I've just recently noticed I got a belly. My stomach is sticking out as far as my pecs do.

I figured I'd turn to u guys cause I've seen quite a lot of misinfo over on Fitness sub. So here's the deal. I'm not sure what's going on. I was always a really thin dude like When I started lifting I didn't start from zero, I started from minus one. (Never liked eating, also dealt with depression all my life). So few years ago I really started lifting, followed a calorie calculator and saw very significant gains. I worked out for almost 2 hrs 5days a week. However 2 things happened. 1 year ago I fell into the biggest depression of my life due to a breakup. Still reeling from it tbh, still have daily suicidal thoughts, but I'm def better, however that did reset my progress somewhat. Lost like at least 10kilos, didn't eat, barely worked out. I've since started again like 4 months ago, BUT.

Second thing: half a year ago I started grinding, making moves in my career. This is great cause I'm making bank, networking some, and growing my work portfolio. However it does mean GRIND. I'm pulling around 70 hour weeks in front of a computer, which is as tough as it sounds, and means working on most weekends too, and will last until the end of June, when I'll be back to normal. This also means I just cant make it to the gym as often obviously, barely have enough time for literally anything else, which I spend trying to maintain my social life.

So I can only make it like 3 times per week to the gym, and spend between 0.5-1 hour, or 1.5 if im very lucky. Naturally I figured I should decrease my calorie intake which I did. However it seems like I'm just getting fatter. When I start getting fat it always starts on my face, then on my stomach.Now as I've said, my stomach's as far out as my pecs are, its really disturbing, never happened before.

My diet hasn't changed, I just figured I'd eat less of what I already do. It's not particularly healthy, but it absolutely got the job done before gaining and during gaining. Its basically chicken stuff like, chicken & rice (sometimes potatoes), chicken wraps w veggies, burritos, chinese chicken stuff, and burgers (beef, sometimes they're McD's cause of time constraints sadly). Oatmeal or eggs for breakfast. Only thing I've cut out was pizzas, cause its bad for my skin for some reason. As for supplements I only drink a weight gainer with BCAA, but since I don't get to go to the gym as often and cant spend as much time, I figured instead of daily, I only drink it on gym days.

So, any idea why I'm getting fatter? I'm not sure what the cause is. I'm obviously more stressed cause of the extra grind, but would that even be a reason? Plus I'm still depressed, which usually makes me lose weight. Is there something wrong with my diet, should I be avoiding something? I usually eat 2-3 times a day (2 cause I sometimes skip dinner cause of exhaustion n calories), should I be eating less? (can't imagine eating less than this would be healthy tbh)