Lost ~40 pounds from intermittent fasting a few years ago and I've been really cold ever since

Hey, not sure if this is the right place to post this as I have already lost my weight but I hope some of you can give me some direction/explanation to warm me up.

So 3-4 years ago I was 180 lbs, but after developing more depression and more mental issues, I wanted to shed it off and get as skinny as I was in early high school. Over the next 6-8 months (I think, I wasn't keeping track) I lost about 40 pounds, and am sitting between 130-140 depending on the day and what I do/eat. The problem is, I've been freezing cold ever since then. Even in 70 degree weather im shivering in a hoodie, while I'm sweating. Like my body temp is okay, I just FEEL cold, or the air feels cold around me.

The big problem I have with this is at the end of my weight loss, I got a nasty cold/maybe weak covid, and THAT is when the cold skin started. I thought after I was done being sick I'd be back to normal but no, it's just been so cold all the time for now 3 years now.

There are times where I don't notice it. A hot shower is great, I was in a heated pool the other day and that was great, but once I got out I was SOOOO cold.

Again, I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but if someone could either give me advice or point me to where I should ask, I would be very appreciative! Thanks in advance!

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I lost 115lbs and am slowly gaining it back. I'm lost and depressed.

Im a 6'2" 30yo Male. On June 29th 2022 I weighed 370lbs. I got down to 259lbs in January of this year. As I type this im 278lbs. I've gained almost 20lbs in the past 2 months. Truth be told i was plateuing for a couple months before I started gaining weight.

I had a health scare at 370lbs, that's what started the weight loss. I took it very seriously. Now I have the all clear from the doctors and I got into a relationship with a woman in Janurary so there was a lot of dates and nights where we didn't care what we ate. She broke up with me this week. 3 month relationship.

I'm just depressed and don't know how to get back up and fight again. How to put the gloves back on and get in the ring. I'm so tired of fighting. I'm not enjoying any of my hobbies. I'm not able to get out of my bed.

I'm lost.

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feel like weight loss is being limited because of a mental health loop, tips to break it?

i have struggled with mental health and weight ever since early middle school. while i have made massive strides in mental health since then, i still struggle with it pretty consistently and the weight i gained during the worse years is still here. i have been able to more or less keep my weight at maintenance since i started college but struggle to lose more than 5 pounds. i have noticed that i may be on a good streak but then i start feeling bad about myself and turn to food for comfort. i then feel bad about turing to food and hate my body but find comfort in food once again.

i know the best answer is to seek professional mental health however my parents don’t really believe in therapy and i’m on their insurance (i’m 20). i can’t be the only one who is struggling with weight and mental health and feels stuck in a loop bc of it. has anyone been able to break out of this without professional help? any tips, both on weight loss or mental health management, would be really really appreciated.

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Looking for tips

Hello :) just joined in hopes of getting some advice. My weight loss journey began in 2021 with my starting weight at 188 pounds. Since then, I’ve lost 58 pounds. I’m 10 pounds away from my ultimate goal weight, but I’m having trouble reaching it and was hoping to get some feedback.

I’m 5’6, 23 (F) and weigh 130. I use MyNetDiary to track and my current cal budget is 1,461. I’m rather sedentary, but do at-home workouts pretty much everyday. My goal is 120. From my understanding, it’s possible for weight loss to become harder the close you get to your goal weight. Could this be why I’m having trouble with these last couple of pounds? Any tips/feedback would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

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I Really need advice

I recently started focusing on weight loss and health, currently weighing 305 pounds, down from 315 pounds since the 18th. I’ve been aiming for a calorie intake of 2000 per day, but I’m unsure about my exact calorie deficit needs, not to mention I’d be lying if I said I’ve been eating up to this amount each day. I’m concerned about losing weight too quickly. For workouts, I do a mix of cardio and strength training Monday through Friday, rest on Saturday, and have a light workout day on Sunday. Im M19 and about 5 foot 8. What’s the right calorie deficit for me that won’t harm my health? I’m just concerned because I’m stressing about this stuff, but I feel like it shouldn’t be stressful. Any advice or stories would really help thank you!

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PTSD and weight loss

Hi! 26F, 5’7, starting weight in January was 160. I’m slowly shedding weight off and am now around 151. I still want to lose around 20 more pounds. That’s when I feel and look my best. I work out up to 5 days a week. Typically splitting my workout into lower body, pull, push and stairs. I’ll either do a repeat of lower body or stairs for the fifth day. I’m eating around 1800 calories a day, but I’m thinking of cutting it to 1700 calories a day. I don’t want to go to the gym more because I usually spend at minimum an hour on those exercises not including a full stretch routine.

I eat pretty well, though, I have had a number of incredibly stressful day over the past month and I’m wondering if my stress is not allowing my body to shed weight faster. I was recently diagnosed with PTSD and have been in a constant state of fight for about 2 or so weeks.

What is the relationship between weight loss, and stress? Is there anything more I can do? This is the one area of my life I feel like I can control.

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Getting over leftovers inertia

Hi all,

I’ve been attempting to be in weight loss phase these past few months and have been failing pretty badly. I have to eat between 1300-1500 to be in calorie deficit and somehow end up eating 1800+ on multiple days every week simply because I can’t get myself to eat leftovers. When I do eat it, I’m perfectly satisfied with the meal and it does indeed taste yummy. But when hunger pangs first hit me, I find the leftovers almost repugnant and want to order in desperately. It’s not even a weak-moment decision. I sometimes spend an hour debating my options, consider cooking a new dish, open my refrigerator and cabinets multiple times, and then order and wait for my food for thirty more minutes.

I’m in a moderately unpredictable job where I cannot fix my lunch/dinner timings so I can’t preemptively feed myself before the hunger pangs hit. (Although, I ’m open to suggestions to work around it). I could possibly push myself to spend 30 minutes cooking every day but I really don’t seem to succeed at it since my hit rate with cooking yummy meals is maybe 2/5 times. And rewarding myself for eating leftovers is not working, cuz I’m mostly run out of willpower by the end of the day.

I do tend to eat mostly whole foods due to inflammatory responses to heavily processed food so premade meals are mostly out of question. The meals with good clean ingredients are all pretty out of my budget.

Any advice on working around this weird inertia?

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