Obese and unable to lose weight

Don't fret. It will take your body time to adjust to the new fitness plan.

Are you working with a nutritionist as well as a personal trainer?

Weight loss is 80% nutrition and only 20% exercise.

Spend some time reading the forums. You will learn a lot from just reading. Search for people you can add as friends. Try and find people with similar weight loss goals, similar body weight/height......then you will have some people to cheer you on as you progress into your new, healthy lifestyle.

Remember, you didn't put the weight on in six months, so you can't expect to loose it all in six months.

You may want to make your diary public so people can see what you are eating. Also it helps if you list your stats in your profile.

Good luck!

You sound really determined. I am a female, 5'6" and started at 219. It's been just less than 5 months but I have lost 24 lbs eating 1500 calories a day and eating back any burned calories. Are you eating back the calories you burn during your work outs? Keep pressing forward but be patient with yourself. You'll do it; it'll just take the time it needs to take.

I eat 1500 calories regardless of what I do,

I have done 1200 in exercise and still only ate 1500 calories.

ITs been 2 weeks, people say its muscle gain, water retention and other things. But muscle grows slowly, like .5 per week max.

My objective it to get to 180 In 4 to 6 months, 8% bodyfat, currently at 30% bodyfat.



I will keep training and keep at it, maybe lower my carbs to 20, hoping I still have energy for strength training.


I also thought maybe its cause I don't drink enough water, I rarely drink anything.

Dude if you were only netting 300 calories a day, then it's no reason your metabolism isn't working correctly. Less doesn't always mean better.
Definitely need to reassess your program.

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Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

You are doing ALOT of exercise and you are MALE.

IMO you are NOT eating enough.. I agree with another poster, jump up to 2000 and see what happens after a week or so.

i was around the same when i started. had a PT for 6 months and actually put on weight for the first month with the PT doing a lot of lifting and maintaining my net food calories around 2000-2200 . then after the first month or two, then the weight started coming off. dont be in such a rush. drilling yourself will only lead to another crash.

It's been two weeks dude, chill out. You didn't get where you're at overnight, you won't get to where you want to be overnight either.

I eat 1500 calories regardless of what I do,

I have done 1200 in exercise and still only ate 1500 calories.

ITs been 2 weeks, people say its muscle gain, water retention and other things. But muscle grows slowly, like .5 per week max.

My objective it to get to 180 In 4 to 6 months, 8% bodyfat, currently at 30% bodyfat.



I will keep training and keep at it, maybe lower my carbs to 20, hoping I still have energy for strength training.


I also thought maybe its cause I don't drink enough water, I rarely drink anything.

Dude if you were only netting 300 calories a day, then it's no reason your metabolism isn't working correctly. Less doesn't always mean better.
Definitely need to reassess your program.

A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness for 28+ years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

This. You are netting too small amount of food and killing your metabolism. I'm smaller then you, averaging 2000 cals per day and losing weight. You need to readjust. Good luck!
Been there done that with the netting too low...it's not good.

I'm a 5'5" female, my start weight was 208, and my goal was 1600 without exercise. You're starving yourself. You should eat at least 2000 a day.

You are on the right path... everyone says you're not eating enough, but I think that's something that you need to play around with, I for one cant eat that much, I just gain regardless of how much exercise I am doing.
Firstly... get rid of the scales... just weigh once a month.
Second... get your trainer to measure you and go on this only as a guide to how you are doing.

I was starting to get very frustrated, the scale wasn't moving literally at all even though I was working very hard, then I measured myself and took a photo.... OMG!!! I had lost 14.5cm in 3 weeks and you can see from my photo <<<<<<< march, april, may, that I have changed ALOT. But going by the scales I was getting depressed.
So the scales have been banned, I have put a reminder in my phone for a once a month weigh in, that's it.
Eat clean, train hard and remember that you are getting all over changes... inside and outside, and I promise, 2 weeks is not long enough to see any changes but I bet you they are happening.
Go and take a photo and take them at least once a month. Go, do it now!
Believe in yourself!!!!

I am a 130 pound, 5'7" female and I eat 1700 calories PLUS exercise calories just to MAINTAIN 130 pounds. You are not eating enough and you are likely to crash and burn netting only 300 cals a day. Why not try at least NETTING your 1500? (Still low cals, but better for your body than starving like you currently are.) Good luck! :flowerforyou:

2 weeks is a retarded sample size. Post again 4 weeks from now.

I agree with those that are saying that you should see a nutritionist. It looks like you rely a lot on supplements and protein powders. I really don't know too much about those things, but you do need to learn how to eat and what to eat in order to fuel your body.

It also might help to do some research on what your daily recommendations for carbs/fat/protein/sodium/sugar are and set those in your journal.

I preferring drinking my meals, its easier for me, I have a nutritionist. And My trainer has a ms in health and something else.

They both seem to be ok with what I am eating, they are the ones that suggested a ketosis diet. The all have access to everything I eat.

My doctor wanted to put me on a 500 calorie diet, which I refused.

Ill get second opinions from different trainers and nutritionist.

I just wanted some opinions, I will talk to more people.


The supplements I take are for muscle growth, which it seems to have been working with my measurements.


Haha I even had doctors tell me, to go on a doctor supervised 34 day fast......

Hard to figure out who to trust.

My doctor put me on Phentermine diet pills and 1200 calories a day. He was a doctor in the Bariactric weight loss center of a very large hospital around here. When I stopped losing weight, I listen to everyone here on the forums. Last time I saw him at the end of March, he nearly fell out of his chair when he saw how much I had lost. I told him I stopped the pills and increased my calories. They fluctuate daily between 1300 and 1600. He agreed with me. He said I was doing all the right things and "zig zagging" my calories and exercise kept my body from adapting.

When your body adapts to the same routine of "X" amount of calories and "X" amount of exercise, guess what? Your body is smart. It works more efficient....meaning you won't burn what you used to.Nor will your body burn out. I do intermittent fasting as well. So from someone that fasts, I will say any doctor telling you to fast for 34 days (assuming it's a water fast), is an idiot and should have his license taken away.

You are burning yourself out, OP. I've seen a lot of people crash and burn.....and come back having gained it all back or more. What you are doing is not sustainable. You can't live like this forever. Will you lose weight? Eventually. And then what? You have not built the skills needed to keep it off. Learn to live, OP. The scale will follow.