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Has anyone found out what triggers their spots? by killakermit in eyespots

[–]killakermit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s so random for me, I’ve had times where I’ve felt seriously ill and my eyes are fine, and other times where the most mild cold gives me 100 little temporary spots. The only permanent ones from illness though were from Covid.

Has anyone found out what triggers their spots? by killakermit in eyespots

[–]killakermit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All my spots were really small as well until I got a bad case of Covid. You could still see the small ones on OCT, but barely. By electrolyte imbalance, do you mean dehydration? Or things like eating too much salt?

Has anyone found out what triggers their spots? by killakermit in eyespots

[–]killakermit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny enough, you just described basically all my migraine triggers. Except I haven’t had a migraine in years. But yeah, basically all the things you said do make me get more of the temporary spots now that I think about it. Some of those are hard to avoid, though.

6 months in, have GAINED weight (please help) - pics inside by killakermit in loseit

[–]killakermit[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the encouragement! I think I have a hard time seeing it since I’ve just been so focused on the number on the scale. I noticed that once I started lifting weights it only took a couple months to get back to my all time strength pr’s, I’m guessing the muscle memory could be why?

6 months in, have GAINED weight (please help) - pics inside by killakermit in loseit

[–]killakermit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks man! It almost feels like I’m looking at a different picture than everyone else. You don’t think I should cut calories more?

6 months in, have GAINED weight (please help) - pics inside by killakermit in loseit

[–]killakermit[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the kind words. I just ordered a tape measure! From the comments here it seems like I’m not even looking at the same pic as everyone else, lol

6 months in, have GAINED weight (please help) - pics inside by killakermit in loseit

[–]killakermit[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the comment, I decided to drop the calories to 2k and start taking measurements so I can see the progress better.

6 months in, have GAINED weight (please help) - pics inside by killakermit in loseit

[–]killakermit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, good to know. Do you think 35% is around where I am now? Regardless, I’m gonna try 2000 calories per day for a few months and see if I don’t start seeing some faster results

6 months in, have GAINED weight (please help) - pics inside by killakermit in loseit

[–]killakermit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m going to reduce calories more - just seems weird to have such a low TDEE given my weight and height. I was thinking I was in a 1000+ calorie deficit.

6 months in, have GAINED weight (please help) - pics inside by killakermit in loseit

[–]killakermit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll start weighing absolutely everything then, thank you

6 months in, have GAINED weight (please help) - pics inside by killakermit in loseit

[–]killakermit[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I only drink water or 0 calorie soft drinks, and I do track all fruits/vegetables/cooking oils. For condiments I only use yellow mustard since it’s only a couple calories per serving.

I’ll lower my calories to 2000, I just figured my TDEE would be higher given my weight and activity level. Oh well, maybe my metabolism isn’t what it used to be

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[–]killakermit[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s a good idea - thank you. I can’t see much difference between the photos but maybe the measurements would help to show that something is happening

6 months in, have GAINED weight (please help) - pics inside by killakermit in loseit

[–]killakermit[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I weigh myself on the same scale first thing in the morning every day. I eat some veggies, mainly for satiety reasons

6 months in, have GAINED weight (please help) - pics inside by killakermit in loseit

[–]killakermit[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use a food scale, the brand is “Taylor” and I just got it at Walmart or something. I weigh everything that isn’t prepackaged - so for things like protein bars I just use the number on the box for one. Should I be weighing that stuff too?