Really getting disheartened!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you tried taking in less calories just one day ?
If I were you, I'd eat 1,300 calories, and see if that gets me anywhere - worth a try ?
Good luck :flowerforyou:

Are you eating enough?? 1400 calories seems low. Is that what MFP suggested? Are you logging your exercises and eating those calories? TamTastic might be a good resource for you.... she is a great example of how eating all your calories will result in weight loss.

Try changing your workout routine. If you want to keep walking then maybe add some stairs to your routine with some periodic sprints for 1/2 a block and incease your time (even if it's only by 5 min.) You need not just a physical boost it sounds but also an energy boost! Keep concentrating on how far you've come. Keep up the good work! Good luck!

Hey Widdy...I also struggle with the "yo-yo" thing as well. I am not sure if you use a treadmill or not, but a couple things you can do. You could either increase the intensity by incorporating hills or increase the speed which will also increase the heart rate. Or, you could increase the time or distance. I always use the eliptical machine and I use either the fat burning program or the cardio program. My current problem is trying to get my consistency back from being out of whack from the holidays. Hang in there and don't give up.....I'm not!

Try Yoga or Tae Chi to lower your stress level. Don't forget your vitamins. Stress and not enough sleep also affects your insulin levels. Diabetes runs in my family, My Mom, GrandMother and Maternal Uncle. (And none of them were overweight not even 10 lbs.)
Get back on track. Go see a Diebetic Nutritionist and get your diet formulated. You need your Carbs, Fat and Protein grams laid out for you. Healthy Carbs not sugar, good fat light Olive Oil etc...
Diabetes affects all of your other organs. So take care of yourself, make the best of each day. Get serious don't skip your meal, and don't even skip your snacks.Milk or Soymilk is a great healthy filler.
I had Gestational Diabetes for the last 5 months of my pregancy, taking insulin twice a day. They had to take the baby early/ I couldn't keep my sugar/insulin levels under control and I followed the Diet Menu to the last calorie. So I had a little taste of how hard and scary it is for you. I'm a Papillary Thyroid cancer stage 2 survivor. It's opposite of Hyper. So I gain weight by looking at food... Also Sterioids in my meds.
I have 33 more lbs to lose out of 65. This is my year to take control and beat all odds by eating healthy and exercising. Just 10,000 steps a day. Take charge of your diebetes and "kick it's *kitten*". You control it! I wish you the best! Take care of your yourself and God Bless!

Hey Widdy,

I'm not an expert, but this is the internet, right?? :-)
My question would be how fast are you trying to lose the weight? The 1400 cals a day seems a low amount for a guy your size. I'm 245lbs and my cals based on MFP are nearly 1900. You don't want to be trying to lose more than maybe a pound a week.
The reason I bring this up, is that you want an increased metabolism to be burning off fat, but if you are taking in too few cals, you can not sustain that metabolism. With too few cals, your body does not have the fuel it needs to burn off that fat. Does this make sense?
I had a similar plateau a while ago, and I found I needed to mix up my routine a little, expecially in terms of my exercise. I did a little strength training with a couple of dumb bells at home for 20 or so minutes 2 or 3 times a week. Nothing crazy, just stuff like one arm rows, bench press, and curls, mixed in with some push ups and sit ups and squats. I'm not Mr Universe, and this routine reflected that. I was not using huge weights to get big, but just enough to work out the muscles and stimulate my metabolism. My cardio was walking, as you do. I found I was walking the same route and it had become such a habit, it was a pleasant routine. But I also realised that in the process I had eased up a little, not exerting myself as hard as I had previously. So, I mixed up my routes and timed myself each day, just to keep myself honest and "on pace".

After a few weeks, I found I was back to losing weight slowly again. I hope some of this helps you.
Good luck.

cheers

Hey Widdy,

I'm not an expert, but this is the internet, right?? :-)

Not that you said this AT ALL, but it reminded me of this cartoon, so I had to laugh and post.

Hey schmousen.........I set MFP for a loss of 2lbs per week and 1400 cal is what it came up with..........I
Hi allaboutme..........yes I checked the BMR and it gave this.......Your estimated BMR is: 1,832 calories/day*

Widdy

You should be eating at least that every day without exercise, more if you exercise. MFP isn't a perfect program. Someday maybe they will fix it so it uses your BMR to calculate how many calories you need per day to function and be healthy but still lose weight. The BMR number is the amount of calories your body needs just to exist without getting out of bed in the morning. Check out some research about it on the message boards on or the internet, even though MFP recommended 1400 it isn't right, it should be based on your BMR, I am not an expert or even close, but I think if you do some research you will see you are not eating enough and your body is in starvation mode. Mens metabolisms are much higher than womens and they need a lot more calories. MFP recommended 1200 calories for me to lose weight and 1400 for you, you weigh almost 100 more pounds than me, it isn't logical that we should eat almost the same amount of calories The program is great but it isn't perfect :happy: not yet anyway

are you eating your exercise calories? I agree with what others have posted in that you might not be eating enough calories. Try at least eating your exercise calories every other day and see how it goes.

best of luck