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I don't know the you or your body, but I'm gonna guess you feel fat when you eat because you're burning so many calories so fast at the gym, and your body's trying to reject the calories you put into it.
It's kind of the same effect of anorexia. The less you eat, the less you'll be able to eat.
If you're working out, you need to be eating the right stuff. No matter how many calories you burn, if you don't eat enough to speed up your metabolism or give your body anything to burn, it doesn't move - as in, it doesn't burn anything useful. Calories are fuel, not the enemy. Fat cells are the enemy - calories are what you need (in the right measurements) to burn fat cells.
You're burning 600-800 calories on cardio, but how many calories are you eating? If it's under 2,000, then you need to be eating more, and more often.
I once burned a thousand calories at the gym doing various forms of cardio, but I never once lost a pound.
You need to be eating every three hours and working to speed up your metabolism. You're not losing or gaining because I'm guessing your body's not getting enough calories, so it's kind of in freeze mode. Also, a chai latte or frozen yogurt? Neither of those count as food. They're both empty calories. You want lean protein, not frozen drinks, especially right after the gym, or before.
Tweak your diet a little, your caloric intake, and you should start seeing results.
If you have any more questions, feel free to drop one in my inbox. I'm not a certified trainer, but eating disorder teach you a LOT. Lol
Good luck!
-Siren =)
[Edit]: If you're burning over 500 calories you can't cut it down to 1500. Whoever told you that is wrong. Lol. The myth that you have to burn more than you eat is also wrong. I mean yes, you'd lose weight, but that's basically anorexia, with less direct starvation.
If you cut it down to 1500 you're burning over a third of what your body ingests, and if your body gets below 1200 calories it goes into starvation mode and freezes your gain/loss process and slows your metabolism. You need to be getting at least 2000 calories if you're working out that much, but the RIGHT calories.
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/
^ Go there, plug in your info. Then once you know your Basal Metabolic Rate, click on "Daily calorie needs" and it tells you how much to multiply your BMR by to see what you need to eat to maintain your weight. Based on what you sent me in your feedback, your BMR is 1497.25. I guessed at your age since you didn't specify that, but that's why I gave you the link =). Anyway. If you click on "Daily calorie needs," and you multiply your BMR by 1.725 (Though you work out 4 days a week, you obviously work out hard) it comes to 2582.75. That's the amount of calories you need to maintain your weight. Now, if you go to the link where it says "calorie intake to lose weight," it gives you a whole explanation of things, including a suggestion to drop your calorie intake by 500 from your maintenance number. For you, that would be just about 2000.
See what I mean? Play around with the calculator - it might say "you might want to try the South Beach Diet" at the top when you put in your info on the first page, but DON'T listen to that. SB is a BAD diet, trust me.
Anyway.
Lean meats are things like poultry, fish, anything with I think 10% fat or less. You can get lean beef, too, but it doesn't taste that good. Lol. Eggs are also good, fat free dairy products are good too. Nuts are good, but it depends on the kind of nut. Pistachios and cashews are both really high in fat (good fat, but fat nonetheless, and you want to minimize that.) Almonds are good, peanuts are good. Oil is better than butter, but both are fats. Wheat bread is better than white, whole grain is better, etc...
If you have any other questions, let me know =)
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