Taking Antipsychotic Medication While Losing Weight (My Story Of Taking Abilify & Some Important Facts)

I will be honest with you guys, I was actually taking a couple different antipsychotic medications before I actually started this main diet which all began about a year ago. I believe I was taking antipsychotic medication about 9-10 years ago and through two different forms which is an injection to start out then later on I switched to the pill form. (Oh and please do not take this article as a substitute for professional medical advice, this is just information I am providing from my own experience and some of the facts mentioned may also be from other reliable sources too. I have a disclaimer at the footer of my blog and also a page called "Disclaimer" which you can read if you like). 

 

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During the majority of that period of time (I'd say about 7-8 years) I was taking the injection and I honestly did not like that method of taking medication at all and that's why I eventually switched over to the pills which I wish I could have taken pills all along. Though it was during all those years that I literally found it almost impossible to lose any weight at all. 

I'd say I could maybe lose a pound of two here and there if I tried hard enough but I will say that I know now there are some side effects of these medications and even when you are taking a good medication that is known to be good for weight loss, it's still going to slow you down in your weight loss journey as compared to not taking any medications at all.

• The last medication I was taking was Abilify, and here are some important facts on how Abilify will affect your weight loss journey if your taking it or something like it:
• Taking Abilify can affect your appetite and cravings for food.
• This medication can affect your energy and activity levels.
• Your sensitivity to insulin and metabolism will be affected. 

Also what I read is... someone on the OMAD diet while taking this medication might lose weight more slowly than expected. They might also feel hungrier during fasting. They may also plateau earlier and they could also need fewer calories than before to lose at the same rate.  

What is also known is how Abilify could cause stronger hunger signals and also give you more cravings for carbs and sugar with the reduced feeling of fullness. This can of course make the OMAD diet difficult since it's easier to overeat during that one single meal you have in one day. 

 One example AI gave me is before you start any medication you might eat only 1400 calories while following the OMAD diet where when you start the medication you may consume up to 2200 calories because of that medication (which I'm specifically talking about Abilify here still). 

There are a few more things to know about how Abilify and other antipsychotics can affect weight loss which you can read the search results here about Abilify if you want to read more on that.  I'd just like to get more into my own experience with weight loss and taking Abilify while following the OMAD diet. 

My Own Experience With Taking Abilify While Following The OMAD Diet

So I do take four other medications that I should probably mention in this article so you can get a better idea of what I'm talking about here. These are the four other medications I take:

• Atorvastatin 80mg's (for high levels of Cholesterol)
• Famotidine 20mg's (for treating GERD)
• Candesartan 15mg's (for High Blood Pressure)
• Ezetimibe 10mg's (for high levels of Cholesterol)
• Multivitamins (it's the Mens Equate branded Multivitamins you can get at Walmart)
• Fish Oil (I threw out the bottle so I don't know what the dosage)

After taking these four medications together for the past few months just after stopping the Abilify oral medication I noticed these medications do not really affect weight loss in any way (from what I noticed). Though, I did start Abilify a few weeks ago recently and noticed that it was much harder to lose weight. 

Also during that time I was not walking or exercising very much so that is probably another reason the OMAD diet specifically was not working for me at all. So anyways, I am on Day 2 of stopping Abilify and I'm not being super paranoid about checking my weight on the body scale lately but I'm waiting a bit longer before I start checking again. 

This way I don't lose motivation as quickly and gives me time to relax a little (mentally). But during this time I am still walking at least over an hour a day outside and I'm also eating about one meal a day and some snacks here and there. I am not totally in a rush to lose weight right now but I'm mainly just kind of waiting for the medication to slowly get out of my system. 

Abilify could take up to 2 to 3 weeks (15 to 21 days) to get out of your system after your last dose, so I don't think that I'm going to wait 2-3 weeks to just take a break and then eventually start this diet again once the 2-3 weeks is over, I will just proceed with this diet and eating only one meal a day and also walking for 1-2 hours per day. 

One last thing I will mention is that if I knew how badly these antipsychotics can affect my weight loss journey or even maintaining a healthy weight in the first place I would not have started any of them in the first place. These antipsychotics have horrible side effects and are really only for people that need them the most to treat their conditions. 

Anyways, if your struggling right now to lose weight and your taking Abilify or a similar medication, you can still lose weight but it's going to take longer and it may take more motivation. 

If you have the option to stop your medication I'd strongly recommend doing so. But it may also be possible that once you reach your weight loss goals and you start taking Abilify or something similar again, you could gain some weight again while trying to maintain a healthy weight, that's a possibility. 

 

 

330 Pounds To 249.1 Pounds. Medication Causing Weight Gain And Slowing My Progress! (May 24th, 2026)

In my last post I had though I actually made some progress, but today I feel like I'm back at square one. I guess I can say that I'm used to this feeling and I know I can't be impatient with my progress. As Rome was not built in one day, the 80+ pounds that I have lost so far was lost in a span of a whole year, or 12 months, while multitasking. 

I strongly believe that most of the people dedicating themselves to weight loss probably weren't doing much else other than working and spending the time each day in the gym lifting weights (that's my guess). Though since I'm not a body builder, I spend some of my time maybe watching social media or reading articles online about this topic of weight loss. 

I have seen some people lose 100 pounds in just six months but for all the things that are going on in my life right now, to me it made sense to just take things slow and any sort of progress that I make is probably much better than no progress made at all. 

I don't know if I have mentioned this yet but I pretty much went a whole 9 years without making any progress at all in losing weight and I was trying all that time over and over again to find the right diet, but all those attempts failed miserably. 

For most of my life, I have tried my best to "find the easy way out" I guess you can say in looking for different ways to lose weight without spending 2-4 hours a day in the gym lifting weights. I have tried the gym before, and honestly I can say now that it's not for me. 

I have a friend that also lost weight himself by riding a bicycle and lifting weights at home. Those gym memberships can be pretty expensive, but if you shop around you can find some pretty cheap ones too. But for me it didn't make sense to sign up for maybe the 20th time and not even use the membership. 

I have done that way too much and I knew I had to stop. But anyways, recently I noticed that I have been going a bit overboard with eating a bit too much and that's probably going to be a given when I haven't been eating more than one meal a day for the last 12 months. 

I am also taking a medication that might be making it harder to lose weight so I might have to stop that medication in the future if I'm not really making progress like I should be. And I've also been avoiding going for walks too for the last few weeks but I just recently started doing that again. 

Anyways, this post was just another post to keep my blog active and maybe to update my readers on my progress. I may sound like I'm getting frustrated and might sound like I want to give up but that's not true at all.  

After doing some research it shows that the medication I'm taking (Abilify 2mg's) does actually increase my cravings for food and there is a lot more to it than just that so if you want to read more on this check out this link.  

330 Pounds To 246.9 Pounds While Following The OMAD Diet (May 18th, 2026)

Alright so I will now be including dates to all of the titles of my future posts so it's slightly easier to tell when which update happened when. Below you'll see an image that I've never seen before but you'll notice what it means just by looking at it. This might resemble how two different kinds of people think, but maybe some people think differently than both of the two examples below in the image you see here. 

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I think I'm the "small steps" kind of person because every single day I make smaller steps to lose weight using intermittent fasting (or also known as One Meal A Day or OMAD). In this other post I made a few days ago you'll see that I actually made it to a much lower weight level of 244 Pounds, and then in this other post you'll see I regained some weight and bounced back up to 250 pounds. 

These small minor changes in weight loss and weight gain are a given when trying to lose weight especially for people like me who are known to be addicted to high fat foods or fast food in general. Processed foods are all I can eat right now because it's all that I can actually afford. 

I didn't bother posting a picture of my chest in this post today because it wouldn't look much different than the previous photos I've taken and have featured in previous posts. I believe what my readers want to see is dramatic changes, not just incremental changes in my appearance. 

I don't know if I have mentioned this before but before this diet that I started last year during 2025 in the month of July, I had never lose more than maybe 35-40 pounds. Technically, to this day I have lost about 83.1 pounds which to be honest, this has taken life dedication and on a daily basis I try my best to eat my first main meal of the day around 3PM or 4:30PM latest. 

This means, when I wake up around 8AM or 9AM I might just spend most of my morning up until the early afternoon just doing things that don't require much energy. This could include just laying in bed, or doing minor tasks on the computer if I feel it's important to do them at what ever time of the morning. 

This also means that when I have an appointment in the morning I really have to eat something very small in order to have energy to walk, talk and do very minor tasks related to those two things, otherwise I might feel very light headed from morning until the afternoon when I actually get to eat my first meal. 

These habits are very important in order to succeed with the One Meal A Day diet and in my own opinion take dedication and for the most part I think the most beneficial thing I ever did was quit my full time job so I could do this. When I did quit that job I had I actually knew I had to leave, for a few different reasons. 

If it was a job that I loved quite a bit, I would have made some minor changes in my routine in order to be able to keep working and to lose weight at the same time. I personally am always thinking of different ways of doing things (around the clock). If something doesn't work I will try another way or method pretty soon after that to see if something else works better. "Where there is a will, there is a way". 

One story I haven't told yet on this blog yet... (est. 2006)

When I first started working I actually worked a job at a retail store stocking shelves overnight. I started this job full time and it was one of the jobs that taught me alot of things about life in general and when I first started this job in 2006 I was probably around 220-230 pounds. 

During the winter months I had figured out a diet that actually worked for me and I was able to sleep in during the day (and I felt quite warm in bed I'd say since it was so cold and my house was kind of old so the heater didn't always work that great). So I ended up sleeping for about 12 hours a day because I couldn't get out of bed.

This meant I didn't eat during that 12 hours and I only ate what ever I had before starting work and what ever I ate on my breaks at work. I also was working a very physically demanding job so I was always getting exercise on a daily basis obviously (except for when I had those two days off, obviously). 

Over a period of a few weeks, I was able to get down to around 170 pounds, and this is the most ideal weight if your a guy in your 20's and you are as tall as 6 foot 2. You should try using one of those online BMI calculators to see exactly where you should be in weight for your age and height.  

The day I reached 170 pounds was one of the biggest differences I have ever seen in my life in how people treated me on a daily basis. No one was calling me "fat" any more and it was the best feeling ever. I also felt quite confident in myself in the way I looked at myself in the mirror. I'd have to say that the time I had spent on this diet at the time was worth every second or every effort I had put into it. 

But, I was still weak in some ways because I had simply found an easy way to lose weight without putting too much effort into it. I might have achieved this in just under 4-5 months. but I had never lost over 100 pounds before all at once. Up until last year (2025), I had never fully dedicated my life to lose a ton of weight. 

I will explain my whole life story (of my weight loss experiences) in another post but that is just a brief description of one of the first times I had lost 30-40 pounds and noticed a huge difference in my life and I also always looked back at how fat I looked before as compared to what I looked like after losing the weight. It was a humungous difference in my overall quality in life. I didn't know what I'd do if I was ever that fat again, I could never go back. 

Later on in life I did gain weight again because I just couldn't control my food cravings. Maybe I have always had a eating disorder and never knew it. Anyways, maybe some of you learned something new in this post or maybe not, but I sure did during these experiences in life and I don't regret anything because being fat really sucks. 

330 Pounds To 250 Pounds, Just An Update

So here is... yet another pointless update with no progress to report so far. Even though I haven't really lost weight recently or in the past 2-3 weeks I am still happy to report that I haven't really gained much weight either. Today I weighed in at only 250.0 pounds exactly according to my scale. 

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I like to bring this fact forward for everyone to see because one common belief that most already skinny people like to say to fat people like me is that this kind of diet that I'm following is considered the "Yo-Yo Diet", and they also go on to say that I am just "going to regain the weight back in just a few months" or maybe a couple years. 

I honestly think that there is a huge difference in aspects of people who have always been skinny their whole lives and people who have gained and lost weight before. These opinions from the skinny people (if they are educated Dietitians or not), are not entirely accurate in my own opinion. I know how my body works and what works for me, though I do agree that seeing one of these professionals is absolutely beneficial to my own knowledge.

I have also already talked with my family doctor and he has told me that this OMAD diet is actually safe if done right. I take multivitamins, fish oil, and I always eat meals that are at least 1000 calories or more per day when eating in the evening. The last really important detail in my routine is that I usually get some exercise (not running, walking). 

That whole combination is definitely vital for survival and success. Other than that, it's definitely true that all bodies are different in some ways and age can be a factor too. I also agree that intermittent fasting could be fatal if not done right. It also helps to be young when following this kind of diet. 

Anyways I hope I made my point here that I probably will not gain all the weight back up to 330 pounds unless I never exercise anymore and start eating two whole pizzas every single day and maybe five 2L's of pop (that would do it). Even when I am not trying to lose weight I would never eat that much. 

The real reason for all the weight gain in the last 10 years of my life was a medication that caused massive weight gain and I literally didn't pay attention to what it was doing to my body over a span of just a few weeks. This medication was meant for treating Anxiety and Depression and I thought it was the cure, but I can honestly say that it did some huge damage to my life physically and maybe mentally.  

Anyways I can't think of anything else to mention other than I am eating some what healthy foods daily right now and I'm definitely not going back to my old eating habits again just yet and I'm also not giving up on this diet even though it's been almost a year and I've only lost 80 pounds. Maybe it will take another year to lose another 80 pounds so I can get to 160 or 170 pounds we'll see. 

330 Pounds To 248.8 Pounds, Slowly But Surely

Okay so below is not much of a difference as compared to my other results I've posted in the past. But I just want to be real with you guys to show you that we all have to take breaks or even if we don't try to take a break during a weight loss journey, it's completely normal for your weight to fluctuate during this whole process. 

(me above) For educational purposes...

I have obviously put myself down so many times with progress like this because I just want to go from 330 Pounds (where I started) and down to 170 Pounds (or 160ish?, not sure yet) without going up 1 number on the scale all throughout the whole process and when that scale actually goes up when you thought you've lost weight that really sucks for sure. 

But in my own opinion, when you think back to what you ate a few hours ago or the day before it makes you think of what you could do differently in the future to avoid doing what you did that made you actually gain two extra pounds. Watching what you eat is usually very important but I would say that I'm pretty lucky to have gotten away with eating junk food, fast food and just other basic foods that aren't that healthy and still have lost a lot of weight. 

I think in the last 3 weeks that I've been trying to keep my diet going I have not lost much because I have not been able to get outside and I have mentioned this as well in previous posts though I'm thinking of ways to walk a lot more for the future and actually yesterday I think I walked for over an hour which was a good amount of exercise and the only thing I forgot to do was put some sunscreen on but I just have to find the bottle of the stuff some where in my things. 

I have watched a few documentaries on social media about people talking about what they ate during their weight loss journeys and one older guy (I'm guessing he was in his late 50's or 60's) said that he actually was able to lose weight eating junk food but by just limiting the amount of junk food he was eating (and he was specifically following the OMAD diet too). 

I do admit again that I eat junk food (just for a snack) often and I also eat other foods that are probably some what healthier than junk food (like hot dogs, pizza, cheeseburgers), but it's mostly because the costs of these foods is much lower than actual healthy foods. I think most people know that this is a known fact with comparing prices on healthy foods versus non healthy foods. 

I do try my best to buy a bundle of Bananas every 3-4 days and I will also once in awhile eat some Apples. What ever fruit is the cheapest. I also take Multivitamins and Fish Oil daily. Then for regular meals, I really hate to admit this but yeah it is just frozen meals with sometimes high levels of sodium but for now that is all I can really afford. 

I will be trying to actually make things in the future once my budget is higher for groceries. But despite all this junk food and high sodium frozen or canned foods I have managed to lose over 80 pounds so far. There is a lot of motivation during the last few months that has taken me to this level obviously, and I would not be here without it. 

From 330 Pounds To 244.8 Pounds, My Weight Loss Progress Update

 So if you read my previous post from May 4th, 2026, you might remember I said I had been stuck at around 250-ish pounds for about 2-3 weeks. Well, today I weighed in at 244.8 pounds according to my scale and I think I'm now at the same level I was at in the post before last post which was on April 30th, 2026 and on that day I was about 245.3 pounds. It does go up and down when your not really trying, I admit. 

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In the last 2-3 days though I've tried to be more serious about it. Though I'm not getting much steps in yet (except for walking around the house) I did actually manage to lose 5 pounds ever since my last post. So, I will keep going from here and maybe I can figure out a good walking routine, we'll see. I do admit that the meals that I eat are usually higher than usual in sodium, but I have been buying the bundles of Bananas from the grocery store lately just to stay a bit healthier than I would be without eating anything healthy. 

Then there is the multivitamins I get from Wal-Mart, which I take about one big pill per day, and also the fish oil supplements might be helping too. If your following the diet that I follow (One Meal A Day), I would say that taking some multivitamins and fish oil is very important. Anyways, today I pretty much ate two slices of 7-11 Pizza (Pepperoni) and one Cheddar Smokey as well. This is probably the most unhealthy meal anyone could ever eat while on a diet like this one, but right now it's all I can really afford. 

Maybe you guys shouldn't take advice from me with these horrible choices in food that I am deciding to eat while following a very difficult diet like OMAD. But if your still reading, follow my lead, because I'm not stopping here with this diet. I still have about 70-80 pounds to lose. I was making alot of progress walking over an hour per day to the grocery store and back before but, my routine has changed quite a bit so I no longer can do that anymore. 

On this current day I am basically happy in knowing that I don't have any saggy skin so far from the 80+ pounds that I lost and I won't even need to bother looking into getting excess skin surgically removed in the future. I heard about some people who have lost the same amount of weight as me or even more and had to get surgery done in order to remove the excess skin after losing over 100-150 pounds, and because of that these people may have had to paid upwards of $20,000 for the entire procedure. 

truly (Youtube): This video is about a man who lost 310 pounds and once he reached that goal he had 13 pounds of excess skin removed from his body through surgery. The man started at 540 pounds and reached 230 pounds at age 27. He used to wear 8XL T-Shirts at the highest weight he was at.

The health coverage in my country is pretty good, but it doesn't cover cosmetic surgery which I guess that's what it would be if you got excess skin from a massive weight loss journey. I think that kind of surgery should be completely covered... especially of the person who did it dedicated their lives to losing that much weight. It's extremely good for your health to not be obese obviously, and for the government to turn someone like this down for cosmetic surgery is just a huge shame. 

Well, I'm glad my body wants to work with me, that's great. I could still experience some excess skin once I reach 170 pounds or 160 pounds but I don't think it will be too bad so I'm half way there already and it's not too bad so far. If your worried about having excess skin from a massive weight loss journey, I would say do your research first before you try out any diets and see whats possible. 

It's not fun looking horrible in the mirror, being super skinny and having lost a ton of weight but you got some flabby skin hanging off your body, I would make sure first that this is something I could fix once I get to what ever weight amount it would be to be happy. It is indeed possible that if I were ever to reach the same weight of the guy in the picture above, and I lost around 300 pounds, I probably would have to deal with excess skin after reaching my goals. 

Anyways, I hope my readers here (*crickets*) enjoyed my weight loss update, and when I reach 240 pounds or less I will definitely upload a picture to show what my chest looks like just to show everyone the difference I made. 

Weight Loss Progress Has Stalled. Stuck At 250ish Pounds After Losing 80 Pounds.

 In my last post I basically said that I was slowing things down for awhile and I guess I can say it was shortly after that post that I decided to continue with making progress. I'm only making this post to push content out on this blog, and also to make people aware of the reality of losing over 100-200 pounds. 

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There are going to be the days that we feel like giving up, and it is true that some might completely give up because food is their addiction. Eating disorders are truly a huge problem for a lot of people out there and for people including myself. For the last few days, I haven't really been motivated enough to stay below 245 pounds and I have been stuck in between 245-250 pounds for over a week so far. 

I also have not been completely capable of cutting out alcohol, which is especially bad because I have been previously diagnosed with fatty liver disease and I have no idea if this is the alcoholic version or non-alcoholic version. It would be good to know which one it was. I don't think my doctor can give me a clear answer on this one. 

Because of that alcohol intake I haven't been able to cut the calories completely. But I know that I will succeed as long as I don't give up. Anyways, I only made this post to just simply provide an update for the sake of an update to my audience. I don't know if anyone actually reads this blog to be brutally honest with you all. 

People love success stories, and I don't plan on being a failure story. I have limited myself to certain things in my life because I am overweight. Reaching 250ish pounds was a huge success story in my own books and I have noticed the difference in how people treat me in public because of this success and progress I have made. 

My weight loss goal target would be either 170 pounds or 160 pounds, and I know some people might think that these are crazy numbers to think about, but so far I have not noticed any sort of saggy skin or anything like that which I am extremely lucky to not have to deal with and I feared this may have been a problem in the future. 

I dived in head first to get to where I am now and I think the only thing I will have to deal with is the stretched skin marks on my chest once I reach the ball park estimate goal of my weight loss journey goals. Anyways, if anyone out there is reading this and you feel like your about to give up on weight loss I feel you. 

But just know that it takes life dedication and there is no magic pill to reach your goals physically. Not to sound corny or anything but I always think of the one quote that I heard some where online which is "as long as you don't give up you will succeed" and while thinking about this one I always relate to the way I think personally and this quote lines up directly with my own beliefs. 

There are people out there that can lose weight in 90 days, or 6 months, or even 9 months to a year. For me it has almost been a full year (as of the end of July this year it will have been a full year for me since I started trying to lose weight). I notice a lot of people have noticed I have lost a lot of weight but still think I am fat at 250 pounds. 

Well, things are going to change soon and nothing is going to stop me, even the worst and most negative people that will discriminate me either to my face or behind my back will have to rethink what they are thinking of me because I don't give up. And even if something happens to me but I still manage to stay alive I will keep going.