Ever since teenage time I have been battleing with weight, or I'm skinny or a I'm obese, it is a serious problem, I can never be steady in certain weight, I am in therapy right now to find a balance, and I feel hopeless, right now I am up and it will come the time that my body will say: ok, time to go down, and it is fustrating, anybody, male or female with same problem?
2007-05-13 17:33:16 · 4 answers · asked by norma123nyc 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
I'm up and down all the time and I just make sure I have enough clothes to fit both sizes =It is annoying but I put up with it only have this one life on earth so enjoy it
2007-05-13 17:37:01 · answer #1 · answered by caffsans 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My weight fluctuates by about about 6 pounds. This is water weight due to hydration.
people often mistake weight loss for fat loss. They are related, but NOT the same thing. I'm assuming that your goal is to be healthier and look healthy.
You need to change your entire lifestyle. Eat proper foods, get excercize. You should do resistance training three times a week to build muscle and aerobic training three times a week for cardio/respretory fitness.
If you build muscle, you will use more calories during the day. Lets say you are carrying an extra 20 pounds of bodyfat, it doesnt cost your body anything (metabolically speaking) to carry that fat around. If you have 10 pounds of muscle, it takes calories to maintain that muscle, even when you arent working out.
Another thing is you should eat a balanced and nutritous diet. Devide your meals up. So eat half of your breakfast and wait a few hours and eat the other half. Same with lunch and dinner. By consuming the same amount of calories throughout the day, but deviding it up into frequent but smaller meals, you "Trick" your body into thinking that food is pleantiful and it wont store extra calories as fat.
The trick is to use good judgement on what you eat and when you eat it so that you consume the same amount of calories with 6 meals that you would have with three.
Good Luck!
2007-05-14 00:50:33 · answer #2 · answered by Mike 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
We tend to go up & down in our weight & there are different variables affecting this, hormones, water retention, stress, etc. It's good you're in therapy working on your concerns to get behind why it's happening to you @ the rate it does. It would be good to focus on what & how you eat. It's good to eliminate all white stuff (sugar, flour, rice & fast foods), eat organic when you can from all food groups. It's good to eat several meals throughout the day, so your body won't go into starvation mode, thus holding on to your weight.
We are hunter gathers, so when you eat make it a complete meal (protein, grain & veggies). I would also start an exercise program, something you enjoy doing & you know you will maintain (running, swimming, yoga, dancing etc.) & stay hydrated, drink lots of water. :)
2007-05-14 13:35:37 · answer #3 · answered by Fraulein 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, you are among several people with the same problem noone's weight stays the same it depends on several different factors such as hormones etc... you need to change the way you eat just eat small portions of healthy foods and exercise your body will always fluctuate no matter what you do
2007-05-14 00:41:56 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋