I do think portion sizes matter when trying to lose weight. I think that once I have lost all the weight and have maintained for awhile, I will stop measuring everything. I do practice "eye-balling", ie guessing the weight or volume of something and then measuring it to be sure. I'm usually pretty close now that I am no longer trying to delude myself.

Are you taking body measurements too? The scale isn't always the first, best tool to measure progress. Also, perhaps you need to lower your weight loss expectations? I'm down to losing about a pound a week and there is NOTHING wrong with that. Also, look at averages over time; don't be disappointed with just one or two weeks of slow, or no, weight loss. One thing I've noticed is that by focusing on a numerical goal instead of NSV goals (such as good health) leads to disappointment. For me, I'm going to eat like this for the rest of my life, losing the weight is NOT the end of this journey.

Edit: I agree with Cerebrus, the fat is really helping me. I eat about 65% of my food from fat, and I wouldn't mind if it were even higher than that!

Same here as Twinmom. I have only lost 40 pounds, but I am the same size as I was last time I was 10 pounds less than I weigh now. My body com changes all the time, I can feel it (it's weird and itchy). I don't measure ( because I am lazy), but I know that if I did, I would see what the scale doesn't tell me. Scales are tools for monitoring, but not the be all, end all of managing how much space your body takes up on the planet.

One thing is that Paleo/Primal is a steady diet calling for steady macros & calories input daily. However, when you don't have much weight to lose, or you have been dieting for a long time, keeping calories low, one thing to try is to stagger calories, with a feast day thrown in once a week to shake up the body. And the feast day will be a BIG caloric day, at least 2x what you are eating on low cal days. Yeah, you WILL see an increase the next day and it WILL hang there for a couple-three days, but then the weight will drop off. It's a frightening perspective for most women to do an over-feeding day. Well, if they are dieting. So many of us are sticklers to the rules and wanting to do things 'right', that we forget that we are part of the nature, and the nature hates precise equations of math and logic. It thrives on ups and downs & extremes.


Another thing to try is to ajust macros to your workouts. When you have a heavy lifting day, get minimal fat (15%) and lots of carb. When you do cardio or recover, get fats up to 60-80% and keep carbs under 30 g.

I know all these sounds like balderdash, but it is the only thing that works for me to drop weight. Otherwise I am suck or gain on the cleanest Paleo or Primal. If you want, you can check my blog, it has the record of weight and macros and calories, and shows how this huge refeed day works for me when combined with the workouts.

The other thing is to review the exclusions you made from your diet and see if they are working for or against you. White potato is one thing that for a lot of people is a bad thing to drop in favor of the sweet potato, if you are active. Dairy is another completely wild card. Seaweed gotta be eaten at least once a week, unless you supplement iodine, or you start suppressing your thyroid. For that reason, careful of cabbages (or eat seaweed).

Try more wild guesses. Throw in some grapefruit before meals. See if legumes are as scary to you personally as the Primal/Paleo maketh it, or your body actually wants a rice and bean break from meat proteins (or a tablespoon of peanut butter).

Fat selection - you gotta know your enemy. While olive oil is a go to for many folks, I honestly would drop it because the quality is so dicey. Cooking fattier meats and sparingly using coconut oil and butter mo is better. Then, for women in particular, it is a good idea to experiment with the types of meat that you are eating to see if any is triggering hormonal responses. Less pork & poultry, more wild salmon, other fish and grass-fed beef seem to be better for me (I know, that sounds looney).



Try a different eating schedule. Fast if you don't, stop fasting if you do. Eat meals at odd times. Walk after each meal or make a dozen of squats.

Training... everyone knows what's the ebst in the gym, and all that, but OMG, try something different. If you worked for strength, do high volume workout. And vice versa. If you have never touched a weight above 15 lbs, try going under the bar. If all else fails, get a kettlebell. Kettlebells are magic when used properly. Sprint or do HIIT for cardio and cut down time, cut down time, CUT DOWN TIME.

Remember, food is chemical, body has a mind of a psychopath that is dead sure that the world is about to get you and starve you, and we are all individual.

Experiment, experiment and experiment.

ONE CONDITION: MAKE ONE CHANGE AT A TIME, AND STICK TO IT FOR 2 WEEKS.

Thank you - the thought of adding more fat is very scary!!! I will go buy coconut oil this weekend - and make that change from Olive Oil. I'll keep looking for ideas, and plugging away - hopefully the lbs and inches will drop soon!!!

As far as Stats - here is history. I started a weight loss journey 6 years ago - I had lost close to 100 following weight watchers, but in the past couple of years - have put back 30. I still had about 10 -20 to go - so now I have about 50lbs to lose. I usually exercise regularly (5-6 days a week), although this past week was the exception. I do a combination of cardio and weights. Usually the weekends are 1 day of cardio - one day of mostly weights. During the week it will be 3-4 days of weight training (with about 20-30 minutes of Cardio) and then 1 full day of weight training.

So now I am here - and trying to go some place - DOWN.