I can't give up but I'm just so upset

Don't get disheartened. Have you lost inches from your hips or waist? What are you doing when you work out and for how long?

I am trying not to though.. and no I haven't lost anything. I am doing live boot camp twice a week for an hr, I do chalean 3x a week, lifting fairly heavy, I also do 40min of either interval jogging or elleptical when I do strength training, play badminton once a week.

There was a blog posted today called "Nutritional Cycling - Review". Don't know if it's for you but might be worth it to check out. It's strict nutrient cycling. It regulates carbs and attempts to burn fat while minimizing muscle loss. Part of the process is exercising at a high rate which you are already doing. And diet and exercise are stress to the body. Maybe even give your body a week's break to jump start it. With heavy weight lifting you want to up your protein to probably around 40%-50% percent. It's hard to do but it forces your body to burn off fat and carbs rather than muscle mass.

Good luck!

There is still a small chance you're overtraining which forces your muscles to hold on to water, recovery is just as important as the exercise itself. Also, I wouldn't firmly get into the habit of eating every exercise calorie itself back, and while I look over your diary I see in this last week that there is a notable amount of fast food, steak, etc that really isn't going to help you (not being mean or condescending, trying to help). Remember, your weight is going to be 80% what you eat, 10% genetics, and 10% exercise. Also it would be good to include more fruits and veggies per meal, unless what you're doing is a strict high protein low carb diet. Change some of things up, and I'd be surprised that you don't see results. You can do it! \m/

And possibly more fresh fruits and veggies:)

I have hypothroid and it is very difficult to lose weight. However I heard about adding vitamin D suppliments (5000 to 10000) a day. Since then I added 5000 and started to lose weight. Slowly but surely about 10 lbs since November.

Hi there,

I was in the exact same position that you are in now but just a couple of years ago. I was on this site and working out like a mad woman and doing everything I was suppose to and the weight just would not budge.

After talking with MY doctor about this as well as several different personal trainers, they told me to stop eating my exercise calories. They all told me that this was counter productive. Instead, they told me to eat about 1400-1500 a day and exercise the same as i was and that would take the weight off. They said on days I don't exercise to eat a little less, like 1300. This made a lot of sense to me but I was still skeptical based on everything people on this site say about following that rule.

I kid you not, a week later I was down 2 lbs and now I have lost 21lbs doing it this way. Just increase your calorie intake a little and stop eating your exercise calories! you worked hard to lose those calories so don't eat them back. I'm sure if you mention to your doctor that you workout a ton and eat back the calories, he/she will tell you stop as well.

If you are a healthy person, which it sounds like you are, and you doctor feels that you have no such thyroid problems, then it truly believe that your issue is too much calorie intake.

If you do decide to give this a try, add me to your friends! I would love to hear if this works! I know how happy i was once I figured out what my issue was and that it was an easy solution. I tortured myself for so long about why it wasn't working.

If the way you're doing things now isn't working, then switch it up, you know? Your body is telling, "Hey, this isn't working for me girl!"

Good luck and keep your head up!

Are you drinking enough water? And how about your sodium intake? Really pay attention to you inch loss, that's what everyone sees anyway, not the scale. If you're healthy and feeling good in your clothes, then there is progress!

Hi there,

I was in the exact same position that you are in now but just a couple of years ago. I was on this site and working out like a mad woman and doing everything I was suppose to and the weight just would not budge.

After talking with MY doctor about this as well as several different personal trainers, they told me to stop eating my exercise calories. They all told me that this was counter productive. Instead, they told me to eat about 1400-1500 a day and exercise the same as i was and that would take the weight off. They said on days I don't exercise to eat a little less, like 1300. This made a lot of sense to me but I was still skeptical based on everything people on this site say about following that rule.

I kid you not, a week later I was down 2 lbs and now I have lost 21lbs doing it this way. Just increase your calorie intake a little and stop eating your exercise calories! you worked hard to lose those calories so don't eat them back. I'm sure if you mention to your doctor that you workout a ton and eat back the calories, he/she will tell you stop as well.

If you are a healthy person, which it sounds like you are, and you doctor feels that you have no such thyroid problems, then it truly believe that your issue is too much calorie intake.

If you do decide to give this a try, add me to your friends! I would love to hear if this works! I know how happy i was once I figured out what my issue was and that it was an easy solution. I tortured myself for so long about why it wasn't working.

If the way you're doing things now isn't working, then switch it up, you know? Your body is telling, "Hey, this isn't working for me girl!"

Good luck and keep your head up!

Great post!!

This can be great but you have to be careful. If your calories go too low for too many days in a row then you can suffer a slowing metabolism to the point where you can actually start gaining weight (you will lose a little at first but this will eventually stop). The baseline is 1200 and I would go with that. The scientific term for Starvation Mode is "adaptive thermalgenesis". Eat enough exercise calories to keep you above that number.

Medical school doesn't focus on nutrition. That is why I don't necessarily believe everything that comes out of a doctor's mouth regarding nutrition. (It's like if you have questions on medications you ask a pharmacist - not a doctor). And though personal trainers have a bit more knowledge they don't know all either. I've seen different answers from different trainers for the same question. And they were conflicting answers.

I increased my calories a little over a week ago. From 1250 to 1500 and I dropped another pound that week.

I haven't looked at your diary but I would 'shock' your body by eating more healthy food rather than fast food. There's just too much sodium and fats in fast food. That is just my opinion, though.