third post - still no results

magsimus89
magsimus89 Posts: 7
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi all, I'm back again at the end of week 8.

I am a 5'7" female weighing 152. I have been working my *kitten* off for 8 weeks. I gave up alcohol, smoking, all fast food, most junk food and processed sugars (I have a spoonful of ice cream a few times a week), I upped my water intake from nonexistent to 64-80 ounces a day, and I exercise daily. I try to vary my calories but it's very difficult to eat more than 1200. I just cannot make myself eat when I'm not hungry. I completely changed how I ate and actually got myself out the door to the gym for nothing. If I flex, my legs are pretty dang hard and that's about it.

No real results. No pounds gained, no pounds lost, no inches gained, no inches lost. Nothing.

What is more depressing to me is when I used MFP a year ago, I still basically ate crap but exercised about the same amount as now and I went from 144 to 140 in three weeks. Then after a surprising 10 pound weight gain (considering ALL my clothes still fit and I couldn't even tell) I actually put in effort and just a slap in the face. I have even done bikram yoga 8 times in the last two weeks.

My diary is open for those who are interested. I am, at this point, desperate.

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  • Broejen
    Broejen Posts: 414 Member
    Eat more & eat your exercise calories back. You aren't hungry because your body is used to you not giving it much to go on!
  • mdcoug
    mdcoug Posts: 397 Member
    You are not eating enough, my guess. Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/895504-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12.
  • ajcrain
    ajcrain Posts: 25 Member
    Eat more! Make sure you are netting enough calories per day that are more than your bmr and lower than your tdee. Google them- lots of helpful info!
  • allshebe
    allshebe Posts: 423 Member
    You made a LOT of major changes all at once (congratulations for quitting smoking - I know how hard that is - did it some 20 years ago and still get the occasional odd craving). I'm betting your body is busy healing (and may be retaining water as part of that). One thing to double check is that you're not munching when you want to be smoking (or drinking). You should probably be eating more in general than 1200, but make sure you aren't shooting yourself in the foot by eating "junk" without realizing you're eating it (could even be "healthy" food, but if it's something that skews the macros, could be undermining your changes). I'd push protein and antioxidant vitamins (from natural sources as much as possible) a bit heavy for at least the next month.

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