Not losing...HELP Please:)

hmmm....i m kind of at a loss. It looks to me like you are making really smart choices. A lot of fruits and veggies. Meeting your net goal of at least 1,200. Maybe your sodium is high? I'm not sure how it could be with all those fruits and veggies but maybe you can add sodium to yout tracker and see? I wish you the best and hope someone will maybe catch something I may have missed that will help you! And also remember, inches mean more than the actual number on the scale. Keep going!!

Your sodium and sugars are bother REALLY high - like your sodium for today is almost double what it should be. I see you have some diced ham listed. Processed meats are terribly high in sodium. You also mention that you're losing inches so you are doing something right. If I were you, I would focus on lowering the sodium and then the sugar. When I'm in weight loss mode, I keep my carbs below 100, my protein above 100, sugar below 30, and my sodium is always below 2500 - usually around 1250 or so and that's with a calorie intake of around 2200 a day.

Looks like you are making good choices. I see that you are regularly under your calorie guide so as bizzare as it sounds maybe try eating a little bit more? also try mixing up your exercise routines? and maybe check your measurements - as you are probably loosing inches!

Sodium intake will directly effect water retention... but is irrelevant to fat loss.

Which would explain the loss of inches and the retention of the pounds you see on the scale - excellent point!

I don't see sodium and sugar on your log, so you might want to add those. You do under-eat many days. This can stall weight loss. A couple of questions: Do you weigh and measure all your food? If you're eye-balling portions, a few calories here and there can add up. And how are you measuring your exercise calories? The numbers on this site's database and most cardio machine readouts are often way higher than actual burn. The most accurate method is a heart rate monitor.

So, you may be under-estimating calories eaten, over-estimating calories burned, or not eating enough. It's hard to tell which at this point. Assuming your caloiries eaten and burned are accurate, then I would start eating more to bring up your calories and good fats. A handful or two of nuts or peanut butter and a few crackers or apple slices should do it. Try that for a few weeks and see how it goes.

Keep in mind that subtle changes like these can take a few weeks to show results, so you must be patient and wait it out. I know everybody wants the weight off NOW, but that's not how it works. If this doesn't work, you might want to consult your doctor and a nutritionist. Best of luck!

People are going to argue with me here, but a really easy (not 100% conclusive, but generally pretty good) way to tell if it is sodium is to drink a glass or two of wine (I know it works for me with red, I'd assume white works). It acts as a diuretic, flushing excess water weight away. Give it a shot--worst case scenario, you're 'stuck' drinking a delightful glass of wine, lol.

I'm confused by the bacon. You chose generic-bacon. That can be a mistake because you are trusting someone put the information in correctly. If you use the Oscar Mayer bacon selection you will see that 3 strips of bacon have 98 protien and are way higher in calories and fat. Enough to cause you a problem. Turkey bacon is so much less. Also, you should be eating six meals a day. That will boost your metabolism a lot! Just be careful how you input your food, be cautious of anything labeled generic! I hope this helps. Good luck.

I see that you do eat six times a day, sometimes. But brownies for a snack, even if under your goal, will not help your metabolism. Six healthy meals a day and a small cheat here and there or life becomes sad and full of despair...or maybe that's just me.

It's interesting that everyone is saying sodium. I highly agree that if your weight isn't coming down, sodium may definitely be the culprit. But just remember, sodium and salt are two different creatures. Sodium is naturally occurring in our foods while salt is sodium CHLORIDE. That sodium is what you need to watch.

Water in helps you release water, but the sodium = retention. When fat is broken down, the final two components is carbon dioxide and water. You don't want to retain that water! It was once explained to me that it was like putting a potato in your tailpipe, you will still lose but it will most definitely be hindered in the long run.

What's worked for me is drink to 100 ounces a day and carefully watch the sodium. This includes all the raw meat I buy (enhanced or injected with broth or solution, etc = salt & sugar). I do not buy anything from the deli, pickled, sauces, dips/dressing, or prepackaged and I usually do not add any to my food so, naturally speaking I keep my sodium level under 1,000. oh and I don't eat cheese that often (those can be pretty high in sodium). On occasion I will make Jillian Michael's brownies or other healthy goodies that use baking soda, baking powder, and salt and I hesitate on adding the salt, but in the long run - the single serving of that home made goodie is a LOT less then what used to eat and I feel like it's fine as long as my intake is still under 1,000.

My DH has high blood pressure and one of my children had Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and went on kidney dialysis so I try to watch all of our intake now, wary of my husbands health and my daughters possible future health. Me however, I am pretty salt sensitive so when I eat too much I really retain but I also have low blood pressure and suffer a lot if I don't eat enough so it's a balance hth!

BTW: http://healthyguy.com/199908_salt.htm is the article I believe will explain it all, including how long it takes for your body to release the salt and water retention induced by table salt and added salts in your food.

You will be surprised at how much you can lose, I lost 15lbs in 1 week by getting rid of the salt shaker and things with salt added. I am not as diligent NOW because I do want to have some salt in my diet when i want a goodie or something but I do make sure I have about 4 days before my weigh day, lol.

Your diary isn't open anymore, I guess.