What is wrong with me?

Are you tracking everything you eat? Sauces and toppings can add a bunch of empty calories. If you're tracking truthfully, have you seen your doctor for a complete checkup. Fluctuations in hormones can do a number on weight loss. I have a hypothyroid which makes my doctor crazy because after seventeen years the levels won't stabilize and its given me a lot of difficulty with rebounding.

Is it always up and down or do you see a downward trend over a month or two?

I took a look at your diary and it could be that you are eating more than you think. Buy a food scale and weigh all solids and see if that helps.

This will also help you with accurate logging...

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1234699-logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide

Hi, friend

I totally agree about the scale. It's second nature to me now to measure everything I put in my mouth. It's really eye opening, too - that whole "about 13 pieces" in a serving is almost always off with the weight listed.

I also agree about seeing your doctor and getting some lab work done. Get a fasting glucose and a thyroid check and talk to her/him about the struggles you're having.

Good luck! I'm here for moral support

I have the same problem. I suffer with PCOS (diagnosed in 2009) and i can eat less than my daily cals and exercise loads and still gain 5lb then the next week i can do stuff all exercise and eat loads of lose 5lb. I go through stages of gaining one week, losing the next, then gaining then losing. It's been going on for at least a year now. The best thing i can suggest is seek medical/professional help. I went to see a dietician/nutritionist and now i have a personal trainer to try and get it under control. I also found out that i have a wheat/egg/dairy intolerance which was sabotaging me without me knowing and since i cut down on them my weight has started to shift (This can be common with PCOS for some reason apparently). The other thing i have found with PCOS is you can keep water weight a lot especially round your tummy area (PCOS band) it is really hard to shift though. Hope you find a way to manage it lovely. Feel free to add me if you want x

I've been on beta blockers for about ten years now, and I've been able to not only maintain, but lose weight. I can't speak for your unique situation, but I can say I haven't had that problem, nor have I seen weight/metabolic change as a common side effect.

Do you swell a lot? The reason I ask is that I had the same issue. I would gain as much as 10 pounds in a day and then lose 6 and gain 5 and lose 7 and on it went. The worst part about it was I could never really see my progress. Even when I knew I had lost weight I couldn't feel it because my midsection would be so puffed up my pants were tight. I looked for years for the cause of my swelling. People always offered suggestions and I would try and nothing worked. I felt like a great big hot air balloon constantly inflating and deflating. Anyway, it was horrible and made the weightloss effort excruciating. It sounds like you may be experiencing something similar, even if it's not quite the same.

What I did was take myself to the doctor. Now, I am not saying this is your cause or solution, but for me my Doc put me on a water pill. I had been declining it for years but finally gave in. After a month my swelling was under control and FINALLY I could see and feel the progress I have been making. I see this as a very helpful temporary solution to an undefinable problem. Now that I have lost a bit of weight I am seeing that my body is handling things better so I will be ready to come off of the pill soon.

So, the long way around to the point, have you been to the Doctor lately? Maybe a little there is a short term solution that will help you get unstuck and back on your way. Just a thought to be taken with a couple grains of salt.

Just a couple suggestions: weghi everything, like others have said. Also, weigh yourself under the same circumstances every day or week or however often you do it. (I.e. no clothes, first thing in the morning after all bathroom things are done, etc.) Also, make sure you're measuring yourself in the exact same place and manner each time. And if all that already checks out, see a doctor? Good luck!

Give it a month or two. Don't worry about minor scale fluctuations. If I hadn't lost a bunch before I started weighing myself, I'd have been so discouraged! "Up a pound?! How?! From where?!" Luckily, I knew that what I did worked for me,so I don't care about minor fluctuations and just watch the overall trend. Sometimes I'll stay the same or go up and then the next week I'm dropping weight left and right. I don't do anything different, it just happens.

I'd trust the OBGYN because they'd know more than me. If you doubt them, get a second opinion.

It's been about 3 weeks. Hang in there and see what happens in another 3 weeks.

My first three weeks, I didn't lose anything either.

+1 (or more like +5 along with all the other posts along these lines). Keep at it. Good luck!

The PCOS is a beast. You have my sympathy. I suffered with it for years--ended up with a complete hysterectomy at forty. I found a few of the standard birth control pills that helped not only the pain but the weight, but when I went off the pill to have kids the weight came on big time: 40 pounds in six months. Definitely try what Magical Giraffe says about measuring your food on a scale rather than cups. It is far more accurate. An 8 oz glass of milk is pretty standard, but other foods really need to be weighed.
My doctor gave me great advice and when I listen to her I do much better: don't eat food other people have prepared.

I have a gazillion food allergies (PCOS is also an autoimmune thing, so you may want to look at food allergies) and when I eat foods that are iffy for me I can't lose anything. Wheat is a big offender for me (not gluten--actual wheat--I itch when I knead flour).

I have to get back off the artificial sweeteners, but my doctor also said to get far away from Nutrisweet (aspartame). It not only messes with your body chemistry and can cause health problems, but it tricks your brain into thinking you want more sweet. Its hidden in an awful lot of prepared weight loss foods, so you have to look carefully and now there is talk the manufacturer has applied for a different chemical name because of all the bad press. My problem is, I happen to like the taste of Diet Pepsi.

I actually do have a scale and I weigh everything I eat. Even though my family eats what I do for meals I still weigh out my portions individual and prepare mine seperate from everyone's. It's just really frustrating to feel like I'm doing good one day and then the next have it all go away. I'm at my wits end already. I have only been doing this for 23 days, so not too long. I will look into seeing a dietician, my doctors office has one that comes in on Saturdays for her "weight loss clinic" but I honestly thought if I cleaned my diet up I would be ok. I don't see how I was at a steady weight for so long consuming 3000+ calories a day and drinking dr. Pepper and sprite to consuming 1500 a day and drinking nothing but water! My OBGYN also told me if I was on birth control pcos wouldn't interfere, is she wrong? Another thought is, with me being on beta blockers would that change my TDEE or BMR?

I don't think you've given it enough time, and you seem to be going by day to day changes in weight... the human body simply does not lose fat that quickly... if you lose or gain overnight, then it's water. Fat gain happens slowly, you need to weigh yourself just one day a week, in the same situation (e.g. first thing in the morning, before breakfast, after using the bathroom) and look for changes week by week... even then bear in mind that some weeks water weight might mask any fat loss... look for the trend over time. Look at the change month by month. Otherwise you're going to be driving yourself insane tracking day to day, where changes in water weight seriously mess with your head.... scales should come with a health warning because of this lol... you may actually be making really good progress but if you're seeing an overnight gain of a couple of pounds as a failure then that's when it's messing with your head... it's impossible to gain 2lb of fat overnight eating and tracking 1500 cals/day. If you see a gain like that, it's water. drinking more water and eating fresh fruit and veg can help with water retention.

Also bear in mind that if you've gone from being sedentary to doing exercise, your muscles may be retaining water which can stop the fat loss from showing in the scale. You need to use other measurements besides the scale, e.g. waist and hip circumference (your waist circumference may be affected by bloating so bear that in mind) and also what you look like in the mirror and how your clothes fit... it may take longer than 23 days to notice these changes. So you do need to be patient.

Success is the scale weight slowly moving downwards week by week (ignore what it does in between) and slowly finding that your clothes fit better, then get looser, and also over time inch measurements going down. Success is also getting fitter and stronger.

If you're tracking week by week but not seeing the scale go down OR any changes in inch measurements, then try doing more exercise while eating the same number of calories. Note: if the scale stays the same, but inch measurements are going down, then don't change anything, that is success and the failure of the scale weight to go down is just from your muscles gaining water, and it will start to go down after a while.

Secondly, I see you have entries for house cleaning and other types of exercises that are not steady state cardio. You might want to not include those activities that would pretty much be in your daily activity. For example, I have my activity setting at active even though I have a desk job, but I move around quite often with the job, work to/from car about six blocks from work, walk to the mall or downtown during lunch, heavy weight lift, but I don't count any of these as extra. The only exercise I count is steady state cardio, such as running or spinning. I use a heart rate monitor because the MFP database, gym machines, and internet exercise sites tend to grossly overestimate calories burned. When I used the machines and MFP for calorie estimations, I didn't eat all those calories back.

This is a big one. I don't count anything I did in my normal routine while I was overweight as exercise now. Exercise is the extra movement I added to my life once I decided to lose weight. I (HIGHLY) recommend eating back your exercise calories, as well. You need to fuel your workouts, and MFP has you set at a deficit already. Creating a bigger one can actually be counterproductive. MFP and machines do tend to overestimate calorie burns, so maybe eat back 50-75% of them, to start. I also agree with seeing a dietitian if you can. Also, your body can take up to 3-4 weeks to get use to anything new you throw at it, including exercise and calorie reduction.

I'm also a firm believer in figuring out your own personal numbers and finding what calorie level works best for you. (BMR, TDEE, etc.) MFP is a great starting place, but the number it gives you is very generic. The best part about this site is the knowledge of the people on here who have done the work you're looking to do now. This link, and all the links referenced in it, will give you a really great place to start to customize your weight loss to you as an individual.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/833026-important-posts-to-read

Best of luck!