Justabout to give up

I would suggest dropping your exercise down to 3 times per week, watch your sodium intake, and drink all of your water.

I'm with you on that, haven't lost a thing !

Infact i've gone up a couple of lb's

What i have noticed is my clothes fit better, i also don't buy into that "muscle weighs more than fat" arguement.

Hang in there i've read sometimes it takes a couple of months for the body to adapt to the new lifestyle

I know muscle weighs more than fat but doubt you've built up 2 pounds of muscle in 2 months. A more likely reason is that your muscles are holding water for protection. I had the some trouble when I was going crazy on the exercise. I dropped down from 7 days a week to 3 days a week and the weight just started falling off of me. I slowly added days back and am now exercising 6 days a week. When I was exercising so much after not doing any at all, it threw my body into a panic and it really held on to those pounds.

I know this may sound stupid, but does your scale work?

Great point on the underactive thyroid. Mine is also underactive and that will make it extremely difficult to lose weight until you are up to the correct dosage of Synthroid. I didn't think to mention that issue, as I assumed it was what you meant by bloodwork...but that can be alot of different tests. Definitely think about having that checked if you haven't already and good luck.

You don't want to hear it, but you must -- muscle weighs more than fat. Are your clothes looser?

Looking at your diary, you don't look like you're doing a lot of exercise. When you set your goals, did you say you were moderately active, when you're in fact not that active day to day? Consider going back, reviewing those goals, and maybe changing your activity level.

If your weight is staying the same, and you're clothes are just as tight as they've always been, then you might want to lower your calories a little more, and do some more exercise.

This is just my uninformed opinion. :-)

I'm sorry you are getting frustrated and not seeing the results you want. I've looked at your diary and your diet does seem well balanced and I see that you do eat back some of your exercise calories. What type of exercise do you do? I've noticed that the amount of extra calories it is giving you is quite low. Maybe you should try something a bit more intense? Have you seen your doctor recently to discuss your concerns?

The only other thing I can tell you is to try to focus on the other benefits of your lifestyle change besides losing weight. Do you find that you are feeling better? More energy, less stress? Do you find you are sleeping better and have been getting sick less often? Have other health problems gone away or been reduced (for instance my asthma has almost dissappeared).

thank God somebody else knows how I am feeling...I am having the exact same problem! Thanks for bringing it to a discussion.

Are you estimating your calories burned correctly, you may be over eating. Are you using a Heat Rate Monitor? and are you backing out the calories you would have burned at rest that are taken into account via your daily activity level.

What I mean by the last part is if you burn 1.5 cals per minute at rest and are burning 200 cals in half an hour you would have burned 45 of those anyway (30 Mins x 1.5 cals/min). So what you should enter in MFP would be 155 (200-45) not the full 200.

What type of exercise are you doing? I would drop back the number of days that you do it or alternate what you are doing. Are you doing any stregnth training? Lean muscle is a great boost to calorie burn. Don't give up! Everyone is different and it may just take your body longer to get jump started in the right direction. Also with exercise make sure you are getting enough calories in each day, you are staying under.. how far under? Not consuming enough will cause your body to hold to what it has.

OMG- You so have to read some of my posts! Exactly the same and I was about to scream also if one more person told me I was building muscle and muscle weighs more than fat- a pd of fat weighs a pd a pd of muscle weighs a pd! LOL! And I did quit all together. I was training for a 1/2 marathon, I had done 90 days of P90X, I was eating within my calorie allowance....I would lose 1/2 pd if any and I was lucky if I didn't lose/gain the same 1/2 pd that I loss the week before!...Towards the end of my training I was exercising 6 days a week and running about 20 miles a week...all for 1/2 pd...What!!!! Ok so here's what I changed!! Still not having big losses but eventually your body will start giving that weight up and it's good that it won't do it so quickly!...I changed my caloric intake to 1500 calories instead of 1200..I try not to go over that number on my rest days...on my workout days I try to eat 1800 calories...and I try to burn atleast 400 calories on my workout days..if I burn more than that then I increase my caloric intake a little..At the end of the week, I normally have some calories that are banked but I also have atleast a day that I went over..didn't make such good choices..but that's ok...it all balances out with the ones I have banked...I try to only eat 3 times a day and one snack..I try to eat balanced meals...if I had a higher carb lunch...then dinner I eat lean protein, veggies..I watch my carbs..I try to only eat whole grains, lean proteins, lower sugar fruits, veggies and I drink a lot of water...Oh and this is something I have cut out...I do not eat anything 3 hours before my bedtime...before I would have my snack after dinner....I cut that out and I'm seeing better results...I was looking back and even though it has been a slow process...I've lost 17.5 pds since Jan 9th! Slow and steady is the key to success...I can tell you when I weighed 193...I could not get pass that number...for months...I would pass it and come back to it...each week...don't know what the deal was but I was about to scream...now I'm 12.5 pds from that number and I will never see it again! Never!!! I also was like you and felt there was something medically wrong...I've never had a weight problem- my entire life...until after the birth of my son....he's 7 will be 8 in Dec...but I'm also 41 yrs old will be 42 and losing weight isn't easy with this old metabolism...but it will move if you keep active!..I went to a specialist and she did a cortisol test...came back neg...I did a glucose tolerance test....no problems there...all my bloodwork looks good....It seems this past month...I'm over the hump and heading down...so you may be close to your hump...don't give up!! Mix up your workouts...do some strength training, go for a bike ride (fat burning) run/walk..whatever you are doing...change it up..shock your body a little!