I'm devastated...

I'm sorry you haven't seen a loss, but don't give up! You are probably at a plateau and those are really hard to get past. Just keep doing what you're doing and make sure you're drinking your water and you're bound to see a loss soon! Good luck and congrats on sticking with it!!

I got much better results when I hired a personal trainer than in working out on my own.

Because I've been trying to lose 10lb since after Christmas and its just not happenning. I've been netting aproximately 1200 calories a day, some weeks a little more, and burning at least 500 calories at the gym 3-5 days a week but I'm seeing no difference. Its so demoralising. I've been trying to eat more regularly and healthily, because I do binge sometimes, but usually not more than once a week. I want to get healthier and feel better about myself but I'm not seeing any change

I was having the same problem. I started taking folic acid, to help my insides a little lol and actually cut down to a very low caloric intake. everyone gives me shhite for it but, i've never felt better... and have lost 8 lbs in the last 2 months or so. I drink so much water its ridiculas and have been going to the gym 5to 6 days a week I upped my protien and fiber intake though, which gives me the energy i was missing and so far its been working... but I would think maybe just cutting out mostly every drink but water and add in a protien shake for breakfast instead to keep you from wanting to cheat at all...

I've also been very discouraged because I haven't lost any weight and working out 6 days a week. But as the others said, dont give up and I wont give up. Even though I havent seen a change atleast I'm getting healthy. Keep it up.

I have a radical suggestion. Go back and look at your goals and see how fast you wanted to lose the weight. If you wanted to try to lose 2 pounds re adjust your goal to lose 1 pound per week. Maybe you aren't eating enough.

Yep...actually I'd suggest 1/2 lb - with only 10 lbs to go, unlikely you can even do 1 lb per week. The body (especially females) prefers to have a cushion, so you have to coax those last ones off. To do that, the body has to KNOW it will have enough intake to be willing to use the fat stores.

What would be even better is if you drop the scale and start looking at measurements. What you should really be focusing on is toning and building muscle at this point. Good luck with it!

Everyone had really good suggestions! I also would like to add that you should be proud that you are sticking to a healthy lifestyle and maintaining what you have lost, rather than giving up and gaining it all back! That, in itself, is a great thing!!!

My trainer got me on track w/ a nutrition plan of very lean protein - fish and chicken, whole grains, very clean eating, etc. Take a look at my food diary. Some very important things 1) eat w/in 20 minutes of waking up - I usually have cottage cheese or toast w/ peanut butter, protein shake, 2) eat every 2-3 hours - EXTREMELY important to get your metabolism burning, 3) watch your sugar/sodium intake. I was spinning my wheels for the 45 days - getting angry and frustrated b/c I wasn't losing. I was busting my butt at the gym - doing two-a-days 4 times a week. I was convinced i was in starvation mode and was very skeptical about the plan my trainer gave me. Starvation mode will not happen b/c I am eating every 2-3 hours period. i have several days where I don't take in 1,200 calories and I have great calorie burns at the gym.

There are basically 3 reasons why you wouldn't be loosing wight.

1: You're underestimating your calorie intake. Make sure you're accurately reporting everything you eat. If you are making your own meals double check the serving sizes and ingredients to make sure you aren't severely underestimating something.

2: You're overestimating the amount of calories you're a burning. Try assuming that you are burning fewer calories than you think you are. You might just be mistaken.

3: You're eating too few calories so your body in in starvation mode, drastically cutting down the rate at which it burns calories. If neither of the above works then you may need to actually increase your caloric input to loose weight so your body comes off of starvation mode.


It's simply physics and chemistry. If you're eating fewer calories than you're burning you will loose weight.. Your body doesn't have "sticking points" If it needs more energy than you're providing for it it'll have to get it somewhere and that's going to be in your fat stores and muscles. It's just physically impossible to run a real calorie deficit and not loose weight. There's gotta be some reason why you aren't running a real calorie deficit even though you think you are. Reexamine what you eat and what you do to make sure everything is right.