What am I doing wrong?!?!?!

Give calorie counting a chance to work. Log honestly and as accurately as possible, with a food scale. At least then we'll be able to help you tweak if you're not making progress. Right now we have no way of knowing what you're doing wrong. Weight loss is about calories.

Read this for easy info about setting up your calorie goal:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/963088-level-obstacles-lose-weight-target-fat-easy?hl=leveling+obstacles

For restaurants choose the closest equivalent in the database. If I'm eating at a local place I pick a similar chain restaurant and log a similar meal.

easiest way to loose weight: eat clean. stick to meat, fruit, vegetables and healthy fats (nuts, oils, etc) you will loose weight like crazy. and its very simple to follow! helped me loose 50lbs in 6 months....
I follow that clean eating about 90% of the time....

Did you just not eat carbs?

Eating clean is not necessary to lose weight. A lot of people choose that route because they find that it's easier to create a calorie deficit without counting that way, but personally I find it unnecessarily restrictive.

I will agree 1000% with that. I eat pretty much what i want when i want and as long as im under or not to far over im good.

Measuring is so inconvenient! How do I measure when I'm in a restaurant?

if you dont know your portions, then your logging will be off. you have to know your portions. guessing will not be accurate. i hate measuring too, but i found out that by measuring, i was over estimating by double most of the time.

HI there,

if Tuesday was anything to go by, I'd say you need to eat better quality food...looks like a lot of take away and snacky stuff.
Now, you don't need to eat clean 100% of the time, but you probably need to get a better set of macros that you can stick to.

If you are looking for more fat loss, remember that we respond to different foods differently (some people do better with lower carbs if carb sensitive, others do better with higher fat and lower carbs if fat sensitive and for others it makes no difference).

Best thing is to start by

1. Work out your BMR and TDEE (try here: http://iifym.com/calculators/ )

2. To lose fat, try subtracting about 10-15% from your TDEE and set that as your daily goal (you can cycle up and down each day so long as your weekly average comes out around your setpoint daily kcals). Stick to this number for a few weeks to see how you go. If you lose too quickly, increase your kcals a bit or vice versa if progress is not happening. Be patient.

3. Work out some basic macros. Aim for around 2 x BW or 2 x LBM in grams of protein per day. Aim for a min fat requirement (mostly healthy ok) of about 0.8g per kg BW or LBM. You can set it at your current BW or use your target BW. That works for a lot of people. The rest is carbs. These are not hard and fast numbers. Just guidelines.

You could also try a typical P/C/F ratio of 30/40/30 % as a start point (moderate carbs and fats) and then reset carbs and fats up or down as you need and learn more about how you respond with progress.

Logging every day is a good way to a) get a better understanding of how much you eat and the quality of that intake as well as b) giving you a wealth of data on your own body and how you respond.

Whatever you do, do not restrict kcals too much or you risk eating away (pardon the pun) at your metabolic capcity ... you don't want to starve yourself lean. You want to be able to get lean with as many kcals as you can.

hope that helps a bit.

Exercising 30 mins a day is what people should be doing just to be fit and healthy. Measure everything and log it honestly. You will be surprised how things add up so quickly. It took time to gain the weight, it will take time to get it off. Be persistent and patient. Good Luck!

Measuring is so inconvenient! How do I measure when I'm in a restaurant?

if you dont know your portions, then your logging will be off. you have to know your portions. guessing will not be accurate. i hate measuring too, but i found out that by measuring, i was over estimating by double most of the time.

do i literally bring measuring utensils to the restaurant?

if you make it a habit to measure and log at home, you start to get an idea of what how much of something looks like. Then estimating at a restaurant every once in a while won't be an issue. Now if you eat out several times a week and don't really know what a portion looks like... you could run into trouble.

Measuring is so inconvenient! How do I measure when I'm in a restaurant?

if you dont know your portions, then your logging will be off. you have to know your portions. guessing will not be accurate. i hate measuring too, but i found out that by measuring, i was over estimating by double most of the time.

do i literally bring measuring utensils to the restaurant?

How often do you eat out? Making your own food at home is really going to be the only way to get an accurate calorie count. Restaurant calories are going to be estimates. Better than nothing, but in no way precise.

dont expect overnight results
strenth training wont help u lose weight
work out everyday for 60 minutes
stay under calories

working out every day for an hour is just not realistic for me! And I know enough to know that strength training builds muscle which helps burn calories!

strength training whist eating at a deficit won't build muscle.