what am i doing wrong? :( :( :( :(

wow, 900 calories everyday?! :noway: That's so low! Even I can't handle 900 everyday and I'm 5'2".

I make sure I eat small meals every 2-3hrs 4-6 times a day. That way 1200 or with added exercise calories spread out throughout the day. I don't eat all my exercise calories, I eat about 20-50% of it depending if I'm hungry or not. If I"m hungry I'll eat.

Listen to your body and drink lots of water.

Drinking enough water a day DOES help with weight loss, especially if you have a high intake of sodium. Watch out for sodium because it can hold onto water.

Also, are you getting enough fibre? I read around forums that 25g of fibre a day helps.

If you've been sub 900 cals/day, you may have pushed your body in to starvation/conserving mode. You won't burn calories with your body like that. It's important to eat your maintenance calories each day. You said "if you're honest..." but are you even lower then that? Don't fall prey to the eating next to nothing will equal weight loss. I did that, eating under 1000 calories and put my body in to starvation, didn't lose weight, had a heck of a time getting jump started, had to gain weight to get back to normal. Especially if you're working out, you need to feed your body.

Don't get frustrated.....but from looking at your food, you need to eat more, you have so many days under 1000 colories. Make sure you eat closer to goal or your body will just store the fat. Also the biggest is drink the 8 glasses of water. That is hard but make it a routine...then the weight comes off more evenly. And as hard as it is try to avoid the white bread....whole grains when possible. Just stick with it. Its always great to lose 2lbs a week but nothing wrong with breaking even one week. Good Luck:happy:

I agree you are not eating enough...... eat more to lose more... sounds crazy but it works.. 3 meals and 2-3 small snacks a day.... I usually have a snack mid morning and then an evening snack with tea....3-4 hrs after dinner.... I inever feel hungry and am losing weight.:happy:

T:flowerforyou: he people you see losing one pound a day are on the HCG diet.

whats the HCG diet?

Honestly, I don't think you should worry about the HCG diet until you master eating correctly, which is what everyone one else has mentioned: you need to eat more. At least 1200 cal a day, plus, eating back your workout calories. You're essentially starving your body such that it has slowed down your metabolism in order to save fat because it't not getting enough from you. That's why you havent' lost weight. Oh, and when you up your calories, for the first 1-2 weeks you will GAIN weight BECAUSE your body will still be in that "save, save, save" mode. But after that 1-2 weeks, it will realize it's getting more food and will speed up your metabolism to account for that and the lbs will start falling off as your body lets go of the fat. Also, drink at least 64 oz of water per day to help flush out water weight that your body holds on to.

Once you've done all of this and if after a month nothing has changed, then you can feel free to try any diet you choose. But first I strongly recommend you figure this part out first. Because if you don't, then do diet you try will really work and you'll see a yo-yo effect in your weight loss.

Good luck!

Water is vital, i alaways make sure i drink a pint of water when i wake up and with every meal, i always eat my 1200 calories so try to aim for more snacks, get some low fat yogurts and breakfast bars. and just snack between meals

i agree with everyone else. what you're doing "wrong" is not fueling your body. i eat 1200 calories, plus about 1/2 of my exercise calories, so that's around 1500-1700 calories daily. some people here eat all their exercise calories and are still losing great amounts of weight. try it for a couple of weeks... i bet you'll see results.

I immediately thought you were NOT eating enough. So, I guess I agree with everyone here. I was confused when people kept telling me I'm not eating enough, but I finally figured it out.

I noticed a lot of times you are eating breakfast then dinner and that's it. You HAVE to eat more often during the day. You should eat most of your calories by snack time between lunch and dinner. I've been slightly off on my regime because I'm between jobs (which is why I'm plateauing right now).
Normally I eat an apple, 1/2 serving of peanut butter and a breakfast bar for breakfast=285 calories.

I eat a Healthy Choice steamers or dinner meal for lunch=210-350 calories depending on the meal.

I have celery with the other 1/2 of the serving of peanut butter, carrots and maybe a 100 calories snack pack for snack between lunch and dinner=300 calories

For dinner, I have thin porkchop (around 120), chicken tenders (around 120) or ground turkey (around 150) then TONS of veggies. Dinner is normally around 200-300 calories.

By dinner, I've had almost all of my calories, and by the end of the day, depending on what exactly I had during the day, I average 900-1100 calories. I've found eating TONS of SUPER low calorie food (so you get enough food), but stay under your calorie count, the weight falls off.

I've lost almost 20 lbs in going on 9 weeks! That's 2 lbs a week! Like I said, I've been plateauing the past 2 weeks, and I'm fighting to get the last 3 of the first 20 off. Once I start my new job, it should start falling off again.

So, if you can take some lessons from this, eat low calories, often...and eat most of the calories before dinner. Also, I notice you are eating unhealthy food. You should really be eating grilled/baked chicken, seafood and ground turkey (instead of beef) with TONS of veggies and NO pasta (it is high in calories and carbs). Yes, drink tons of water too!

Good luck!