why is nothing happening??

emmab0902

Like others have said, patience. A month is not long at all. Just keep working your plan. Heck, weight bobbles around depending if you drank 2 glasses of water (1 pint = 1 lb) or if you used the bathroom recently (please pardon, but true)

I respectfully disagree about "starvation mode" stopping weight loss. It seems to be a very passionate subject, yet even the original research stated the subjects continued to lose weight if they took in fewer calories than they used. If one uses more calories than taken in, weight loss happens regardless of what you eat, when you eat, or how you eat it.

totally agree with this. Also breakfast neither helps nor hinders weight loss, its overall energy balance that matters.

BlondieZee

I was eating 1200 per day and not losing ANY weight, so I upped my cals to 1300 and ... WHAMMY! I have lost 7 pounds in 2 months! Much better than nothing! Best of luck!

hottottie11

Set your goals to 1 lb per week and eat your exercise calories. Undereating is counterproductive to weight loss. I eat 1800 to 1900 per week and lose fine.

kir911

You're bang on. Carbs after 7 PM is bad since it gets stored as fat while you sleep.
And yes, breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. The saying goes "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper. " - Adelle Davis (who was *way* ahead of her time).
If you skip breakfast, you're messing up things for sure.

I really love this!! And it is so true! I personally don't do well eating bread...so I avoid it. I stick to brown rice, quinoa, sweet potatoes, beans and oatmeal and grains for my starchy carbs. I also weigh and measure everything i eat...sometimes I don't think pay attention to their portions...they guess. I was way off when I guessed! Processed foods = BAD for the most part...try to avoid them if you can. I had to get serious and really plan my food. I had to set myself up to WIN not fail.

sweetxsour35

You should really try eating a little more. I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but a lot of people, myself included, have had very very slow weight loss on low calories, and much better weight loss on more.

Years ago, I tried to lose weight and only ate about 800 calories a day. I believed in the old "calories in vs calories out" saying and that eating less would give me better results. My progress was so slow, and I felt so lousy during it, that I gave up and went back to my normal way of eating. I would have rathered weigh a little more and be able to eat what I want than feel deprived and hungry to be a little smaller.

This time around, I wasn't concerned with losing weight, because I was convinced it wouldn't happen for me anyway. So I only cared about my fitness and being able to run as my primary goal. But as it turns out, the weight started to come off. I paid more attention to the numbers, and saw that even though I tried to set my goals to lose 2# a week, I couldn't lose more than 1.3 by the math, and in reality never lost more than 1# a week except when I had a stomach flu. I figured, "If I'm only going to lose a pound a week (which was FINE!), I might as well eat more to get that pound a week." I upped my calories, and then averaged about 1.5# a week! Sometimes more, sometimes less, but I always lost more weight on 1400-1500 calories (plus eating my exercise calories) than I did on 800 and even 1200.

Give it a try for a few weeks and see how it goes. While eating more, I never felt deprived or hungry, and always had a ton of energy. This is the only time I ever tried to lose weight and succeeded... to the point where I had to say, "Ok, that's enough. I gotta stop losing now!" And I credit to eating enough.

I agree. Experiment. Find your sweet spot. Up your intake to 1200, and see how you do. If you feel you could be doing better, try eating around 1300 or 1400.

beth40n2

Looks like you might be in starvation mode. You need to eat those 1200 calories plus your exercise calories! I see days you are under 800 or 900 calories. Most heavy people can loose weight on 1500 calories a day. Your carb level is great, but eat more! Try lots of veggies and meat! You need protein or you will be getting very tired.