No loss

gregsbabe12

I am 51, 5'6 and 274 pounds. I was in menopause suffering from pretty bad symptoms. Got Bioidentical hormone replacement 7 months ago and feel amazing. Decided it was time to get healthy, back to my old self ( or close to it lol) A month ago, I cut out all added sugar. Lowered calories to 1600 a day and do cardio 4 days a week for 30 minutes a day. Just bought a total gym so going to start that as well. Nothing, not a pound. According to the calculators, I need about 2350 cals to sustain my weight, so just with the deficit alone I should lose weight. NOTHING. I don't eat a lot of carbs, but haven't cut them all out. I used to weigh 140 like 10 years ago lol. Now it seems my body wants to just stay where I am, but I don't. I am sick of it. I drink lots of water and iced tea, decaf coffee. No soda, juice nothing. Take my vitamins, my collagen and probiotics. Any other ideas? Thanks!!

LiveOnceBeHappy

Sounds frustrating! How are you determining how many calories you are consuming? Are you weighing your food or estimating? Are you "eating back" your calories from your workouts and how are you determining that calorie amount?

gregsbabe12

I weigh everything and document with MFP. I am not eating back the calories for sure. Sometimes I only hit 1400 calories a day, just depends. I am taking some HUM vitamins that are knocking out my cravings so that helps. Anything I eat gets add to MVP I usually scan the code in and weight for servings.