Why am I still fat? and What can I do to fix this?

[Anonymous]

I'm fat and I have been that way since childhood. I have never been a heavy eater and I am a crazy calorie counter. I portion all my meals and they consist mainly of lean meats and tons of steamed vegetables.

I hate fast food. You are likely to find me eating fast food like 5 times in a year at most, I rarely snack and if I do I'd buy one that would last me a week, yet I am still over 300lbs.

I watch these tv shows where people show how much a fat person eats in a day and I can't even put away half of what they do but I am STILL BIG! It's annoying now and I am beginning to hate my body. I also take long walks every day. Any suggestions?

[AndyWes]

You're "a crazy calorie counter" so the next question is, about how many calories do you eat in a day? You know that a certain about of calories are required just to maintain your body weight? I think it's about 13 calories per pound for a man, and about 10 calories per pound for a woman to maintain her body weight, so you're probably eating about 3000 calories a day...

Unless you part of the small amount of unfortunate people who have medical problems, you're most likely eating too many calories and burning too few.

[Anonymous]

It could just be hormones and metabolism and genetics not food. Being fat doesn't mean you're ugly or unattractive that is the media lying to you a fat woman can be very attractive and sexy I know because in a man and I find fat females most appealing.

[Opinion Owner]

Thanks for MH

[rose777]

well first of all you will stay fat if you eat healthy food but in big portions and since you say you count your calories , you shouldn't take more than 2000 calories per day , you should try visiting a doctor because you might have a medical cause that is lowering your metabolic rate , or he will have to ask for those investigations biochemical profile for kidneys, bone and liver and a complete blood count then fasting glucose level and lipid profile , and freeT3, FT4, TSH , and it might be because of polycystic ovary

[lalalennon]

THYRIUD, i found out i have hypothyroid and that makes a huge difference :) also just make sure you exercise like cardio with eating healthy, its a combination to help kick start the metabolism:) But don't be too hard on yourself, you are not the same as those other people. I would say though just really go see an endocrinologist

[kheserthorpe]

Any other health issues? Thyroid ever checked? How many calories/day are you eating?

What's your strength like?

What's your body temperature in the morning when you wake up?

How's your energy relative to other people?

[yaddayaddayadda02]

Talk to a doctor. If you're truly taking in less calories than you burn - you should be losing weight.

[Anonymous]

You eat too much, you're not active enough, you don't know how to count calories correctly, you may also have a poor metabolism (for example, thyroid issues).

[Asker]

oh yes I rmbr my mom mentioned that we had that issue in our family... :(

[Hyped_up_on_coffee]

Go talk to your doctor. You may have a thyroid problem or something

[Drooogie4]

If you're really being as good as you say you are..you could have metabolic issues..

[Eternallylucky]

The doc will check your thyroid levels. If you go see him.

[legalboxers]

any doctor check up? what did they say? maybe its something wrong with your metabolism

[marinade]

STOP EATING!!!
Its so simple

[RealityCheckTime]

Talk to your doctor.