"I have been running for an hour every two days and doing upper body workouts the other days, including ab workouts, pushups and weights, all to exhaustion." - Fonty
My point exactly. You have been exercising to lose weight.
"My diet between fasts has been mostly raw in the first couple of months and nearly 100% raw in the last month or two at least."-Fonty
You changed your diet to lose weight.