24 days eating clean and no loss - please look at my food

There is a huge difference between meeting you're caloric intake for the day and eating the right things to meet that limit.
You are eating too many foods with high sugar content, that is un-naturally speaking. Also your meals are not complete and you skip some. It looks like you are also eating out too often.

April 21st - You had Denny's Egg Beaters Omelette, then for lunch you had two slices of pizza, then for dinner you're eating crackers and cheese. You might be under the caloric limit but again you are eating pizza and a dinner comprised of crackers and cheese.

April 22 - You start the morning off very well, brocolli florets, an egg, some yogurt...this is great. But....for lunch you are eating a Perkins omelette which is either frozen or at the restaurant and this is being followed by a 320 calorie cookie. For dinner you had Beef Nachos with cheese...this is a major no no. Also for a snack you had a Cheesecake Factory slice of cheesecake, all unhealthy calories and sugar.

April 23 - The day was very good until dinner. The Apple-bee's Cheesecake Shooter (370 calories) was more than you're two fish tacos you had (332 calories).

You have the right idea in mind. I believe you know what is healthy and unhealthy to eat but these short-cut meals and high sugar/calorie sweets are just going to create fat. You are going to see an amazing improvement if you cut these sweets and short-cuts out of the diet. Also pay close attention to serving size, today I had some Sabre hummus and noticed the serving size was 2 tbsps... I don't think any person can go in and only eat 2 tbsps

You might be eating too much actually. It really depends on how many calories you burn during your workouts. If you don't have a heart rate monitor, you might be overestimating what you actually burn (especially for the workout videos as they are all over the place).

What does MFP tell you for goal with a 'lose 1lb a week' setting? My BMR is close to yours and I workout everyday between 150 and 350 calories and rarely eat over 1700 calories (my net is 1400). I don't eat totally 'clean' either.

Other than that, the usual suspects are 1) use a food scale so you know it's accurate, 2) never use 'generic' unless it's fruit, veggies, or meat, 3) calculate how many calories are in your recipes.

i'm looking at your diary and from what i can see alot of days you're over in your carbs and fats which can definitely be a problem--even a cpl where you're over in calories

You may want to "adjust" that. Also, you say "clean eating"; the book I read abt clean eating (Tosca Reno) does not include fast food so you may wnt to eliminate that as well if you're going "clean".

Good luck lady

What exactly is your definition of clean!?

My question exactly. I don't think I have the same definition at all as the OP.

There is a huge difference between meeting you're caloric intake for the day and eating the right things to meet that limit.
You are eating too many foods with high sugar content, that is un-naturally speaking. Also your meals are not complete and you skip some. It looks like you are also eating out too often.

April 21st - You had Denny's Egg Beaters Omelette, then for lunch you had two slices of pizza, then for dinner you're eating crackers and cheese. You might be under the caloric limit but again you are eating pizza and a dinner comprised of crackers and cheese.

April 22 - You start the morning off very well, brocolli florets, an egg, some yogurt...this is great. But....for lunch you are eating a Perkins omelette which is either frozen or at the restaurant and this is being followed by a 320 calorie cookie. For dinner you had Beef Nachos with cheese...this is a major no no. Also for a snack you had a Cheesecake Factory slice of cheesecake, all unhealthy calories and sugar.

April 23 - The day was very good until dinner. The Apple-bee's Cheesecake Shooter (370 calories) was more than you're two fish tacos you had (332 calories).

You have the right idea in mind. I believe you know what is healthy and unhealthy to eat but these short-cut meals and high sugar/calorie sweets are just going to create fat. You are going to see an amazing improvement if you cut these sweets and short-cuts out of the diet. Also pay close attention to serving size, today I had some Sabre hummus and noticed the serving size was 2 tbsps... I don't think any person can go in and only eat 2 tbsps

Just my two cents not saying this is the proper way, but.... i eat whatever i want, usually junk food as im a student and have lost 21lbs just by sticking to my calorie limit. Im currently doing JUDDD also known as alternate day fasting and have been having great success with it. Maybe check that out if your current diet isnt living up to expectations.

I really recommend using a TDEE calculator and sticking with it. I really struggled with net calorie method because I would be starving on my off days from exercise and that would lead to making really unhealthy food choices. I had a lot of success once I switched to this method and really tried to focus on how much protein I take in.

I used http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ and entered the stats you gave in your first post. It calculated that you should be eating 1850 - 1950 per day. If you do this method, you would not add in the extra calories you burn daily.

Also -- definitely do the work to calculate the actual foods you are using in your kitchen. The stats will be much better than whatever you're getting from using the restaurant. I use the mobile app, which has a bar code scan feature and it's so simple. I just scan everything and input while whatever I am making is cooking.

I also recommend investing in a kitchen scale. I bought a $30 one on Amazon and I use it daily. It definitely helps me to know exactly how much of what I am putting into my body.

Yes I agree the sugar is too high. I should note that I am not really eating out but using the items that closely match what I ate. That Denny's omelette was actually my egg beaters omelette with sauteed veggies and cheese, for example. My days are really great, it is running out of time in the evenings that is hurting me. I plan and prepare ahead for the day but not so much in the evening since I really can't "cook" (breakfast and lunch are easy to just put stuff together). I can work on that. I also should be more precise in my entries and manually enter recipes item by item. THANKS!

Can you crockpot it for dinner? I also make salad usually for dinner, and add a can of tuna for protein or baked tilapia/baked chicken I usually eat one serving of the meat.

Log your food you make at home--don't use estimates. There's no need for those entries when you KNOW what you ate because you prepared it. I also don't agree with those telling you that WHAT you're eating is the problem. My guess is your workouts are causing water retention and masking your weight loss. Give it time.

Do away with "empty" calories and add more fruits, vegetables, lean meats, and whole grains! You will lose weight with these changes!

Sorry but Special K and Taco Bell aren't exactly "clean" eating. Dump the processed crap and go fresh

If you're losing inches, it's working.

In my world, losing a few inches in 3 weeks is an accomplishment worthy of a mini-splurge.

Also for myself I would rather see inches shed then the scale move and that's what my scale has been doing for a very long time. I have lost like 10 inches and like the 27lbs I am showing, but I feel great so can't complain about a loss in anything