I feel right now is lost, stressed and angry🙁

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