Don't eat enough calories

Are you weighing your food?

Also, if you're a 57-y-o woman, you'll probably get a huge benefit from weightlifting.

I think she's frustrate because she thinks she's eating a tiny amount and isn't losing weight. I think she's probably overestimating her calories burned or underestimating your food.

Bad joints are actually helped by strength training. Speak to your doctor. I have psoriatic arthritis and a body full of messed up joints. My rheumatologist highly recommended strength training to build up the muscles which supported my horrible joints, she just told me a few specific exercises to avoid.

You don't have to start big. Strength training is also wonderful for women of a certain age because of the benefits for bone density.

1 lb. is not abnormal. I vacillate within a 7 lb. range on any given day between water retention during my period, weighing after breakfast, wearing heavier clothing on the scale, the scale having been tweaked a bit, etc.

I honestly wouldn't worry about it unless it keeps up.

OK a few things which I noticed might be logging problems. I don't see you logging any sort of butter etc - do you really have dry bread/toast every time? Even a thin spread of butter could be 100 cals you're not logging. Likewise it looks like one day you've just logged porridge oats - did you cook them in water and add no sweeteners? Perhaps you did, but if not you're missing stuff out.

Do you measure your wine in a measuring cup? Because I always underestimate how much is in a wine glass and that's a lot of calories you could be missing.

Also things like coleslaw - is that 1 ounce according to your food scales or an estimate?

I know I sound picky and perhaps you are already doing these things, but if not, you should try a week or two with mega strict logging using kitchen scales for everything. That way you will know whether your calorie count is off.

I hope there are things you are not logging, because some days you seem to be living off coffee and protein powder. Your body needs fuel for your active lifestyle or you are going to be too sick to teach dance.

Liftng4Lis wrote: »

Why are you eating 1 ounce of chicken, instead of 3-4? That's silly actually. Your profile says you want to get to 117 pounds? What are your current stats?

I noticed the chicken meal, too. That's really not enough food for an adult woman, but also it could be an estimation thing. The chicken breasts in my fridge right now are about 5oz a piece and they aren't particularly big, so the entry that says '1oz (half a breast)' is misleading. I also noticed that meal had no sauces, cooking oils or condiments. Most people don't just eat dry steamed meat and veg without something for flavour, so I'm thinking things are being missed out.

And if they're not, are you not getting fed up of a fairly unexciting diet of mostly liquid and dry things? I would lose motivation quickly if I were eating that way.