HELP! I can lose any weight. What am I doing wrong?

Could you open your diary? It would help us be able to help you figure it out.

No diary, no help.

First, "clean eating" has nothing to do with weight loss. Are you weighing your food? How are you calculating calorie burns? Have you taken measurements?

No diary, no help.

First, "clean eating" has nothing to do with weight loss. Are you weighing your food? How are you calculating calorie burns? Have you taken measurements?

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ETA - not feeling well after eating food that you have cut out of your diet is not indicative of food being "bad" or "good", it is simply that your body has adjusted to not eating those foods. This is particularly noticable if you cut your fat intake drastically, then eat something fatty - whether that is french fries or a bowl of guacamole. people experience the same effect when upping intake of veggies or when going from a bland diet to spicy food.

What are you doing for exercise? If your clothes are loser and you're not losing you may be adding muscle, water retention or something of that nature as well as what everyone above stated. How many ounces of water do you drink per day?

Hello Everyone!! I need help!

I am currently down 16 lbs but I have hit a plateau. And I did the same thing last month too. I have only lost 1 lb each month (May and June). I eat clean about 90-95% of the time with 6 small meals a day. And if I do cheat, I have like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup or a Frozen Yogurt. I am at the point where most non-clean foods make me sick. I do drink about a gallon or more of water a day.

I work out 3-4 times a week burning about 400-500+ calories each time. Most of my 1:00-1:30 workouts are weight training with like 20-30 mins of cardio. I am tracking my food with 1500-1600 calories a day and I meal prep (2) days a week so I am prepared.

I have talked to a few health specialists and I FEEL I'm doing everything I'm suppose to be doing, but obviously not because I can't break this 1 lb per month. The scale hasn't changed, but in a positive aspect, my clothes are looser.

Any help is would be awesome!!!

One pound a month is still losing. It isn't a lot, for sure, but it's still progress. You'll get there.

Swimming is fantastic exercise - you get cardio and resistance and nothing burns fat like swimming. Maybe mix some in.

You know you should not be eating those peanut butter cups, but if it's an occasional thing, like once a month or less, I wouldn't give it another thought.

Don't feel pressured to open your diary.

OP doesn't have to open their diary, but often times it can be extremely helpful when asking these types of questions. An objective view at logging and logging habits can point out something we often overlook ourselves.
Not saying this is the case of the OP but often times there is a disconnect between what people say they eat and what they actually log.

No diary, no help.

First, "clean eating" has nothing to do with weight loss. Are you weighing your food? How are you calculating calorie burns? Have you taken measurements?

^^ All of this

Without looking at your diary, there are only so many possibilities. They all kind of boil down to: Given your goals, you're eating too much compared to how much you're burning.

From that there are only so many options:

You could:

-Have a medical condition that's affecting how much you're burning. I wouldn't assume that's the case, but I think everyone should get regular check ups. So it can't hurt to see a doctor just to rule anything out and maintain overall health.

-Not be logging and measuring intake accurately. This where I usually put my money. I obviously can't say for certain, but that seems to be where most people who are at a plateau have issues.

-Be overestimating your burn.

If you are confident that the first two are not an issue, then try reducing your goal gradually until you're losing again.


On the other hand, again I haven't looked at your diary, if you're claiming that you're active and eating on a VLCD, then I can't offer any advice whatsoever.

No diary, no help.

First, "clean eating" has nothing to do with weight loss. Are you weighing your food? How are you calculating calorie burns? Have you taken measurements?

If everyone paid as much attention to the quality of the food they eat as they do to the numbers on a scale there would be much less need for weight loss. Weight loss is not the holy grail of health and well being.

It is, however, what the OP is asking for help with. Let's leave the holy grail of health and well-being to actual health professionals.

How are you calculating the calories you are burning? they seem rather high. Also, how did you calculate how much to eat. Is that your TDEE?