WHY CAN'T I LOSE WEIGHT

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I'm in the same boat I've been on this for 2 weeks watching everything that goes in my mouth but I haven't lost a pound, I think I'm suppose to be fat.

4 days? Its water weight unless you ate 14,000 calories over your TDEE in four days... which is highly doubtful.

uggghh, i'm getting super frustrated. I went from 175.5 to 179 in 4 days! and I have been eating my normal calories (around 1200). someone please review my diary and give me advice!! I neeed to get down to 170 soon or I'm going to lose all hope

No one can tell you what to eat. You need to experiment. The macro ratios in MFP are close enough. I tend to eat more protein and less carbs than the default but not low carb, I just stay withing the calorie budget that is right for me.

1200 is such a stupid number to get stuck on. What you need to eat for a deficit is relative to your RMR.

To tell everyone eat more is wrong.

To tell everyone to eat less is wrong.

To find the exact amount of calories for you to be in a sustainable calorie deficit is correct. Some people can handle a deeper calorie deficit than others. Some people have emotional eating disorders and it comes into play. Even a small deficit puts your body in a state of flux and everyone is different

What you need to eat for a deficit is relative to your RMR. If you are short you really don't have much room for up compared to the 1200. If you are taller you will have a higher RMR and can go up or down and still be in a deficit (way above 1200) so you can lose no matter what. All that matters is a calorie deficit.

You just need to find the correct calories for YOU to be healthy and sustainable and and still lose weight. It might require some experimentation and tremendous patience. You can always notch up and down by 100 until you find what is sustainable and still allows you to lose weight.

If you have emotional eating issues than you are not going to be able to handle such a deep deficit and if you eat to low it will backfire. A better strategy is to eat at a shallower deficit, and sometimes give yourself a break from the deficit and eat at maintenance. This is not going backwards, but eating to low and then binging because you can't sustain it is going backwards. It's better to stay forwards even if it is slower. The tortoise wins this race in the end.

Your body loses weight in chunks, not linear. I have found that you can do everything right and your weight loss seems to plateau but if you are patient and keep exercising and eating at a deficit (however slight) you will lose it, it will suddenly "whoosh". There are so many variables for the scale; water retention, digestion, hormones, allergies, sodium, carbs, water intake, DOMS, inflammation, the list goes on. People mistakenly think they lose or gain weight when they eat more or less because of these fluctuations.

Losing weight requires tremendous patience. You will not lose it when you want it or where you want it. The body does its thing. Some apparent plateaus can last a month or so. You cannot make it happen faster. You must focus on two things; calories and exercise. Nothing else matters. Scales and metrics don't matter. The day in and day out grind of exercise and calories are all that matters. It is not very exciting until things fall into place. You get your victories and you ride one victory to the next.

The scale is a trend tool. The scale is good but put it away and only check once a week and only use it as a trend tool. It will fluctuate, it does not matter. Take front side and back progress pictures at least once a month. You will see differences that the metrics won't tell you and it's that little bit of NSV that will keep you going until the next victory.

I just looked over your diary. I see a lot of carbs and fats. Add fruits and more vegetables. Exercise more often. Don't rely on all the canned and boxed food (so high in sodium!), learn how to cook nutritious meals. It will honestly make a difference.

Stop checking every day.......

Pick a day of the week to weigh yourself, and do so at the same time of day each week. You'll see much less fluctuation that way.

Also, cook more and eat less fast food