Originally Posted by summer7gal

Hey guys,
I am feeling really low right now because it seems like nothing I do helps me loose weight. I have a hypothyroid problem which I am on medication for (synthyroid .175mg). My weight problem started about 3 years ago. I believe that initially the antidepressants that I was on for my anxiety disorder, and birth control caused the weight gain. I did not respond well to either of these medications and over the 3 years my doctors had me trying all the different concoctions out there...to no avail. Last year in November I went of all my anxiety medication and I stopped the birth control a year ago. I expected to loose weight but nothing happened. I actually GAINED 10 pounds about a week after stopping the meds in November, even though I ate exactly the same.) During this time I tried everything, dieting, working out at the gym with a trainer for months on end, dieticians...NOTHING helped me shed a pound. I have had all aspects of my thyroid tested and my doctor keeps saying that it is still normal.

I don't have a LOT of weight to loose but the weight I have gained has done a number on my self-esteem. (I used to be 130 and then it just started creaping upwards to 150.) NONE of my clothes fit and I feel that I no longer have control over my body and it's scary.

Towards the end of January I started the Zone diet. I bought a step counter and I walk for about 40 minutes briskly each day and make sure that I am up and about for the rest of the time. I follow my diet to the letter. Will power is not a problem. I eat only favorable protein, carbs, and fat. After two weeks on it I lost 5 pounds....but that is it. Five weeks later I still haven't lost anything. If I cut back on the amount of food I eat i will soon have little dixie cup sized meals.

I met with my doctor to go over my diet etc and he can't figure it out. He said "I guess your metabolism is slow...come back in two weeks and we'll see where you're at." I don't care if I only loose 1/4 pound a week...as long as I know that I AM loosing something. Right now it feels like nothing is happening. This is so discouraging. For three years I have been trying to deal with this and I have had no success. <sob> I am so tired of people going "well...just learn to l like yourself. You look fine to me." The issue is that I want my control back. My dad has diabetes and my Grandmother died of breast cancer so I want to keep my weight at a normal level to reduce the risk of me getting these things. I want to stop this problem so I don't just keep gaining weight.

Guys...I just don't know what to do. I feel so incredibly sad...I cried all the way home from the doctors yesterday. Please...can someone help me? I don't have anywhere else to go for advice and I have run out of ideas..... I could really really use some guidance from others in the same boat!


Here is a copy of what I eat each day. It has been the same all the time...

Breakfast
3/4 cup low fat cottage cheese
1 cup apple sauce (unsweetened)
almonds sprinkled on top with cinnamon powder

Snack
1 ounce of sliced chicken meat
½ apple
6 peanuts

Lunch.
3 ounces of chicken breast
1/4 cup of chick peas
½ cup of pineapple
1 cucumber sliced up
18 peanuts

Dinner
3 ounces of chicken breast
1/4 cup of chick peas
½ cup of pineapple
1 cucumber
18 peanuts

(sometimes for a snack I will have a glass of milk instead if I am in a hurr!