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From: lzimman@gmail.com (lzimman@gmail.com)
Subject: Having a lot of trouble losing weight

 
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Date: 2005-04-27 09:33:02 PST


Hi everyone,

I've been having a lot of difficulty losing weight. A few years ago I
went from 230 to 160 (and still had at least 10-20lbs to use, as I'm
short, 5'6") but gained a lot of weight about a year and a half ago
when a) my girlfriend and I started dating (so going out to eat more,
and me riding my bike less for transportation) b) I started eating
dairy (I had been vegan for 3 years prior) and c) my migraine headaches
started coming every day instead of just once a week or so, making it
very difficult to exercise.

So I've been back in the 190s for a while. I've now been working on
losing weight for about 2.5 or 3 months. At first I was eating around
1800cal/day, no exercise, but that should still produce a weight loss
in someone my weight, but it didn't. So I dropped to 1500. Still no
weight loss. Started working out at the gym, doing 30-45 minutes of
cardio most days and weight training several days a week. Still no
weight loss. In fact, I've gained a few pounds. I realize it's possible
that I've gained some muscle mass, but I've only been doing the WT for
2-3 weeks so that alone really doesn't seem to account for it.

What do you guys think I should do? Eat less? I find it really
difficult to eat less than 1500 calories a day and I doubt I could keep
it up. Exercise more? Both? Keep doing what I'm doing and hope it will
work eventually? I'm at a loss here.. I actually know quite a bit about
exercise physiology, so I don't need a 101 on calories in vs. calories
out. Which is why I'm all the more frustrated at 3 months of eating at
a caloric deficit and not losing a single pound. (BTW I'm also quite
sure of my calories; almost everything I eat comes with nutritional
info and I've been keeping a daily food diary.)