I have always loved working out. Once I'm doing it, I love it! I love running because I know it burns fat, but I also really love the elliptical and the stair climber as well. Strength training is still something I do, but I used to be able to lift more when my boyfriend came to the gym with me. Recently, I just feel like nothing I do works. I burn atleast 300-600 calories per day, about 4-5 days a week. I drink a TON of water...like you don't even understand how much I love water! And lately, I've been eating much healthier than I normally do, but obviously still not fully healthy(i love sweets). On a typical day, I have green tea every morning before breakfast, then a usually healthy breakfast(eggs, oatmeal, toast, fruit, yogurt, combinations of small portions of different things), and then I take a mulitvitamin. I usually don't eat for another 3 hours because of my school schedule, so I eat in between my classes. So then I eat lunch which is usaully a sandwich on whole wheat(either peanut butter, or a turkey/chicken sandwich..no mayo or any condiments and just some lettuce and tomatoes). With lunch I usually have a piece of fruit, or some baby carrots. Throughout the day, if I get hungry, I snack on some almonds, or luna bars, or cucumbers/carrots, or fruit. For dinner I usually have pasta/rice with chicken/turkey. I'm not big on seafood, so I usually just stick to those 2 meats. I usually include a small salad with dinner with oil and vinegar and a few croutons. At night when im craving something sweet, I usually have a smoothie with mixed fruit with almond milk and water, and if I came home from the gym, I add protein to it to make it a protein shake. I honsetly have no idea what I'm doing wrong, because even after all of this, my weight won't budge. I've had my thyroid checked, and I've seen my doctor quite a bit, and she says theres nothing wrong with me. As happy as I seem when I post on here, I'm always typically upset because I work so hard for no results. And its not just something that started happening now...this is always my problem when trying to lose weight. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, or what to do differently. I just want to be able to achieve my goals, but my own health won't allow me, and its super upsetting. I'm sorry if this sounds whiney, but I just really needed to vent.
Posted on November 22, 2014
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Sign in to CommentEverything you're eating sounds really healthy, but are you tracking your caloric intake? Are you measuring the peanut butter? (One of my first surprises when I started tracking my calories was that I was making peanut butter sandwiches with two servings of pb = 360 calories for the peanut butter alone, before counting the 180 for the bread. That was almost half a day's calories for a meal I was eating for its convenience value.)
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