Panic every couple of weeks

huggit

I am a 48 year old woman who is in a cycle of trying to lose weight. I have been on mfp off mfp, eating when hungry, just bouncing from one thing to another. I feel panic this morning, as I have been eating well over a couple of weeks, and have just been putting 2 pounds on then losing 2 pounds, and this morning yes you guessed it there are the 2 pound again. I think I have been here for about 5 months. I started mfp again about 2 months ago, and my calorie goal was 1600 and then I added on my exersize points. I am 204 pounds currently, and work out 30 minutes a day. I feel like I am constantly trying to change myself, I have just found that eating red meat upsets my stomach so three days ago I banned red meat, maybe this will help me. I am worried that I am eating too many calories for my activity levels, I try to keep on my feet as much as I can.
I need words of encouragement, I feel like I am eating too much all of the time, when I am probably not, but the weight makes me confused.

elisa123gal

You need to figure out your plan and stick to it and make sure it works for you. I always thought losing weight was a mystery..like it was happening to me and I had to unlock the mystery. It really isn't a mystery I just had to find what worked for me. If you want to log and count calories...then enter in your information...and set your weight loss to a goal you can achieve. You may be adding too many calories back for your exercise...as some think mfp overestimates the burns. That alone could keep your from losing weight,.

Remember your daily deficit to lose weight is 250 to 500 calories...and you could easily eat those calories by adding too many back for exercise or not weighing your food and counting every bite.