Why?
My Why question today is…Why do people who work out 3 maybe 4 days a week lose weight and I can’t get mine to budge and I work out intensely 6 days a week?? Kinda looks like a hopeless situation to me. Don’t worry I’m not going to stop working out but it is EXTREMELY frustrating to see others lose weight as they are eating whatever and working out here and there! It makes me want to SCREAM. I often wonder why I work out so hard when my body seems to hate me. My running friend has lost weight and kept it off and is thin but eats like a normal person (meaning normal portions but not always the healthiest foods) yet is STILL thin. I feel like I’m fighting a losing battle ALL the time 
I’m afraid to even get on the scale on the 15th!! I made a vow to do better with my eating so I’m sure I’ve gained yet even MORE weight. Yep, I’m pretty much driving myself crazy. I’m super exhausted and out in space most days but yet I feel like I’m eating the fridge bare. AAAAAAAAHHHHHH
Ok enough griping…on a good note and a FUNNY one, My underwear is hilariously too big! I was checking my self out today and I pulled my pants down to look at my legs and I almost laughed at how loose my underwear was in the front! This makes the whole weight thing hard to understand. I KNOW I’ve gained weight but I’m smaller now and most of my pants require a belt and the sleeves in a lot of my shirts are getting a little too snug for comfort.
Today was leg day. I switched some of the exercises. So far every routine I wrote for this month is a lot harder than it looks on paper LOL. I guess it’s a good push for me but sometimes if things are too hard I lose some motivation. I like to work out and lift but feeling too worn out to function the rest of the day is not a good thing for me. I was ready for bed last night at 6!!! I’m going to have to possibly rethink my routine schedule. I hit it pretty hard on the weekends because I have the time but it seems to drain me for the week. I eat more during the weekends since I’m home and we usually go out at least once. When I weighed 90 pounds I would go to my favorite buffet and eat at least 2000 cals in one setting…yet my weight stayed down…another frustrating thought
Workout:
Legs/abs 45 minutes
15 mi brisk walk
November 9, 2009 at 4:35 am
You don’t look too bad to me. It will workout.
November 9, 2009 at 4:45 am
part of the problem is you look like you have gained muscle between your July and October pictures. Are you seeing improvement in your strength and/or running times? I would use those as an additional barometer of progress
November 9, 2009 at 5:25 am
You’re body composition is changing. That happened to me, I stayed the same weight over the course of a year, but my body changed substantially. If you take two people who are the same weight with the same height and the same bone structure, if one of them has been lifting for a long time and the other is sedentary one of them will look a lot different than the other one. Body composition matters more than weight, always remember that.
You’re doing great, keep your chin up!
November 9, 2009 at 6:30 am
euroman…um thanks..glad I don’t look too bad
Stephen-My running times have improved but that’s more due to the fact that I’ve upped my mileage. I have gained quite a bit of muscle but I’m not big on seeing the scale go up.
heidismommy-Yes my body comp has changed but not much. The difference is your weight stayed the same…mine has gone up. It seems like no matter what I eat, how hard I work out, how much I run I’m still gaining weight, not really a good motivator.
November 9, 2009 at 7:02 am
I know it’s hard Trudee, especially with a history of an eating disorder. But you’re still at the lower end of your weight range so seeing a weight gain for a little while isn’t the worst thing in the world, esp. if you’re gaining muscle which you are (I know it seems like the worst thing in the world when you’re dealing with it though). I think things will even out and stabilize. You won’t keep going up, but if after a while you do keep going up, you may want to track your calories on fitday or something similar, just to know where you are and what to tweak.
November 9, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Your ideal weight that your body wants to be able to do the things you’re asking it to do (run and lift) may be higher than what you are comfortable with.
Why do you want to lose weight anyway?
November 9, 2009 at 5:00 pm
SophieM: I could run and lift at 90 pounds. I’ve gained about 15 pounds since March 2007. 100 pounds is my comfortable weight and I’m at about 103/104. I’m not really looking to lose weight but I would really like to STOP GAINING!
It just doesn’t make since to me that I’m not losing weight with the amount of exercise I do because I KNOW I’m not overeating.
November 11, 2009 at 2:44 pm
I’m sure you’re lifting heavier and running better now that you’re at a more healthy weight. Sometimes, taking things to the next level requires weight gain for some, weight loss for others.
Keep doing what you’re doing and try not to let the number on the scale influence you.
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