PLEASE explain what is wrong with me

Are you only using the scale? Some people lose inches way before the the scale ever budges. Try tracking you measurements in addition to your weight, you may notice your initial decreases there for the next few weeks and then after keeping with it you'll see the pounds drop also.

I agree with this 100%. I have lost 6 pounds since the beginning of January but in that time I have lost 4 inches from my waist, 1" from my chest and 2.5 from my hips. Don't make yourself crazy with the scale - use your clothes and measurements as a measurement of success.

get the advice of some experts. go to the dr for a checkup, and see a nutritionist. these last few weeks have not been wasted - you are stronger than you were, and you can use the information you have (food log, exercise history) as clues so that you and your health professionals can solve the mystery.

Man... that really sucks to be trying so hard and yet see nothing! The only thing I have to offer is based on my experience. I am no fitness expert or anything and I am sure there are others here who are wiser than me. But for me, I worked out with a personal trainer for 7 months, 3 times a week. We focused a lot on strengthening, and I did probably 20 minutes of cardio. I also rode my bike to work and back every day (another 40 minute total of aerobic exercise) and watched what I ate. And I didn't lose much weight or even inches. At first my personal trainer said that the body doesn't lose weight on a consistent decline. Some people shed weight in spurts and to be patient. After months, he said I should check my hormones and I did and they were fine. He was so completely puzzled by this and had no idea what else I could be doing.

So I quit my personal trainer and all the weight lifting. I joined hockey instead (because I didn't have the time/money for both). I had hockey 2 times per week and continued riding my bike-- did nothing else fitness wise. I stopped watching what I ate (what's a hockey game without a couple of beers after?) and I lost 10 pounds in the first 6 weeks. It was crazy. Turns out, my body responds a lot better to intensive interval training-- where you get your heart rate up with intensive cardio, then back down, then back up. In a hockey game, we're only on the ice for 45 seconds to a minute a time, but its an intense minute full of sprinting (well, my version of "sprinting" which is what other people call "jogging" lol). Then we sit and rest for another minute, then get back out there.

I am not saying go play hockey, but perhaps step up your cardio a bit and do intensive interval training where you are sprinting (or going really hard and getting very out of breath) for a minute, then taking it easy for a minute, etc. on the treadmill or bike or something.

Good luck and don't give up!! You can do this!!!

Try lowering your weights and upping your cardio. Make sure that when you are walking on the treadmil you are giving your self a work out meaning that you are aware of your breathing and it is "comfortly hard". Cardio is going to be a great aid to your weight loss adventure. Also make sure that you are weighing yourself at the same time, the morning works best, right after you wake up and use the bathroom. As women, we are not supposed to weigh ourselves everyday since our weight can flux 5 lbs +/- a day depending on our food and work out. Hope that helps!

I would definitely see a doctor and get some expert advice. I would also double check your burn calculations and the other thing I would take into account is you jumped into a pretty challenging workout routine right away and as you shocked your system you may be experiencing inflammation (water retention mostly) which happens initially when building muscle and working out at first. Stick with it and you might see your body acclimate and then dump a large amount really fast. There are going to be ups and downs and sometijes it just your body re-balancing itself. take care and keep it up you'll get there.

I have a similar problem. Eat 1350 cals per day, exercise daily and measure everything as well as monitoring salt, sugar, carb, protein sat fat etc and the weight should be falling off, but it;'s not. I'm going to go and get my Thyroid checked and for PCOS. There has to be an explanation.

I've been having similar issues.

I spent a lot of time yesterday googling "why can't I lose weight on 1200 calories per day?" and it seems to boil down to this - it's only the very rare petunia that won't lose weight on 1200 calories per day. They've taken patients who complained of this and put them into a controlled environment so that the calories consumed could be strictly monitored and SURPRISE - all patients lost weight on 1200 calories per day.

People are often far off their estimates of calories consumed. For example, most of us will "taste" something and not include it in the food log. (How the heck am I going to log one small bite of macaroni and cheese anyway?) I feel that I don't do this very often, but it happens, and I could be wrong in my estimation of how often it happens and what the impact of that is on my calorie count. That might be why I'm not losing weight.

Anyway, the answer is keep working with it, and don't be afraid to make a few changes. Perhaps I'll be more satisfied if I give myself a more generous calorie allowance, for example, and won't feel the need for little bites, licks, and tastes. Who knows? One thing I do know, giving up is not an option, and there is NOTHING wrong with us.

I am having the same problem, initially lost 3lbs in 4 weeks and now after 6 weeks on MFP I am almost at the weight I started on despite going from 2-3 cardio workouts per week to now doing 6 days per week with 4 weight training days plus extra cardio on those days too and 2 days of only cardio.

Plus I'm now logging everything I eat and am being very very careful to meet my macros and goals and have had calories set to 1400-1500 per day plus exercise calories. I also have around 30lbs to lose.

It's so frustrating and makes no sense at all yet if i eat 1000 calories or less like I have done before the weight comes off really easily.

You might have your thyroid checked- that helped me with this same problem. turned out I needed medication for a short time.

This ^^ If your measurements are accurate you should be losing weight. I'd see a doctor to determine if there is a medical reason you are not.