What am I doing wrong?!

Are you eating enough? If you are working out that much and are still very tired, you might not be eating enough calories throughout the day for your body to function normally and take all the exercise you are doing.

Your body could be gaining muscle while losing fat, therefore you are not seeing a change on the scale. If your feeling down maybe you should track your measurements for a while instead Then when you lose an inch you will feel accomplished even if the scale hasn't changed.

Hi SkinnyMe !

First, congrats on everything you did so far. You seem very motivated, that's excellent ! I read your post, and first thing that came to my mind is have you got your measurements taken before you started eating healthy and working out ? I often watch a show called ' The last 10 pounds ' on TV and some of the people do loose inches off their bodies yet barely loose weight on the scale.

Its still a great beginning, loosing inches is as good - if not better - than loosing weight on the scale !

You're probably losing fat weight, but replacing it with muscle weight. Muscle weighs more than fat, so even though you are losing fat you aren't seeing the results on the scales. Rather than obsess about the number on the scales, go by the size of your clothes and the complements you get as your size decreases!

Keep going the way you are and don't worry about your weight, think about your size as measured by your clothes!!

Trust me, just keep going...I was in the EXACT same boat as you, I started with the need to lose 55lbs...i was going to the gym doing the same thing you're doing...it took 3 months to start losing weight...ask my friends on here, i was so discouraged and upset that I almost quit...i tried EVERYTHING...but in the end it was my body that was confused. it took three months for my body to realize i wasn't trying to kill myself, I just wanted to lose some chub. You need to get use to your vigorous routine, your body needs to realize that you aren't abusing it, but loving it...it's only been two weeks...come to me in 2 months and if you're still in the same position then i'll apologize lol...the one thing that really worked for me was to stagger my calories..one day eat all your calories back, the next only eat half, etc...but never go below 1200...if you shock you body than it will realize you aren't starving it so it won't store (i hate talking about my body like it's a seperate entity but it's true, the damn thing has a mind of it's own)...I convince myself that water is a weighloss drink, and if i want to be skinny I better drink my eight cups...now it's no problem to get more than 9 cups of water in...stay strong, you're doing wonderful.

Thanks so much for all your help guys-I guess I could be eating a little bit more. It's just kind of a weird concept that in order to lose weight you actually need to eat more often...

It sounds bizarre but is so true...keeping the workouts the same (six days per week) when I only eat 1200 calories a day the scale doesn't go down...when I eat in the 1400-1500 range (3 meals and two snacks a day) it drops! Our bodies need fuel to burn and if we don't eat enough in a day, it hangs on to what it gets (starvation mode). Enjoy the extra food just make sure it's clean!

I went through this and it can be very discouraging. I was working very hard just like you, and keeping my calorie intake to a minimum. I was eating damn near perfect - better than I ever had in my life, so you can imagine how frustrating it was when I not only stopped losing weight, but started gaining it back. Ohhhhhh, I was mad. I went to a local university and had my metabolism checked. Nothing wrong. Had my thyroid checked. Nothing wrong. The doctor asked me about what I was eating and I told him in detail everything, and he said right off the bat that I probably wasn't eating enough. My co-worker and friend from college, both who are big into fitness, said the exact same thing. Then my trainer at the time mentioned it. So I started eating more and it took a few weeks for my metabolism to "reset" or readjust, I guess, so I did gain a little, but I also started losing again and now I think things are good.

Make sure you are eating your exercise calories. If you fall a little bit under, I think it's ok, but don't fall too far under. When I was doing it, my net calorie intake was only 600-800 cal/day. The body requires much more than that just to perform basic functions, so I did myself no favors doing that. I caused myself a lot of stress and almost quit completely because I felt like I'd run out of options. What more could I do besides eating near perfectly and exercising almost 7 days/week? I wanted to pound my head against a wall.

I hope this helps.

I had the same problem and still do. Don't let the scale become your enemy more than it already is. Try to stay away from it as much as you can, perhaps only weighing in once a month? If not, you'll get discouraged when the numbers aren't going down. I was upset that I'd lost 40lbs and hadn't seen a huge change in my body at times and I was told what many other people are saying, you're losing fat and gaining muscle or you're losing inches. So, instead of weighing myself, I decided to have my mom do my measurements (she's a seamstress) and I found that I had lost 12 inches all around, even though my pant size wasn't going down. That's a whole foot of person that was gone. If you focus on the numbers on the scale then pushing through the struggle will feel so much more difficult than it already is. You will see changes when you become more active, don't feel tired all the time and simple routines that used to take your breath out of you is no longer a challenge. Keep your head up and know that there is a whole community behind you supporting you! :flowerforyou:

Did you add sodium to your food diary? I found that to help me a lot.