My name is alex, i play (played) soccer for Louisiana Tech university this past fall. I came into preseason in perfect shape, the best i have ever been in in my life. Weight at 125-130, and with under 15% body fat. After a season on scholarship i found that i didn't want to play for this school and persued another offer at Texas Tech University. When i quit i stopped working out for a bit, well not completely stopped, but not at quite as high intensity that i was training at. I gained weight, and i hate it! I am extremely self concious about my body, and pride myself on having a great body and always being very fit. i now weigh 145, i am only 5'5", (weight taken about a week and a half ago) and am freaking out. I have been training this past week at very high intensity and also began taking weight loss pills (trimspa). These pills cause a dramatic decrease in appetite, and it is difficult to make myself eat when taking these, as well as convincing myself to when what i want to do is shed these xtra pounds. I am not completely sure that what i have been doing is healthy and if is good for my body. I train 4 hours a day, running on pretty much a couple small snacks or one normal sized meal, meals or snacks usually consisting of one of the following: salad, tuna, peanut butter crackers, with water, lemonade, or powerade/ an energy drink. I train for 2 hours with a mens soccer team, then hit the gym for a 30 min cardio trying to maintain my heart rate above 180 for the first 23 minutes and above 200 for the last 7, lifting upper/lower on alternating days and try to average 400-500 situps in various different ways. I am getting results, pretty quickly, i haven't taken my weight in the past week/week and a half. I want to see my body change, i don't want to read numbers and still not see the fitness show up in my appearance.

Does anyone have any comments on this? It is a lot to take in at once but it is a huge problem for me. help!?

-Alex