No matter what I do. The weight is not coming off.

lope
lope Posts: 53 Member
I’ve been watching my weight my entire life. Ten yrs ago I lost 45lbs w the 6wbmo. It was exciting. With the hard work.

I’ve gain that all back due to stress in losing both my brothers and both my parents. After I lost the weight the docs took my gallbladder out.

The past two years I have logged my food (1400 calories daily, less than 1400mg sodium) worked out 5 days a week for least an hr a day. For sure got the sweat on. I’m not losing weight. Nor are my clothes getting any more loose. I’ve had my thyroid checked. Nothing. I am so exhausted from trying. My doc is upset cause my not losing. REALLY? Help me here dude. Somethings not working right. So this calories in calories out is for the birds. So frustrated!!! 🙁

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  • MarybethMaloney
    MarybethMaloney Posts: 2 Member
    Make sure to get enough sleep.
  • bjdavidson964
    bjdavidson964 Posts: 266 Member
    So sorry to hear of all you've been through! Seems like you're doing everything right. So frustrating for sure! What workouts are you doing, and approximately how much do you usually burn?
  • Leeanre
    Leeanre Posts: 142 Member
    I went thru not losing weight for awhile. I was on 1200 calories and exercised 4 days a week. I increased workout days to 5 and made sure I kept a 500 calorie deficit. I increased protein and cut out starches. So now I'm back on track. We all hit plateaus and just had to adjust until we see a change. It does not happen quickly. So dont get frustrated. Set small goals. Reach them then keep setting new ones. It took me awhile to find out how to break the plateau. You did it before. You can do it again! Keep pushing and be easy on yourself! It will happen. I'll be cheering ya on! 😊👍
  • Leeanre
    Leeanre Posts: 142 Member
    What works for me will not work for others. We are custom made and have to find our own sweet spot so to speak.
  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    edited June 2019
    Two things:

    1- this link


    2 - food scale. WEIGHT all foods, log by weight, carefully select entries. use recipe building not "similarly found recipes)
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10634517/you-dont-use-a-food-scale/p1
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    There are logically only two possibilities: you aren’t eating at 1400, or you are eating at 1400. If you are, that’s sadly maintenance for you, and the only solution is to drop your calories to 1200. If you aren’t (which is more likely) you still need to drop calories to lose weight. Either way, if your weight hasn’t moved in two years, you are going to have to lower your calories to see it move. This is true regardless of thyroid, gallbladder, whatever. There are no humans who won’t lose weight if they lower calories below maintenance. If there were, we would put them on a rocket ship to Mars, because it would save NASA the trouble of having to figure out how to ship food for two years for the astronauts.

    First plan of action is to be absolutely sure how many calories you really are eating. Weigh every single bite, and measure liquids. Then lower your calories from that.

  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    edited June 2019
    your calorie deficit is too high. your body is holding on to every calorie for dear life bc it thinks it's starving.

    How exactly do you think that would work? And if 'starving' causes a person to stop losing weight, then how does actual starving to death happen...?

    'Starvation mode', as usually mentioned in these threads, is basically a comforting myth that prevents people from looking closely at their diet and exercise. That's OK if you're dieting purely out of societal pressure and just want to be reassured that you're trying 'hard enough'; it's not at all helpful to anyone who actually wants to lose weight.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    Deanner03 wrote: »
    Are you weighing your food? EVERY bit of it? If not, I'd say you're eating more than you think.

    +1
  • smoofinator
    smoofinator Posts: 635 Member
    Read this. It's to the point (no kid gloves), but it's extremely helpful and informative: http://physiqonomics.com/eating-too-much/
  • nooboots
    nooboots Posts: 480 Member
    ceiswyn wrote: »
    your calorie deficit is too high. your body is holding on to every calorie for dear life bc it thinks it's starving.

    How exactly do you think that would work? And if 'starving' causes a person to stop losing weight, then how does actual starving to death happen...?

    'Starvation mode', as usually mentioned in these threads, is basically a comforting myth that prevents people from looking closely at their diet and exercise. That's OK if you're dieting purely out of societal pressure and just want to be reassured that you're trying 'hard enough'; it's not at all helpful to anyone who actually wants to lose weight.

    it works very slowly actually due to the body protecting itself if under fuelled. To lose weight we need to fuel the body similar to a bbq. Too much charcol is like too many calories and just piles up, too little and the fire goes out also with nothing to burn.

    How do anorexics end up dead then?