From 105 to 125 lbs in one year: why?

Question
Hi, my problem is that i gained almost 20 lbs ever since i got married, its only been 1year! I was never this heavy, and now i dont seem to keep the weight off! I've tried many diets, and i'm thinking on trying a fruit diet, i used to be 105lbs at 23years of age, now i'm 125 and 24years of age. I just dont want to keep on gaining 20 every year. What do you sugest? i walk a lot, run, play tennis, any tips or tricks that can help me loose a few lbs.?

Answer
Dear Hazel,

1. You might reach your healthier than before body weight. Depending on your height, 125 pounds can be perfectly healthy -- even if you gained a couple percent of body fat. To figure out your real body composition (scales tell too little about it) you might want to download body fat calculator, it's free at:

http://dietandbody.com/article1113.html2 You might be doing too much aerobic exercises. Try switching to strength training for half of the time. If you are not a member of a gym, try a virtual gym with live demos:

http://dietandbody.com/articles/virtual_gym.html

3. Try a diet that you haven't tried: limit carbohydrate intake if you've been watching fat intake, for example. Another thing to try: increase meal frequency if you currently have three square meals a day or decrease it if you snack a lot.

4. Try the Banta diet. It's free and it's 92% efficient. You'll be choosing every weekly plan depending on your previous week's results. The web address is: http://bantadiet.com -- read the basics, then click on 'start' to begin.

Don't hesitate asking me any further questions, e.g., at http://dietandbody.com/mfeedback.html

Good luck,

= Tanya Zilberter, PhD

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