seriously! what is going on?

yep. i eat my exercise cals back.

It could be that you are not eating enough. I know it sounds crazy but you got to eat to fuel your body. I looked at your diary and you either not totally completing it OR you had 280 cals one day only. Which is not enough. Try upping to 1500 a day with and without exercise. See what happens then. Though I am no expert at it.. I just know I don't lose unless I eat. And boy do I eat.

that 1 day with the 280, which i think was yesterday? i didnt complete ,i had about 13-1400 cals yesterday. I usually am a 1200 a day, but more cause i usually eat all my excercise cals back. and its not like im starving. 1200 seems to be enough for me.

You could just up your calories a little bit. Make your minimum 1500 or so. That way you're getting enough calories. Also, change up your workout routine. Make it more difficult so that you're working harder.

yah i have about 6 different dvds, im doing the 30 day shred now and zumba, i used to do another jillain micahels dvd but wasnt seeing results. but the stuff i do i sreally hard, i can barely make it through my workouts.

I think the general rule has been to always eat your calorie allowance and not stay underneath. Also there is another post somewhere on here about zig-zaging your calories, the idea is to confuse the metabolism and have differing amounts of calories each day so for example you might have 1600 one day, 1300 the next then 1500. The poster claimed it helped them move off thier plateau, perhaps a bit of research into this method might help to get things moving?? Good luck!!

thanks for the advice by alas ive tried that as well, didnt work

Hmm...I bet you are super annoyed that everyone keeps saying you're not eating enough. I can't stand it when people say that, lol, because you're probably like me, where you eat a pretty healthy diet and eat whenever you're hungry but you never stuff yourself. Anyways, I googled this and maybe you've already found it, but sounds like a good article.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/guide/5-surprising-reasons-you-are-gaining-weight

The birth-control pill has made lots of my friends gain weight. I use natural family planning (NFP) as taught by the Couple to Couple League http://ccli.org/ for spacing my babies. They teach the sypmto-thermal method and if you and your hubby do it, it's 99.9% effective and the best thing about it, it's completely natural. No annoying pills that mess up your hormones. Anyways, maybe you don't even take the pill which would be great, but I'm just throwing this out there for other readers, because I'm always surprised to hear that women have no idea about NFP, when it's pretty easy to use (and I hate science) and body-friendly.

i actually havent heard of that either, and i do take the pill- i take the low version though so its less hormones.

I think big part of this is what you are eating, having had a look at your diary. You are living primarily on processed foods. Not only does this put you over your sodium on many days, it also means that you are getting hidden sugars and excesssive carbs while skimping on protein. And boy, do you love carbs!

Here's what I would suggest:

-Try to cut out at least half of the processed/frozen food and pancake mix.
-Aim to get at least half your body weight (in pounds) in protein grams each day. For someone who is regularly exercising, that is the minimum amount of protein needed.
-When you use the 'quick add' calories, jot down what those were in the "Food Notes" section of your log. On many days, these 'quick add' calories are 25% of your day, which means you aren't actually tracking a very significant part of your eating plan right now.
-Watch that sodium (this becomes much easier when you eat fewer processsed foods) and make sure you get all your water in.

i know everyones looking to help but u cant just go off like 2 days on my diary, the pancakes i had either sat or sun morning was the first time i made pancakes or ate pancakes in MONTHS. ive noticed i had too much sodium because i just added it to my diary a week ago to keep an eye on it. so i already cut out more prcosseced stuff and keep an eye on my sodium- the total is what MFp gave me. like i said, ive been making it a point to get 8 glasses a day which i have been, which is amazing for me. i dont drink..anything..ever..im good with like 2 glasses of liquid a day..so the fact that im forcing myself to get 8 is a small miracle.haha

I'm not 'going off 2 days in your diary'. I tried going back a month, but there was no logging until late March (interesting as you say you've been using MFP for a year). And I don't really see dramatic differences between the last week and late March. There's still a ton of sugar, carbs and processed food, although you do sometimes do better on protein.

You asked for suggestions. We offered some. Whether you choose to use them is completely up to you. But I will not be offering any more suggestions.

wow. first off, i always like MFP and that people talk and help eachother out, and i didnt give you an attitude or say you were wrong. u mentioned pancakes- i said i ate them a day ago for the 1st time in months, you also have to be rude and suggest i'm lying when i said ive been on this site for more then a year yet you didnt see a diary for 2 weeks or so..thats because i tried th eeating more cals for a while, and not worrying about this site to see if it helped, i watched what i ate and ate more and that didnt help either..and whatever my reason was for being gone for a few weeks doesnt mean you have to suggest im a liar (interesting as you say you've been using MFP for a year).you also dont have to say something like " But I will not be offering any more suggestions"
just because i answered you back like i did to everyone else in this post..because its a conversation. someone suggests something, and if i have done it then i say thanks but i tried that. doesnt mean im being rude or ungrateful,i use this site for talking, info, friends and support an di dont need to have someone be rude or start drama, its stupid. so thanks for the advice that i eat **** food, and apparently havent noticed and havent been making an effort to change things an deat more fresh stuff. its not like u know any of my personal problems and why i cant eat all fresh fruit an dveggies and home cooked meals every single day without thinking about time or MONEY.

Ugh I know how you feel...but it's not just how much you're eating, it's WHAT you're eating. No judgement whatsoever (my diary shows my love for cakes and cookies - having a hard time with that!), but without being very consistent with healthy eating, you won't see results.

Where I can't stay away from cakes and cookies, I'd venture to say you LOVE pizza...lots of it in your diary. And cookies, too. If you want to lose, you've got to be strict. What are you doing for exercise?

yah im usually better with the sweets but idk, this past week or so its been hard..pms i think, craving something sweet. iam a new yoker and do love pizza..hahaha, i actually just went shopping a few days ago and bought all fresh stuff so im def aking an effort to switch up the food. thanks!

I think you're being inconsistent with your logging habits and exercise both. As others have pointed out, you don't finish some of your entries for some days and others with the quick add calories. I believe the quick add is good only if you are really pressed for time and cannot sit down and enter all the nutrition facts into the database. You have no real idea of how much sodium, protein, etc..you are really taking in. You say you started the shred and didn't finish it because it seems that you got discouraged because you weren't seeing any changes. Then you got your tattoo so you weren't working out until it healed. You have got to want this for yourself. Take the dvds you have and make a workout schedule and then stick to it. I have to do this every week and it seems to work fairly well. I also used to have trouble with water intake..in fact, I used to hate water. You could add some fresh fruit to it or even crystal light if it helps. Water intake is a huge factor in this. You have to change your mindset if you want change.

hey, i actually drink all crystal light lemoande but cut the packet in half so its like 2 cals a glass.. lol, iam really pressed for time with having to watch a one year old all day everday hence the quick added. plus i'm on the go doing errands for most of the day. I work out everyday. i didnt so much get discouraged with a dvd, what happened is that i was doing jillian micahels banish fat one for months- maybe 7 or 8? and wasnt seeing much of a change, granted i did other dvds too but that was my main one. i started the 30 day shred, did all of L 1- no change, got my tattoo, and actually did the treadmill the few days i couldnt work out my arm while it healed, then went back to the 30 day shred and started with level 2. its day 5 today and i also do zumba with it everyday.

Jillian Michaels said this:

Smart Tip: If you're looking to shed those last 10-20lbs, you need to increase the intensity of your workouts. I don’t want to see you carrying a conversation on with some good looking guy or girl next to you on the elliptical. I want you breathless, heart pumping, working around 85% of your MHR. Then cut the booze, processed foods, reduce sodium to 1500mg a day & up your water intake to 80oz. Voila - skinny jeans.

ahah yah her dvds KILL me. im pretty sure im gonna have a heart attack one of these days..haha, sure feels like it. i workout at home so no cute guys around..haha, no booze for me either although i think it was a lil more then a week ago that i realized i can add sodium to my diary, so now that i have that, i can keep an eye on it, i cant really go from MFP's sodium goal to 1500 overnight so im trying to do less and less over time.and get down to 1500