During the period when I was severely depressed, there was no way I could lose weight. Heck, I didn't CARE about my weight. Being lonely and bored makes me hungry. I guess it's not a good idea to try to lose weight when you're lonely and bored. It's not a good idea when you're too busy to customize your menu charts either.
Beverages can cause weight gain.
Lithium makes me drink a lot, and drinking about a gallon of fruit juice a day is probably the main reason I gained so much weight in the first place. But you can' t drink caffeine while on lithium. So I decided to force myself to like drinking pure, unadulterated water. I weigh myself as soon as I get up, before breakfast, wearing nothing. I'm trying for consistency, weighing myself at the same time in the same way each day.