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Why am I gaining weight???NO OT if you please.
August 12, 2010 at
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Back in late May/early June I decided to go on a diet. Not only to lose weight but to learn to eat a little healthier since my diet was consistent on a lot of fried foods and soda and junk. I tried NutriSystem and found their food was pretty gross and I couldn't eat it so I am currently doing a Lean Cuisine type of diet.
My menu consists of a Lean Cuisine breakfast, lunch and dinner. They're generally around 230-300 calories each meal. I have a small snack in between each one. Breakfast is fruit snack, and lunch is a Nabisco 100 calorie pack of some type and then my dinner snack is a Skinny Cow ice cream (150 calories, low fat). This puts me at a bit below 1500 calorie intake daily. I drink water all day and the only downside is that I don't have much time to excersize so I only do about 15 minutes a day.
In the beginning things were great and I lost 30 pounds. I am nowhere near my goal and I've slowly started to put back a pound a week or so over the past 3 weeks. I don't understand why my weight is creeping back up and why I'm not continuing to lose weight. I have a lot lot more to go and shouldn't have reached a plateau this quickly and surely shouldn't be gaining it back....
It's really stressing me out, since I started this diet I've been obsessing about my weight and feel like I'm failing somewhere but can't figure out where...Any thoughts would be appreciated so I don't fall off my diet and give up...
My menu consists of a Lean Cuisine breakfast, lunch and dinner. They're generally around 230-300 calories each meal. I have a small snack in between each one. Breakfast is fruit snack, and lunch is a Nabisco 100 calorie pack of some type and then my dinner snack is a Skinny Cow ice cream (150 calories, low fat). This puts me at a bit below 1500 calorie intake daily. I drink water all day and the only downside is that I don't have much time to excersize so I only do about 15 minutes a day.
In the beginning things were great and I lost 30 pounds. I am nowhere near my goal and I've slowly started to put back a pound a week or so over the past 3 weeks. I don't understand why my weight is creeping back up and why I'm not continuing to lose weight. I have a lot lot more to go and shouldn't have reached a plateau this quickly and surely shouldn't be gaining it back....
It's really stressing me out, since I started this diet I've been obsessing about my weight and feel like I'm failing somewhere but can't figure out where...Any thoughts would be appreciated so I don't fall off my diet and give up...
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1) You can eat healthy and it doesn't have to be processed foods. Portion control is also a key part.
2) You need to exercise more than 15 minutes/day. If it means waking up an extra 30 minutes you need to start sweating and elevating your heart rate.
3) You have to make a life change and adjustment...Do you honestly plan on eating lean cuisines for the rest of your life? Once you are down to your ideal weight what do you do then? You have to treat food differently you need to integrate health eating by preparing your own meals. I'm not saying that every meal needs to be a prepared meal and you can get by on a lean cuisine here and there.
4) This is your life and you need to do what you want with it...but I can tell you that if you get down to your ideal weight and go off your lean cuisine diet you will gain the weight back. You need to learn to cook for yourself.
5) Start a food and exercise journal. You need to be meticulous about detailing your daily routines. If you are still gaining weight and decide to seek the help of a professional the data in this journal will be extremely beneficial to them helping you.
Good luck with your quest.
the only difference is that i am semi-active, which helps my metabolism. i go to the gym to play basketball once or twice a week, and it helps me keep the weight off.
also, eating a frozen food (lean cuisine) with lots of sodium doesn't mean it's healthy for you. i wouldn't rely on it to lose weight or be healthy. a better bet for you is going to subwayand getting a turkey/chicken breast sandwich with lite mayo. just get a footlong and eat half of the sandwich at a time.
I agree that there is a minimum number of calories that is safe but trying to manipulate your metabolism is not going to have a significant impact on your weight loss. It is just another diversion from the main principal of eating fewer calories than your body needs to lose weight.
More muscle tissue! More of that more calories you use.
I know people like to say muscle weighs more than fat, but 1lb of muscle weighs as much as 1lb of fat. Muscle tissue is much more dense however, so you can weigh the same but look a lot slimmer.
the only difference is that i am semi-active, which helps my metabolism. i go to the gym to play basketball once or twice a week, and it helps me keep the weight off.
also, eating a frozen food (lean cuisine) with lots of sodium doesn't mean it's healthy for you. i wouldn't rely on it to lose weight or be healthy. a better bet for you is going to subwayand getting a turkey/chicken breast sandwich with lite mayo. just get a footlong and eat half of the sandwich at a time.
most body builder will tell you that exercise is like 10% of their work... dieting is really really important.
You can consume 800 calories in like 10min, you can run at a fast pace (5-6 min/miles) for 10 min and loose like 200 calories. It's all about intake/output..
working out built muscles that speed up your metabolism, sort of like an invisible extra burner through out the day, so that helps. As for dieting, just eat regularly in small portion instead of following crappy diets, when u go hungry and have no food the body shuts down and it reduces ur calories consumption.
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Some of the posts here have had some good suggestions and as I mentioned before I'll keep you posted on the outcome. I'm not ready to give up. I quit smoking 2 weeks before starting my diet and that's gone much more smoothly and easily than trying to lose weight. So thats a double whammy of more healthiness that hopefully will allow me to live a happier, healthier and longer life.
My warning is that there is a lot of advise about losing weight quicker regarding changing your metabolism by the types of food you eat, when you eat, how often you eat, how much water you drink, e.t.c. but please don't forget that these are all small, secondary effects. "Experts" talk about these things because it is their job - they can't make a living by simply telling people to eat less. However I think that this often causes dieters to get caught up in all of these minor issues and lose track of how many calories they are eating and they always fail. Be patient and good luck!
Do you really think you can eat crap filled with HFCS, hydrogenated oils and all sorts of chemical preservatives/fillers and still lose weight like someone eating what bodybuilders call a "clean diet" that's as natural as possible with an emphasis on controlling insulin response to maximize fat burning? Not a chance in hell.
I posted a sample meal plan for the OP a few pages back and if she follows it I almost guarantee her bodyfat will decrease steadily, even without exercise.
Also take a multivitamin if you can.
Do you really think you can eat crap filled with HFCS, hydrogenated oils and all sorts of chemical preservatives/fillers and still lose weight like someone eating what bodybuilders call a "clean diet" that's as natural as possible with an emphasis on controlling insulin response to maximize fat burning? Not a chance in hell.
I posted a sample meal plan for the OP a few pages back and if she follows it I almost guarantee her bodyfat will decrease steadily, even without exercise.
If there is some study that shows that chemical preservatives/filters has any meaningful impact on human metabolism such that it will actually slow down weight loss then point us to it. This talk about these kinds of things having any significant impact on weight loss is exactly the type of pseudo-science that is spouted about the internet and repeated over and over but has no basis in fact . . .
It's not any processed foods, it's real foods..it's not calorie counting but it really comes down to bottom line portion control, no sweets, no in between snacking and a permanent change in lifestyle that you can continue even after you lose the weight. It's not going to be a rapid diet like most, it's going to take time and patience. (half a pound to 1 pound a week)
I also have upped my water intake starting over the weekend and found time to up my excersize more, not all in one shot but it's about a total of 45 min to 1 hour daily also starting this weekend. I will let you all know how it turns out but regardless I'm positive about the change in eating habits this will bring about and at the very least a healthier inside if not outside too.
Hugs to you all!
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Good luck with the new diet and exercise!
Just remember, you will have good and bad days/weeks, the important thing is not to get discouraged, cheat and slack off.