About to give up. Will I be this size forever? :-(

I stalled out after losing 60 or 70 pounds...for a little over a year. Then, I went to a low-carb plan. In the first month of low carb, I lost 14 pounds! I've been low-carb for 17 months now and I've lost a total of 123 pounds. You might consider it. I tried a little bit of everything when I was trying to break the plateau.

Ok, thanks! That is so hard for me to do but worth a shot.

remove dairy for two weeks and see what happens.

it's likely one of two things: taking in too many calories for your expenditure or an underlying health issue.

As previously stated, I have increased my calories, reduced them, changed my routine and even did the zig zag calorie thing over the last year. Durning November and December I went back to maintainence trying to let my system reset. Then began again first of the year. Havent lost a thing yet. I do eat my exercise calories back. 1500 is only if I don't exercise.

LOG LOG LOG ..... its impossible to accurately diagnose a problem from your diary if you dont use it.

Also 1500 may be too low particularly if you are exercising as much as you say. Try eating more.

Also I found that weight loss stalled when my body got used to routine ..... change up your exercise ....eat some spike days.

How long are you sticking with it each time you try something different? With how much you've tried over the past year, I doubt you've stuck it out with many of them for 3+ months to give your body time to adjust?

Bless your heart. I think I would feel the same way. Have you made any physical fitness strides or are you stuck there no improvement in cardiovascular or muscular strength?

Are you taking any meds for your hypothyroid looks like you were diagnosed many years ago?

Any chance you have Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome?

65 pounds is HUGE! Appreciate what you have done.
After you get checked out by a doctor and confirm there's nothing physically holding you back, you need to log every bite, and change up your exercise. Your body adapts to exercise, so find something else to do that you haven't tried yet.
My husband started biking to work and the pounds are falling off.

It's simple, you are eating WAY below your BMR - not good!! Nobody should ever eat below their BMR.
for loss, above BMR and below TDEE!

Oh my gosh, you have lost 65 lbs? You are my hero! I have only lost 4 so far.

Have you ever had your thyroid checked by your doctor? When I first started a "diet", about 5 years ago, I worked out incessantly and managed portions and foods but only lost 5 lbs. After 6 months my doctor picked up, at my checkup, that my thyroid was a little low. He didn't think it was enough to make much difference but put me on the lowest dose thyroid replacement. My thin hair improved, and I lost 8 lbs in a few weeks. He said it was what I would have weighed from all that exercise and calorie-counting if my thryoid had been normal. I was happy at that weight.

Gradually my weight has crept back up,and then some, but due to lack of exercise following an injury, not thryoid. I need to lose weight to decrease joint pain. I am going back to portion control and healthier eating. 4 weeks, 4 lbs. so far.

I just took up knitting and that really helped in the evenings when I was tempted to nibble - keeps my hands busy :-)

Good luck, and thanks for the inspiration :-)

Try a cleanse :-) That always kick starts weight loss for me..

OP, I felt the same way. Over the summmer things stalled for me. I got busy and went on a break from like September to January. I was rewarded with gaining 15 back.

I went back to my "old" ways for most of January. Counting calories, exercising a few days a week. And nothing was happening.

I decided to shift my eating plan, I have decided to do the TDEE - 20%, and not bother with the whole eating exercise calorie thing (I made a pact with myself, that I could eat an extra 100-150 on exercise days). The scale has been going in the right direction for the first time in months.

I also upped my workouts a bit. And changed my plan. My target is 3 days of circuited strength training a week (~20 minutes or so) + intervals + a class + something else: sprints or long form cardio. Before I just did mostly strength training, not in a circuit. Before I only did 1-2 extra hard workouts a week. Now I am shooting for 4.

Good luck!