Posts by barb21949

Thank you for all your replies so far.

My current exercise routine is 5-6 days a week. Each day I do 30 minutes of cardio; treadmill (always alternating incline and speed), the stairmaster, or aerobic stepper (6 inches high). I will either do one of those a day or a mix. Then every other day, on top of the cardio, I will do about 15-20 minutes of wieghts and/or resistance. I do lunges, squates, leg crunches, leg lifts, sit ups, arm presses, etc....

I do have a thyroid conditon. Hypothyroid, that I've had for over 10 years. in fact, i was gaining weight way back then which made me go to the doctor and that's how I was diagnosed. All these years later...since being on the medicine for it...I've been fine. At first my doctors figured that that was the culprit for the recent weight gain so my dosage and levels were checked and have been checked every 3 months since...right on target. 

I have a sweet tooth, as I stated in my original post, I do have dark chocolate as a snack and I will pop a hard piece of candy or small handfull of m&m's and things like that. But nothing big at all and even when I count them into my daily calories it doesn't add to much. So I don't think I am eating the WRONG things cause my main meals of the day are pretty good healthy eating wise. Before this year I could down 3 slices of pizza and a cinnabon and not gain an ounce. I just don't know what happened between then and now.

And all the weight is in my hips and thighs. But I carry it well because I am so tall so no one thinks I am overweight cause I really don't look it. But tehcnically...anything over 185 for my height is overweight so I just want to lose some weight. Not even for vanity...but because I want to be healthy...and I just don't feel healthy anymore with all this extra weight.

My doctors ran blood work for the insulin resistance and diabetes and anything that can possibly cause wight problems. So I am waiting on those results...still watching what I eat and exercising every day...but to no evail.

Today so far...

Breakfast: a low fat yogurt (100 calories) and a small apple (55 calories)

Snack: ( it IS Christmas time...) a sliver (not even 2 inches thick) of chocolate cake (the closest thing in the food log I could find had it at about 220 calories...if I remember correctly) 

Lunch: Soup; homemade, with chicken broth and brown rice (170 calories)

Dinner (will be) a hamburger (with 90% lean meat/..i think 210 calories), on a wheat bun (100 calories),  with salad and veggies.

Snack tonight probably popcorn...5 cups. (110 calories)

That total brings me up to a little over 1,000 calories so I will throw in some other things maybe like a sweet potato, more veggies, or things like that to bring up the calorie count.

With my bladder condition I can't tolerate certain foods, especially acidy foods, and and certain meats (smoked, cured) and things high in potassium) so alot of things, especially fruits are things I can only eat in moderation. Even chocolate...love it, but have to have small amounts or my bladder will pay for it. I can tolerate apples, blueberries, pears and sometimes banana's and mango. So until I learned what I could and could not eat that wouldn't bother me...my diet over the past year has been hard to maintain steadily. But I KNOW I still ate healthy enough. It's just hard to figure out what's going on with me. According to my doctor(s) when I ask if not eating enough fruits or what I could and couldn't eat could have contributed to this weight gain ...they all pretty much said that even if I ate junk all day...as long as calorie count wasn't too high...I should still be able to lose weight. YEAH....RIGHT!!!!!