Why am I losing weight?

Well, here's the thing. If all you want is weight loss, then a calorie is a calorie. End of discussion.

If, on the other hand, you want a sustainable and healthy diet that will maximize your athletic performance, you should eat more vegetables and pay attention to the quality and quantity of the fat and protein you eat.

There is a lot of confusion on the forums (and elsewhere on the internet) on these two issues--weight loss vs. overall health. For the latter, you need to be more careful about your diet. For the former, eat whatever you want. For your mental health, perhaps a donut once in a while is not a bad idea.

Well. You may want to consider witchcraft or maybe even a curse. Didn't Stephen King write a book about that? Guy was cursed to lose weight?

Another option is demonic possession. Demons are hot--temperature-wise, not attractive, silly!--and thus you would burn more calories. Have you been feeling particularly evil lately? Maybe biting the heads off of neighborhood animals? You mention that you've been eating pizza, ice cream, cookies, but maybe you were ashamed to mention the drinking of sacrificial blood? I'm just saying: It's a possibility.

Hm. Oh, here's another idea! Maybe you are simply disappearing! Like in Back to the Future, only in a different manner. Or maybe you just exist in someone's imagination (or in my computer, for example) and when they don't think about you, you start to disappear.

Do you watch Doctor Who? If you do, you know about the Adipose babies that come from our fat. Maybe their nursery planet was destroyed again.

Really, with the information you've given us, it's impossible to say. It could be anything.

But calories in, calories out? Ridiculous.

Finally!! Someone took the time to actually answer my question....and provide peer-reviewed studies (Dr.Who).

Thank you kind sir/madam.

I thought you were abandoning ship.

I am but that post was really funny - I had to give props.

Also, are you tracking me around? Someone has got a crush

Haha I love this post! So many people get on there high horses. I'm 5ft 2 I was 9st 2 and now 8st 5 in 6 weeks and I still have pizza, crisps a sandwich here and there I do eat healthily aswell as don't want my tubes to be full of fat... (the skinny people can still have fat wrapped around there insides) but mines just simple do some exercise!

Well, I don't know why *you* are losing weight, but in my case, the Skinny Fairy is visiting me every night and taking away the pounds by sprinkling his chocolate flavored protein power fairy dust.

Calories in/calories out is a myth.

I dont know who these people are that are telling you you shouldnt be losing weigh.. it should be EASY for a 300+ pound woman to lose weight.. hell.. it was easy for the 310 lb man I used to be to lose weight. Its not rocket science. I would suspect you will want to reevaluate your snack cakes, pizza, gravy, potato chip etc etc etc diet when you get closer to your goal.. and you might want to give your cholesterol level a break at some point too, if that interests you at all. I know I am more interested in overall health more than weight loss than I was before at this point.

Someone will probably come here and tell you that you probably could have lost 80 pounds by now.. but you know what.. who cares.. its your life and your diet.. if its working for you.. run with it!

. Until you die and have an autopsy, we can never be fully sure of what is going to be the cause of your death."

I've always assumed it's going to be from someone choking me to death. And not in the cool way.

It's because it takes a lot of calories for your body to sustain such a high weight. The more you lose the less in calories you will need to consume. I was 350lbs and started losing on weight watchers for 9 months until I got stuck for 3 months at 270lbs. Then switched over to mfp. I like it better because it goes by calorie deficit and not just a point system. Lets me have a better idea of overall balanced food intake.