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I WEIGH A LOT BUT I DONT LOOK IT?!
Okay. 1) I have EDS type 3 makes it hard for me to lose weight because of my loose joints. Hard to exercise. 2) I'm 5'8" 3) I weigh 210 4) I was doing the Atkins diet for 2 months. I lose about 20 lbs.
I am well portioned and instead of looking like I weigh that much, I look about 150.
I've been hitting the gym 3 days a week since January.
I have lots of muscle in my legs, and some in my arms...
My mom says; "Muscle weighs more than fat." "Muscle is smaller than fat." "If you build muscle you'll be smaller."
I don't want to be a freaking whale my entire life!!! Okay.. So this is the problem.
Muscle is smaller than fat, yet it weighs more. So if I go to the gym and get smaller, yet I STILL WEIGH THE SAME... how can I change it so I weigh less..
I don't know what to do and I'm not going back to my anorexic behavior.
"But you're too fat to have an eating disorder."
I don't care. I just want to be thin.
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Muscle also burns calories faster than fat.
I have always weighed more than people my size buyt it is because I have more muscle.Just keep on working out and in time you will see a change. You don't want to dimples on your body below your neck do ya? Get toned and keep the pilsbury doughboy look away.
If someone makes fun just knock the hell out of them because you can do so and win. Watch out for assault charges though. : )
Listen to your mother, she is telling you the truth.
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Hello, I noticed that your advice was already answered but I would like to add some things if you don't mind!
For starters congrats on the weight loss! I can completely relate to you with this, at my highest weight I was 250 pounds, and am now 137. I also measure 5'8 so I was always well proportioned, but I have also suffered numerous eating disorders seeing I followed in the path of my mother.
I am not going to comment advice on a diet plan that you should work on, it seems that you need advice on something much deeper than diet plans. You seem to be falling in common types with eating disorders or body dysmorphia. You do not have to be "too fat" in order to have an eating disorder. In fact, even at my highest weight I had an eating disorder. Weight does not define the rules of disordered eating, it could be eating too much, too little or a lot of both.
So my advice to you would be to stop working so hard at being thin but rather healthy. Depriving yourself of foods completely like one does on the atkins diet is not healthy. You need to movie forward in steps, and let me tell you, the body needs at least 1200 calories per-day to function properly. That is not taking into consideration current weight and height.
Your mentality of needing to be thin is exactly what is stopping you from losing weight, you probably are losing weight- only losing a small amount that it doesn't even show up on the scale. If you want to get through this period of non-weight loss, change what you are eating. Don't deprive your body to small calories, give your body the nutrition that it needs and continue working out. Don't diet, but make a lifestyle change.
Before you worry about your weight loss, I would work on your mentality. You have the symptoms of a blooming or already formed eating disorder, and your mental health is far more important in this case than weight loss.
Stay beautiful, stay motivated, and favorite my blog if you ever want to ask more questions about weight loss or eating disorders. (From a fellow survivor, and successor).
~Kenzieanonymous
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Dear I weigh a lot...
It appears that you have an effective exercise program in place already which leaves only to establish an effective diet plan for yourself.
As a vegetarian myself, I would suggest that you look at the flexarian diet. It focuses on on five basic food groups: protein (mostly tofu, beans, lentils, etc.), dairy, fruits and veggies, whole grains, as well as sugar and spices. Each day, you're supposed to follow a 3-4-5 plan: 300 calories for breakfast, 400 for lunch, 500 for dinner, plus two 150-calorie snacks. However, if you have a craving for a burger or even a steak every so often, you're free to chow down. Check it out: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
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