 [ Symptoms ] is the reason why i can not 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 [ Disease ] hi i think i am in the same boat as you i am 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 is 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 do not exert themselves half as much as i do i just do not 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 did not grow up fat 8 kids in all i wonder if it does have something to do with genetics it is so frustrating it is 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 did not eat junk food just went to regular food and the pounds piled back on so quickly so frustrated