nothing is working for me. HELP..

[ketogenocide]

hey..

i'm 17 years old and looking to loose about 15 to 20 pounds. On january 11th of this year, i started a low carb diet along with exercise. this wasn't exactly an atkins diet, but close enough. because i am so active in the gym (i recently increased my work out to 120 minutes daily for AT LEAST 5 days, but most weekends i work out too, both saturday and sunday) i needed more than 20 carbs in my system.

so i didnt really count salads in my carbs and still dont. actually i dont plan to ever count salads in my carbs and i eat a good amount. anyways i'd substitute that with low carb hoods choco milk or something of that nature to give me energy.

after 2 months and barely losing 5 pounds, i saw a doctor for a full physical examination. she asked me a bunch of questions and the conclusion was what i had suspected. the reason i wasnt losing weight as fast as most people who start atkins is that even before the diet, i had been eating pretty much healthy. i'm asian and our diets are VERY well balanced. we dont keep much junk foods at home. soda was a once a month thign even before the diet. the reason i had gained weight was that i wasnt as active as i shouldve been..cause u know asians eat a lot of rice..

anyways the doc said that that was probably the reason. now i am approaching my 3rd month of atkins (april 11th) and my weight is STILL FLUCTUATING around the same damn number that i started my diet around. i think i h ave BARELY lost 5 pounds in the past 3 months. i do notice a big difference in inches though but still, its the weight that matters..i mean inches count too..but i dont understand WHY THE WEIGHT ISNT COMING OFF?

i got blood tests done, i dont have any problems that may be contributing to this issue. my mom is a doctor, she said that maybe low carb isnt for me OR MAYBE i am not eating enough calories..

because according to my weight, if i laid in bed all day i would burn around 1500 calories (believe it or not icalculated it from some BMR thing online)

now in the gym..i burn about a 1000 cals DAILY. I DO 60 MINUTES TREADMILL VARYING FROM SPEEDS OF 4.0 MPH TO 5.0 and 60 on the elliptical..same speed.

i think i eat around 1200. sometimes even less. i cant help it. i get full REALLY EASY WITH meats and salads. there is nothing else that i can eat on atkins thats calorie filled right?

i dotn know what to do. im considering going off of low carb for a month and seeing how inputing carbs back in my life style might helpme.



sooooo discouraged..sigh

[Moochiecat]

Since you are very close to goal, you're going to experience slower weight loss...this is normal, and it's just how it goes.

Also, you are working out a LOT, and you are building muscle mass. Muscle is heavier than fat, so it only makes sense that your weight wouldn't be changing too much, but your bodyfat % is no doubt changing.

Also, have you done measurements? Or taken pictures so you can see how your muscle definition is progressing? They are much better to go by than the number on the scale, so don't sweat the scale numbers..they aren't the be-all end-all.
I haven't lost any real amount of weight for 3 months, but I'm running 3 times a week and my body is visibly changing, so to heck with the scale.

Someone else may have a better response to this than that, but those are just my thoughts.