Thread: need advice on weight gain

You've lost a lot of weight, honey. Sometimes those who have lost a lot stabilize about 3-5 pounds over. Your body fights to go back to that higher weight so we have to fight back even harder. Take a look at what you've had to eat the last few days and check to see if you're getting enough fats. And you might be eating too much protein and not enough fats. I've been seeing people do well lately with Nora Gedgaudas' protocol of restricting protein to about 50 grams and upping fats and veggies.

And it sounds to me like you need to stop the alcohol. You can go out with your friends but just have club soda with a twist of lime. You don't have to stay home just because you're not going to drink. There seems to be something in it that's affecting your weight. Or just sip on a glass of wine the entire night. Are you drinking enough water too? Alcohol is dehydrating so you have to drink more water to compensate.

thanks for the response grammy. i definitely get in enough fats- i have usually 1-2 TBSP coconut oil every day, plus a whole avocado between my meals and use butter or olive oil for cooking. i knew there was a possibility i would stabilize higher than my LIW, but i was very stable at that weight for my first 2 weeks of P3 and only a pound over LIW for a few weeks after that. It wasn't until I started gaining from the alcohol that my weight went up and stayed up. This leads me to believe my body could have stabilized where I ended my round had I not messed it up with the drinking. I'd really like to get back down to that point so that I could try to stabilize there, but I'm not sure how to go about doing that. I will definitely have to stop the alcohol as that is surely what is causing the problem. Do people ever have any success trying to lose weight without HCG in/after p4? Is it possible to do this through exercise? I've read that people started gaining when they added in exercise and I'm afraid this will happen. Thanks!

Give it a few more days then try a steak day again once the inflammation subsides. hang in there! I've never had any success losing any other way but hcg.

i got so frustrated yesterday and just decided to count weight watchers points. this is what i ate yesterday:

jay robb shake with 1 cup skim milk
apple

pistachios
greek yogurt
apple

grilled veggies

turkey with zucchini, tomatoes onions and garlic



up another pound and a half. my weight is just sky rocketing no matter what. this is my last week of p4 and i can't eat anything. i've gained 7 pounds in two weeks now. i literally just want to crawl in a hole and die. someone please help me.