Why have I not lost weight?

i never lost weight eating 1200 or fewer calories
When someone told me to eat more,i thought they were crazy!!!
but i tried it and BAM first week 3lbs gone then every week after that i was losing 1-2lbs per week!

I started working out last Thursday, March 13. I weighed myself this morning, Thursday march 20 and didn't lose any weight, not even 0.1lbs. I'll tell you what my remaining calories were everyday. (The first number is the number of calories I consumed that day, the second number I am subtracting if the calories I burned doing exercise and the last number total is the net.
March 13: 1122 - 516 = 646
March 14: 828 - 516 = 312
March 15: 1830 - 646 = 1185
March 16: 1315 - 688 =627
March 17: 1807- 616 = 1191
March 18: 1996-616 = 1380
March 19: 1235 -673 = 562
As you see, my net calories are very low, I don't starve myself or skip meals. I eat normally and work out at the gym (1 hour 5 min of AMT -advanced motion trainer- and then 15-20 minutes of strength). Today I was so pissed off that I didn't lose any weight I went and burned 913 just on the AMT (And probably more like 1000 when I was finished my entire workout) I am 18 years old, I'm 5'8 and I weigh 240lbs. My recommended calorie intake is 22, 113 cals a week to maintain my weight. Since last Thursday I had 5903 cals which means I should've lost at least 4.5lbs right? PLEASE HELP! I thought I would've lost 2lbs of water weight at least...thank you so so much
Btw don't tell me to eat more. I already snack and pig out so much, I don't try and stay under my calorie goal of 1252 it just happens, that's just me on a regular day so I'm not going to eat more and stuff myself to lose weight. That doesn't make sense.

If you'd like a sincere reply with constructive suggestions, would you open your food diary, please?

Same goes for fat loss.

I'm 18, I do what a hywant! I been there too, we all have but if you're serious about losing the weight then... Well, actually... It sounds like you should be losing weight if all of that is true. I was just 190lbs when I decided to try Medifast for a month and I lost 15lbs. I was doing cardio and having about 1,500 calories a day. It was crazy weight loss for not being that "fat", I lost a lot of muscle too so I'm not entirely condoning it.

You may want to look into "ketosis". It's a diet (like Medifast) that limits carb consumption. Basically your body runs on either carb or fat for energy, if you restrict the limit on carbs then your body will run on your fat source for energy (burns it like fuel). Some people live by this method entirely but I would only do it when I had a lot of fat to lose. Plus I too enjoy living a life where I'm not worried about what I eat as much but if you have a long way to go then you're going to have to make some sacrifices.

I don't want to call you a liar if you've put in good work but see where you're at in a month. If it's all true and you've lost nothing then what do you want people to say, you're different than everyone else? You're a failure and should give up? Hell no. If you want, you can try to limit your carb consumption. It's really hard though, try to limit your carbs under 150g or up to 100g if you can. There are 4 calories per gram of carbohydrate so that's only 400-600 calories a day from carbs alone (means you have to eat lots of protein or <gasp> fats!).

Don't be too hard on yourself and just don't quit. People do that all the time or relapse back into poor eating patterns or lose consistency with their exercise routine, in fact everyone does that. It's all about learning the process of a new healthy you. There are people who could take over your body and drop 70lbs in 6 months but it's just not how it works. You simply just get better at figuring yourself out (your body) as you gain more knowledge about diet and exercise and figuring out whatever goal you may have.

TLDR; Something doesn't sound right, try keto, don't quit, you get better along the way.

Peeeeeace

Honestly all of you were almost no help except a couple of you. You were basically yelling at me, and saying I'm wrong and to do this and do that and to stop complaining. Obviously it's aggravating, I came here for support and got that from almost none of you. I have experience with this and as I said I lost 20lbs last year which is why I'm confused to why I can't lose weight now. I eat salads and snack on carrots and dip, all low low low calories. All I put into my body is nutrients so that's why it's low. Most of my calories come from my breakfast which is eggs and bacon and toast. That has a lot of salt so I think I didn't lose weight because of water retention. Thanks anyways.

Huh?

Water retention would explain 3-5 pounds at most...and only if your sodium is consistently high...and even still, you would lose weight in a deficit...it would just be 3-5 pounds higher than it would otherwise have been...and in times of lower-than-usual-sodium, you would lose some of those pounds.

TL;DR - water retention is not the explanation for long-term inability to lose weight.

ETA: And there were a lot of helpful replies...that you didn't realize they were helpful might be a clue as to what the real underlying problem is here.

Also, this kind of indignation in the face of obviously sound advice is making my trollometer twitchy.

I think the OP is massively overestimating calories burnt! I suspect its half what was posted as 600 cals a day burnt off most days seems like torture

I am a healthy weight for my height and I can easily burn over 700 a day. If i do 45 mins on my treadmill and then a Jillian video. So I could see how she could do it. But I wouldn't want to work out on that low of calories a day. I would feel weak. When I burn over 700..I eat at least half of it back.


OP, you definitely need to eat more. And we aren't saying eat more junk. Just shoot for at least a 1200 net and try that for a couple weeks and see how it goes. You won't gain weight by netting 1200. So why not try it and see if it helps you lose.

Is your profile pic you?

Snack and pig out and hit my TDEE of 1800? Girl, you aren't going to read this or think I'm mean but yeah, you need a good "coming to a god of your choice". You still have to fuel you body in a way that makes it run properly. If you don't fuel it correcly, it doesn't RUN correctly. If it doesn't run correctly it's going to do everything it's power to maintain the status quo. If you really think your stuff is the way to go (300 calories is just insane), go check out the mulitple success stories of people who eat 1500, 1800, hell even 2500 calories a day and drop weight.

Yeah there's basic math involved but that only counts if your body is working right. #justsayin'

Honestly all of you were almost no help except a couple of you.

Nobody can tell you what the problem is for sure, all people can do is lend their opinion, which is what you asked for in your title to this post.

I eat salads and snack on carrots and dip, all low low low calories. All I put into my body is nutrients so that's why it's low. Most of my calories come from my breakfast which is eggs and bacon and toast.

In the first post, that you edited, you stated that you snack and pig out. Above says you only put nutrients in and it is low calories.
You have sort of contridicted yourself.

If you cannot accept (I am not saying agree) people's advice and opinions that you asked for, why come and ask in the first place?
It almost seems you came looking for a fight.