OMGz Im gaining 10 pounds a year

[Athena3]

Alright boys, since you seem to have all the answers, I'll give you one that is baffeling the medical community.

I've been dieting (1500 ca1/50g fat) for 7 months now following a consult with a dietician and in those same 7 months have been working out 6-10 times a week (6x aerobic classes, 2 pilates, 2 weight training classes) and in those 7 months I have not lost a SINGLE POUND.

Here are the details before you ask for them:
Yes, I've had my thyroid tested.  They did a series of blood tests in April.  Yes, I'm drinking enough water based on nutricinal guidelines.  No, it's not that muscles weighs more than fat and I'm converting it, a trainer at the gym did some tests on me and said I had 34% body fat which is considered obese apparently.  No, I'm not loosing inches either, did a little the first month, haven't since then.  And no, my body is not suppose to be this size, I weighed 103 until 5 years ago (but that's a story for another post).

Any ideas anyone?  Like I said, I've consulted a dietician, a work-out specialist, a doctor, and a support group, planning on going back to the doctor by the end of the month before I have a mental breakdown.  Ah, speaking of which, time for step aerobics.

[midnight Target]

Your Pregnant?

[capt. apathy]

a couple years back I quit drinking soda. after talking to the Dr I realized that I was getting over half of my daily calories from soda.

basically I could have ate half as much or eat the same, drink water and eliminate twice as many calories.

other than the Atkins (which was too big a pain for me to stick with), any diet is just going to slow down your metabolism as you start cutting back on food.  so if you just diet and don't do anything else you are likely to lose nothing but energy.

I've been loosing fairly steady since the DR put me on this very low salt diet (3 months or so).
  I don't think it has anything to do with what I'm actually eating (and I'm beginning to suspect this may be the key factor in most other diets), but more the procedure I have to go through before I eat.
  first I can't just stop and pick up fast food.  there is not much if any restaurant or pre-packaged food that I can have.  so I either have to plan ahead and bring something or manage to make it home when I get hungry.
  once I'm home, and have access to food I can eat, I still have to prepare it.
  most of the time that comes down to, between scheduling and prep time, it turns out I'm not as hungry as I though.  where before I would get a bit hungry and stop and pick something up or grab something instant from the fridge, now it's more often than not just more trouble than it's worth.  snacking (other than fresh fruit) is mostly out, since it's such a pain that it's usually not worth bothering with and I'll just wait for the scheduled meal.
  the end result is eating is such a pain in the prettythang it's just not worth it, combine that with the fact that most of what I can eat has no flavor, and and the crippling pain that hits me a couple hours later if I go off the diet at all, and you end up with a diet that you can lose weight on and is very easy to stick too.

btw- if you are closing in on 200, don't get to excited until you've lost over 25-30 lbs.   you lose about 15% before your body thinks you're in a famine and starts lowering your energy to save fat.  a lot of people lose the first bit then take a break to celebrate, (you feel like celebrating plus at that point you are starving, so it's not hard to fall for) it comes back much faster than it went off.

[Athena3]

Originally posted by midnight Target
Your Pregnant?

Not a chance in...umm...heck.  Nice theory though.