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Well, you mention everything except how much you're eating. With your diary closed it's tough to give any specific advice. Make sure you're logging your food accurately (a food scale is best) and staying within your calorie allotment. Eating healthy, eating after 7, won't make a difference if you're eating more calories than your body uses in a day.

Yup - making your diary public would make it much easier to offer advice.

You mentioned nothing about food or calorie intake. As the popular saying goes, "You can't outrun a bad diet."

For example today I have so far had 1033 calories and I've burned of 688 and I probably won't eat anymore this evening!

Sounds like you are eating far too few calories. It may seem like fewer calories means more weight-loss, but there comes a point where too few calories actually hinders your progress.

What does MFP recommend you should be eating? You really should shoot for that number, which is based on your age, activity level, starting weight, etc. I would also recommend trying to eat back at least some of your exercise calories, especially when you're burning 700+ a day.

For example today I have so far had 1033 calories and I've burned of 688 and I probably won't eat anymore this evening! How do I change my diary to public?

Eat in the evening

My personal experience with lack of food was hair loss which was awful and came back after I fixed my diet in less than a month. It WILL catch up with you, eat.

From original post it seems that not tracking your food acuratly is your #1 problem. If you were eat that little cals you would be losing weight. I'm confued as to why people are saying by eating too little you are hindering weight loss? Calculate what your body needs to maintain weight, eat less, and you will lose weight. It really is that simple. But you need to weigh everything you eat to make sure you are actualy eating how much you think. You would be amazed at what being a little off can add up to.......

Second please don't worry about meal times. If you eat after 7 you will not turn into a gremlen or gain fat. I usually eat a snack around 9/9:30 before bed.

My diary hasn't been that accurate over the weekend as i have been in my bed most of the weekend due to illness and I only started back logging my foods a week ago!

Track as accurately as possible. Get a food scale if you don't already have one. Track diligently for six weeks and then re-evaluate your progress.

I do suffer from ibs and bloating, it sometimes stops me from going to the gym as it's to painful but I can't see why that would interfere with weigh loss etc! I had dinner like two hours ago and still feeling very bloated, I take peppermint tablets for it but I don't get it all the time but probably 4 days a week. I did think going to a gym changing my eating habits and dieting would help but it's really not made any difference!

All of those things are great for being healthier, but for weight loss you have to get your calories in check. If you don't have one, you need to eat a food scale. And weigh EVERY THING to get an accurate account of what you're eating. I even weigh and check pre-packaged things because sometimes it will say 6 of something is a serving and really, those 6 things are actually 1.5 or 2 servings when checked by weight. And when you figure this out, you can either weigh everything or adjust your cals overall to compensate. I don't believe in the whole starvation mode thing, but I do believe your body does go into a holding pattern when you eat too low. But I don't really think that is the issue. I really think you need to be weighing your food. Another issue it could possibly be is that if this is a fairly new thing for you to be working out this way, many times your body will bloat up and retain water because the muscle is using that water for repair. Give it some time and see if this improves while watching the calories.