Why Did I Gain Weight?

denee05

when did you start watching calories? Are you really tracking everything (eve that bite from someone plate)?
After being sure we are 100% honest with yourselves think about this our bodys need time to figure out whats going on Do we really think we gain 1 lbs when we overate by 3500 cals no we did not Why do we think your bodies should give up that easy these goals should be life long eating and exercise goals not how much did i Lose or gain today how about this year First be kind to you, second be honest, move everyday. You will get there

I count my calories religiously. If anything I'll overestimate a serving if I'm not sure. If I go over, I just exercise until I burn it off. Well, I tried on some pants today and they didn't fit at all. So I've made no progress whatsoever. I've been so down I don't even want to drink a cup of the 20 calorie coffee I just bought. It's just so hard when I know that I'm counting calories, watching my portions, and starting to run for 80 minutes 3 nights a week and have nothing to show for it. It sucks that I can't even talk to a doctor about it because insurance in this country is beyond expensive.

And technically, I've been counting my calories for at least two years now. I used to try to stay at or near 1600 and would exercise everyday for almost an hour. Never made any progress.

And even in college I was doing the Taebo cardio everyday, drinking lots of water, and eating mostly chicken salad (as in grilled chicken with lettuce), and still saw nothing. I was using some DSi fit program for that plan. I would also try to get 10,000 steps in a day at that time.

I've been more diligent about keeping them under or at 1200 for the past month. I joined this site so that I could use the food diary on my phone. I don't know, but something is just not right. I've been within the same weight range for the past 5 to 6 years at least. I know this because the clothes I'm wearing now are at least that old and still fit the same. I just can't get lower than 210 no matter how hard I try. And then my mom just walks in the room announcing that her size 10 pants I bought her yesterday are already too big. She's an 8 now. I'm more than twice my mom's size in clothes now. That's embarrassing.

I got really depressed yesterday and binged. My total calories for the day were about 1700. So even when I try to eat a lot, I still fall below that BMR number. I just don't understand. I guess I'm just destined to be fat forever with chicken legs.

KimA1

I have had the same thing going on. I am exercising for an hour 4 times a week. I am counting all my calories, eating my exercise calories, drinking water and still I gained weight. I'm so frustrated. The only thing that is keeping me on this path is that I know I've lost inches. I measured myself when I started and have measured weekly.

This week I'm going to make sure I'm not eating after 7 p.m. which tends to be a big challenge for us. I'm going to step up the water and as everyone said, quit using the Wii to weigh myself and get a real scale. I'm also going to cut out the glass of wine I have at night a few times a week.

Feeling VERY frustrated also, but trying to keep it up.