Can not loose weight!

adriandeno29 wrote: »

adriandeno29 wrote: »

smotheredincheese wrote: »

It just doesn't add up for you to never eat over 1200 calories a day yet still be 100 pounds overweight. Somewhere, at some point, you must be consuming extra calories. You say you had a glass of tea, is that sweetened tea? How much sugar is in it? Do you typically drink several of those in a day?

No just one 8oz glass and unsweetened tea

My doc is going to order several tests because something isn't right

Hiyah i think the tests are a good idea, but in the mean time weigh and log everything you eat for at least a month and see how you go. i know its a pain especially being busy but logging is a real eye opener. good luck

Log everything, using a food scale. Even if you are eating once a day, you could be eating more than double what you think you are eating. Use a food scale for a couple of weeks, and log every single thing you eat.

One of the lies I used to tell myself all the time, and I truly believed it, was that there's no way I could be eating that much. I absolutely knew my weight was not caused by the food I was eating, therefore something had to be wrong. After all, most days all I ate was a bowl of cereal. I went to the doctor, completely convinced there was something wrong but nope, nothing was wrong with me. All tests came back normal.

Then I got a food scale, slapped myself in the face and really took stock of what I was actually eating. Sure, those days where I only ate a bowl of cereal, those bowls were sometimes 75 percent of the total calories I should have had all day. Even if I ate nothing else but that, and even if I did that 3-4 days a week, there were days where I ate a lot more and not only wiped out whatever deficit I may have had, but added a surplus for the week.

Get a food scale. Get completely 100% honest with everything that goes in your mouth from the time you open your eyes until you go to bed, including condiments, oils, "bites" of this and that, and do it every, single day.

There is absolutely only ONE reason why you cannot lose weight, and that is because you are eating more calories than your body is using. Medical issues can cause a slower metabolism, so its a good idea to get some tests done, but even with medical issues, calories rule all.

I started at 170 pounds, 44 years old and 5'1" tall, and I could eat 1400+ calories a day and still lose.

Second bit of advice, give it time. Once you start truly logging accurately, weighing and tracking everything you eat, be patient. Start with a reasonable loss rate so that you can eat more during the day and not deprive yourself or feel hungry all day.

Oh, and your body doesn't store fat if it thinks you're not getting enough calories, so please ignore that advice. It's bunk.

it could be a metabolism thing

How can someone not lose weight if they eat like 400 calories a day? Surely the body needs more than that just to function? Even with a screwed metabolism and thyroid problems, someone who is overweight should lose weight if they eat 400 cals a day? Or even if they are struggling to reach 1200 cals? Surely 200lb takes more than 1200 cals a day to maintain weight? I don't understand it.

Hi everyone... before I first started MFP I also wasn't eating enough calories that I should be doing. I never ate breakfast, didn't always have lunch and most days only had an evening dinner... Since I started MFP I MAKE SURE I eat 3 meals a day... and make sure I eat 1200 calories a day.. I am now on 143 days and I have lost 24lbs... I know that might not sound a lot of weight to most of you but its coming of slowly and I'm delighted with the loss... so what I'm saying is.. if your daily calorie intake is 1250 then MAKE SURE you have 1250... good luck xx

I tried the Fast Metabolism Diet and it worked for me so far. I have lost 16 lbs in the last 2 months. Give it a try. Look up Hayley Pomroy on the web; she is the author of the book.

you don't gain 100 lbs, even with pregnancy, because you're not a big eater. you'll take diet pills but can't find the time to log accurately over the weekend because you were busy with your two older kids? i think you need to set some time aside for yourself to accurately track and keep record of what you're eating, when you're eating it, and how much you're eating. i feel as though you must be eating more than what you think you are. i don't mean to be so skeptical, but after you start losing weight, you'll understand that pretty much almost everything you've been saying just does not make sense. and not because you're a medical miracle, but because you're misinformed about the calorie content of what you're putting into your body.
but hey, if your doctor says there is something else going on here, i'll eat my words.

adriandeno29 wrote: »

No i don't diet I eat pretty healthy. Don't eat junk. I only can Handel one small piece of chocolate when it's that time of the month. I don't drink anything . I'm never thirsty and when I try to force anything I feel nauseous but never ever get sick.

These are the two glaring problems I see. Eating healthy also means eating enough to fuel your body. 400 calories a day doesn't do that. Sometimes 1200 a day doesn't do that either, depending on how active you are. And drinking is essential. You know the ol' facts they teach us in grade school about X% of our body is water.

you didn't get to 250lbs by struggling to hit 1200 calories.
Either you have a very serious medical condition or you are eating waaaay more than you think.
I'm 150lbs and am losing eating 1650 calories a day