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So when I was younger (middle school/beginning of high school) I was probably 140-150 lbs until I got taller and thinned out...and when I say thinned out, I'm not joking. By my senior year of high school I weighed anywhere from 108-115lbs and I'm 5'3". I didn't diet and I didn't watch what I ate at all. When I came to college my 2 friends and I picked up a cardio routine and did that the entire first semester and I didn't lose any weight yet didn't gain any either. When spring semester hit, so did the weight. I'm up to 140-150 now (it flucuates) and everything I do doesn't make it go away! I'll post my diet and work outs and hope you all can give me some suggestions of what to do...I'll definately try it.

Diet
Breakfast- Oatmeal, Special K, or eggs...glass of water or half glass of OJ
Lunch- Tuna on crackers, and either a apple or yogurt...bottle of water
Dinner- Soup (NOT Ramen noodles or stuff of that sort - Campbell's wedding soup, chicken noodle, etc), some kind of vegetable...water
Snack- Cup of hot tea (green, lemon, mint)...some type of fruit or half a bagel

I know I need to eat other things, but tell me what would be good.

Workout
30 minutes eliptical (on random mode)
20 treadmill (walk w/ weights sometimes) - and sometimes I just do treadmill, usually about 4 miles of walking, running, and incline
10 bike (hill mode)
weights 2 times a week

It's not a big upgrade from what I used to do...besides the weights, but I figured it would work...suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
 
Are you male or female? And can you give your workout in a day by day breakdown? For example: Monday I do this and Tuesday I do that...

Overall, I would say that if you are seeing a weight gain and everything you are doing is not helping... it could be that you are not eating enough, you are gaining muscle, you are over training, you have some sort of hormone issue.

I would post more info here and you'll probably here more answers :)
 
I'm female...

Monday- 30 minute eliptical, 20 treadmill, 10 bike
Tuesday- 40 treadmill, weights
Wednesday- Same as Monday
Thursday- Same as Tuesday
Friday- Same as Monday and Wednesday
Saturday- Usually just face pace walk w/ my Mom for about 45 minutes
Sunday- off

I've added another snack...and it's either a piece of fruit or yogurt and added 1/2 cup of cottage cheese around 9ish at night, although I'm not supposed to eat after 7 I think...

suggestions?
 
I used to do all of that before I gained the weight.. and now it's not even working to take it off.. I'm really frustrated.

Someone suggested taking pills... like Stackers, Fahrenheit, or Hydroxycut...
 
First thing I would do is re-organize your exercise program so that you are in a fat burning program. You should not work out more than an hour a day. Your cardio sessions should vary in session lengths and intensity levels.

Your strength training should be done before cardio. You should hit each muscle 1-2 times per week. Each time you train a muscle you should lift a weight that is heavy enough on the last rep that you can lift it with perfect form, but couldn't do another rep with perfect form.

Im not the person to talk to about taking pills. I don't like them and I think they are geared towards people looking for a quick fix. Besides they cost too much. I just wrote an article that is getting some media attention. You can read it by viewing the press release at:

Glad you added more protein to your diet. From the sound of your earlier posts I would assume that you need to add a bit more food into your schedule. If your body is not responding to exercise, it is usually because you are not eating enough and/or your workouts are not geared towards your goal.
 
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