Very little weight loss: Looking for non-traditional advice

Since you mention thyroid/glucose issues maybe get your RMR tested so you have a more precise idea where to start and eat at a deficit from there. What are your stats? I get that counting is not sustainable for you. It is not for me either and I do what you do to lose about 5 lbs. It makes me focus way too much on food. But on the other hand I am not in a hurry.

Weigh and measure everything you eat. I run 20-30 miles per week and eat pretty healthy, but would not lose without counting every calorie I take in.

Buy a food scale, weigh your food = miracle solution. Really. Sure, it might not be sustainable long term for you, but I guess you can just complain that you're not losing weight and stay overweight instead. Personally, I'd rather take the 5 minutes a day it takes to weigh my food all my life if I have to, but rock my healthy weight body.

Here is a "non-traditional" way to count calories.

Once a week (or however many times you CAN), prepare a menu plan for yourself and count the calories in the menu plan.

Prepare your food, measure it, and store it for easy grab & go eating throughout the week. If you want a bit of variety in your week, do 2 different menu plans and alternate days.

If you want snacking wiggle room, prepare menus with 100-200 calories less and ONLY count your snacking calories.

It is not traditional "count as you go" but pre-counting calories. However, you don't have as much on the fly choices and you HAVE to stick with your menu unless you plan to count as you go when you deviate.

I don't count calories or measure food because it simply isn't realistic for me.

if you aren't willing to try this, then I got nothing for ya

I agree with everyone that counting calories and weighing and measuring everything is the way to go. If you're not willing to put in the effort you could try the plate method. Make sure your plate is 1/2 filled with vegetables and 1/4 grains 1/4 meat/protein. I have never tried this but I heard it works for others. And use a smaller plate.

Fortunately you don't need any nontraditional advice. Unless you are exempt to the laws of thermodynamics, you simply must eat less calories then you burn in a day. If you are currently not losing weight you are simply eating too much. As the 20 other people said, if you aren't counting calories you can never be sure how much you are eating but what you can be sure of, if you aren't losing weight, you're eating too much. My advice is eat less, and move more until weight starts coming off. That advice works for literally everyone.

I say try to count your calories atleast 4 days a week. Make sure your portion sizes are right. Have you downloaded the app to make it easier? Maybe counting points would be easier on Weight Watchers. I did that before coming here. Best of Luck

For all the talk, it always boils down to the same thing: Eat less and/or move more.

That's it. There is no other advice.

Your post says you've checked off weighing and measuring, but you say you don't do it. You don't have to, but if you want to play the numbers game, you have to weigh and measure.

Your post says you eat clean. I'm not sure what the definition of the word is, but if you mean "healthy", there is another contradiction because you make ice cream shakes.

Cut out the junk food. Save treats for occasional (rare) treats. Eat lots of fruits & veggies, only lean, white meats, whole grains and low-fat dairy. Remember to eat normal amounts (especially the meat and breads) if you refuse to weigh and measure. Berries are low-cal and really filling! Remember that it's okay to be hungry once in a while if you aren't eating as much as you need. You really, really need to see a nutritionist, since you have special dietary considerations. Ask your questions if they haven't been answere, like "How much fruit.", but she'll probably answer them.)

Exercise every day. Outside, if weather allows. The more you do, the more you lose and the more energy you have daily. Every little bit helps. In addition to workouts, park at the back of the lot and walk. Take the stairs. Lift your legs while watching TV. Clean the house - get a pillow for your knees, if you must, but get down on the floor and wash it. Move every chance you get. Go to bed TIRED.

That's not very typical advice, but you asked for atypical advice...and it's good advice, too.

If you want to lose, you have to do a LOT of work for a LONG time and you have to keep it up when the going gets tough.

See your endocrinologist. Synthroid levels take time to even out and start working. It's normal to be tired when you don't have enough hormone. It's normal to have to work a lot harder than others, even when they even out. It lets you lose, but it's not the same as people who have the hormone naturally. I don't have a thyroid and have to rely solely on the pills. I also have to take large amounts of supplements that interfere with the pills, so...I get it. But keep working. Don't stop.

Good luck.

I have to agree with what everyone else is saying.
I understand that counting calories, weighing and measuring everything you eat can be tedious and thinking that you will have to do that until you reach your goal weight and beyond is a bit disheartening to think about. But if you want to lose weight, that's just reality. I have had to come to terms with the fact that because of what I've done to myself (gained a lot of weight), if I want to be healthy, then weighing, counting, measuring are musts in my life.
Eyeballing is not a good idea, it is not accurate, even if you really think it is. I can pretty much guarantee that you are underestimating your calorie intake.
Best of luck!