The point of no return with weight-gain

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by Ghaati

And if your preferred fat is in the form of deep fried chicken, or a burger smothered in butter-sauteed mushrooms and cheese, or "loaded" fried potato skins, or 5 strips of bacon with your fried eggs and home-fry potatos with buttered toast -

then you are also not as hungry. You are also "dieting" yourself into obesity and heart disease.

I did mention the general dietary approach of fruits, veg, lean meats, limited starches, and lots of water. I never subscribe to the unhealthy high fat meats or extremely carbohydrate dense foods, even if they don't contain wheat.

[Ghaati]

Originally Posted by GraniteStater

I did mention the general dietary approach of fruits, veg, lean meats, limited starches, and lots of water. I never subscribe to the unhealthy high fat meats or extremely carbohydrate dense foods, even if they don't contain wheat.

I was responding to farm fatale, who claimed that eating fat (other than canola oil, they pointed out) was an option to reduce hunger.

[Eman Resu VIII]

Hopefully I'll hit the point of no return soon and get so fat I can't really get unfat again.

[Ghobi]

When did that happen for you? Seems like right when I entered my 30s my belly hasn't been the same. This inflatable balloon has been stretched for not even that long but it doesn't want to go away. I'm usually bloated. 32 now and it's been a yo yo effect. I can lose the weight and most of the fat but it comes back very quickly if I mess up. When I was younger it was easy to maintain.

I do not believe whoomp turning 30 does anything but maybe gain 5 lbs on a healthy diet. A bit of exercise usually clears it up. If you are eating junk, then people gain weight earlier. At 32, your metabolism should be good esp with being active. What about family history of any illnesses? That might have more bearing.

Anyway, this is what I've been doing again for the past 2 weeks.
-cardio based workouts atleast 3 times a week. Swimming, shooting hoops and a lot of walking. Also the 1 or 2 days of weight lifting. My job is pretty physical so I'm always active.
-trying to avoid foods that cause bloating.
-trying to eat foods that decrease bloating
-Eating less to get that caloric deficit.

190lbs, 5'11 male. I don't know my bf%, all I know is I have decent muscle mass and most of my bf goes to my belly.
Why has it become so hard so quickly? Am I just not working out enough? I'm just worried if I have enough energy to do more.

Is this sudden exercise ? How much do you sleep? How much fiber do you get? Cortisol belly? Insulin resistance? Could be a lot of things. If you have a family history of GI illnesses, bloating is something to check with your doctor. Beachball belly isn’t normal, could be stress, low sleep, low fiber or some other thing that needs to be ruled out. Have you taken antibiotics? Start eating for your microbiome- look up recs online.

Originally Posted by keymaker221

Honestly I don't know, I have a pretty big variation in my diet so it's hard to figure out what's causing it.

I don't think I have a gluten or lactose problem looking at all the other symptoms that come along with it. But I could ask my doctor, can this be easily found out with blood tests?

If you mean variation in diet you will eat processed junk, don't eat Cheetos, fast food, twizzlers etc. Nothing good comes out of highly processed foods. Gluten and corn are allergenic for many, interfere with digestion. You could post your food diary and people might see some trends.

[Eman Resu VIII]

Crikey I am now nearing 200lbs and I used to weigh 135lbs after college.