I don't know what to do anymore

Can I just clarify - you only ate dinner once a week?

That does seem like a small amount of food. Have you lost weight prior to these 4 weeks. May be that you just hit a plateau which is common and just have to bust through.

I think that for the amount of exercise you are doing, you are not eating enough.

Dinner once a week? You need to have dinner every day!

Unless you are logged your meals and unless you open your diary, there's really not much advice that anyone can offer. You made it sound like you've been skipping dinner six days a week and are eating salads with no dressing, cheese or salad toppings.

It sounds like you're eating too little. Have you been tracking your food? How many calories per day are you eating? Are you drinking 8 glasses of water per day? Eating too little can definitely cause you to not lose weight.

At 5'2" and 187 lbs, you should be eating 1300 to 1600 calories a day... You're eating about 500-700 a day by what your post says. That's your problem.

I agree with the person who suggested that bloating may be from a food intolerance.

Speak to your doctor or a nutritionist. Ask them how to do it. If you don't eat enough your metabolism slows down to a point it's harder to lose weight. You have to keep your metabolism up in order to help you lose weight. Your body goes into starvation mode and slows down. Eat, but eat sensible, and watch what you eat and more importantly how much you eat. Losing weight is difficult, and people who don't have that problem don't understand how difficult it can be. Find friends that are trying to lose weight as well, they can help your through the tough times. It's nice to have a supporter to help you through it. Stay strong. Best of luck.

Weight loss is a slow process. Just keep eating healthy and under, eventually you will lose weight. If you eat fewer calories than your body burns, your body will not have a choice.

Nina,

I've been where you are, but it's not healthy. You need to eat your three meals a day, plus snacks if you can tolerate it (some people are not snack people). From what you write, it sounds like you are starving yourself and your body is rebelling by not losing any weight.

I love MFP because it's my accountability factor: log everything in and I know exactly where I stand each day. I am learning to make better choices with both food and exercise.

As for bloating, I agree with others to say to look at food intolerance because it can cause a lot of problems. I've known I'm lactose intolerant for years, so I started drinking soy milk. I did an elimination diet earlier this year andI learned I was soy intolerant and caffeine intolerant. I had a whole slew of symptoms but the doctor could not figure out what was going on. I read a book on food intolerance and went from there.

I am also sugar sensitive, so I need to be careful about sugar intake as well.

If you log in your food and use a pedometer when you exercise (you can get them for your iphone or ipod), you will know how much you eat, have a fair estimate of what you burn, and you will see that you need to each much more in order to lose weight.

Good luck!

Sounds like your not eating enough for the exercise. Did you check to see what your BMR is? There are a lot of calculators that you can search and find out the basic amount of calories that your body needs just to support your organs and other functions. It doesn't sound like you are eating enough to do that and therefore you won't lose any weight. Hope this helps!