Does anybody else get more stomach upset since weight loss?

So this week, I had a bad week of overeating. My coworkers from all across the country came to my city for a regional conference. So from Tuesday - Saturday, I was not eating well. I think it was due to a few factors. Like wanting to cut loose a bit, more eating out/drinking than normal, and just breaking from my routine. Anyway, I had been doing good with averaging about 1300-1500 calories a day. I normally do intermittent fasting (eat between noon-8 p.m.) My stats are 5’5, 170 lbs, 26F. I’m not sure exactly WHAT I ate/drank because there was a bunch of eating out/drinking. I would try to get back on track like doing intermittent fasting in the morning. Some days I started with a yogurt or protein shake. But then through the day/evening, it would get progressively worse. I’m not sure how much calories I overconsumed. From my estimates, it doesn’t seem to have been that much over. I was averaging about 2000 calories a day from food/alcohol. When I started this journey at 190 lbs, my maintenance calories were about 2200. So I don’t consider what I had to be severe binging.

Yet, Friday/Saturday, my stomach felt absolutely horrible. It’s bloated to an extra 5-7 pounds. It was actually hard to sleep. I think it was from alcohol but friday night all I drank was one mixed drink, one shot, one beer. Saturday was the same. I wasn’t even drunk. This is something that I have noticed since my weight loss. That overeating that wasn’t so abnormal before now causes me a lot of stomach upset. When I was heavier, I rarely had stomach/digestive issues. I’ve noticed this with my thin friend as well. Even one meal out can often give her an upset stomach. What is going on? Does this happen to anyone else? How do you reset to have your stomach feeling good again? I tried to reset friday and saturday but then I wound up waiting too long to eat. Then, I was hungry and overate. But, when your stomach is upset in the morning, it doesn’t want anything.

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Is a maintenance break for 8 weeks after 12 weeks of weight loss a good idea, and have you tried it?

Is it advisable to take an 8-week maintenance break after 12 weeks of fat loss? I've been researching this, especially from Dr. Mike Israetel's videos, and the recommendation is not to diet continuously for more than 12 weeks. Have you followed this approach during your weight loss journey? Since April, my weight has ranged from 258 to around 260, although my diet has been somewhat inconsistent but mostly healthy. I'm curious about others' experiences with this strategy. While being in a calorie deficit all year is impractical, is an 8-week break too lengthy?

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Seems like I can’t lose weight unless I’m working out even in calorie deficit

Me F(33) (5’11) CW 240lbs GW 190

It seems I don’t lose any weight even when I’m in a calorie deficit unless I do some weight training. I had my suspicions for a while so I decided to test my theory.

For a 2 months I followed the same meal plan, getting in plenty of protein, healthy carbs and fats. I counted my calories and averaged about 6000 steps a day.

Month 1 : calories consumed ~1500 no weight training or workout. Result: -2lbs

Month 2: calories consumed ~1800 (because I was hungrier) + workout 3x a week by doing 100 kettle bell swings, 100 jumping jacks, 80 mountain climbers, 40 push ups and 6x 30sec planks (depending on the days it takes me about 30min to 45min) to complete. Result: -11lbs.

Does anyone have the same experience ? Can someone explain the massive difference in weight loss ?

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Weight loss frustration

I am F (20) 5'2 (160 cm) and 63 kg (138 pounds). Ever since I started university my weight increased from 56 kg to 63 kg in the span of two years. I emotionally eat and I restrict then binge a lot. I also overeat in social settings and I want to try anything and everything. Last June I decided enough and started restricting and doing very long inclined walking sessions for hours at a time. I was able to successfully go down from 61 kg to 54 kg from June to August. I was so happy, so confident, felt so good about myself. People praised me and complimented me every day. Midterms rolled in and I started telling myself I am so thin I can afford to eat what I want. Kilogram after kilogram and by December I have reached my highest weight at 64 kg. I felt so ugly and disgusting. People noticed and started commenting "What happened to you?" and I simply just felt worse. The new semester started and I decided I wanted to lose weight again. From January to April, I went down from 64 kg to 58 kg. Again people noticed and started praising me. I felt good and I told myself I can afford to eat a little bit more and won't gain that much weight. Today it is May 11th and I am at 62.5 kg. I feel disgusting, I feel embarrassed, and I feel so ashamed. I want to lose weight again, I want to feel confident, and I want to love my body. My goal is to just reach 53-54 kg and tone my body with lightweight lifting for better posture. It feels impossible to lose the weight let alone sustain it. I got an opportunity to travel to France for a language learning program for a month. It is my first time being completely alone away from family obligations and social settings. I thought this is a perfect opportunity for me to control my eating habits with no questions like "are you on a diet?" "are you trying to lose weight?" that only put me more to shame. However, I also want to enjoy my time there and not have regrets later that will cause me to spiral out of my eating habits. I know French pastries are amazing and I will also visit Italy in where I will want to try their pastas and pizzas for sure. I am scared of gaining more weight. I haven't been outside the house in 2 weeks, my face is so bloated and my double chin is so noticeable I am so insecure. I am so tired of my attachment to food. I always feel like I will never have enough of it, that it won't be available to me later, that the taste is just amazing. I have had moments where I cried while stuffing my face.

I grew up very skinny, food was rarely on my mind and not offered except twice a day but we had a pantry filled with snacks. I was known to be skinny and petite. It feels like I am just judged for changing. I feel so defeated, and thinking that this will be a continuous cycle scares me. My brain is so tired from thinking about food, imagining food, and feeling guilty about food. I have had irregular periods since the end of last year and continuing until now. My mother took me into a gynecologist and I did an ultra sound in which she saw I had some Polycystic ovaries. I have been taking birth control since January and I feel like absolute shit. I also am growing insane amount of hair on my body making me feel even worse. I hate my body and I feel stuck in the monster that I created. I don't know how to approach weightless anymore. I hate going to the gym, I hate giving up my favorites foods, I hate being on the shorter side. I feel so frustrated and so betrayed with the one thing that truly gave me comfort: food. I miss being excited about meals and enjoying food with friends without looking at their plates and comparing mine to theirs. I don't know what I intended from this post, because at the end of the day it is a calorie deficit that will make me lose weight. I just feel like I am out of control.

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Hungrier as I lose weight??

Hi all. Curious to get other thoughts on this!

I’m 30F, ~5’4”, SW 230 lbs, CW 158 lbs, GW ?140-145 lbs.

I’ve been dieting and exercising for the past 7 months and have lost 72 lbs which is excellent and I’m very pleased! This whole time I’ve been eating 1200 cal/day (which I know some say is too low but I’ve been averaging 7.5 lbs lost/month after the initial brisk loss so it seemed appropriate), and exercising 6x/week (weight training 4x/week, cardio 2x/week), usually for 30-40 min at a time. I’ve felt generally full and satisfied and happy with this plan, rarely super hungry (and the hungry days tended to be around my period). No big cheat days or deviations from plan or even real temptations to do so since I started.

The past couple of weeks I decided to up my exercise a bit, now strength training 6x/week and cardio 3-4x/week, often combing strength and cardio in the same day, which has equated to more like 50-70 min exercise per day. Still one rest day per week. Aside from exercise, I’m pretty sedentary for the rest of the day.

This didn’t feel like too big of a jump in activity level, but I feel like I’m now WAY hungrier than I was! I also have been feeling more tired. I’m not sure if it’s due to the modest increase in my exercise or related to the weight loss somehow. Like now that I have less of my own fat to burn, I’m hungrier? But I feel like as my BMR decreases, I shouldn’t be needing MORE calories, right??

If I say lightly active on TDEE calculators, it says TDEE ~1700, so 1200 should be right for a 500 cal deficit. But should I listen to my body and increase to 1300 cal/day or so anyway?

Ultimately my goal is to be healthy, and I want to build muscle and get stronger, while also progressing towards a normal BMI. I’m willing to fuel my body however is the best way to do that. It just seems counterintuitive to increase my calories now that I’m down to my last 15 or so lbs!

Thanks for your help!

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Frustrated

I know weight loss takes time I get it. I’m a couple months pp and have been trying to lose weight for about four weeks now. I’m bf my baby and trying to keep my calories between 1800-2000. After two weeks had passed I checked my weight on scale and I had gained five pounds. I won’t weigh myself again until June 1 so I’m giving myself lots of time in hopes I’ll see progress with consistency. But I’m so unhappy with how I look and none of my clothes fit and I’m hungry most the time. 🫠 Edit: apparently I didn’t meet minimum character requirements soooo I guess does anyone else feel this way too? Any other bf moms in here? How long did it take others to start seeing the scale go down? I’m being very diligent with my calorie counting. I won’t be measuring myself because it’s too triggering.

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Visually speaking, how significant is a 30-pound weight loss?

I (26M) started my weight loss journey at 280 pounds. I am now down to 226 pounds, most of which is carried in my lower belly/some love handle. My girlfriend and I are in a long-distance relationship, and I would really love to be sub-200 the next time I see her. She's only seen me around 230-235, which I have hovered around for the last two-plus years since my initial weight loss. Is this a significant weight loss? Will she notice? I just don't remember the effect of being down 30 pounds, from 280 to 250, from two years ago.

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