cant lose weight:(

anhancock10

I have been taking adipex off and on for a couple years. At my smallest i was 125 but not eating hardly at all ( the pills make you not hungry like at all, and if u eat it makes you sick sometimes). When i would eat i would gain 10lbs in a day...so i quit taking the pills. I ended up getting pregnant but miscarried but i gained about 15-20 lbs. Thats where i am now....and i have been working out 3x's a week for an hour each time (30 mins on the treadmill & 30 mins on the elliptical) and eating healthy with an occasional cheat day. I have gained about 7lbs Im not sure if its muscle from working out? Its making me kinda depressed because i havent lost any weight and im doing all this work. Could it be from the adipex??Could it be from eating like nothing and then going to eating normal again..how long would it take my body to recover from that? Also this is the biggest ive been except when i was pregnant! Help please:) Thank you in advance!

SiltyPigeon

Opening your diary would help us to help you.

From what you've said, though, you've eaten too little on a daily basis for so long that your body goes frantic when you do eat, storing as much as it can. From my experience, it takes a couple weeks of consistently fueling your body a healthy amount every day before you body relaxes and begins to operate normally again. You may gain weight during those few weeks, but it'll be worth it in the long term.

whisperingdragon

What is that medication for, if you don't mind my asking..

Medicines can be a huge contributing factor as to why some individuals gain weight and have problems keeping it off.

Have you tried a vegetarian diet? More like a raw foods diet.

adross3

Raw foodist believe that part of your fat storage is because of the toxins you intake. They say that it stores in the fat until the body can take care of it later. The body is going thru a vast amount of work every day to maintain itself. Many factors inhibit this process.

Stress can keep some fat on you because your body thinks it may need some energy to get away. Fight or flight mechanism. So, stress can slow down your metabolism.

Read the labels on your food. If there is a chemical stay away. Eat cleaner. If you notice chemicals in all of your food, well....like a narrow focus on genetic mechanisms—cancer’s environmental roots. It presumes that the ongoing contamination of our air, food and water is an..... immutable.....(mutating dying cells) fact of the human condition to which we must accommodate ourselves to achieve health.

tinastanley

You have to use to lose.. Meaning you have to use most of your calories to lose weight. If you don't eat enough calories your body will go into starvation mode and you won't lose weight. I used to be like you and not eat hardly anything and didn't lose anything. When I started watching my calories and using most of them I started losing 2 lbs a week. I've lost 25 lbs since I've been eating. I do cardio 6 days a week for atleast 30 - 60 mins and do weight training 2 -3 days a week. I eat a good breakfast at 6, a healthy snack at 10 lunch at noon, healthy snack at 2 then a dinner at 5 and a healthy snack around 8. Again, when I started eating like this the weight started to come off. Good Luck.

anhancock10

The medication is to aid with losing weight. You have to have a bmi of 25 or higher to get it.
And i have not tried a vegetarian diet, im not sure how i would even begin to do that...

Pebble321

Opening your diary would help us to help you.

From what you've said, though, you've eaten too little on a daily basis for so long that your body goes frantic when you do eat, storing as much as it can. From my experience, it takes a couple weeks of consistently fueling your body a healthy amount every day before you body relaxes and begins to operate normally again. You may gain weight during those few weeks, but it'll be worth it in the long term.

I think this is spot on. If you keep eating healthy and exercising you will see results, it will just take time.
Perhaps open up your diary to get some more specific advice on food.
Otherwise, how about setting some non-scale goals related to eating all your calories, swapping for healthy snacks, x amount of exercise per day. Those kinds of things are easier to acheive and celebrate while your body recovers from the hard time it's had.
And don't underestimate the physical and emotional impact of miscarriage, I know from personal experience that this really can change your body and take time to recover from.
Good luck!

whisperingdragon

Ok, I just looked up that drug you are taking. Which shows me it's a diet pill. In my personal opinion you should never take any kind of diet pills, due to the fact that the side effects of most diet pills can be life threatening. Some people can go into cardiac arrest by taking too many. I also read on to where as a person taking that pill must be on a low cal diet and exercising. So, to conclude that is what we do normally without pills.

Please don't take anymore pills. Don't follow fat diets. Eat right, exercise atleast 3 times a week and you will see weight come off. Give yourself time and be patient. Good luck!

anhancock10

Opening your diary would help us to help you.

From what you've said, though, you've eaten too little on a daily basis for so long that your body goes frantic when you do eat, storing as much as it can. From my experience, it takes a couple weeks of consistently fueling your body a healthy amount every day before you body relaxes and begins to operate normally again. You may gain weight during those few weeks, but it'll be worth it in the long term.

I think this is spot on. If you keep eating healthy and exercising you will see results, it will just take time.
Perhaps open up your diary to get some more specific advice on food.
Otherwise, how about setting some non-scale goals related to eating all your calories, swapping for healthy snacks, x amount of exercise per day. Those kinds of things are easier to acheive and celebrate while your body recovers from the hard time it's had.
And don't underestimate the physical and emotional impact of miscarriage, I know from personal experience that this really can change your body and take time to recover from.
Good luck!

Thanks & how do i open my food diary???

whisperingdragon

The medication is to aid with losing weight. You have to have a bmi of 25 or higher to get it.
And i have not tried a vegetarian diet, im not sure how i would even begin to do that...

If you have some leisure time. I have a friend that everyone calls "Dan the Man".. If you watch his videos, things will come together for you.. I've never in my life been so inspired by anyone. He changed my life, the only reason why I lose weight is because of the knowledge he shares on Youtube. I lose between 4-6 pounds a month. Here's a link. Check him out sometime.

http://www.youtube.com/user/liferegenerator

anhancock10

The medication is to aid with losing weight. You have to have a bmi of 25 or higher to get it.
And i have not tried a vegetarian diet, im not sure how i would even begin to do that...

If you have some leisure time. I have a friend that everyone calls "Dan the Man".. If you watch his videos, things will come together for you.. I've never in my life been so inspired by anyone. He changed my life, the only reason why I lose weight is because of the knowledge he shares on Youtube. I lose between 4-6 pounds a month. Here's a link. Check him out sometime.

http://www.youtube.com/user/liferegenerator

Thank you i will check it out!!!

adross3

sugar/fruit and white bread/anything white is a simple carb. Carbs or Complex carbs turn to glucose. If your body encounters simple carb or even large amounts of Ccarbs then your pancreas will give you insulin which will store as fat. This does not always happen. If you eat carbs and then do something physical then the carbs will be burned. This is not an absolute. I have to say things like that because the carb police are reading this and I did not explain it in full detail.

Stored fat must be converted back into fuel. It is harder to convert fuel than to use it. My suggestion is cut down your sugars and simple carbs unless you are about to work out.. Your mountain dew habit has no sugar. But, tons of chemicals. Every time you drink one of those your body has to deal it.

escadachic

It depends how little you are eating when you don't feel like eating much. As if you are under 1200 cals per day, your body thinks you're starving it and slows your metabolism and therefore, slow weight loss, no weight loss or fast gain when you eat more.

Also, there is the whole plateau thing with exercise. You need to confuse your body and try out some different workouts, not the ones you always do, that often helps get you over that plateau of no weight loss or the gaining.

I know nothing about weight loss medication sorry. But hope that helps.

escadachic

Thanks & how do i open my food diary???

Don't know if anyone answered this yet or not.

But you good to you food diary and up the top, in the food diary tabs, click 'setting' and either change it to 'public' or 'friends only'. Depending on who you want to share it with.

anhancock10

sugar/fruit and white bread/anything white is a simple carb. Carbs or Complex carbs turn to glucose. If your body encounters simple carb or even large amounts of Ccarbs then your pancreas will give you insulin which will store as fat. This does not always happen. If you eat carbs and then do something physical then the carbs will be burned. This is not an absolute. I have to say things like that because the carb police are reading this and I did not explain it in full detail.

Stored fat must be converted back into fuel. It is harder to convert fuel than to use it. My suggestion is cut down your sugars and simple carbs unless you are about to work out.. Your mountain dew habit has no sugar. But, tons of chemicals. Every time you drink one of those your body has to deal it.

Thank you!! && i know the mountain dew has got to go...im working on weaning myself off of it. I dont want to deal with migraines as my body weans off the caffeine:) Is powerade zero ok to drink ? I know it has alot of sodium in it...

Painten

The medication is to aid with losing weight. You have to have a bmi of 25 or higher to get it.
And i have not tried a vegetarian diet, im not sure how i would even begin to do that...

You don't have to go vegitarian or go on a raw food diet to lose weight, you just have to control portion sizes and eat healthly.

barbiecat

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: you can detox gradually from soft drinks by drinking less every day until you are not drinking them at all

:bigsmile: you can set small goals for yourself by starting with something simple like adding fresh foods instead of packaged/processed foods

:bigsmile: treat this new eating plan like a prescription from the doctor

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eat all the foods you've planned for the day because it is your plan----do it whether you "feel like it" or not

:bigsmile: log all your food

:bigsmile: give yourself the gift of time----your body didn't get confused quickly, it won't get better quickly, either

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: take it one day at a time----celebrate the emergence of new healthy habits

ladyphoto

Please please please do not take diet pills. When I was much much younger, I did the same thing until I learned they could give me a heart attack and I could die at age 25! Diet pills seem like they will help and get you to your goal fast, but you will only gain it back when you go off. Take this opportunity to learn as much as you can about balanced eating, calories in vs calories out, switching from soda to water, exercise- and you will live a long and healthy life... this is all said from a place of

anhancock10

Please please please do not take diet pills. When I was much much younger, I did the same thing until I learned they could give me a heart attack and I could die at age 25! Diet pills seem like they will help and get you to your goal fast, but you will only gain it back when you go off. Take this opportunity to learn as much as you can about balanced eating, calories in vs calories out, switching from soda to water, exercise- and you will live a long and healthy life... this is all said from a place of

Thank you I am trying to learn as much as i can about all of this ..i am new..and i have realized by keeping track of my food i dont eat the right stuff & i need to work on that, i know that changing what i eat will help me lose weight!