Ok, so I am 21 years old, I began this lifestyle change just over 2 years ago...and until this afternoon, I thought I had lost 93 in two years given my best effort. (Which I still consider to be VERY slow for someone my age)... Well here's the problem: I needed a new scale because I have been weighing myself on my analog bathroom scale (that's only the one I have been weighing on recently, I have had different scales)...I know that those are not too accurate, but I figured I can assume they are correct within 5LBS...So my last weigh in on my home scale (last friday) I was 169)...I go to walmart to buy a digital today (and I weighed myself on several of the digitals they have there)...I WEIGHED 189!!!!!!! I feel like this can not be true but 3 different scales told me that it is! I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS WOULD GUESS THAT I AM TWENTY POUNDS MORE THAN I THOUGHT!! Here is where it gets worse and more confusing: After the holidays (and during the holidays), I weighed myself on the triple beam balance at the GYN: low 190's, also on my dad's super fancy accurate scale: Low 190's. Since January I have been extra good. Working out A LOT every day. and eating about 1700/day. (or less). About every other weekend I cheat, but not an out and out binge (ex: last sat I ate a donut, sunday I had 2 slices of pizza and half a bag of chips (that's all I ate all day)...Sometimes my weekends look like that). But here are what my weeks look like (I SWEAR)
I'll describe yesterday, because it was a typical week day:
B- 3 LF Eggos with one T LF cream cheese and a quarter of a Banana.
L- Turkey sandwich (3.5 oz carved turkey breast, 1 slice swiss, 2 slices WW bread.
Snack: Banana with handful or cheerios
D-6oz shrimp, arugala salad with 1 T LF dressing, 1 serving of whole wheat pasta.
Snack: 6oz plain Greek yogurt.
(appox 80oz water).
This was my workout yesterday:
75 mins on elliptical at lvl 13 according to the machine it burned 800 cals (and I told it that I weighed 170, I would be burning way more if its true that I'm 189)
I did a 45 min rokin body aerobic tape
I did a 45 min rockin body tape that is for weight lifting. (5lb weights)
In a typical day I have the same activity as a stay at home mom...I wash dishes, do laundry, chores, vacuum, sweep, clean, up and down the stairs at least 20X per day.
also 2X a week, I skip the gym and I walk at least TEN miles in the park. (I did that today).
I NEVER work out less than 5X/wk
I swear all of the above is true.
SO....WHAT's wrong with me?? How could I have lost virtually NO WEIGHT in 6 months of behaving the way I described to you???
I want info on whom I can see, or if there is a way I can be committed into one of those psych wards for eating disorders, or go to a fat camp for 6 weeks...someplace where they analyze my entire endocrine system. If I am not admitted to a facility in the next week or so I fear I will hurt myself. I have never felt this way before this week, but I need help with my mental and physical health. Also I cant really pay to be placed on a psych ward...but as I said, I feel like I am a danger to myself. Where do I begin?