Lost

This is a serious topic for me and I do not take the weight gain lightly. I am at a complete loss, which is why I titled my topic "Lost."

@ ryry62685 I contacted a nutritionist and here is my plan with each meal being 200 calories or less:

Meal 1: 5 Egg Whites, 1/2 c. Grits, 1 c. watermelon
Meal 2: Protein Shake
Meal 3: 4 oz. fish, 1/2 c. brown rice, 1 c. steamed broccoli
Meal 4: Protein Shake
Meal 5: small salad
Meal 6: 4 oz. fish, 1/2 c. brown rice, 10 asparagus spears

Constant interval training for 1-hour, 5 days a week.

Thought you were a vegetarian??? Fish and Egg's are not a vegetable's...

Okay...here it goes...for those of you that are NOT reading through the posts and only reading the very first post...

I am 5'5"
I weigh 152 lbs.
I am 42 years old
I weighed, photographed and measured my entire body and provided it to a certified nutritionist.
I received a nutrition plan from my nutritionist, which also included an exercise program and supplement list.
I do not log my food because I only eat what is on my list. I precook my food and bring it everywhere with me.
I drink water.
I exercise at a gym.
I box for an hour a day with a professional boxer.
I am a vegetarian. I eat fruits, vegetables, eggs, cheese and fish.
I am not a Vegan.
I am not a Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarian.
I typically do not cheat during my "cheat" time.
If I do cheat, it may be with something like chips and hot sauce, or frozen yogurt or ice cream.
I do not become a glutton during my cheat time and consume mass amounts of food for 45 minutes straight like some crazed animal.

Has this nutritionalist given you any insight as to why THEY think you aren't losing weight?

Okay...here it goes...for those of you that are NOT reading through the posts and only reading the very first post...

I am 5'5"
I weigh 152 lbs.
I am 42 years old
I weighed, photographed and measured my entire body and provided it to a certified nutritionist.
I received a nutrition plan from my nutritionist, which also included an exercise program and supplement list.
I do not log my food because I only eat what is on my list. I precook my food and bring it everywhere with me.
I drink water.
I exercise at a gym.
I box for an hour a day with a professional boxer.
I am a vegetarian. I eat fruits, vegetables, eggs, cheese and fish.
I am not a Vegan.
I am not a Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarian.
I typically do not cheat during my "cheat" time.
If I do cheat, it may be with something like chips and hot sauce, or frozen yogurt or ice cream.
I do not become a glutton during my cheat time and consume mass amounts of food for 45 minutes straight like some crazed animal.

Sorry about the "going to a nutritionist" comment...I did read the entire first post and you didn't say that you were seeing a doctor. If it werer me, I would contact your nutritionist and tell them it ISN"T WORKING!! It is wrong to pay for services that don't fix the problem...if it were your car that wasn't working you would most likely pitch a fit with the auto repair shop, right?

The folks on the message boards are only relaying personal opinoion about what has worked for them. We are not physicians, and with the exception of a few, none of us are even registered personal trainers or dieticians. We are giving opinions...some good, some not so good, but all should be taken with a grain of salt (unless sodium is bad!! LOL).

It might take you a few different "plans" to find the one that will work - I went thru so many changes until I found what worked for me, but let me tell you, when I DID finally hit on it, I knew it! EVERYTHING feels better, no more joint aches, I sleep all night, energy all over the place, no more mood swings...if that isn't how you feel now, then perhaps you are not on the right program for your body type and should consider a change.

No, the nutritionist has not given me insight as to why I am gaining and not loosing. He does not understand it either. He stated he could provide me with a different plan, but I chose not to do so. I already felt like I wasted my money to begin with.

Read through the in place of a road map and PM me with any thoughts/questions. It's a step by step.

I truly believe you just aren't getting enough food. Because 1200 - 400 (burned) only = 800 so your body may be holding onto everything.

You are not a vegetarian if you eat fish, you are a pescetarian.

I am not stupid as some of you may seem to think (according to your posts). There are very few people on this forum that seem to want to help others.

Don't take it so personally...if you read the forums more, you'll find there's a lot of reasons for this. There are LOADS of really stupid questions, theories and advice floating around here...:ohwell:

You are not a vegetarian if you eat fish, you are a pescetarian.

Hmm...and your posting this to benefit me how? Do you seriously think I do not know what I am? I have been this way for over 30 years! There were not "different terms" for vegetarians back in the 70's! For your information, a pesco-vegetarian is regarded as being a variation of a vegetarian. The proper term you are trying to use is pesco-vegetarian.

I am not stupid as some of you may seem to think (according to your posts). There are very few people on this forum that seem to want to help others.

I thought your attitude to all the people who had taken the time to answer you was extremely rude.

Well dont take this the wrong way.. but I WISH I was 152lbs right about now and I'm 5"6'..I guess Im trying to bring light that it could be worse. What is MFP telling you to eat(calories). Maybe Im lost on how are you tracking and why such a specific menu? If you dont track then how do you know what you r burn off and what you comsume. Sounds like to me your body is starving....:huh: Thats a lot of exercise for your body to go thru without refueling it foro what it needs to actually live. Good Luck to your though!

Okay...here it goes...for those of you that are NOT reading through the posts and only reading the very first post...

I am 5'5"
I weigh 152 lbs.
I am 42 years old
I weighed, photographed and measured my entire body and provided it to a certified nutritionist.
I received a nutrition plan from my nutritionist, which also included an exercise program and supplement list.
I do not log my food because I only eat what is on my list. I precook my food and bring it everywhere with me.
I drink water.
I exercise at a gym.
I box for an hour a day with a professional boxer.
I am a vegetarian. I eat fruits, vegetables, eggs, cheese and fish.
I am not a Vegan.
I am not a Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarian.
I typically do not cheat during my "cheat" time.
If I do cheat, it may be with something like chips and hot sauce, or frozen yogurt or ice cream.
I do not become a glutton during my cheat time and consume mass amounts of food for 45 minutes straight like some crazed animal.

No, the nutritionist has not given me insight as to why I am gaining and not loosing. He does not understand it either. He stated he could provide me with a different plan, but I chose not to do so. I already felt like I wasted my money to begin with.

Read through the in place of a road map and PM me with any thoughts/questions. It's a step by step.

I truly believe you just aren't getting enough food. Because 1200 - 400 (burned) only = 800 so your body may be holding onto everything.

thanks. I appreciate your offer. I have read through some of it. I do not have a tape measure in my office, so I will have to do that at home so I can plug in my numbers on the charts.

I hate my computer sometimes... I really do. I had almost finished typing a response & it decided to reload the page and take it away. :explode:

Anyway... Once you get home and are able to get your measurements to plug into the calculators Dan has referenced in his road map, see what you come up with. I realize that the thought of upping calories can be scary, as it flies in the face of everything we've "learned" previously. I would recommend slowly upping the calories by 100-200 per week. Like, say you find that your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure, I believe) is 2000, so taking 20% off would be 1600 per day. Rather than jumping from 1200 per day to 1600 per day in one week, maybe up it to 1400 one week, then 1600 the next. And you can still use the sensible program you've outlined previously, just eat more of it. Or add in a snack that you enjoy, or something along those lines.

My stats are similar to yours. I'm 40. I'm 5'5" and started here at MFP at 165 lbs. I now fluctuate between 138-143 or so. I've been in maintenance for a year. At around 140 lbs, I wear a Misses size small top (32D/34C depending on bra), and generally a size 4 or 6 in dress pants and a 6 in jeans. I wear a size 6 dress in off-the-rack clothing. My wedding dress (getting married in 2.5 weeks) is a size 8. I'm a relatively small person these days, even though I weigh around 140 lbs. I work out 3-5 times per week for 35 minutes doing Jillian Michaels DVDs at home, burning 220-300 calories per workout. I sit at a desk 5 days per week. I eat about 2000 calories per day most days. While I was losing I ate somewhere between 1500-1800 per day. MFP had me set at 1200 per day originally, which left me feeling like I was starving and I was not happy. It wasn't sustainable for me.

I wish you the best with this, for sure. I know it's not easy trying to figure out the best fit for you. I also really do understand that it's hard to grasp that you can eat more to lose. My best friend fought me on it for a while, but she wasn't losing the way she was doing it. What can it hurt, in all honesty? What you're doing now isn't working, right? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is often defined as insanity, right? So give something different a shot. :flowerforyou:

You are not a vegetarian if you eat fish, you are a pescetarian.

I thought your attitude to all the people who had taken the time to answer you was extremely rude.

And you're posting the first response was what? Not rude? Or to "get her back"? Or what? I'm not understanding, because you thought her posts to OTHER people were rude you thought you'd what? Correct her? For what reason? To make yourself feel better? I'm just confused by this.