Can't Keep the Weight Off!

GeorgiaGirrl

​Hi, all! I lost 20 pounds last year and within a period of three months. Luckily, I've been able to keep it off. However, I am 155 pounds and 5'2". That means I am overweight by about 20 pounds. Even if I happen to still lose those 20 pounds, I still want to get down to 110 pounds.​ My problem is also that I hate my diet, kind of. I can only have 4 palmfuls of food per each 24 hour period with no carbs, or platefuls, as those cause me to gain up to 4 pounds within 12-24 hours; I do not know why this happens... I have been eating healthier, having up to 2 homemade fruit smoothies a week but even though I'm only supposed to have palmful measurements of food, I end up cheating and having up to 2 platefuls or more a week. Are platefuls supposed to generally be as fattening as my makes them? I have done up to 144 minutes of exercise a week and exercise in some kind of way each and every day. When I eat my hunger control chews, it makes me bloated but puts me back at 149 lbs but then my weight jumps back up to like, 152 pounds for no reason. The point is, however, no matter what I do, I cannot get below 148 pounds for the life of me. It's like my body is trying to keep me fat. I really need to know what I may be doing wrong, as my life is on the line. I have high cholesterol and whenever I reach the 160 pound mark, I can't breathe and my chest hurts. I have gotten checked by two doctors and they said I am completely healthy, though.
When I stop exercising for a couple of days, I have random, crippling pain, mainly in my legs. Why is that??? By the way, I go to a nearby exercise room and do old school Denise Austin and Kathy Smith exercise tapes which keep the fat off. I also plan to pay a personal trainer, just in case I never really get anywhere on my own. Thanks for reading!

kommodevaran

This is disturbing to read.

It's not in your power to (directly) keep weight off, you just have to stick to good eating habits that include a calorie intake that keeps you stable at a healthy weight. You should be able to eat whatever you want within those boundaries and not feel that you must cheat or are cheating.

Don't measure your food in palmfuls. Use a food scale and your food diary, and hit at least 1200 calories every day. You can't really avoid carbs, and there is no reason for it either. Any short term weight fluctuations are just that - fluctuations - not gains.

Foods aren't "fattening" - too much food (calories) over some time, will make you gain weight.

tinkerbellang83

Sounds like you're making this way more complicated than it needs to be, palmfuls, platefuls. Put your stats in properly, set your weight loss to a sustainable rate such as 0.5lb per week, eat a balanced mix of foods, weigh your food/log it accurately. Eat back around 50% of any calories you earn back from exercises and in 4-6 weeks review your results and tweak if needs be.

janislil

First I want to say: Stress holds you back from reaching your goals. So try not to stress about it, if you cheat get back up on the horse right away. We all cheat from time to time...
Okay so, my dr. told me to go on a LCHF Diet. So went home and Googled..I was amazed at how many of my 'painful ailments' ceased when I started LCHF and shocked to find out how many carbs I was eating in the foods that I ate...**even the healthy foods I ate were high in carbs and desserts and fruits high in sugar...and yes, who knew a portion was only 1/3 or 1/2 a cup. (my bad), my so bad!! (but in my defense, being married to an Italian didn't help with carbs... they love noodles, more than a few times a week)!!
So now I'm doing a 20/30 day carbs and... 16:8 Split (you may want to try this rather than the 20:4 Split).
I use recipes at ((((Diet Dr. Com. >>lots of good info there)))), Atkins, myfitnesspal.blog and other sites with LCHF recipes.
I don't eat (sugar, starch, cereals, pops, most fruits that are high in sugar, below ground veggies are higher in carbs ) *natural sugars are in a lot of natural fruits and processed foods. (you cant help sugar in some foods, except to not eat them often). I eat meats, fish, cheeses,berries,... I cook with sugar substitutes, coconut flour and/or almond flour, coconut and/or olive oil, (not veggie oil). A few green olives for salt.
I only drink a coffee in the morning, and lots of water. I get "minimal exercise", *heart problems, but I do keep busy. Hope this info. helps, you should get another dr. opinion about it, not saying LCHF is for everyone, but its works for me, (fat keeps you fuller longer, and eat only when hungry). My husband and I are losing about 10lbs per month. I'm so thankful to myfitness for helping me track my goals! (once I reach my goal weight, I will gradually add the higher carb foods back into my diet, until I know what my body can handle without gaining weight, everyone is different. *sorry so long.