I can't seem to lose any weight?

The body takes some time to adjust. First it has to shrink your bones since the body is preparing for less weight due to fewer calories. Bones take a long time to shrink and the body hesitates at this point since it takes a lot of work. It wants to make sure you're serious. Once the bones shrink you will drop weight and plateau again at the next level. Lose weight, wait for bone shrink, lose weight.

It goes weight, wait, weight.

Same is true for weight gain but in reverse.

Shrinking bones??? :noway:

The body takes some time to adjust. First it has to shrink your bones since the body is preparing for less weight due to fewer calories. Bones take a long time to shrink and the body hesitates at this point since it takes a lot of work. It wants to make sure you're serious. Once the bones shrink you will drop weight and plateau again at the next level. Lose weight, wait for bone shrink, lose weight.

It goes weight, wait, weight.

Same is true for weight gain but in reverse.

WHOA. Are you being serious?

Yah.... no. Sorry. Bones don't shrink. Where'd you get this idea?

Bones can and do become more or less dense... but you don't have to wait for that to happen before you lose weight, and frankly, you don't WANT your bones to become less dense. They become more fragile and break more easily. Lost bone density is bad. We call it osteoporosis.

Obesity can actually help prevent osteoporosis, but I recommend against staying obese simply to keep your bones from losing mass.

Weight-bearing exercises can strengthen bones and help prevent osteoporosis. This is one of many good reasons to exercise.

OMG! The best thread yet! Shrinking bones!!!!:)

The body takes some time to adjust. First it has to shrink your bones since the body is preparing for less weight due to fewer calories. Bones take a long time to shrink and the body hesitates at this point since it takes a lot of work. It wants to make sure you're serious. Once the bones shrink you will drop weight and plateau again at the next level. Lose weight, wait for bone shrink, lose weight.

It goes weight, wait, weight.

Same is true for weight gain but in reverse.

Good Lord! Some people should just be banned from giving advice since this person clearly has no idea what they're talking about! My 8 year old would laugh at this!

The body takes some time to adjust. First it has to shrink your bones since the body is preparing for less weight due to fewer calories. Bones take a long time to shrink and the body hesitates at this point since it takes a lot of work. It wants to make sure you're serious. Once the bones shrink you will drop weight and plateau again at the next level. Lose weight, wait for bone shrink, lose weight.

It goes weight, wait, weight.

Same is true for weight gain but in reverse.

hahaha, your bones are replaced every 10 years, but they don't shrink!

The body takes some time to adjust. First it has to shrink your bones since the body is preparing for less weight due to fewer calories. Bones take a long time to shrink and the body hesitates at this point since it takes a lot of work. It wants to make sure you're serious. Once the bones shrink you will drop weight and plateau again at the next level. Lose weight, wait for bone shrink, lose weight.

It goes weight, wait, weight.

Same is true for weight gain but in reverse.

Um, what?

The body takes some time to adjust. First it has to shrink your bones since the body is preparing for less weight due to fewer calories. Bones take a long time to shrink and the body hesitates at this point since it takes a lot of work. It wants to make sure you're serious. Once the bones shrink you will drop weight and plateau again at the next level. Lose weight, wait for bone shrink, lose weight.

It goes weight, wait, weight.

Same is true for weight gain but in reverse.

There are a lot of new people here and I hope for the love of Pete, they use common sense. This advice sounds like something from a witchcraft book (for dummies).

For one thing exercise signals bones to replace cells making them stronger, not to shrink.

Besides that, you should log EVERYTHING you eat to get an accurate accounting of calories consumed. Sometimes guessing can be totally off.

Pretty sure bones-poster is a troll. Another one of his forum posts also assures someone their need to pee after drinking water will decrease with time.

SO IT ISN'T TRUE!?!? Ive been drinking a gallon of water a day for a month now, and i still have to pee every hour on the hour lol . I was hoping it would go away

Unless you are not logging everything, it looks like you are ~800 cal under your MFP goal every day. You need to eat more, then your body will start to lose weight. MFP already puts you at a deficit of 500 cal for 1lb/week or 1000 for 2lb/week. If your are then cutting another 800 cal on top of that, you aren't feeding your body enough, it will fight back - preventing you from losing weight.

Ok, can you explain this to me please!? I am having the same trouble as the OP and I don't know what to do anymore either. I did some research and it was suggested I take my weight and multiply it by 10 which would give you your caloric intake. My question is this: my weight is 171.5 x *10 - 1710 calories, How does this work, if I am eating what I need to maintain?

Oh and based on your description, we should actually eat 1700 (1200 + 500 (the deficit) = 1700) ? I know I don't eat enough but my trouble is trying figure out how much to actually eat?

Reading this blog has really helped. My friend and I are in the same boat. We alternate our days between cardio and weights. We are working out everyday. I now see on somedays I am not eating enough calories. But when you say to change up your work-out, what should we do? We have have been increasing our reps/weights every time we have our weight day. So, do we try different machines or what? We did do a package with a trainer, which has since ended, and frankly I don't have the money to sign up for any more. Any sound advice would be appreciated, nothing about shrinking my bones though. Thanks.

Sorry for the context of the previous post, (while posted with tongue in cheek) however I was in reference to bone density. From an article found online:

"A study published in a 1998 issue of "American Journal of Clinical Nutrition" examined the effects of weight loss on 14 obese women. The study found that, although the women's bone mineral content stayed the same during their weight loss, the bone mineral density decreased. Bones also contain living cells that constantly renew themselves. Your bones' osteoblasts help fix any damage, their osteocytes bring nutrients into and waste out of your bones' blood vessels and the osteoclasts break down old bone so new bone can form."

"Since your bone density can decrease during weight loss, it's vital to keep your bones strong if you're planning on dropping pounds. The University of Missouri recommends high-impact weight-bearing exercises and keeping an eye on your calcium intake."

Hope that helps.