I have spent most of my adult life slowly gaining weight a few pounds a year at first. A couple of years ago, I crept really close to 200, that scared me, I don't want to keep getting heavier I thought. I found a trainer followed his advice for over 6 months and only lost 5 lbs. His comment was I put on a lot of muscle though, didn't make me feel any better. I had also tried a strict calorie diet (close to 1200 calories per day) watching what I eat, etc. plus working out regularly for almost a year, I gained almost 10 lbs that year.

I knew something wasn't quite right, even with eating well, my cholesterol was gaining ground on me too. I have found a Dr/program that is working for me. I don't detail it out here, because there are a lot of things that I need to follow that are not listed here and I would hate for someone to pick up what I have been doing and expect to lose weight the same way. Everyone is unique.