Please Help Me, Set Point Theory? How Long Until Body Adjusts To New Weight? [303lbs > 177lbs]

About Me:

• I was born fat and have been so my entire life.

• Obesity runs in our family (both parents as well as brother and sister).

• We eat mostly homemade healthy food (rarely unhealthy and usually on occasions).

• Only I reached that high level of obesity due to my sedentary lifestyle.

• I believe we have a slower than average metabolism (burning 100 less calories / day can result in 10lbs gain / year, until person gains enough fat to compensate for those calories).

• I even tested it myself before I started dieting, I ate the exact calories I needed to maintain weight according to TDEE calculators and I was still gaining weight slowly (fat weight according to InBody Analysis).

• Fortunately, I never had any health complications and according to doctors, I was "metabolically healthy obese" (lab results showed normal insulin sensitivity, normal HbA1c, normal lipid profile, etc, and I had no heart or blood pressure problems).

Weight Loss Journey:

• 295lbs --> 273lbs --> Binge Eating --> 303lbs

• 303lbs --> 256lbs --> Binge Eating --> 271lbs

• 271lbs --> 244lbs --> Maintenance --> 249lbs

• 249lbs --> 216lbs --> Maintenance --> 223lbs

• 223lbs --> Binge Eating ----------------> 241lbs

• 241lbs --> 218lbs --> Maintenance --> 220lbs

• 220lbs --> 198lbs --> Maintenance --> 200lbs

• 200lbs --> 175lbs --> Maintenance --> 177lbs (while gaining reasonable amount of muscles)

The Problem:

After my last transformation which ended 3 weeks ago (200lbs > 177lbs + muscles in 3 months), my life has changed to the worst:

• Completely lost libido (used to be horny all the time).

• Depressed.

• Hungry all the time (even after eating).

• Can't stop thinking about food and want to binge so badly.

• Craving carbs especially sugary ones.

• Tried eating 3000 calories but it didn't help.

• Low energy.

• Slow resting heart rate (53bpm).

• Much more sensitive to cold.

• Constipation.

• Fatigue.

• Bad concentration and memory.

• Bloating.

• Headaches.

I know that these symptoms indicate Hypothyroidism, but I haven't stopped taking my Multivitamin which has Iodine + Selenium + Zinc (not to mention that I consume iodized salt everyday).

After researching, I found out about the set point theory (less body fat = less leptin = those symptoms) and I have been wondering if anyone could share his experience regarding this situation with me and if anyone knows how long I should expect this to last. Thank you.

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