hiya, ok im a female so it might be sightly different for me but i read your post and releated it to a tee.
I am 5 7 and 135ibs (nowhere near my ideal weight!) but i manage to eat really healthy for breakfast ,lunch and dinner and then in the evening, but in theevening i just wamna eat 9 it end up eating tonnes of fruit instead!!!) i just wanna eat. I run about 45 miles per week, and do kickboxing, yoga, pilates, swim, weight train (2-3 X WEEK) in addition to this but i still seam to put on weight.

the only thing i can say is perhaps your body holds on to water - i know mine does. ALso am i right in thinking that 8/9 pieces of fruit a day is too much sugar??

Maybe your weight gain is muscle - do you clothes still fit the same? are they looser? Mine are looser round the waist but tighter on the hips and hamstinrgs - weird. Like wise i tried therapy - i went to a hypnoist for cravings / / body image etc but it unfortuantely didn't work with my attitudde to food

I guess what i'm trying to say is see how you feel now you've build muscle and how your clothes fit. like u, i coud use help but this is your post, so i'll be interested in seeing what others advise and hopefully this will help you .

it looks like to me that you aren't eating enough. you should be eating way more during the day. when i want to lose weight i eat like you eat (about1800 cal. a day) and you are a teenage boy who runs. try eating more during the day. have protien with breakfast instead of just cereal. also maybe cut your dinner in half. eat half at normal dinner time and half later in the evening.

something that works for me is planning a "second dinner" for right before bed. i eat a banana with cottage cheese and weetabix or something like that. something relatively light but filling and balanced. when i know that i have a snack waiting on me, i stick to the snack and do less mindless eating.

you posted the 11pints of water. maybe there is something related to your hunger pangs and thirst. cuz i don't know what to make of it based on your threads. maybe there's something medically wrong.

Your not eating enough. You should be getting something to eat every 2-3hrs. This will keep you blood sugar levels constant and you won't get those cravings.

Also being only 17 yrs old and running and weight training you should probably be adding easily another 1000 calories to you diet without any weight gain.

You should be on the SEE food diet. Any food you see you should eat it.


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when u get urges to eat sugar, or simple carbs, force urself to stuff your face with something better like, baby carrots with hummus, or handfuls of almonds, or an apple with PB, or orange juice, or bananas or oatmeal or..u get the drift: solid food- it'll fill u up and not make u even want to think of food for awhile. like someone mentioned, im thinking you need to eat more earlier in the day. man, EAT LUNCH. 500 calorie lunches? u have to pre-fuel for your daily energy, eat more earlier, breakfast too! and not just sugar-laden cereal. try adding fruits, eggs, whole grains. make sure you're getting enough protein too, like someone else mentioned.