Posted by Jefff on December 10, 2002, at 13:04:59
In reply to Someone please tell me how I am gaining weight!?!, posted by jerrympls on December 9, 2002, at 23:11:59
My situation is very similar. Im 33 and was always very UNDERweight until about age 19 when I finally began to gain some decent weight. Im 5' 10" and I managed to stay at 150 lbs with a 29" waist (which I wasnt in the best shape, but I was happy) until about 1995 when I quit smoking and starting eating more... I starting gaining weight but began excersizing (45 min. bicycling daily and also had a soloflex which I did 5 days a week). Yes, I worked my ass off but it paid off because I got into the best shape of my life. I still had these small "love handles" and small fat tummy section I couldnt get rid of, but I now believe that was because I ate way too much pasta (therefore way too many carbs making it much harder to burn the fat). I also went on prozac around that time so perhaps that made it more difficult to lose the weight too, but I dont know.
Anyway you cant just eat one meal a day. Youre body will think its starving and it will try its hardest to retain the fat you already have... and people who starve themselves to lose weight look horrible because they lose all their muscle mass too.
But... unfortunately for me my depression and horrible life took over after awhile and I gave up excersizing, starting eating like a fat pig and have now gained almost 100 pounds (Im now 245lbs!!!!) in the span of about five years.
Ive recently gone on klonopin which has been great for my anxiety. I also got a new med. prescriber and she talked me into going up from 20mg paxil to 37.5mg Paxil CR.
Im planning on gettin back to my excersize routine (as soon as I can possibly motivate myself) and if I have any problem losing then Im probably going to go off the paxil.
hope this helped,
Jeff
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