412lbs and Trouble Losing Weight After 7 Months!? Uhg

Also - your fat intake is too low. Body might be hanging on to the existing fat for that reason.

Try fish oil tablets, UDO's oil, walnuts (unsalted), natural peanut butter.

You really should add tonnes of fruit and veggies to your diet. That's the key to loosing weight. In my experience on MFP the people who post that they are not loosing weight despite hitting their calorie goal and exercising are also not eating any vegetables and fruits.

too much fruit as a diabetic isn't good! Lots of green veggies and salad! This is the problem on here. You need to get advice from a dietitian.

Zara

You've made some great changes. Your calories do seem rather low, if your gym offers it or if you can find someplace local that does think about doing a resting metabolic rate assessment to see how many calories you need. Also, increase your water intake - should be drinking half your weight in ounces daily - 8 glasses isn't enough. Lastly, as others have suggested - look into a diabetes class at your local hospital (your doctor should know of one) - insurances cover the cost of those classes, you will get some great ideas and recipes to help you with your diet and get your sugar under control.

Agree about the life long commitment and enjoying the journey. But he should be losing more pounds per week at that weight and is smart to be looking for possible changes. Say someone who is 200 pounds lost 1% a week. That is 2 pounds. Someone who is 400 should be around 2 to 4 pounds a week. This number will be less as they lose weight.

If you have only logged 9 days since November you need to be logging daily. Weigh EVERYTHING... Make sure your getting an accurate calorie number.

Zara

I agree with the people talking about quality of food vs. quantity. Vegetables are your friend. The green leafy kind, not the starchy kind. Fruit is good. Berries are awesome. Blackberries, raspberries, strawberries etc. Your fat intake seems pretty high to me. If you are making those sloppy joes, trade the 90% fat free beef for 99% fat free ground turkey. Look for little changes like that you can make that will make a difference. I also agree with those saying it might be time to meet with a dietician. Increase activity as you can. Maybe you are not able to add two 30 minutes sessions of cardio to your week because of an injury but park farther away when you go somewhere, take a flight of stairs now and then. Also if you are not able to do the cardio because of a leg injury add some arm work at home on days you don't meet with the trainer. Final thing, LOG every single day. You state this is a typical day. But you really need to be consistent with your logging.

Try reducing your sodium intake. It's possible you're retaining a lot of water due to the large amounts of sodium you're taking.
Reducing sodium intake to below 1500mg/day and upping potassium to 3500/day will show quick results. When I decided to fix my blood pressure I lost 10lbs in about a week via sodium/potassium management, just due to peeing off excess fluid. Result of this will be less weight for your joints to carry around, and likely lowered blood pressure (How is that btw?)

Look at the sodium values of what you're eating. That meat flavouring stands out. You can make your own spice mix where you control the salt content.
Easy way to boost potassium is via vegetables. Steamed broccoli, asparagus, tomatos, spinach, etc. Potato is another good source, but I don't know how that works with your diabetes.

FRUITS & VEGIES!!!

Seriously. Two servings of fruit and three servings of vegetables equal 200 calories. Make room for them in your calorie budget.

If you like shakes, add some spinach or kale to your protein shake and mix in a blender. You won't taste it, we promise. Buying a juicer and drinking fresh juice might be an option for you, but honestly for you, I recommend to just eat them whole so you get the fiber.

Also, if this regimen of sloppy joe mix and chicken works for you, and you lose 1# per week, then keep at it, I say. But adding some fruits and vegies would really make a difference overall. A lot of body processes, like efficiently converting stored fat to energy, are chemical reactions that take vitamins and minerals in abundant supply in order to make happen easily. If you don't give your body the tools it needs to convert stored fat to available energy, then your body will use the food you eat for its energy needs, since that's easier. The vitamins and minerals in fruits and vegies ARE the tools your body needs.

But overall, good job. Keep tracking those triglyceride and other numbers. Those are more important than the number on the scale and how fast it's changing.

Edit to add: save your money from the supplements and use that money to buy vegetables.

2200 calorie goal?

That's quite low for someone your size. Eating too little is just as counterproductive as eating too much. I'm 5 feet tall, 128 lbs, and I eat 2100 to maintain. Surely you're eating too little.

Yeah, I'm at 470 and I eat 3500 calories a day and thats BMR + 10% which some people will say is too low for me..

Simply put....you're doing it wrong.

If you are targeting 2200 Calories, you are not eating enough.

Your BMR is calculated 3276. In a sedentary lifestyle, to lose 2 pounds/week, you should be eating 2576

There is some good information that others have said, but it all starts with how much you are eating.