Im stuck at 180 lbs forever.

I'm 5'9" and 160lbs. I eat 2000 calories a day to lose weight.

You need to stick with something for 6 weeks before you can complain about it not working.

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You need to give it more time and eat healthy. You will almost always gain weight when you change your exercise routine. Your muscles are shocked and will retain water to protect themselves, but it's not real weight it's temporary. You need to stick with it.

If you are really exercising that much, and eating healthy, you will lose fat for sure. So you must not be telling us something or you'd be losing weight. You may gain muscle, which may cancel out the loss on the scale, but you will see a difference in inches for sure if you are really exercising that much and eating well. Btw- walking won't cut it. You need to jog if you want real results, especially if you want quick ones.

You will never lose weight if you don't care about being healthy. Period.

Instead of pouting and talking about how many times you have failed in the past which is why you don't wanna do it now, try gritting your teeth, digging your heels in, and start taking real action. Get rid of that defeatist attitude. (I tried 15 times to quit smoking before I finally did it. Edison tried thousands of combinations before he invented the lightbulb). If you already think you can't do it, then you can't. Have some faith, give it a real shot, and realize that good things take time. It takes a few months to start getting constant, noticeable results, and it's Never easy.

Eat real food, not boxed meals. Eat more veggies.

No less than 1200 calories a day...and if you're healthy, the 17 day diet will get your body in fat burning mode. First 17 days only 17mins of exercise each day. Check it out.

So it's only been a week? Is that right?

Some stuff that I think is likely contributing to your "stuckness" --

Not logging your food with any sort of consistency.
Not eating well.
Too much sodium (due to your consumption of processed foods).
Impatience.

Whatever you decide to do, do it and stick with it for six weeks before you decide it's not working and move on to something else. Your body needs a bit of time to adjust to whatever you've thrown at it, and if you are quickly jumping from one change to another with your calories, exercise, eating, etc. it's going to be really difficult for you to get an accurate picture of what works and what doesn't.

Your protein goal looks awfully low. I realise that's probably the MFP default, but you should aim for something a bit more substantial. Calculate your protein goal according to your lean body mass and change the MFP setting for that.

Do you strength train at all? Strength training will do amazing things for your body, and is highly recommended for anyone looking to lose fat and tighten up their curves.

if the 1200 calories isn't working for you, up it to 1500 and make sure to eat most of your exercise calories back. I went 4 months without a loss and then went to 1500 calories a day and always eat my exercise calories back. In the first week I lost 2 pounds and I am also menstruating right now and lost half a pound today......

Im 5'9 female 25 years old. I want to weigh 140 lbs. I've been doing cardio 1 hour a day of walking for over a week. I 've been eating

small healthy meals every 3 hours. I started here at

180 lbs then i got down to 170 lbs and then my weight started going back up and now im back up to 175 lbs. I once worked out for

30 days everyday and actually gained weight. Im so irritated how the fat just will not come off. I feel like im really trying hard but once

again theres no results. I think my body is always going to be at 180 lbs now no matter what i do. at this point i just want a quick way

to lose weight im starting to not care anymore about being healthy. i just want to lose weight. i just want to get down to 140 lbs. But

im starting to see that my body is unable to lose fat. Just felt like venting.

Steady state cardio sucks and "walking" is barely considered exercise unless you're elderly or have had to spend a few months in a wheelchair because of a severe injury. Do HIIT! That's High Intensity Interval training and it will take much less time to do but will yield better results. At least mix HIIT in once in a while and if you're going to do that hour of low intensity cardio at least do it on the Stairmill which will at least begin to be a bit more difficult after 25-30 minutes. Mix it up!

Also, check out this video about "The Biggest Fat Loss Mistake, Preserving Muscle, Dangers of Too Much Cardio, & More" it features Layne Norton, Ph.D. who is a Natural competitive bodybuilder/powerlifter.

http://youtu.be/FcM8HablpZk

1. HR monitor to know how many calories you're burning walking, don't rely on MFP for the calorie estimates. They can be way off.

2. Food scale to know exactly how many calories you're consuming, never guesstimate.

3. Log all of these things religiously.

4. If after a month, you haven't lost/are gaining weight, people will be better able to pinpoint where you might be going wrong.

Hey, I'm 24, 5'9 and in Wichita too lol. I started around 210, but I'm down to about 155 now, looking to get to 135-140ish. I recently upped my calories to 1900 (my TDEE- 20% from scoobysworkshop.com). My scale broke, so IDK how much I'm losing, but I can tell a difference in how I look since I started eating a little more and lifting heavier weights. When I first started losing I was eating 1,300-1,500 and doing at least an hour of cardio a day (usually an elliptical), but I've had the most success eating 1600-1900, lifting heavy regularly, and running 15-25 minutes a few times a week. You just have to be consistent and stick to it for at least 3-4 weeks. I'm not losing really fast, but I'm not struggling to eat under my calorie goal and I don't have to spend hours a week doing cardio (which I hate). Don't get discouraged, just pick a plan and stick to it for at least a month. Then if that's not working, you can make little adjustments.

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