Not loosing weight...

charlesnbarber

I've been pretty big since I was about twelve. Last month I decided to get skinny cause I'm sick of being fat. I've been eating healthier foods, cut out soda entirely, and exercising almost everyday. Right off I dropped a couple of pounds, but not for the past three weeks I've been stuck at my current weight. I just don't get why I'm not losing weight, could it be a health issue or does this happen to other people too?

awesomejdad

make sure your logging every bite of food you eat 100 percent honestly and not overestimating your calorie burns when you workout. Just do that for a very long time and you will lose weight. Patience is the absolute biggest thing! A lot of patience and hard work.

thegreatcanook

Are you using a food scale and logging accurately? Add me and I'll check your food diary and help you out!

asdowe13

Awesome job on taking control of you life.

I'm just gonna leave these here

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

Both a great read filled with excellent information.

Good luck

leggup

Congrats, you have found your maintenance calories. Eat less or move more (or both) and you will see success. Cutting soda and other things only helps you lose weight if it creates a calorie deficit.

Dichotomy1976

As others have said, log everything you eat (including any fruit you have as snacks) and weigh it, not just estimate it. You also have to do the same with what you drink. If you're eating back exercise calories then only eat back half of them at most as they are usually overestimated. Be completely honest with yourself on everything that contributes to your diet (watch the show secret eaters to see how easily people deceive themselves they are being healthy).

missiontofitness

Get a food scale so you can 100% be sure you are getting accurate logs down to the ounce.
Eat back 1/3 to 1/2 of your exercise calories, since MFP tends to be generous.
Try lowering them by a few hundred, and see if that helps. It sounds like you're eating at maintenance.

bwogilvie

Awesome job on taking control of you life.

I'm just gonna leave these here

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

Both a great read filled with excellent information.

Good luck

^THIS. Read both of those. If you want more, go here:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/833026-important-posts-to-read

You can exercise all you want, and eat "healthy" (whatever that means), but if you aren't eating fewer calories than your body burns, you won't lose weight. Some people can do that by eating intuitively, but for most of us, food logging is the way to go.

Liftng4Lis

Congratulations on getting here. Calorie deficit and PATIENCE! You didn't get here in a couple of weeks, you're not going to get out in that time.

audrast

Congratulations on starting the journey!

If you've hit a plateau and you are watching the intake and continuing the exercise, your issue might be leptin. It's a fat-storage regulation hormone. When your body senses that you're losing weight, the levels decrease and your body goes into starvation mode. It holds on tight to its fat stores. Some people are more sensitive to these levels than other people. I have found that I am and the things that boosts me off those plateaus is a re-feed or "cheat" day. Eat about 20% above your normal caloric needs (not your dieting calorie count), using mostly carbs and protein. Your body thinks, "Hey, it's cool, we aren't being starved," and leptin levels increase. If this is the way your body works, you might see your weight loss happen in chunks.

Read up about it.
http://breakingmuscle.com/nutrition/leptin-the-secret-key-to-getting-shredded
http://www.muscleandfitness.com/nutrition/lose-fat/do-what-pros-do-eat-more-lose-more

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23372694
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17228092
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11895161