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First only eating two meals a day isnt good. You need to eat small balanced meals throughout the day. That in itself messes with your metabolism and puts your body into starvation mode so it will store all the fat from your foods. Second how much water do you drink? You need to take your body weight divided by 2 and that's how many oz you need in a day at minimum. Water first, veggies most and you do need some good carbs. It's not about cutting macros it's about eating the proper portion of them throughout the day so you body can burn its fuel how it needs to
I keep gaining weight and idk why. I desperately need help. UPDATED
Since I have posted this a couple days ago, I decided to listen to you all and try to eat some more. That was a VERY big mistake, now I gained at least three pounds and I don’t fluctuate in my weight by going up and down in my weight anymore. Now I keep going up up up. Getting really depressed I’m literally crying I hate my body so much I disgust myself so badly. I’m going to go back to not eating cause that seems to be better.
I keep gaining weight and I’m so unhappy with myself where I’m extremely depressed. I lost about 60 pounds and got down to 108 pounds and I was actually happy because I only remember ever being overweight and finally people actually said I looked good and was skinny and I just felt good about myself.
I came back from a trip with my boyfriend and started eating more than I normally did and gained weight. I was able to stay around 125 but I was not able to lose any weight. The only way I can lose weight is if I don’t eat or only eat dinner. Unfortunately, I started getting into caramel macchiatos and went from 125 to 129. Once I noticed how bad those were for me, I stopped drinking them and I was always really trying to keep my weight down.
I don’t eat ice cream, chips, candy, or any type of sweets, I don’t eat any dairy or whites, such as bread and rice. I have chicken for dinner a lot which I thought was supposed to be healthy or good for weight loss. I only eat either breakfast or lunch since I eat from either 11am-2pm, then I eat dinner, so I pretty much just eat two meals a day which are portion controlled so I don’t eat that much in one sitting. I also drink a lot of green tea with nothing in it.
I started rapidly gaining weight and I went from 129 to 138. My boyfriend is honest with me and I always tell him when I gain weight and ask him why I might have gained weight and usually he is honestly confused that I would gain weight. I tell him “I gained weight again” and he usually says “how?!? You didn’t eat anything” (which I do have breakfast and dinner).
Why would I be gaining weight so rapidly? I know that I probably should have gained weight to go up to 129 but I don’t know how I gained weight after that. I have always struggled with my weight but I was at a good healthy weight when I weighed 108-112 for about a year. I hate looking at myself and I can’t believe I got back to this point. If I get back down to 120-125 I will be happy but I just can’t do it. My boyfriend and I go on a lot of hikes and long walks so we would walk about 15,000 steps every couple of days. I need help. What can I do to lose weight? Eat less? I really don’t know and I need help cause it’s not good for my mental health and schoolwork. I am 21 so it’s not like my metabolism should be that bad, which it has always been. I have a muffin top, frowning belly button (which I had when I was 108 and can’t get rid of which makes me depressed even more), my boobs are saggy and I don’t have underboob unless I am cold so my nipples pretty much look down all the time, I have saddle bags. I hate myself and I need help to get happy again. Plus on top of this, my boyfriend and I used to have sex at least once a day and now it’s every couple of days so I asked him and he said it’s just cause of his work. I would get on the elliptical every day for an hour for about 1-2 weeks and I never saw a difference so I stopped because I could be using that time to actually get something done and see progress like schoolwork or cleaning.
Thank you for any advice you can give me to lose weight
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Throw the three meals a day bullshit out the window. Eat small meals throughout the day, don't eat after supper. Drink tons of water!! No sugar liquids such as pop, juice, whatever it is. The odd one here and there is okay but cut them out. Also do little exercises everyday such as walks, wall pushups, modified pushups. They get your body working and you don't have to do crazy things. That's how I lost 15 pounds in a month. I still ate pasta for dinner but smaller portions and water with every meal to keep your metabolism going!
You could try intermittent fasting since you already skip a meal or two a day. You fast for 16 hours then you can eat healthy meals during the other 8 hours, that’s one way to do it that worked for me but there are other ways. And as others said, drink a lot of water throughout the day, and try some HIIT exercises or intense cardio in intervals (like uphill sprints with 30 sec rest in between). The elliptical will help you but you have to make sure you really get your heart rate up while using it, and 1-2 weeks is usually not enough time to see results so you need to stick with it. It takes at least 3 weeks-1 month of healthy intentional eating and targeted workouts to see some changes in your body, just keep going! Don’t get discouraged.
If you eat too little your body starts to store stuff as fat which can start weight gain also not eating enough calories can slow down your metabolism. Eat small healthy meals throughout your day. I also suggest seeing your doctor and getting counseling. This is exactly how I was and I ended up with a horrible eating disorder that took years to recover from and still to this day I struggle
Man I can relate right now lol I put on 10lbs and I’m short so it’s uncomfortable. I had the same conversation with my boyfriend this morning. Girl be honest with yourself on how you’re eating and snacking. I know I’m snacking so it’s adding to my weight gain. Log and weigh all of your food. I eat very good but I eat big portions so it’s important to weigh it. I’m trying to get back to 108 too lol.
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