HELP ME!!!!121 days and only 14 pounds!

I know it's hard when you're feeling frustrated, but slow and steady really does win this race. I've been here for a little over a year and I've lost 41 pounds in that time. Averaged out, that's less than 1 pound a week. I've lost 20-25 pounds in a few months before, but I've *always* put that weight back on almost as quickly. In contrast, this time, I've continued to lose (albeit very slowly), even over the holidays, and even after I pulled back on my exercise in the dark days of the Minnesota winter. Just keep plugging away and the results will come!

Stay positive that is the key! I understand your fraustration because I have been there. My advice is to only constrate on you and not the people around you. Plus everyones body is different. I would just keep staying on track and doing what you are doing. I can fully understand where you are coming from. I have doing MFP for almost 2 years and I have only lost 61 pounds. It also depends on the person's metoblism as well. Good luck! You can add me and I will help you in any way!

You have your calories goal at 20 more per day than I do. I'm 5'3" 126 lbs. I think you need to eat more. A lot more.

Just took a quick look at your food diary...

Are you celiac? Because I doubt if you have a serious allergy that you would risk the cross contamination allergy that chik-fil-a fries could give you.

Gluten free is a great way to FEEL better for a lot of people, but the idea behind it is that you are eating less processed foods. Adding in GF waffles, breads, etc isn't going to help and they actually contain a lot more ingredients than you'd think. HIGHLY processed.

I also noticed that some days you don't get more than 2-3 servings of f&v. Try adding 2 fruits and veggies to every meal/snack and you will notice you are not hungry AND feel better.

Let's face it- I'd love to eat Chik Fil A french fries 3-4x per week and drop magic amounts of weight. It just isn't going to happen. You are SO on the right track though by logging everything in. Sometimes I lie to myself and just don't log the day when I do that sort of damage so serious kudos there.

Bottom line: up the fruits and veggies, cut down the reliance on GF packaged stuff and fast foods and soon you'll be losing at the rate you feel is deserved. Best of luck!!

You are committed to logging it appears and that is good. I am losing very slowly too. Am blaming on age, but mostly its because i don't weigh my food often enough and I certainly sit at this desk way too much. I have learned to eat cleaner since starting last Sept. and in December I added exercise (still not into the exercise!) but my weight loss is still really slow and even though I have lost 29 lbs it doesn't really show much. Yes, my clothes are getting too big and i can fit into smaller things but still no waistline and I have days I still feel tired.... lately I think its my lyme disease kicking back up.

Don't give up, we can do this. Friend of mine who lost 80 lbs in a year said I need to move and sweat more when I am exercising so I tried that for 2 months. No noticeable difference on lbs lost but I do feel better and my balance has improved.

Gotta take the small rewards. I have stopped gaining! That is a real positive. Its hard when you put so much effort into it and not much seems to be happening.

As for actual advice.... hmm. Watch sodium, up the fiber and drink your water. And exercise as much as you can. If you have access to a gym get a trainer. I have had a couple in the past and they are worth the money. I don't belong to a gym but I have light weights and a tv that does youtube videos and now that it is warmer am starting to hit the track near my house... hey my property taxes help pay for it and never see kids on it. Its wonderful for walking or running on compared to the pavement for these old bones.

It better to just do something than nothing. My daughter critics me trying to do Jillian Michaels because I modify the jumping and squats. I am scared of injuring my knees as I am a bit older. Wait till she gets to be my age and see how much jumping she can do (hopefully alot more than I am able to). So I just keep at it and the weight is creeping off. I have bad days from time to time and that was yesterday. I can make good choices today. Today is all I have.

Hang in there. If you are able get to a gym and get a trainer. If you are new to the gym scene all prices are negotiable when you sign up. And sometimes you can negotiate training sessions.

Another thing that has helped me immensely is friends here who are committed to logging daily. I have friends who look at my diary daily, etc. Seeing them exercising and eating clean help me to keep making good choices too.

To me, rushing is the biggest mistake people make when trying to lose weight. Rushing to be "done" and then what? I have about the same amount to lose as you, and my TDEE at my goal weight is about the same as my TDEE-20% from when I started, so to me, I look at this as the beginning of the way I am going to eat for the rest of my life. There is no end, and no rush because it is a forever thing. I fully expect it to take more than a year, and hopefully by then I will be used to eating this way forever.

Your weight loss is almost a pound a week, that is not bad! Has it stayed at about that rate or has it slowed down a lot recently? Have you been tested for other food allergies or intolerances? Since you have celiac, there may be other foods causing you problems.

That makes sense, as muscle weights more than fat.

Muscle is more dense than fat, meaning a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat... they "weigh" the same