First off, I am sorry if I am posting this in the wrong forum. I'm new. I am just frustrated with my weight I guess.
I am a 22 year old female. I am only 5'0" and currently weigh 121 lbs. It seems my weight over the past year has fluctuated from 113-123. It is very strange as I don't really see myself making any drastic changes. I would LOVE to be down to 105, but I don't think my body ever wants to get there. I just feel so ... large for my height. I would take getting back to 113-115.
This time last year I was around this same weight. (120-123lbs on any given day.) I was in my senior year of college. So I was drinking alcohol on the weekends, eating pizza & "junk" on the weekends. I was doing yoga twice a week, only doing 30 mins of cardio on the elliptical about four times a week, and not lifting weights at all. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, I dropped down to a 114lbs. I discovered this by trying on a pair of jeans that I had hanging around in my closet that I refused to part with even though they didn't fit. To my surprise they suddenly fit. It was very strange because I didn't notice any crazy change in my eating/work out routine.
Typically I would eat:
Luna bar on the way to class
yogurt/ one of those 100 cal packs snack
turkey sandwich on whole wheat for lunch
and pasta or lean cuisine etc for dinner (I rarely cooked for myself.
)
This 112-115lbs weight lasted up until around the end of the school year. At the end of the summer I was around 118lb --and not much has changed in my diet. Okay so I was eating a little more junk food and drank a little more at before graduation, but gaining 5 + lbs seemed a little excessive. AND to add to my frustration I joined a gym the beginning of July & I've GAINED weight.
I have gone from 118 to 121. (and obviously my jeans do not fit.)
Perhaps I am snacking too much in between meals. Also I am finding that I'm not very hungry at all.. EVER. I do eat breakfast because I know you're supposed to. I force myself to try to eat lunch but I mostly just pick on things throughout the day.... crackers, fruit, granola bars, etc... even though I'm not hungry. I know I should be eating better, but it is really hard to want to even eat anything knowing that I'm working out like this and nothing is really happening.
I work out 5-6 times a week. I do actually use weights now. (Nothing too crazy) I followed a simple routine the trainer helped me put together. I do that 3 times a week on non-consecutive days. As for cardio I mostly do 30-45 minutes on the elliptical. I must confess that I use the "quick start" option and put the resistance setting on an 8 (though today I moved up to 9) and change the incline daily. I have tried to implement the treadmill into my cardio because I'm getting bored. So after 30-45 minutes on the elliptical I do the treadmill for 30 minutes. I'm NOT a runner at all. I try the walk at a quick pace for 2 minutes, run for 4, walk for 2, run for 4 routine---though it's been painful. My calves are KILLING me. I think I may be running wrong... if that is at all possible. I had to stop in the middle of it today. Any thoughts, advice, insight would be wonderful. Thank you!
I am a 22 year old female. I am only 5'0" and currently weigh 121 lbs. It seems my weight over the past year has fluctuated from 113-123. It is very strange as I don't really see myself making any drastic changes. I would LOVE to be down to 105, but I don't think my body ever wants to get there. I just feel so ... large for my height. I would take getting back to 113-115.
This time last year I was around this same weight. (120-123lbs on any given day.) I was in my senior year of college. So I was drinking alcohol on the weekends, eating pizza & "junk" on the weekends. I was doing yoga twice a week, only doing 30 mins of cardio on the elliptical about four times a week, and not lifting weights at all. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, I dropped down to a 114lbs. I discovered this by trying on a pair of jeans that I had hanging around in my closet that I refused to part with even though they didn't fit. To my surprise they suddenly fit. It was very strange because I didn't notice any crazy change in my eating/work out routine.
Typically I would eat:
Luna bar on the way to class
yogurt/ one of those 100 cal packs snack
turkey sandwich on whole wheat for lunch
and pasta or lean cuisine etc for dinner (I rarely cooked for myself.
)This 112-115lbs weight lasted up until around the end of the school year. At the end of the summer I was around 118lb --and not much has changed in my diet. Okay so I was eating a little more junk food and drank a little more at before graduation, but gaining 5 + lbs seemed a little excessive. AND to add to my frustration I joined a gym the beginning of July & I've GAINED weight.
I have gone from 118 to 121. (and obviously my jeans do not fit.)
Perhaps I am snacking too much in between meals. Also I am finding that I'm not very hungry at all.. EVER. I do eat breakfast because I know you're supposed to. I force myself to try to eat lunch but I mostly just pick on things throughout the day.... crackers, fruit, granola bars, etc... even though I'm not hungry. I know I should be eating better, but it is really hard to want to even eat anything knowing that I'm working out like this and nothing is really happening.
I work out 5-6 times a week. I do actually use weights now. (Nothing too crazy) I followed a simple routine the trainer helped me put together. I do that 3 times a week on non-consecutive days. As for cardio I mostly do 30-45 minutes on the elliptical. I must confess that I use the "quick start" option and put the resistance setting on an 8 (though today I moved up to 9) and change the incline daily. I have tried to implement the treadmill into my cardio because I'm getting bored. So after 30-45 minutes on the elliptical I do the treadmill for 30 minutes. I'm NOT a runner at all. I try the walk at a quick pace for 2 minutes, run for 4, walk for 2, run for 4 routine---though it's been painful. My calves are KILLING me. I think I may be running wrong... if that is at all possible. I had to stop in the middle of it today. Any thoughts, advice, insight would be wonderful. Thank you!
