How many calories per day do you eat?

Something doesn't add up at all. You are obese and without medical complications you should be able to lose weight. Bouncing around trying this, that and something else won't help.

If you really want to see if you CAN lose weight, go to 1200 calories for 2 weeks straight. No cheating and weighing and measuring everything. Don't eat exercise back. If at the end of the 2 weeks you've lost nothing then I'd say you need to seek professional help because you are that special snowflake that just cannot lose.

I would suggest opening your diary for suggestions because maybe you think you know what and how to eat but that may not be the case.

I started at 198....I eat 1200 calories a day...I put everything I eat in my diary....I don't eat back my exercise calories.I have lost a total of 35lbs so far.I would suggest documenting everything.I also workout 30 min each day on treadmill 7 days a week.

Just a thought...maybe you should consider tinkering with your macros.

I did it when I thought I was about to hit a plateau. But once I changed them, I continued to lose weight.

Now, I've switched up my fitness routine. My body should be very confused. lol :-)

I'm 5'8" and weight 218 (down from 245). I eat 1850 each day and lift heavy 3x a week and cardio twice a week.

If you want some good advice, head over to the Eat, Train, Progress group. Good advice. They have a sticky that shows all of the questions they need answered for stall questions, create a new post and answer all those questions. The two moderators will get back to you on what they think your intake should be.

This is also a great post about how you're eating more than you think:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/872212-you-re-probably-eating-more-than-you-think

And a very important video in the comments from the above post for why you should weigh instead of measuring:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY

You may need to tweak your macros...increase protein, drop carbs a bit -

make sure carbs are from whole grains, brown rice, quinoa, beans, sweet potatoes or red potatoes if you don't like sweet, squash,

limit the bread sources to maybe 1x a day and use only the whole grain

make sure protein is lean.... reduce the amount of fruit as that is often higher in calories - utilize greek yogurt in place of sour cream -

maybe use some of the biggest loser recipes

these food changes are what helped me lose 60ish lbs and I am 48 -

Hope this helps some
Angie

My stats: Male, 41 years, 175 lbs, 5'11" tall...

I eat anywhere from 850 to 1550 per day. I was looking at the last 30 days of data, and there are a few times I had 2200 calories (had a few too many beers!). But I try to be good about it most days, and I don't eat into my exercise calories very often. I dropped 20 lbs in a month and a half. I was 196lbs middle of January, before I ran the Houston Marathon. Now, I am running more than I did for training for that dang marathon! Oh...and I have increased my speed too.

I run 5 to 6 days a week somewhere between 6 to 8 miles each day, depending on how I feel. Sometimes I will even do a half-marathon like this past Sunday - I was feeling exceptional! I will lift 2 times a week also.

So, you should be losing weight for sure. Make sure that you are not eating the same calories/foods every day for every meal, mix it up to confuse your body. Sometimes go higher and other times go lower. I try to eat very little carbs and do a high protein diet low fat diet.

Also, I don't trust that TDEE/Macro crap. I filled out some of that stuff today, and it says I should be eating 3176. That is bogus. I would weigh 200 lbs inside 2 weeks of eating like that. Maybe that stuff works over a long time...but forget about it...most people quit doing the right things if they don't see results quickly.


Good luck to you. Make sure you are exercising hard and intense...if you lift don't have long breaks between sets...if you run, try doing tempo runs or intervals to mix it up.

Low day 1400 - High day 1900.

But I have really enjoyed getting to the gym ...I found a BIG difference with my weight loss once I started adding in weights to my work out at the gym...

Odd thing.. are you getting enough sleep?

I am 5'4", 210, 49 years old.

I'm eating 2,000 calories per day, exercising 3 times per week, and losing 1 1/2 pounds per week. My diary is open. I do strength training for about 30-45 minutes and I do cardio to round out the time to 50-60 minutes.

Things that I find important for me beyond food, water, exercise: sleep, meditation, rest, sense of humor, lots of protein & veggies, getting enough Omega-3 fatty acids. Last year I was trying to lose weight and not getting anywhere and when I added in meditation I started losing. Stress can be a killer.

Hope this helps you some.

I have similar stats (except I'm 10 years older). I too gave up alcohol for lent and at the same time started the 5:2 fast. (There's a separate board for that, but essentially I eat only 500 calories two days a week and stick to 1200-1300 the other days). I do 30-60 minutes of cardio (fast walking usually) 3-4 times per week. I have not weighed in yet this week but lost 5 pounds the first week and 2 the second. Not sure what it was that jump started me, I'd like to think it was the 5:2 and not giving up alcohol that made such a difference. :laugh: Good luck to you!

If you average it out you're eating 1,000 calories a day. That would probably be the answer.

5'6 and weight roughly 128lbs
I eat 1500cls and don't eat back my exercise but some days I go over

Someone mentioned stress being a killer...I have an extremely stressful job and am under pressure 24/7. I can't change that much, but I wondered if it was a contributing factor too.

You can't change the stressful situation but you can change how you react to it. Meditating helps me tons. One way to establish a habit is to start with just a few minutes each day and gradually work up to 20 minutes.

I meditate for 20 minutes at bedtime.

I know this doesn't fall under calories in, calories out, but it does make a difference *for me*. Maybe it just lets me think more clearly about what I am eating LOL.

I'm 5'7", 37 years old and started MFP last April at 180 lbs (down from 194 in January 2012). At the beginning of my weight loss on MFP I set my goal to lose 1/2 lb weekly with lifestyle set as "sedentary". That gave me a daily target of 1660. I would eat all 1660 plus exercise calories most days. I lost 8.5 lbs in the first 5 weeks. I was running 30-60 minutes most days of the week... usually taking only 1 rest day. My average daily food intake was 2100 calories.

I got to 157 lbs last September and have basically been maintaining since. In October I added lifting and backed off the running. I've stayed virtually the same weight (155 lbs today) but I've lost a few inches everywhere since then eating about 2300 calories daily.

I just backed off to 2000 daily in the last week since I'm going to Mexico in 3 weeks haha... figured I'd do a little cut to try and get there faster. But I've been known to eat 2500 calories/day and not gain anything.

I like you!

I'm 5'5", 35 years old, 130ish lbs (not weighing right now, gave up my scale for Lent) and I eat 2000+ a day. Or as much as I can get away with and not gain. Ha ha!