What am I doing wrong?

what Pri said plus you need a good support system - the good thing abt this site is not just the nutrition and fitness advice you get - but you build a support system who will push you through ....you can keep it to a minimum so you are motivated to login - see what others are doing and develop ur own style and most of all know that ur not alone ...sending u a FR if interested.

Hi, My first tip is that weight loss takes time, and lots of it...so don't get disheartened. Stick to 1,200 calories a day (or whatever it correct for your height) whether you exercise or not and you WILL loose weight. I exercise off and on but I still loose weight.

I sometimes get disheartened when the number on the scale doesn't drop but don't quit - if you've been eating 1,200 calories a day and the scale doesn't move after a fortnight then you need to look at what you're doing. It takes about 5-7 days to loose half a pound or one pound. Exercise helps but you can't solely rely on exercise to loose weight. 80% is diet and exercise is simply a 20% boost. Hope that helps.

Also, get a STRONG motivation like fitting into a dress for a holiday or someone's wedding or something that's an important event and plan a realistic weight loss on 1-2 pounds a week based on that event.

before you go setting goals to lose a spesific amout of weight you need to confront your worst enemy (food) and you have to control it before food gets the better of you its kind of like giving up smoking but having that one every few weeks without getting the addiction back. everyone has a binge day now and again and thats acceptable because we know its our weight loss that will be affected and we dont do it again for a while,
i used to eat loads i could eat a whole 12 multi pack of crisps, in an hour then start on something else. now i am starting to gain control of food...

Hi, I too have been on many yo yo diets : :My problem was how to stop putting
the weight back on:so this time I decided to check and see where I was going
wrong, and found loads of underlying bad habits which were causing me to
put on weight. This time i am focusing on eliminating my Bad Habits, and
already lost 7lbs in the first week. without calorie counting or changing my diet.

I too am a little bit discouraged. I have been exercising 4-5days a week for at least the past 6-7months. Doing mostly Zumba DVD, Jackie Warner DVD or a combination of different Biggest Loser DVDs. I alternate between them, hardly ever doing the same one two days in a row. I recently about 2wks ago added 3 pd dumb bells too. Diet wise, I came to the conclusion that I believe I wasn't eating enough. If that makes any sense. I was always hungry, only eating 3 meals and breakfast and lunch weren't much of anything. I started MFP on 2/1. I went for the "healthy" 1pd a week weight loss goal. My calorie intake prior to exercise is 1550 a day. Once I put in exercise of course it is almost always a minimum of 400 more. I hardly ever eat all of them. I end up leaving about 100-200 not eaten. I am eating more at breakfast and lunch with snacks in between breakfast and lunch and after lunch before dinner now too. I wasn't expecting my weight to go down my first full week of MFP because I am eating more than I was and my body has to adjust to my new eating habits. However, my last measurements were a month ago and I had them done again and I lost NOTHING. Not one inch anywhere. I workout so hard. It is very intense. I do BL cardio max level 1 & 2 usually 3 times a week. I push myself so hard. I'm ready to get out of a squat or put my arms down but I won't allow myself. I push through the burn. Then with no inches off, I feel like, "why am I pushing myself so hard, for NOTHING?" Sure, I'm doing my body some good, but it's just very frustrating when it seems like my body is refusing to give up anything. Weight or inches. I'm telling myself not to give up my body will have to give in sooner or later. But I see myself already debating if I want to get up to exercise. Instead of excited to push myself and get it done. I don't want to give up. I want to be a healthier, happier version of myself. A good role model for my children.

Have you tried a nutritionist? I couldn't lose weight for years (did the starvation, the diet pills, the heavy cardio, etc.). It's a world of a difference now for me because they found out I had allergies I didn't know I had.

Good luck!