Yes- I mentioned that medications can lead to weight gain... they do so by stimulating appetite, or by causing fluid retention, or by reducing caloric burn...
But I have to point out that NONE of these CAUSE weight gain other than fluid retention.
Why?
Because reduced metabolism or increased appetite STILL requires you to EAT more food than you burn, to gain weight.
The fact that people on a given medication tend to gain weight is not evidence that medication creates fat. Its evidence that medication alters how much food you NEED, or it alters how much food you feel like eating.
People tend to get fat when they have an Injury, too.... Does injury CAUSE weight gain?
No. Its the fact that injury results in reduced activity, hence less need for food, and folks just keep on eating as if they were just as active that causes that weight gain.
So, sorry... that people tend to respond a certain way to medications does not change the physiological fact that Fat accumulates when you consume more calories than you need. And that is the ONE necessary condition that creates fat.
That medications can change how much you need, or how much you want is immaterial.
You can still keep from gaining that weight by simply being mindful of how much you eat.
Again- I have been overweight... more than once. I have lost that weight, more than once... and the key was ALWAYS just taking responsibility for the food I shoved in my face.
It hard, because eating is something you can't entirely give up.
Its hard because we eat for emotional reason, for medication reasons, for social reasons and for reasons of pleasure...
But you still have control over it. Keep eating three squares a day, every day, plus snacks... and you WILL get fat, given what counts as a meal in America today.
Reduce your intake when ill, when a sprain or break forces a break from activity, and most importantly reduce your intake overall gradually as you age, and you will not gain weight.
And if you're taking a medication that you know people tend to gain weight on... pay even closer attention to intake.
And PS- it is not any harder to lose weight than to gain it.
It is simply harder to deny ourselves than indulge ourselves.
Fat cells we have grown never really go away without liposuction, and they contribute to our sense of needing food...
But few people gain weight dramatically. By and large people come within 100 calories of what we really burn nearly every day. ( overweight people burn a lot more- and so they eat a lot more )
maintaining your weight really comes down to just a few choices per day.
And excuses are the means we use to get fat or stay fat.
