Best Of Luck, I Give Up

Femtaur

For Six months I have been tracking my food. For Six months I have cut out 99% of my intake of grease and sweets. For Six months I have walked, swam, or done a work out video 5 times a week. For Six months I have researched weight loss, been to doctors and nutritionists. And all of it has been a waste of time, because I have lost nothing. Every monday I weigh 250 lbs., and no matter what calorie deficit i set my goal at for the week, no matter how diligent I am about it, and no matter how much exercise i take part in come Friday i weight 253. This has happened every week for the last 5 months. It is a cruel joke I am not taking part in anymore.

Science and math don't seem to apply to me, so i guess i am SOL. Good luck to those of you fortunate enough to have bodies that work correctly.

fitandhealthy

I'm sorry to hear your frustration maybe you are already at your ideal weight?

popplylily

im so sorry your so down and defeated... im guessing no one really knows what to say to this. but ill try and say something..
250, so your wanting better health.. and youve taken lots of steps to get there and its not showed.
i would be asking the doctor about thyroid tests, tests for PCOS and such the like. do you take any medication for anything? could this be the cause? it sounds like youve really tried and my heart goes out to you. did you try measuring with a tape measure instead of weighing? i dont know your story or your journey but surely after all that effort, if nothings shown then it could be medical related? i had a thyroid problem for yrs and yrs before they agreed to test for it.. i wish you the best of luck., and sorry youve been so through the mill with it all. i cant imagine the frustration. i was not that weight but i couldnt shift a pound till i got properly medicated. and even then it took yrs. hope your ok and best of luck xxx

aippolito1

I see this is your first post... I say make your diary public and ask for help. Let us see what's going on and maybe we have an idea what could be wrong. There are a million things to take into account when trying to lose weight.

Are you drinking enough water?
Are you exercising & eating your calories?
Are you measuring your portions accurately?
Are you overestimating your calorie burn?
How much sodium do you eat?
Do you drink alcohol on a regular basis?

etc. !

LoriLoveHoopes

Or try the HCG Diet and give your metabolism a boot in the butt! Thats what it did for me! Now that Ive lost a little I just keep eating healthy. Also if you are still drinking soda of any sort, that will keep the pounds on! Im sorry for your frustration! I cant get past 200!

machinegun74

I went through something similar last year. Cut out a lot of bad stuff in my diet, quit drinking regular sodas etc did the low carb thing. Starting using my wifes exercise DVDs and walking. Looking back I was taking in too many calories for what I was burning, or closer to burning exactly what I was taking in.

For some reason this year my body and brain seemed to come together. I now eat stuff that was worse than last time around but I take in a max of 2000 calories a day but try to stay at 1800. Plus I wasnt really doing much more than going through the motions when it came to working out. Ive been getting better results increasing my intensity more and more. I have to dig deeper and deeper just to make it to the end of a session.

I dont know if any of this might apply to you, Im just telling you youre not the only one. Id recommend a total program like one of the P90 series that comes with a nutrition outline. By the end of my first round Im looking at finally losing some serious weight.

bobspdx

I would use measurements as your guide instead of the scale. My scale has been going between 205 and 200 for the past couple months BUT my tape measure and my clothes are telling me a different story. I take part in Crossfit-style workouts and I am gaining a ton of muscle which could be why the scale is not moving. So I say don't give up, do it for another month or so and take measurements. If you still do not see any changes then ask your doctor if there could be something medical going on.

DanOhh

I agree with arielle0489.

rcatr

For Six months I have been tracking my food. For Six months I have cut out 99% of my intake of grease and sweets. For Six months I have walked, swam, or done a work out video 5 times a week. For Six months I have researched weight loss, been to doctors and nutritionists. And all of it has been a waste of time, because I have lost nothing. Every monday I weigh 250 lbs., and no matter what calorie deficit i set my goal at for the week, no matter how diligent I am about it, and no matter how much exercise i take part in come Friday i weight 253. This has happened every week for the last 5 months. It is a cruel joke I am not taking part in anymore.

Science and math don't seem to apply to me, so i guess i am SOL. Good luck to those of you fortunate enough to have bodies that work correctly.

I'm sorry to hear that you're frustrated but rightfully so if you feel like you've put in the effort. But I feel like we're missing a few pieces of the puzzle. Can we know exactly what you've been eating? And what a typical day is like for you?

July24Lioness

For Six months I have been tracking my food. For Six months I have cut out 99% of my intake of grease and sweets. For Six months I have walked, swam, or done a work out video 5 times a week. For Six months I have researched weight loss, been to doctors and nutritionists. And all of it has been a waste of time, because I have lost nothing. Every monday I weigh 250 lbs., and no matter what calorie deficit i set my goal at for the week, no matter how diligent I am about it, and no matter how much exercise i take part in come Friday i weight 253. This has happened every week for the last 5 months. It is a cruel joke I am not taking part in anymore.

Science and math don't seem to apply to me, so i guess i am SOL. Good luck to those of you fortunate enough to have bodies that work correctly.

I have been and currently am in YOUR Shoes.

Please find another Doctor, you have something going on. Thyroid, Adrenal Fatigue, PCOS.............something is going on in your body

DO NOT GIVE UP!!!!!

PM me and I can give you some information about tests to request by your doctor to force them to take a serious look at you.

I have done so much reading and research, I now TELL my Doctor what tests I need and expect them to write the paperwork for it.

I had to go to a naturopathic doctor to get the answers I needed, but I finally got them!!!

sonjavon

For Six months I have been tracking my food. For Six months I have cut out 99% of my intake of grease and sweets. For Six months I have walked, swam, or done a work out video 5 times a week. For Six months I have researched weight loss, been to doctors and nutritionists. And all of it has been a waste of time, because I have lost nothing. Every monday I weigh 250 lbs., and no matter what calorie deficit i set my goal at for the week, no matter how diligent I am about it, and no matter how much exercise i take part in come Friday i weight 253. This has happened every week for the last 5 months. It is a cruel joke I am not taking part in anymore.

Science and math don't seem to apply to me, so i guess i am SOL. Good luck to those of you fortunate enough to have bodies that work correctly.

On the right hand side of your post it says that you joined in June 2010. Which means you've been here ... less than a month. So, for 6 months, you've been trying it your way and have not lost. You came here and in less than a month, you still have not lost anything. Am I correct?

Seriously, the best advice that I can give you is this.... TRY MFP. Put in your numbers, be honest with tracking your food and see what happens. THIS IS NOT HARD. I had tried everything before coming to MFP... I THOUGHT I was doing it ALL RIGHT... I wasn't.

But- if you choose to leave and give up... that's your choice. But please don't walk away saying that "MFP didn't work for you... not if you didn't give it a real shot".

July24Lioness

Or try the HCG Diet and give your metabolism a boot in the butt! Thats what it did for me! Now that Ive lost a little I just keep eating healthy. Also if you are still drinking soda of any sort, that will keep the pounds on! Im sorry for your frustration! I cant get past 200!

Please don't recommend the HCG diet to someone that doesn't know if they are having Thyroid issues or not. My naturopath says this is the worst thing they ever came out with in terms of dieting.

It is supposedly supposed to "reset" the Endocrine system so the thyroid and pituitary glands communicate with each other to regulate the metabolism, but it is often making people sicker.

The HCG diet should only be done under a doctors discretion and for a short time.................

I can not endorse this at all.

Families_R_Forever

Your post makes no sense, something is not right...

Please take the time to read this post...http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/6556-the-answers-to-the-questions
ESPECIALLY READ QUESTION 3!!!! This applies to those who are NOT losing weight. IT IS GOOD!

amijay77

Sorry i posted on the wrong account. I am the OP, I am not a big poster on forums. For those of you with suggestions, my measurements have stayed the same for last 5 months as well, whenever i go to the doctor she tells me to just exercise more. My cloths don't fit any better, and it is getting harder to find things that fit at all in stores.

I just had my RMR tested and I was really hopeful that eating around that number would start to show results, but nothing but more weight is my reward for trying to do that.

I won't be sharing my tracker as I am a tad paranoid of how much information I share about myself on public websites. I am not looking for a critique, simply saying best of luck to those of you who have posted over the months that kept me going this long.

Paul76

I see this is your first post... I say make your diary public and ask for help. Let us see what's going on and maybe we have an idea what could be wrong. There are a million things to take into account when trying to lose weight.

Are you drinking enough water?
Are you exercising & eating your calories?
Are you measuring your portions accurately?
Are you overestimating your calorie burn?
How much sodium do you eat?
Do you drink alcohol on a regular basis?

etc. !

Agreed - let someone take a look at what you're doing and provide a bit of feedback before you give up entirely.

godblessourhome

i want to let you know that you are not alone! i can totally relate to what you are saying, but please don't give up.
last may, i reached the highest point i have EVER weighed. after years of visiting doctors to find out what was wrong with me, i was finally diagnosed with pcos and started a medley of drugs that were supposed to help. no weight loss.
in june, i started running. no weight loss.
in july, no weight loss.
in august, i was only eating 1200 calories a day. no weight loss.
in septemeber, no weight loss.
in october, no weight loss.
in november, i join myfitnesspal. no weight loss.
in december, i am just about ready to give up. still no weight loss.
in january, i lost 1 pound.
in february, i lost 1 pound.
in march, i lost 1 pound.
in april, i lost 2 pounds (!).
in may, i lost 3 pounds (!!).
in june, so far i have lost a little bit more than a pound a week. finally! more than a YEAR later!
i can understand your frustration because i was right there with you! let me know if you need a friend.
dawn

fitandhealthy

Sorry i posted on the wrong account. I am the OP, I am not a big poster on forums. For those of you with suggestions, my measurements have stayed the same for last 5 months as well, whenever i go to the doctor she tells me to just exercise more. My cloths don't fit any better, and it is getting harder to find things that fit at all in stores.

I just had my RMR tested and I was really hopeful that eating around that number would start to show results, but nothing but more weight is my reward for trying to do that.

I won't be sharing my tracker as I am a tad paranoid of how much information I share about myself on public websites. I am not looking for a critique, simply saying best of luck to those of you who have posted over the months that kept me going this long.

I'm sorry that so many of us doubted you, but it is only because we've seen so much success on this site. We are all here to help you, please don't give up, this is the best support system you will find. We are all made so differently, and some of will see progress more quickly than others, but the math really does work. Please stick with it.

fitandhealthy

You can click on her 12 posts under the other account and clearly see the long battle that she has had since 2008. I don't have any answers for her, but I hope someone does?

amijay77
Joined Jul 2008
Posts: 12

katslosingit

Your post on the 7th talked about survival/starvation mode and that you haven't lost because you are eating too few calories. Are you eating the right amount of calories now? Are you eating the healthy calories that you mentioned to that poster? Have you talked to a nutrionist? Maybe give up on weight loss, but certainly don't give up on your health. Eat healthy and exercise and don't worry about the weight. Good luck!

rcatr

Sorry i posted on the wrong account. I am the OP, I am not a big poster on forums. For those of you with suggestions, my measurements have stayed the same for last 5 months as well, whenever i go to the doctor she tells me to just exercise more. My cloths don't fit any better, and it is getting harder to find things that fit at all in stores.

I just had my RMR tested and I was really hopeful that eating around that number would start to show results, but nothing but more weight is my reward for trying to do that.

I won't be sharing my tracker as I am a tad paranoid of how much information I share about myself on public websites. I am not looking for a critique, simply saying best of luck to those of you who have posted over the months that kept me going this long.

I'm sorry that so many of us doubted you, but it is only because we've seen so much success on this site. We are all here to help you, please don't give up, this is the best support system you will find. We are all made so differently, and some of will see progress more quickly than others, but the math really does work. Please stick with it.

Agree with the above. Maybe you don't need to make your profile public - your food diary, your exercise diary - but maybe you can walk us through a typical day foodwise and how much water you take in.

Like other responders will say, with so many people having had success, it's hard to believe the math doesn't work if you're doing all the work.

Also, this is coming from someone (ME) who struggled with the same 60-65 pounds for 8 years before it finally started to come off. This is not meant to discourage but as a testament to the honesty you need to have with yourself in order for the process to work.

shaggys

Please don't give up!We are all on here because we want to track calories and exercise,and get help and advice from others...
I'm thinking it has to be what you are eating.At first I thought that you did not try hard enough,and that wasn't really fair.Your whole post is just a cry for help-hope you find it.

MTGirl

I've been pondering about this post for a while. I read your history - you only JUST found out that you were undereating. Like last week?? You have to give your body a chance to level back out!! If you up your calories to what your nutritionist said, you need to let it rest there for about a month. In the first 1 - 3 weeks you will maintain, possibly gain a little, until your body figures out that you are adequately fueling it and are going to continue fueling it. Then you will probably start losing weight. Look at SHBoss blogs and posts and Banks - you've been around here long enough to be familiar with the name. I understand your frustration - I'm right there with you. But you can't expect that you've fixed it and in a few days for all to have righted itself with your body!! Give it some time with your new level and see what happens.

melodyg

Sorry i posted on the wrong account. I am the OP, I am not a big poster on forums. For those of you with suggestions, my measurements have stayed the same for last 5 months as well, whenever i go to the doctor she tells me to just exercise more. My cloths don't fit any better, and it is getting harder to find things that fit at all in stores.

I just had my RMR tested and I was really hopeful that eating around that number would start to show results, but nothing but more weight is my reward for trying to do that.

I won't be sharing my tracker as I am a tad paranoid of how much information I share about myself on public websites. I am not looking for a critique, simply saying best of luck to those of you who have posted over the months that kept me going this long.

I think that I'd be trying a new doctor at that point... if you have shared with her all you have doing and only gotten that response.

I don't see that showing your food diary would be giving away private information. No one is going to track you down and find you by knowing what you ate for the day. I am pretty sure you can keep your location and all of that private and just make your food diary public. I think that would help those of us trying to help see what you *have* been doing and offer suggestions.

thirtyby40

Your post about just finding out you are in Survival Mode was only 6 days ago. You were just informed about how much you are under-eating by your nutritionist right?? Give it time. Not seeing the pounds come off is very discouraging but you need to put in perspective that even if the pound don't come off right away you are treating your body well (if you are working out and eating well). That can never be a bad thing.

raindancer

I was on a 6 month plateau only because I never gave any thought to my sweet tea. Someone on mfp did the math for my lazy butt and pointed out I was consuming 120 calories for a 16oz glass. I realized I was drinking 4-5 32 oz glasses a day...OMG no wonder the scale had stopped moving. I'm seeing results now.
It can be that simply..Just don't give up!!!.

PoshTaush

maybe you have a physical problem? My mother was having trouble kind of like you are describing. She found out she had a thyroid problem. She is on a very low dose of thyroid meds and is now steadily losing weight. It's worth looking into!

msmokie

I'm not being a smart___. If you are doing everything you say you are, have you noticed a change in the way you feel or the way your clothes fit. Surely there is some thing wrong since you've been trying so hard. I don't have a thyroid problem but I am on a very low dose of thyroid med for something but I've forgotten for what. It seems to help. But I'll have to ask the Doc what I'm taking it for next time I see him. And to make you laugh...maybe the darn scale is broke! Please don't give up. It will only get worse. May God give you the strength you need.

margie_77

You should check with your Dr. There may be a medical reason you aren't losing any weight.

cypridae

I've been going through the same thing, using the exact meal plan given to me by a nutritionist.It used to work and now it doesn't.
I've had thyroid testing too.I've got tons of muscles underneath the fat that won't go away.One thing I've noticed about this site is that
I think some of the exercise calorie burns are inflated. For example I spent over an hour raking up leaves and stuff in the yard. According to the exercise part of this site, I burned over 500 calories. There's no way I worked that hard.It also said that my workout of treadmill and elliptical was over 500 calories burned too, but the machines only had 230 calories burned.
I don't have any answers except to tell you you're not alone. You might also want to print out several pages of your food diary, take it to your doc and ask for thyroid testing.