What Am I Doing Wrong?

It looks from the numbers like you are doing ok, but I see a lot of "additives" or flavoring in there - creamers, ranch dressing, etc. I know they may fit into your "goal numbers" but that doesn't mean they are necessarily good for you. Also, with you nursing, I don't personally know (obviously) but have seen many posts on here that you are not going to lose weight at nearly the same rate. The last bit of advice I have is that losing inches is just as good... it makes us LOOK different, even if the number is changing... body tone can make a big difference in perception. Hope the pounds start to come off too though, good luck.

*(WARNING: PERSONAL OPINION) I don't have a problem with some days being 400 under calories as long as it balances out over the week (you were over 300 in there somewhere too... but having a more balanced consistent diet may help.

What I do not see in here is what you are eating. I was having struggles until I learned to read label and be truthful to myself about what I eat. I would think noting about sitting down and eating a bag of chips, then I learned to read labels and found out that one bag of chips was almost 2000 calories.

My suggestion with the infor you supplied is to continue to work out and really watch what you eat and make sure your are truthful to yourself. This was my biggest obsticle.

Also, one of the things I learned is that muscle weighs much almost 7 lbs more than fat, or that is atleast what I was told. So if you are working out building muscle you might not see a weight loss. A scale can be you enemy because it does not give the whole story. Watch you inches more than your weight.

If you burn more calories than you intake you will lose weight. There is no way around this. Keep it up. You will get there.

Russ

I might suggest lowering your carb intake and upping your protein intake. You can do this in the goals sections. Also are you doing any strength training? A couple days a week can help. Also, perhaps you want to up the intensity of your cardio, that can always help out too. Drink a lots of water I try to drink more then the 8 recommended glasses, especially on your work out days.

I would say the same thing. But don't lower carbs too much while breastfeeding. You don't want protein spilling over into your breastmilk. But some people are more sensitive to processed carbs, pasta, rice, beads. Eat more protein, dairy, veggies, fruits and cut out a lot of the processed stuff. (I have not looked at your diary yet but the first thing I thought about when I read your post was, more protein). I had a baby 9 mo ago and went carb crazy while preggo and it spilled over afterwards. Had a hard time losing anything untl I joined here and got bak to my pre-baby eating habits of protein first.

Your numbers are good...but you need to lower the sodium, and carbs- even though they are within your okay range. Your breast feeding so your body will naturally use up more calories to produce more...lower your sugars, and get more sleep SLEEP is very important, and will definately help!...you may need to zig-zag diet to jump start the weight loss. ( eat more than the alloted calories for a couple of days then drop it about 200-300 calories below for a couple of days) during the drop of calories drink lots of hot tea...it will flush the body and you will see a difference in a week! Good Luck! and hang in there!!

I'm not a diet guru but am about your age (older, actually), also am trying to lose 80 lbs, and would just like to offer my thoughts. First, if you had your thyroid checked by a family physician, the tests may not be accurate. My hypothyroidism went undiagnosed for years because my family physician, as a norm, did not run the detailed tests that an endocrynologist would. When I went to an endocrynologist, she found my problem. But, thyroid is only part of it. Your metabolism has likely changed alot in the past three to five years, which makes things harder. My metabolism went south around age 40. I can't speak to nursing a child, but have you monitored your nutrients on the home page of the app? Look at your goal and your actual and focus mainly on your fats and sugar carbs. These things are important as most of your food flavor comes from fat or sugar and if you overdo it on those it will thwart your weight loss. I am a carb person. Proteins do not stay with me long, but carbs do, so I have to really watch the sugar carbs. One last thing, if your sodium intake (again, look at your nutrients) is very high, it will cause you to hold alot of fluids, which can look like a weight gain. I never weigh after eating Mexican food or Chinese food as it elevates my weight temporarily until all the sodium is out of my system.

I hope this helps. If you want to friend me for mutual moral support, my user name is daniellecoursey.

I'm nursing myself and while I agree with others to watch your sugar intake, don't cut it back too far or your milk supply will drop. For me, the "sweet spot" is about 55g a day. If I go much lower than that my supply drops. Make sure you are eating high quality foods as much as possible. Even though it's frustrating, keep at it. Consistency! You can do it!