Why am I not losing weight?!?

I am 5'3 and weighed 170 at my heaviest. I started my own weight loss diet which consisted of me eating low calories 900-1000 calories a few days a week and then 1500-1800 calories other days of the week.Sometimes I would throw my calories to the wind and eat and drink whatever I wanted on the weekends. By not sticking to a strict set of calories per day I kept my metabolism confused and revved up. I did not exercise but I do have a job that keeps me on my feet and walking 8 hrs a day. Over a period of 6months I dropped my weight to 128. I continue to keep my weight steady by doing yoga a few times a week and every now and then having a day or two of low calorie days (900).

During my weight loss journey I remember I would go a few weeks every now and then where I did not lose an ounce. I just kept doing what I was doing and eventually I'd lose 3-4 pounds in a day! I think the body just needs to recheck itself every now and then.

Don't be discouraged! The healthy lean body you will eventually achieve is well worth the occasional hunger pains. Good luck!

Calories in/out is a good way to track so that you are not overeating. When people begin to eat healthier high calorie/fat foods such as almonds, hummus, almond butter etc, they forget that these types of foods are not unlimited and therefore they may not lose weight because they eat too much of these healthy foods. My point is, your body metabolizes foods (calories out) in a different way based on the macronutrients (fructose, fat, protein) the food contains. This means that 100 calories of almonds will not be used the same way as a 100 calories of candy. When trying to lose weight and maintain the weight loss you must understand how your body works and establish a more clean eating lifestyle. Any health professional will explain that calories in/out is not the way our bodies physiologically work. More attention must be paid to what you are putting into your body if you want to see the most effective results. Use calorie counting as a guide not as lifestyle.

Calories in/out is a good way to track so that you are not overeating. When people begin to eat healthier high calorie/fat foods such as almonds, hummus, almond butter etc, they forget that these types of foods are not unlimited and therefore they may not lose weight because they eat too much of these healthy foods. My point is, your body metabolizes foods (calories out) in a different way based on the macronutrients (fructose, fat, protein) the food contains. This means that 100 calories of almonds will not be used the same way as a 100 calories of candy. When trying to lose weight and maintain the weight loss you must understand how your body works and establish a more clean eating lifestyle. Any health professional will explain that calories in/out is not the way our bodies physiologically work. More attention must be paid to what you are putting into your body if you want to see the most effective results. Use calorie counting as a guide not as lifestyle.

Outside of a medical condition it still doesn't matter. There is a slight difference in energy required to break down the different macros but not significant enough to affect weight loss. A high protein low carb diet does not have any advantage weigh loss wise over a regular one.
Check out the Twinkie diet for another example.
Health and body composition may depend on macros and micros but for weight loss CICO still rules.

You Need to Excerise.Period.You should be losing some weight because You have decreased your calorie intake but if you dont excercise it's not going to help tooo much.Also thats a small intake of calories and your body is probably thinking its being starved from such a significant decrease so its storing the calories it does take in as fat.

Calories in/out is a good way to track so that you are not overeating. When people begin to eat healthier high calorie/fat foods such as almonds, hummus, almond butter etc, they forget that these types of foods are not unlimited and therefore they may not lose weight because they eat too much of these healthy foods. My point is, your body metabolizes foods (calories out) in a different way based on the macronutrients (fructose, fat, protein) the food contains. This means that 100 calories of almonds will not be used the same way as a 100 calories of candy. When trying to lose weight and maintain the weight loss you must understand how your body works and establish a more clean eating lifestyle. Any health professional will explain that calories in/out is not the way our bodies physiologically work. More attention must be paid to what you are putting into your body if you want to see the most effective results. Use calorie counting as a guide not as lifestyle.

do you have the research to back this? I still disagree

No I'm sorry I don't have one off hand! I do have years of medical school eduction to back this up. I am not saying I dont believe in cals in/cals out. I tell a handful of patients each day to use this method because it works!!! My only point was, if you feel as if you're not seeing results your hormones and metabolism might need to be burning cleaner healthier foods. Diet foods are loaded with unnatural ingredients that our bodies are unequipped to break down which may lead to more fat storage and results may not come as quickly as we want them to. In addition to this, these types of foods are not healthy for our bodies. Our bodies need the antioxidants and nutrients that come from fruits/veggies/protein. My advice would be to talk to your physician, have them do some diagnostic tests to make sure everything is in check, if these all come back normal have your physician set a calorie threshold for your weight loss and try to stick to that. Just watch what foods you're consuming within that threshold. Although the twinkie diet may work short term, for the sake of your health it is important to learn what foods will provide you with the energy and nutrients you need. Plus you'll feel better! Good luck!