Ok, you are singing my song. Lost weight back in 99' by simply cutting all of my food portions in half. I have cut out all fast food, all Italian food, Mexican food,sweets (eat chocolate maybe every 2 or 3 months) and stick to mostly fish, eggwhites, chicken,naturally low in fat cheeses, and lots and lots of veggies. I continue to eat this way on a daily basis, never ever finishing a full restaurant portion. I have never been horribly over weight, typically in the 10-15lb range. I have worked out consistantly since 1992, always incorporating weights and cardio. I started gaining in 2001 and have kept the 15 pounds on ever since (and let me just say, the belly hanging to my knees and the oversize J-Lo type butt isn't muscle). I have gone the "less cardio, more heavy lifting" route, the "addition of more calories" route, "adding more cardio, less weights" route, and now I am doing Firm tapes for the next couple of weeks to hopefully "shock" my system a little bit after coming off of an S&H rotation. I can't get my weight to budge an ounce. I am thinking it must be my age catching up to me. I turned 38 this year and think the "40" weight gain has started early with me. It is very frustrating. It seems I try so hard for so little results. My co-workers make fun of me (in a good way) because I don't touch the sweets, bagels, chips, etc. that they will bring in for the whole crew to eat. Not a single one of them works out, they eat fast food everyday (while I am eating my homeade salads) and they don't have weight issues like I do. I guess this falls into the category of self-acceptance. Would be nice to see results after all the hard work though.
