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Unable to loose weight, any ideas?

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MrsMitch:
I was doing a tweaked version of Michael Mosleys fast 800 which is based on 800 calories per day. But I was cutting out some of the carbs used in it and replacing them with protein. It is sustainable long term, is balanced and did work well for me only 2 years ago and people I know who originally recommended it. It just surprised me this time it didn't work!
But I've stopped testosterone so will report my progress in a week or so. Thanks again, as always ladies, for your helpful advice and thoughts.

CLKD:
Eat when you're hungry Girl, eat!  My anorexia wasn't helped when I would get home from School, hungry but I was told "You'll spoil you tea if you eat now".  By tea time I was way beyond eating  :'( :-\.  Queasy, light headed ........ now I have to eat B4 my body requires energy otherwise I'm on my knees.  Not a pretty sight  ;)

800 is never enough for men or women.  As suggested, the body goes into storage mode.  Much as I love some of Michael's ideas, that 1 - nope.  As low as that should be over seen by a dietician.

bombsh3ll:
It sounds like you are already going above and beyond with exercise too, with your job and dog.

What's your body composition like? Testosterone increases both fat mass and lean mass in females, so it could be mostly bone and muscle that you have gained.

Of course some people can get water retention too which should come off quickly if it is that.

Is it the number on the scale or your shape/clothes not fitting etc?

Do let us know how you get on!

MrsMitch:
It's a combination of clothes fitting and the BMI my GP surgery seems interested in every time I put in a repeat for HRT. I've never been skinny and didn't want to be. Size 12-14 my whole adult life at 5'7" until menopause. I'd always been able to eat whatever I liked until about 40 and looking back I must have been peri with weight gain being the 1st sign.  Now I'm size 16 but what I noticed is normally on this 'diet' I loose weight on my stomach 1st and this time round I didn't at all. My trousers are still tight and I read yesterday that weight gain in that area is common with testosterone.
I do have a fair bit of muscle because of my work, but not overly so and I don't think my recent weight gain has been muscle, just flab!
I'm currently just under 12 stone and my clothes would be comfortable if I was 11.5st but I'd prefer 11st. The one dreadful GP who always seems to be telling me she'd like me to consider coming off HRT, says she'd like me to aim for 10.5st! She phones me each time I put in a repeat for my meds to tell me being overweight and on HRT is a cause for concern, plus my recent elevated BP, so I'm glad that's coming down, if not much weight! You'd think she was personally paying for my HRT the way she goes on but fortunately the lovely GP I saw recently  didn't mention anything.
All that to say I know I need to permanently change how I eat because it's too hard to loose it! But I'll keep you posted and again, thank you all a million times 🥰

Katejo:

--- Quote from: MrsMitch on February 27, 2025, 11:32:39 PM ---It's a combination of clothes fitting and the BMI my GP surgery seems interested in every time I put in a repeat for HRT. I've never been skinny and didn't want to be. Size 12-14 my whole adult life at 5'7" until menopause. I'd always been able to eat whatever I liked until about 40 and looking back I must have been peri with weight gain being the 1st sign.  Now I'm size 16 but what I noticed is normally on this 'diet' I loose weight on my stomach 1st and this time round I didn't at all. My trousers are still tight and I read yesterday that weight gain in that area is common with testosterone.
I do have a fair bit of muscle because of my work, but not overly so and I don't think my recent weight gain has been muscle, just flab!
I'm currently just under 12 stone and my clothes would be comfortable if I was 11.5st but I'd prefer 11st. The one dreadful GP who always seems to be telling me she'd like me to consider coming off HRT, says she'd like me to aim for 10.5st! She phones me each time I put in a repeat for my meds to tell me being overweight and on HRT is a cause for concern, plus my recent elevated BP, so I'm glad that's coming down, if not much weight! You'd think she was personally paying for my HRT the way she goes on but fortunately the lovely GP I saw recently  didn't mention anything.
All that to say I know I need to permanently change how I eat because it's too hard to loose it! But I'll keep you posted and again, thank you all a million times 🥰

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I am very similar size to you. 5 ft 6 tall and currently 11 st 12. I started experimenting with the Michael Moseley recipes and losing weight almost a year ago. I wanted to get back to the 11st which I was before lockdown. I managed to lose around half a stone last summer but I just can't get any further. I go up a lb and then back down a lb. The lowest I reached was 11 st  9 1/2 (just over 74 Kilos). I am on HRT. Even when I exercise, it makes little difference. I did 13 miles last weekend. A lack of exercise causes me to put weight on but, when I do exercise, I don't lose any weight. I just stay the same! I am also size 14.

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