Side effect?
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Side effect?
Since stopping, my weight loss has come to a halt. I have not increased my food intake, I'm not using food as a substitute. I am very careful about my diet. Is this a side effect of quitting? Help!
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AlliH if I remember correctly you are very new to sobriety? Your body has to find a number of balances in both dieting and recovery from addiction, weight loss or gain won't happen until your body recalibrates itself. Eating well nutritionally and drinking lots of water are the best things to help weight loss.
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Originally Posted by dSober 
Ask a doctor. In the mean time, decide which is more important. For me, it's a no-brainer.
Being healthy is being healthy. I don't need to decide which is more important. I'm on a completely balanced diet plan in which I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and drink plenty of water. Should I decide to stop because it's important to me to stop drinking?
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AlliH, I just checked back through your posts and you are very new to sobriety, don't worry about the weight loss for a couple of weeks -- really! You are going to be in so much flux for a while as your body settles down: electrolytes are rebuilding, as are enzymes and hormone levels, your body won't consider shedding weight until this is sorted. Keep going, you are on the right paths.
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What is your expectation on weight loss? I know that you just quit drinking recently and perhaps you just reached a plateau? I've been there. Weight loss is never consistent. What worked best for me was to just keep eating in the healthy manner that I was in order to see it as a lifestyle change. I only weigh every 30 days which forces me to stay on program.
It could be that you've just reached a plateau. Keep doing what you're doing and it should turn itself around. Have you been eating sweets or more than the norm?
It could be that you've just reached a plateau. Keep doing what you're doing and it should turn itself around. Have you been eating sweets or more than the norm?
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Nope, no extra sweets or anything. I'm on weight watchers, so I'm still adhering to the same amount of points. It's either a plateu or a side effect of quitting. I just didn't know if it could actually be a side effect, ya know?
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I gained weight when I quit. I needed to prioritize sobriety as #1 or weight loss was going to be moot. I gave time time and almost five years later I am sober and a healthy weight.
For me, it's first things first. Otherwise I was beating my head against a wall.
For me, it's first things first. Otherwise I was beating my head against a wall.
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Originally Posted by AlliH
.. you're telling me I need to decide between being healthy one way or being healthy another.
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Originally Posted by dSober
Nope. That's not what I'm telling you. I'm telling you the same as others here. You won't have anything else you want if you don't get, and stay, sober first.
They are BOTH important. And not to mention, my diet is part of my encouragement to stop drinking. I don't need to get sober before continuing on with my diet. I have been on this diet long enough that it is not preventing me from getting sober. It is not a distraction, it is encouragement.
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Originally Posted by AlliH
Not to be rude, but both things are important to me. I think it's irrational that you're telling me I need to decide between being healthy one way or being healthy another.
Being healthy is being healthy. I don't need to decide which is more important. I'm on a completely balanced diet plan in which I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and drink plenty of water. Should I decide to stop because it's important to me to stop drinking?
Being healthy is being healthy. I don't need to decide which is more important. I'm on a completely balanced diet plan in which I eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and drink plenty of water. Should I decide to stop because it's important to me to stop drinking?
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Originally Posted by AlliH
No, other people here are telling me it could be a side effect of stopping or your average diet plateau. You are telling me I need to decide what is more important, my diet or not drinking.
They are BOTH important. And not to mention, my diet is part of my encouragement to stop drinking. I don't need to get sober before continuing on with my diet. I have been on this diet long enough that it is not preventing me from getting sober. It is not a distraction, it is encouragement.
They are BOTH important. And not to mention, my diet is part of my encouragement to stop drinking. I don't need to get sober before continuing on with my diet. I have been on this diet long enough that it is not preventing me from getting sober. It is not a distraction, it is encouragement.
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Originally Posted by AlliH
That isn't how it's coming off to me, but thank you for the suggestion.
Anyway, I didn't read the whole thread, so this may have already been suggested - but are you exercising as well? If not, perhaps consider it as it will accelerate weight loss and will help significantly in your sober journey.
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A) I have not gained weight. That was not my question.
B) If weight gain were a side effect of sobriety I would assume it would be a temporary part of tw withdrawal process.
I came here to find out about other people's experiences. Is there another board I should be going to to do that? I didn't create this board for anybody's criticism or suggestion that I wasn't prioritizing my sobriety. Quite frankly, I take offense to that suggestion.
B) If weight gain were a side effect of sobriety I would assume it would be a temporary part of tw withdrawal process.
I came here to find out about other people's experiences. Is there another board I should be going to to do that? I didn't create this board for anybody's criticism or suggestion that I wasn't prioritizing my sobriety. Quite frankly, I take offense to that suggestion.
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Originally Posted by AlliH
... Quite frankly, I take offense to that suggestion.
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