I just RSVPed to the pity party...

"I am overweight due to general inactivity and lack of caring about my looks or my health. This is my year to take control and get that health body that I've always wanted! "

Give it some time. Having a healthy body takes the rest of your life!!!

You will be so happy you did, promise:flowerforyou:

I hope you can turn it around. It takes your body a while to catch up with your healthy eating habits.

Your friends that aren't eating or are drinking their calories, aren't *healthy*, so why compair yourself to them?

Stick with it...keep going. Sending you strong healthy vibes and love~
sam

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
-Obama

Have you had a check up with your MD lately to make sure there is no underlying reason for the lack of weight loss. I agree that you should not give up. Are you measuring food, most people typically under-estimate amounts when trying to eye ball. Calorie intake can be much higher than you think so measuring is very important at the beginning.

Good luck, you will be successful if you stick with it!

I read an interesting book, eat for your blood type. According to the book I do better with red meat, which I thought was bogus but for three days I ate salads with low fat dressing etc. and gained two pounds. Spent the next two days eating appropriate portions of chicken and red meat and lost 3 pounds.

My son has a rare disease and we were working with a nutritionist in FL who has the same theory. She was testing food for him based on his morning weights. if the scale fluctuated within 3/10ths of a pound something from the day before was bad for him. Dwight freeney from the colts works with her and he was having issues with bananas but is fine since removing them. While I am all for healthy all around eating, I do think that some foods whether they are healthy or not sit differently in each of our systems. Is there anything you have been eating consistently this week? Maybe try and cut that out and see if it changes.

i so agree with this! my oldest son was diagnoised with autism and we cured him with chelation therapy and cutting all casien and whey from his diet. the 'healthy' food you ingest can actually hurt you. good luck with your son.

to the o.p., i'm sorry you are frustrated. i can relate. today is a new day. do one healthy thing regardless of weight loss and see if that doesn't help you feel better about yourself and more in control. numbers on a scale are fickle.
dawn

No where else to go.....so dont give up!! Ive ran 12 miles and 13 miles the past 2 weeks. Those were in ONE day each week, my total miles for those 2 weeks were 24 and 25 respectfully. i DID NOT lose weight either week...totally makes no sense to me, but i will keep running and i will stick with it, no where else to go.........

Please take a look at my profile pics, I just posted my before and after, after having lost 50 pounds (well, I'm up 2 pounds this week, but that's just it, everyone fails sometimes, but all that matters is that you keep at it). I totally know the feeling, I get discouraged a lot. But when your pity party is done, you get right back on track. You didn't gain weight overnight, so you won't lose it overnight.

It has taken me way longer to lose this weight than I had planned. I should have been at my goal weight back in September or October, and here it is February and I still have 16 to go. But you know what, I cannot pass by a mirror without stopping to look and thinking, damn, you look good. I have my bad days sure, but then I get right back to it. It's really hard to watch other people eat what they want....I feel like that a lot, I feel like I'm in prison, constantly logging and measuring and not being able to eat when I'm hungry because I don't have enough calories left. But that's why you need to schedule a cheat meal or day so you can feel that free-ness again, without doing as much damage as you would be just giving up.

Hell, last week I was feeling major burn out from work, school, gym, dieting, so I took the entire week off from logging and working out. I don't recommend doing that a lot, the last time I did that was back in October, and I now have 1.5 pounds of water weight/fat weight to work back off. But that week was what I needed to not give up entirely and now I am back in the game. I'll bet you were NOT happy when you were at your highest weight, so picture your future self, put down the cookie, and get back out there. I did it, and I know you can too!

Well, as a former 320+ pounder and now 247 (and counting), I can tell you it just ain't worth it! I have to say this is the most successful diet effort yet for me. A couple of things have made a big difference. Maybe they will for you too. I hope so.

1) I'm eating very tasty food (mostly fruits and veggies). I've never eaten so many before or enjoyed it more either. When I eat "good stuff" it mostly takes away the craving for stuff that will do me in. The other nice thing about this...I am almost never hungry. I really mean this. Sometimes when I feel anxious or bored or lonely, I want to eat to sedate myself. So, I definitely relate to wanting to eat. But it's just the beginning of a downward spiral. I want to avoid that if I possibly can. It's just too painful.

2) I'm keeping track of pretty much every bite. Even if I go out and don't know exactly what's in a meal, I try to dissect it and track it. I've never done this before and am surprised by how helpful it is. For me, it takes away the "I've failed" feeling that I get when I don't write something down. I've felt that way in the past even when I haven't gone over my calories. Somehow, not writing it down makes me "feel" that I'm cheating.

3) I'm exercising. This is the hardest part for me. I've done plenty of diets before and know the hard part is not losing the weight, it's keeping it off. I'm doing the exercises from the book Strong Women Stay Young. So I'm building muscle and that burns more calories. (It's also awesome to see your calories left for the day go up!) I don't think I could have gotten started if my sister hadn't started doing the SWSY exercises at the same time. If this is a hard area for you, maybe you can find some support. I'm proud of myself for sticking to it but know that I'm still on shaky ground. Next year, it will be a habit! This year not so much. I'm also working on doing 30 minutes of cardio a day - exercycle or walking. The best thing about doing this is that it lifts my mood.

It's working for me. Hang in there. You can do it. When you're feeling especially crummy, try walking for just 10 minutes. I believe it will help. And try eating really delicious food, not just some junk out of a box. That's huge for me. I don't feel like I'm on a diet. I'm eating like a gourmet. I like what one person's tag line said...something about how you'll feel next year if you don't do it. It's true!