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What are you eating? Do you log everything in your food diary on here? Can you make your diary public?

Honestly, what you eat / don't eat is more important for losing weight than exercising. But exercising is a great way to improve your health!

Go into "Setting", "Diary Settings", then scroll to the bottom and select "Public"

PS How do some people have the myfitnesspal signature where it indicates the current weight loss in their posts? Thanks!

Go to your PROFILE.... Mine says 'personalize ticker....' I'm not sure if that's because I already have one set up, but you should see how to do it in PROFILE, and under MY PROGRESS.

BUT.... more importantly, open up your food diary, so people can help you get sorted what you're eating. It doesn't sound like you're not losing weight due to a lack of exercise.

I see entries for you in February and nothing else until October. Were you tracking calories anywhere else in the meantime?

If you were not tracking, the first advice is going to be "Start tracking, keep tracking for a month and then see how it's going."

Hi Leon,
While I don't typically post responses in these forums, I feel that what you need is some positive feedback and ideas. I know what the other replies are getting at. We can't see what you are eating, so we can't give you a real indication as to why you aren't losing. Here is my advice, take it for what its worth which is probably not much as I am by far no expert.

Eat. Make sure you are depriving yourself. Eat vegetables and a serving of fruit a day. Eat lean proteins, whole grains if you want to. Avoid sugar, soda, candy, etc if you can. Don't deprive yourself if you feel you need a little something and don't crucify yourself if you have a bad day.

Exercise. Mix it up. If you aren't getting results with the treadmill, maybe throw in some weight training. If you don't belong to a gym and don't want to, I would recommend maybe a work out system like P90x, Insanity, or even Jillian Michaels 30 day shred. They aren't easy, but they are a crazy work out if you can stick with them.

Drink. Water. A lot of it.

Don't be a slave to the scale. As I type this I realize I am a huge hypocrite as I weight myself like every 2-3 days or so. But don't let it destroy your positive momentum. I used to do that, but now that I work out consistently and do my best to eat right, I acknowledge the changes I can see in my body and not the number reflected on the scale.

Forums. Don't be discouraged by them. I read them often and like I said post almost never. Because there are a lot of people out there with strong opinions about food, exercise, my fitness pal, and weight loss in general. They can be awesome for inspiration too, but like all public forums they can be a vehicle for negativity.

Good luck!

Hi. It is definitley important to log your food every day, that should really help. Maybe try something other than walking? I find that once your body gets used to walking in doesn't make much difference. (I know there is plenty of people that do lose weight just walking but I don't think it works for everyone). I started on this site about five weeks and log my food everyday and have been losing 2 or 3lb every week. I do five workouts a week but only for about 20 to 30 minutes a day. I find that because I am actually reasonably fit as my work is pretty physical I have benefited from the short but intense workouts