hi: i think i'm in the same boat as you. i'm the most active healthiest person i currently know but i am also the most overweight too (220 pounds but a size 12-14). i eat a very healthy diet. gluten-free no junk food lots of fish no dairy. no added sugars. lots of fresh fruits and veggies. i drink 1 to 2 litres of water a day. i keep my calorie count to between 1200 to 1500 a day. i try to get 7 hours of sleep every night. i supplement my nutrition with b12 complex vitamins an iron supplment a raw multivitamin amino acid supplement msm and chondroitin joint supplements and omega 3 supplements. i workout like it's my part time job. i try to run 4 days a week for at least 4 to 5 miles. i walk my dog every day for at least 3 miles. i do weight training 3 times a week with a personal trainer. i do muay thai kickboxing on saturdays for an hour and a half and kung fu on tuesdays and thursdays for two hours each. sounds like a lot right? what can i say? i enjoy it. even with all of that i struggle to lose the weight. i am lucky if i drop one to two pounds a week. for most two pounds a week is great but they don't exert themselves half as much as i do. i just don't get it. i got my thyroids checked and it all came back normal. my brother and i are the two most obese ones in our family. everyone else didn't grow up fat (8 kids in all). i wonder if it does have something to do with genetics. it's so frustrating. it's taken me 3 years to lose about 100 pounds and then wham! in a matter of 8 months i gained back 40 pounds. i was still exercising regularly although not at the same intensity level (did just karate twice a week and cardio kickboxing 5 times a week) and i only slightly laxed on my clean eating habits and boom! 40 pounds. i didn't eat junk food just went to "regular" food and the pounds piled back on so quickly. so frustrated.
is the reason why i can't lose weight and keep it off because of my family history of obesity? . i am a 19 year old female i have 1 child who is 14 months old. at one point after my child was born i was exercising 5 times a day and on a strict diet plan for 4 months. i only lost 15lbs during this time. after that 4 months i was only able to work out once a day and still on the same diet i gained half the weight back. my family is anywhere between 200 and 400lbs please help before it gets worse i currently weigh 220lbs.