Tell me off! Please!

I don't really see anything fresh in your diet. You should really be incorporating more fresh fruits and vegetables. Stay away from the packaged food, and from carry-out/restaurant food. Your sodium readings are WAY too high. Also, make sure you're logging exercise calories correctly. If you're using what MFP says, you could be logging for way more than you actually burn.

Weird you think that, because most of my food is fresh fruit and veggies, I dont use much packaged food at all.... though sometimes I log something that is similar to what I eat because I cannot find it on here... I am definitly trying to lower my sodium intake, yesterday was a very bad day for that. I get my excersise calories from my excersise machines not from mfp. Though I am interested in getting a heart rate monitor to make it even more accurate.

Thanks for your feedback!

Exercise machine estimates are usually very bad.

And if you aren't measuring the actual food you eat and logging it, you need to start. Food scale and measuring cups are a must!

And if you are in Arizona swing by and I will kick your butt.

OP I work in a fast food restaurant where there are VERY limited options for healthy (I can't list the name here do to some "online communication privacy blah blah blah" sheet they had me sign, but you can guess it's a big name and not healthy lol). Up until recently I was a manager so I understand that the temptations are even harder when the food is free because if you are like me, why bother spending extra money on food when it's free at work, right? Well I said enough was ENOUGH!! And I got sick of it! To be honest, I didn't even LIKE the food anymore!! Now I bring my lunch to work and although people tease me for bring food into a restaurant, I'm 5 lbs from my goal weight so obviously this method is working lol.

Okay now I don't think I need to give you a butt kick or tell you off. First off a butt kick is usually reserves for those people who aren't exercising and from your post I will assume that you are exercising still? Telling you off won't work either because I honestly thought I would open your diary and see 1200 calories (which yes works for some but for most people... no lol). But you are eating more (woot!).

So what do you need?
1. PATIENCE- Your profile says you have yo-yo dieted before. Since you know that, make it a point to NOT give up!!
2. ACCOUNTABILITY- I see you have logged the past little while (since April 27 I think?) but it's important to log everything (as best as you can) everyday. I know this can seem pointless but seriously it is NOT pointless! I swear by this!
3. CONSISTANCY- this goes along with logging. When your body is used to eating your calorie goal you will realise you start feeling "full" sooner
4. GOALS- Many people have long term goals, but do you have short term goals? And rewards for these? Check out my profile for examples. They have kept me on track and focused!
5. PICTURES- even if you dread the camera, photos are important to have. You don't have to make them public. I save most of mine on my desk top. But later on when you are having days that you feel like you have gotten no where's and you want to give up, those photos will remind you of the progress
6. MEASUREMENTS- many people use the scale, but some forget measurements are important as well! Sometimes the scale won't budge but you can still lose inches
7. SUPPORT- that's where MFP comes in Add people on your friends list and if you need support or are tempted to quit, ask for help If possible, see if you can get a friend to exercise or take walks with you
8. MOTIVATING FACTOR- you need to figure out why you want to lose weight and what is keeping you from losing weight. Many people try to lose weight but give up because they just can't find that one thing that says "I'M DOING IT!!" Find your reason and keep focused on that! Maybe write it down? Then when you feel like giving up you can read it out again and use it to keep going!

Hope this helps. Feel free to friend request if you would like

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You are a naughty, dirty girl and you need to be punished for not losing weight and for listening to some of the people in this thread. Time for your spanking.

Wait, did you mean a different kind of telling off?

You should be following a roughly 40/30/30 macro spread. Ultimately calories are king though, so if you are eating too many carbs/fats you would still lose weight. Sodium just contributes to water weight.

Also, you have a comeback for everyone that's offered help so consider kicking your own butt

I thought they were actually a further explanation of her situation and she seems open to the suggestions.

Since everyone else commented on the food I looked at your exercise diary. I do not know what kind of shape you are currently in, but unless it is pretty bad walking at a slow pace doesn't cut it for a serious workout. There is that a few short bursts of circuit training, 1 day when you swam some laps, and light housekeeping.

I do not mean this in a mean way, but am seriously asking: are you breaking a sweat? getting up a good sweat? sore at all the day after? If not, and if there is not a medical reason holding you back, you need to get serious on the exercise end. Try underestimating your calorie burn from exercise or not eating back all your exercise calories to allow for margin of error on both food calories and calories burned.

I don't think that some of the food is calculated correctly. Ham and cheese both have fat sodium but some of the time you don't have any recorded.

I say focus on the sodium for right now. That is really, really high and will make you retain water like nobody's business. Up the fresh fruit/veggies and see how that help. Take baby steps until you find what works for you. And honestly, log, log, log and log correctly. The scanner is a great option but try your best to look through the lists and find something close.

Most importantly, don't give up. You'll get it.