I am a complete mess! - Diet & Nutrition Message Board

twanger · 03-29-2006, 06:26 PM

Help. I am 5'7 and now weigh 168 lbs. That is 10 lbs. more than I weighed in October.

I don't know where to start. I don't eat what seems like a lot of food but the scale just keeps going up.

I lift weights and walk 3 miles a day, six days a week.

I have tried that Atkins diet and lost a little weight but I put it back on and more. I don't like all the fat in this diet either.

I feel out of control and I don't know where to start. I hope that someone can help here.

Thanks.

auntjudyg · 03-30-2006, 07:40 AM

What is your menu for a typical day?

southjerseymom · 03-30-2006, 01:24 PM

This may be difficult, but you really have to try a whole foods diet, meaning stay away from processed foods full of chemicals, refined carbs aka the white stuff and bad fats. Try keeping a journal of your exercise and what you eat. I'm reading a book by Dr. Mark Hyman, "Ultrametabolism". He says you have to think of the Food Pyramid upside down to get an idea of what you should mainly be eating. Foods with healthy fats including nuts, lots of veggies, some fruit, lean cuts of meat, whole grains and sugars sparingly. What is a typical day like for you and how old are you?

Musical_Muse · 03-30-2006, 07:14 PM

Also, remember that muscle weighs more than fat

, and it sounds like you're into muscle-producing exercing, as you weight lift.

~Colleen

Sharon76 · 03-31-2006, 01:30 AM

Hi Twanger

Try doing exercises leaning more towards cardiovascular type, ones that really get the heart rate going and the calories burning. If you not exercising correctly your heart rate will not increase to the correct BPM it should be, and you will not be getting any benefit out of it.

Try jogging or areobic type exercise.

Good luck