Hello everyone,

I‘m 26F SW: 91.7 CW:71.9 GW:63

I started weight loss in January 2025, by November 2025 I was down to 68.5 (lowest I‘ve been on this journey) and then everything went south..

Somehow through Nov‘25 and Aug‘26 I gained 12kg back and sat at whopping 80Kg again.. this didn‘t happen very suddenly and most chunk happened from May-Aug where I gained 8kg out of 12.

In August I could already not look at myself and said that I would cut out any added sugars (especially because they were my biggest triggers) in September I got a horrible virus and now I continued a calorie deficit and intermittent fasting and am down to 71.9 hoping to somehow escape the 70‘s soon..

The issue is I have such a horrible food noice.. i‘m always hungry and constantly without energy, and I‘m very scared to regain the weight while eventually at some point finishing this calorie restriction.

Any advices? For people that lost/regained weight often, does this cycle ever stop?

Thank you

...how are you doing so far? I'm 41 and I've just restarted after several years off, a gallbladder removal and ADHD medication roulette hell. I know this will take longer than it did the first time around due to all the factors but I'm wondering what I could be looking at by Christmas. I'm starting out at 16:8 and eat around 1600-1800 cals. I'm more sedintary right now because exercise is just uncomfortable but with the cooler morning temps (finally) I'm planning to go for some morning walks. If you have any tips ticks or adjustments you think I should make for perimenopause, I'd love to hear them.

It was my only meal for October 17th, 2026. Been quite busy all day. I'm here to hold myself accountable.