I'm at my wit's end with this. Have been trying to loose weight for 4 years with no success. Have a doctor's appointment in a few weeks to get tests done AGAIN!
Up until end of 2013 (33yrs old) I was 165lbs at 6ft tall. Towards the end of that year I started feeling that certain clothes were getting a little less comfortable. Within a little over a year I gained about 60lbs and was hovering around 217- 220. First I went to the gym but felt kinda lost there. Like I wasn't using my time efficiently to get the best workout so I got a personal trainer at a private gym. I was with him for 1hr a day, 3 days a week for 2 years. We did circuit training, high intensity, low intensity, etc...etc.. It worked for gaining muscle not for loosing weight. With the muscle gain my weight went from 217 to 229. Now I hover around 227-230.
The kicker is I don't eat bad. You won't find any chips at my house. I buy them mostly for parties. I don't eat carbs, never had a taste for it. I'd rather have meat over pasta. Don't like bread because it doesn't taste like anything and takes up space where tasty meat can go!!
I don't eat fast food, haven't since I was a teenager. Don't drink soda or soft drinks. All this stuff my mother was very much against and growing up we almost never had it in the house. Had 2 slices of pizza and some wings at work two weeks ago. Last time I had either of those was at least a year ago if not more. I cook for myself. Over the weekend I'll typically make a weeks worth of food. I'll make several salads and meats. Enough to bring for lunch work and for dinner. Food consists of a meat or fish, and a salad. Meat would be chicken, skin off, fat cut off. Or red meat...fat trimmed. Seasoned and cooked on the skillet/grill or oven with olive/avocado oil, and its own juices never any greasy trans fatty sauces. Same with fish. Salads vary but I typically try to add some kind of carb to them....beans, chickpeas, red/black/wild rice...etc to have a more rounded meal. One thing I made yesterday was fish soup. Salmon, potatoes, carrots, garlic, red peppers, spinach. Salt, pepper, curry, paprika to taste. That's it. No added broth, nothing from a can and nothing pre-made. Along with that I made chicken breasts seasoned with salt, pepper, turmaric. and 2 sea bass with salt, pepper and lemon. And two different salads with greans and fresh veggies, no dressing
I've tried several diets. Right now I'm on the one where you eat only once a day towards the end of the day. Tried for 3 or 4 months now, hasn't done a damn thing. Was debating on trying the keto diet next! Either that or a more Mediterranean diet consisting of less meat, a little more fish and mainly vegetables and good carbs with good fats
I do occasionally get chips but once a year or so and even then I'll have the bag for a few weeks. My weakness is beer but even that I don't drink daily or even weekly! I had two beers yesterday while cooking. Before that, a few bottles, maybe 2+ weeks ago?!?!
Last time I was at the doctor he said my testosterone was in normal range and everything else looks normal. This time I want to get checked for shit they may not normally look at.... whatever that may be!
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