HELP.......STUCK!!

Funsoaps

I agree with everyone here that the calories are too low.

Other reasons; thyroid, too much soy and things that interfere with hormones/metabolism. Artificial Sweetners, etc. Even though docs say you are fine, it can take years to get a thyroid diagnosis. But I'm sure it's just you need about 400-600 more calories per day.

It took 8 years of doctors saying I was fine to get a diagnosis...docs honestly aren't that educated on it, so avoid soy like the plague if you suspect it and any goitrogens (google it).

ishtar13

Well I was eating back my excercise calories and not losing, so i thought i would try just the 1200 cals, it worked awesome last week, i lost 2 lbs, but this wekk when i jumped on the scale i was up a lb and almost screamed..........felt like flinging that dam scale out the window and watching it smash into a zillion little peices!! LOL This slow progress is really jacking with my psychy!! I will try, eating more and im going to give up fruit completly this week............we shall see.....

Do you know that your weight can fluctuate several pounds in one day just from water retention and such? Really, one pound shouldn't cause that kind of extreme reaction. I've varied as much as 5 lbs from one day to the next.

sniperzzzz

Here we go again with the you need to eat more calories crew! :yawn:

caegem

coffee.............yeah i drink, a cup or two a day it but its black! I never drink soda, and i gave up the splenda about 6 months ago,because i read that it "tricks" your body into producing more insulin.....so im not logging coffee, and tea which i also drink black, i log under my water intake because its decaf..

sniperzzzz

How long you been stuck?
Edit ok i see you said months lol
Well if your not losing, and logging everything accurately, then you need to lower your calories until you do start losing its as simple as that. Lower by 200 a day, give it two weeks then see where you are. The choice is yours you don't have to take my advice.
If you want increase them then feel free to do that, its either up or down you have to try one or the other.

caegem

OK new strategy.....y'all say im not eating enough, and i have one saying i need to eat less.........SIGH, under 1200 is pretty brutal, and really not compatible with life!! Im a pretty active person, and I find the 1200 challenging enough, this is a lifechange and under 1000 would mean certain "FAILURE", because I know i couldnt sustain it for long......I tend to agree with the folks who say more is better, but I also think i need to change "what" im eating and when. I read an interesting article on calorie cycling, and im gonna try it this week........WISH ME LUCK!!

caegem

OK two weeks of trying to calorie cycle, and I have not lost a dam thing! I am working out harder than ever, and ZERO results! Even my measurements this month were disolusioning.............AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :sad: I honestly dont know what else to do! I even ordered some ambrin which i started today......maybe its horemones??? IDK IDK IDK!! At this rate I am still gonna be 175lbs in october when i get married, and ill be nude because my dam dress doesnt fit on my FAT SELF!

sniperzzzz

Ok if your still not losing, and you have been as strict as you say, then maybe its time for a break for a few weeks, it certainly wont hurt your progress. Have a read of this http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/the-full-diet-break.html