Weight-Loss in desperate need of advice!!

[LSablerNYC]

Hi, everyone. I joined this forum because I desperately need advice which I hope someone can help me out with. I have always struggled to lose weight and keep it off even though I have never been significantly overweight – maybe no more than by 15lb or so. Within the last year, I am not proud to say, I have been an on/off user of Adderall (which I am sure all of you are familiar with) to moderate my weight. I am a full time college student in the evenings and I also work full time 5 days a week during the day. I took Adderall for assistance in my 18+ hour work/school days for an extra “prep” in my studies, etc. I obviously was ecstatic to discover that besides giving me an extra energy boost, it COMPLETELY suppressed my appetite to the point where I was just content in eating once a day – a big breakfast. In a matter of 2 months, I dropped about 15lb and was at my ideal weight of 105lb (I am 5’0 tall) I loved the way I looked but didn’t want to keep taking Adderall because of the health hazards (not to mention it being quite pricey)
I can only imagine what eating once a day and running on less than 400 calories a day did to my metabolism. So now, without the Adderall, I’m scared that whatever I eat is going to get stored as fat right away because of how slow my metabolism has became. Is there anything in particular I can do and/or are there any specific foods I can eat that will speed my metabolism up?? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

 

[KaraCooks]

My advice to you would be to learn about nutrition. Most people focus on how much they eat and not WHAT they eat.

You need to learn how to properly fuel your body by eating regularly and not rely on appetite suppressants and eating one meal a day - as I think you're figuring out.

You may wind up gaining a little weight as you go back to a more healthy way of eating, but if you're careful not to eat a lot of junk and to provide your body with the right nutrients, you should be able to take it back off reasonably soon. You just need to give your body time to adjust and for your metabolism to catch up.

The good thing is that you're young and haven't been doing this for a very long time, so you've probably not done any permanent damage. It's just a matter of moving forward from here.