Hello, I'm a 5'3 female and I seem to have a strange problem.I gain weight very easily, even though I'm very active.Last 2 years, my diet was very limited, due to family and financial problems. I usually ate a lot of vegetables, fruits, dairy, grains, and almost no red meat and fish. I also played a lot of sports(and I still do). I don't eat very much naturally, I guess my daily average was around 700 calories. I couldn't eat more than this amount, if I did my stomach went "tired" and I couldn't eat anything without getting acid in my mouth the other day.Now, the situation has got a little bit better. Recently, I wanted to lose a bit of weight(my mother asked me to do it, since we were going to the seaside). I went to the dietologist and she said I'm eating too little and I need to eat at least 1200 calories a day to get my body to work.So I tried it. It was very hard for me, every day I felt bloated, like my stomach was about to explode from this amount of food. Now it's a bit better. What I eat is a lot of fruits and vegetables as usual, fish and chicken as a source of protein(my mother is vegetarian and she didn't allow me to buy red meat). I still play volleyball, ride my bicycle to places where I want to go, rollerskate, and swim for at least 2 hours a day, so I'm active. The dietologist said I need to count calories I burn while doing all these sports and "eat them back", and that's what I do.But the problem is... I don't seem to lose weight. I only gain it, and very rapidly. It was the same as always(119 lbs) the last week, and now it has been only 5 days since I started gaining and it's already 136 lbs and raising. It's really strange to me. My size(US 2) didn't really change, though. Maybe I have some hormonal disorder or something? I don't have diabetes or anything like that.I don't think it's the genes, my weight was always healthy, and my parents are thin.Should I lower my intake from 1200 to my usual 700-800?Did the dietologist say something wrong?I'm not worried about the weight itself as long as it stays healthy, I just find the way and the fact I gain it very unnatural and weird.Anybody knows what is happening?Thanks!Marko, my diet is already like that :)I eat muesli with soy milk for breakfast, soup and rye crackers for lunch, rice with chicken/fish for dinner and at least 5 fruits or vegetables for snacks. Also granola bars when I get hungry while playing sports.Also, I don't want to lose weight because I think I'm fat. I don't think I'm overweight at all, and I don't think being so is a bad thing. My mother wants me to do it, we are going abroad to the seaside, to a quite luxurious resort. There might be famous people there, and she wants me to look like a "person who takes care of herself" in front of them. She has... quite peculiar views on feminine beauty, and thinks it comes in sizes US 2-3 max. She is US size 18 though, because she is very curvy(I doubt she has any fat though), and because of that is very unhappy with herself. Because of her low self-esteem, she wants me to be beautiful in her eyes. She sees herself in me, in my body and personality. So ISo I'm doing it for her, to make her happy at least by doing little things like this. She is going through hard times right now, and she possibly suffers from mild psychotic disorder, so I'm afraid to disagree with her or upset her. It's not my wishes I'm trying to make come true.
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"I'm not worried about the weight itself as long as it stays healthy," Yes. Finally someone gets it.Stop weighing yourself. Weight is not an indicator of anything. It doesn't indicate your health, or the way you look, or even how much fat is on your body. I know a lot of people are going to disagree with me on this. But I don't think weight is important at all. Especially on a day to day basis.It's water or food in the stomach. Your weight can actually very a lot from just water and food.It sounds to me like the dietologist is worried that you have an eating disorder. I hate to disagree with a specialist, but I'm going to. Your body knows when it has enough food. I've never heard of someone feeling like their full, but they need more food. That seems strange. Unless you really do have an eating disorder. But it doesn't sound like an eating disorder to me.I think you should stop counting calories, and let your body tell you how much to eat. Your eating the right food and your exercising. And based on how active you are I would say your very healthy. So I really don't understand why you should be counting calories.Maybe the dietologist sees something that I don't see.
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- you most probably have a low metabolic rate. follow my 'diet rules' and you'll achieve a great body. 1. Workout 3-5 days a week.. can be jogging, can be swimming, do any exercise. (45 minutes) 2. Drink a lot of water 3. Consume high protein food and cut all Fats and Sugars4. Minimize Carbs5. Eat 5 meals, Small meals a day.. to keep metabolism up. follow my diet: breakfast: 3-4 spoons of oats + skimmed milk + 3 egg whites. snack: A fruit (can be an apple or anything you want) + (optional: 2 Omega 3 pills, or 10-15 almonds)lunch: meat/chicken/fish + steamed rice (not too much) + salad or veggies. 2nd snack: can be another fruit or a juice. dinner: consume anything that has low calories such as skimmed milk or salad, or yogurt. good luck
- All I can say is if you are eating more calories than before then of course you're going to put weight on. I'd cut it back down.136 for your height is too much already.
- Nobody gains 17 pounds of fat in 5 days. You put on water weight. Stop weighing yourself and keep eating a decent amount of food. Do not try to lose weight. A size 2 at 5'3 is by no means overweight/fat. In fact that's pretty small. Focus on eating enough food, eating the right foods, being active and being healthy.
