<p>So I'm losing weight...and I don't know why. I've been so unhealthy.....and I mean I've been working out as much as usual....</p>
<p>Haha I'll join in on this thread. I've always been a twig, and I have a REALLY small frame. I've always been athletic -- cross country, track, soccer. But, senior year I stopped school sports (bad knees, needed a break) and got a car -- which means I go out to eat with friends at least every 2-3 days. I've also become really addicted Starbucks. Overall, not good. I've only gained about 5 pounds (miraculous -- it looks like I've gained about 15), but I gain all my weight in my stomach, so it looks like I have a huge belly on this tiny frame. </p>
<p>Eh. I've always wanted to gain weight, just not like this. Hahaha. I can't even fit into some of my shirts anymore.</p>
<p>I hate the holidays because they include:
Cookie parties
which leads to LOTS of cookies.
Chocolate
because EVERYONE loves to stuff my stocking with chocolate.
Those stupid hard candies that are sitting in the candy jars
because Christmas just isn't the same without 500 candy canes.</p>
<p>And what does this mean? I GET FAT. </p>
<p>And would you like to hear my brilliant sollution for getting rid of all that junk?</p>
<p>I ate it as quickly as possible so it wouldn't be sitting around the house anymore.</p>
<p>W-O-W</p>
<p>Hahaha, I like that solution, I really do. We must think alike, because I'm still trying to eat my way through all the cake & chocolate sitting around my house.</p>
<p>I do the same thing. Im always heaviest in the winter because I hate the cold and I'm always wearing hoodies so no one can tell lol. but then i realize im getting fat and work out so ill look good for spring/summer. its a vicious cycle.</p>
<p>Wow you guys are lucky, i've been eating less than 1500 calories a day and running 60-30-60 (alternating days, an hour one day, half an hour the next) and I look exactly the same as I did a few months ago. So much for diet and exercise helping.</p>
<p>Ouch. Well, thanks to massive amounts of swimming and weights (8500-11,000 yards per day plus dryland) I can eat whatever I please! But trust me, it took me years of hard work to get like this, and it is not fun. At least until I get to eat entire large pizzas or lasagnas :P</p>
<p>Yeah, thankfully the exercise becomes a habit you can't live without, otherwise I would have quit due to the lack of results...then again you'll never see results if you quit, that's what's keeping me going</p>
<p>I swam everyday for 8 years and quit last year. unfortunately I never actually changed my eating habits...
I'm starting today though! it's my new pre-college healty eating.</p>
<p>Wow, I'm actually really glad there's a thread on weight issues here. </p>
<p>I agree that once you get on the exercise bandwagon, you usually continue it. However, once you fall of it, it takes so much motivation and effort to get back on. After cross country season, I take a "break" and it takes me almost a month to really start running 4-5 times a week again.</p>
<p>I'm in no way fat, but I still feel uncomfortable about my weight during the winter/early spring. I'm around 5'3 and 109 pounds right now as a senior, but I was around 100 for both my freshman and sophmore years. I'm really trying to build healthy habits right now before college since I don't want to go through that vicious cycle you guys mention with gaining weight in the winter and then working hard to shed it in the spring. I'm definitely around 5 pounds lighter in the summer though. </p>
<p>So I've recently been cutting out most snacks from my diet, only fruits and nuts are allowed, and been drinking more tea and water. Now I can eat whatever I want at meals, limiting the portions. It works quite well. I have lost weight during the holidays =D</p>