What Am I Doing Wrong !!!!

are you eating enough?? I'm guessing probably not.

Here is another board gone astray! Over her calories, not working out, no cardio but walking every great once in a while and no weights. Your right it must be the carbs and sugar that did it! Seriously people u r insane!

You really think that a 4'5'' tall woman should be eating more than 2k a day????

Here is another board gone astray! Over her calories, not working out, no cardio but walking every great once in a while and no weights. Your right it must be the carbs and sugar that did it! Seriously people u r insane!

I took her at her word about the exercise. Perhaps that was a mistake on my part. That said, I don't think being thin and muscular is the same thing as being healthy. I don't think you get healthier by living off junk food. This is our opinions and they are just as valid as yours. I think, for optimum health, what you eat is just as important as keeping your calories reasonable and moving your body.

I never said it was healthy just said her diet, whatever she is eating should be the last thing to look at in her situation. First get her exercising, cardio and weights, and get her calories cleaned up because they r too high and yoyoing. I only sugested twinkies because everyones focus was on something other then the main contributing factors.Now if still she isn't loosing then look the what she is eating but u first have to get the others in check.

Firstly, I'd start by getting rid of any excess sugar and fat that you don't actually need. How can you look at your diary entries and the food on there some days and think I've had a really good day when you've got straight sugar, butter, take out foods, lots of carbs...

Breakfast - lose the juice and if you do need a sugar/sweet fix, have a piece of fruit. Also ditch the sugar. There are SOOO many better alternatives, such as using honey, sweeteners or the best by far Natural Sweetener (Nativa is a brand I use in Australia). I love having multigrain weetbix with a banana sliced up on it and with a teeny bit of honey or nativa sprinkled on top!

I was similar to you to a certain extent with fast foods/take out. Limit this - it really is full of excess crap and the quality is poor and not filling. To start with, I treated myself with a 12gram chocolate treat at the end of my day each day... I don't need to do this anymore. I also treated myself to having take out once per week (and occasionally do as I do have a social life!).

When I started I was on 1200 calories and I exercised lots too, I bought a HRM and used that for accurate calories burned and I rarely ate my calories back. I also started off by eating weight watchers etc calorie controlled prepared meals (yes it's got approx 100-200mg of extra sodium, but it's not THAT much really) for lunch.

I aim for x 2 pieces of fruit per day (usually breakfast and morning tea), lean meat, calcium & vegetables/salad daily.
Breakfast: Weetbix or porridge mixed with fruit (banana, strawberries, etc.), or eggs made into a vegetable omelette, or poached or boiled eggs on multigrain toast.
Morning Tea - Low fat greek yoghurt mixed with fruit and muesli and a 130gram baked beans
Lean meat and salad (on a wrap, multigrain bread) or a Weight Watchers meal between 250-350calories for lunch (this is usually my carbohydrate meal (rice/pasta with meat & veg)
Afternoon Tea - Almonds/nuts.
Dinner: Lean meat again with salad or veg.
I am currently on a 1500calorie diet.

It's hard when you first start, but you'll see learn about QUALITY & QUANTITY and if you focus on a more fibre & protein based intake rather than too many confined carbs (opt for complex carbs and watch portion size) and too many fats you'll see results.

You probably are toning up.This adds more weight, but eventually it will start to come off.