No motivation, diet and exercise is not helping.

We can't see your diary, so it's tough to give specific advice without knowing what you're eating and how much you're exercising.

The first thing to do would probably be to check with your doctor and make sure your thyroid and hormone levels are all okay.

How much weight have you gained since you started dieting? Are you exercising heavily?

Also, buy a food scale. Theyre pretty darn cheap at Walmart, and you'd be amazed at how much things really weigh! Particularly if you eating dense foods like cheese. Even fruit, I found I was really undererstimating that amount that I was eating, that was a lot of sugars and calories that I didnt think I was getting.

If you are only doing cardio I would seriously consider weight lifting. Ask yourself if you are really being honest with how much you are eating and how strenuously your working out. Add sprints, really hard sprinting, to your cardio.

And most importantly, measure your hotspots! Measure your hips and your waist. Ive been at a weight plateau the last few months, but Ive lost an entire inch around both my waist and my hips.

Also, it can take a few months before you fat loss outpaces your muscle gain. You may be gaining muscle and your bones are probably become stronger, and denser... so it may not feel like you are losing weight. Ive reached similar plateaus and after a few months the fat starts to fall off. I do recommend joining a class, a group, or getting a trainer to push you to worker harder. I've watched a lot of women at the gym spend more time wandering between the machines and drinking a smoothie than actually working out, but when they tally their time they say to themselves that they spent an hour working out when it was really about fifteen minutes.

And, are you eating a lot of junk? Are you eating relatively clean? New studies show that a calorie is not just a calorie to our bodies, they process them differently depending on whether its carbs, proteins, etc. It may be worth it to start IIFYM or a paleo diet, or you know, something that can teach you nutrition while you are doing it. If you are workign out and still eating from the "healthy menu" at McDonalds your body might not be processing food correctly for you to reach the goals you want. All of our bodies work differently. I've realized that my body realllllly cant handle gluten. I eat gluten and my bones ache and I puff up like I've gotten a bee sting. Something that you are eating could be causing your body to have a similar reaction, which will slow weight loss. Maybe even see a nutrionist. These things can be costly so I do my research online, but it may be worth it if you really feel like *nothing* is working.

I would do a lot of research, and then pick a plan and stick with it for a few months. Unfortunately, our bodies are *kitten*, and this stuff doesnt happen quickly. Paleo has worked for me personally over the last year, and just recently after a two month plateau I used a TDEE calculator to adjust my calories because I began to believe I hadbeen at a deficit for too long. I plan on sticking with this for just a few months before I decide yay or nay.