ITS OFFICIAL IM GIVING UP!!!

I totally agree.

I'm not convinced that you would be posting on here if you 100% wanted to give up; I feel that maybe a small part of you just needs encouragement...?

I completely empathise- I am down to as few calories as I can eat- between 600-1000 cals a day as I am desperate to kickstart my weight loss- I am 3 stone overweight so really should be losing weight but for some reason I'm just not. I understand how you are feeling and how frustrating the journey is.

In your heart of hearts, you know that if you leave here completely your weight will slowly creep up.....so why not take time to really read the huge number of responses that you have had, and just keep trying. One day at a time...remember that it's not about short-term dieting, it's about looking after your body and being as healthy as you can for the rest of your life.

Good luck. Thinking of you xxx

600-1000 cals a day?? No, just no! Educate yourself please, for the sake of your health.

I completely empathise- I am down to as few calories as I can eat- between 600-1000 cals a day as I am desperate to kickstart my weight loss- I am 3 stone overweight so really should be losing weight but for some reason I'm just not. I understand how you are feeling and how frustrating the journey is.

No, no, no, no ....just NO! :noway:

Under eating is possible so you can stop banging your head against a wall and open up your mind instead.

Its called metabolic damage... Explain how someone can eat only 1200 calories, work out 6 times a week and still not lose weight. Your body is smarter than you are, dieting is all about figuring out your body, however you can only cut calories to a certain point before your body thinks its starving (which technically it is) and it slowly shuts down your metabolism until you basal metabolic rate is practically 0.

Maybe you're not eating enough.

*pounding head against the wall*

No you're not! I'm standing behind you pounding both of our heads into the wall!!! :huh:

Why on earth would someone that is clearly not in a deficit want to eat more food? How does that work exactly?

I can absolutely explain it. She's not eating 1200 calories. Period. There are a lot of people out there that eat back there exercise calories not knowing exactly how many calories they burned. The machine or MFP tells them they burned 600 calories when in actuality they only burned maybe half that. MFP can very accurately give food calories and macros because they are all the same for a chicken breast for instance but two people doing the same exact exercise are going to burn something totally different. I've seen it to many times. And I agree it is possible to do damage to your metabolism, but you show me one person who has damaged their metabolism eating 1200 calories. That is nowhere near too low for a woman.

I got no FR. I suck.

That statement might get you a few FRs.

you could be gaining muscle..do measurements! that way you will know for sure if you are losing anything.. measure your waist, hips, chest and any other areas you want measured and chart them down every week. I hope you don't give up. Good luck in whatever you decide!

I see this is your first post, so I won't scare you off with snark but we've already established this is not true.

Take a GOOD, HONEST look at what you're eating...You're kinda eat crappy food....and those "QUICK ADD" calories, what are they? All WHOLE and good foods can be found on here, so what gives with that? What is happening on the days you just don't log at all? You can work out 7 days a week but there must be consistency and honesty in your diet for you to see results, period.

The only person you're cheating and hurting is yourself.

Reevaluate your goals, your diet, your calorie intake, and your workouts and make a plan that you can actually be accountable to.

Hi op,I understand how you feel. I gave up a few week ago and now I am back. I has lost 15 pounds on ww and wanted to find a way to keep track of my diet but not pay so much money,so I started to actively participate on this mfp. I had a difficult time taking time from my day to track food. In fact I hate tracking food. It requires me to constantly think about food and portion control honestly I can be doing something else. So I gain back 8 pounds and said ok I better do something. So I am back and tracking my food I am not weighing in just yet though. My suggestion would be If you are tracking everything,you don't have the best food chooses. Yes,you keep your calories low but your choose in foods wouldn't be conducive with weight-loss. Little Cesar pizza is excellent,(right across the street from my house.)but I had to let it go. Try adding some more fruits and Veggies to your diet to cover those Carb Calories. Also I noticed that you don't eat breakfast regularly,I am like that too. Add a protein shake if possible. I hope this helps. Hang in there.

Looking at your diary i see: fried chicken, pizza rolls, pasta salad, cake, cookies, little ceasers pizza... multiple times... REALLY??? You have to make choices to fuel your body... these are all examples of POOR choices. Better rethink your approach to food.

Look at my diary.

How on earth can annyone build muscle on 1200 kcal a day? She'd have barely enough energy to make a trip to the wc, let alone fart!
If she was to come down with a cold, upset tummy or something, she'd be lucky to survive, to put it bluntly.