[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

Well, I was down at 165 and 15% body fat. In 2012 I struggled with my diet and added 10 pounds. And that's when I went to see an eating disorder psychiatrist who put me on a very high carb diet. Breakfast was toast, cereal AND english muffin. Dinner was pasta almost every night. Lunch was a sandwich. Snacks were crackers and peanut butter or a muffin. I was hitting around 2800 calories a day under this doctor's plan. And I put on ANOTHER 10 pounds up to 185 and my body fat went all the way up to 24%.

I then went to the personal trainer, dropped the carbs down to near zero, started weight training. The weight has only gone down to 180, but the body fat is at 19.6%.

So I'm okay staying at 180 for the rest of my life. If I got down to 170, I wouldn't complain, but I have no urgent need to get there. I feel good, high energy, did well on my half marathon, lifting heavier weights now... generally things seem okay.

However, both my family doctor and my new psychiatrist both wanted me to see this dietician and I had a feeling they wanted me back more towards what the first doctor had me on. And I was right. Which is why I brought the book about the paleo diet... which just seemed to irk the dietician. She didn't seem to like being challenged.

Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate

As per my last post, it was fat, based on the body fat percentages. I regularly go to Toronto for DEXA scans.

Those weights don't seem bad at all. I am 6 ft and float around 190/200 depending on how much running/weightroom I do.

I would stay off the scale for a few months and use you clothes/energy level(s) as your guide