Why the F am I not losing weight?

CurvyPrincess66 wrote: »

Erfw7471 wrote: »

Great advice above, but I do have to ask - you're eating 95% fruits & veggies? Is that correct? So no meat, eggs, dairy, healthy fats? I'm just trying to figure out what type of plan you're attempting to follow.

I eat brussel sprouts for brekfast strawberries, blueberries, cucumbers or green Beans for snacks. Can soup for lunch or an avacado with tuna (thats where the most meat comes from) And salad for dinner every night. I eat 2 kinds of salad one has Baccon peices in it but very little. And sometimes I eat a wrap with chicken or turky lunch meat and spinich.

It sounds like you may not be eating enough protein. Your body needs enough protein intake to make the blood cells that carry oxygen to your cells, and protein is needed to repair/build muscle. If you get fatigued, it can be from a lack of enough protein intake.

I hope you do eat some vegan sources of protein at least like tofu, beans/legumes, nut butters. What about eggs? Are you getting in some fat calories also?

If you are excluding a lot of protein sources like lean meats, poultry, dairy it will make it harder to get in enough high quality protein. Not impossible, but harder.

I do hope you are working alongside a Dr as you diet and excercise given your starting weight being so
high. You need monitoring for any current health issues.

Break things down into individual behaviors and habits. Instead of looking at this as an all at once, or all or nothing proposition, find ways to break things down into smaller and more sustainable habits. That makes it much easier to pinpoint where something is not working, and fix it, rather than staring at the whole jumbled mess of NOT WORKING. Plus, when you do backslide, you are less likely to drop everything, just one or two habits, that can then be fixed again. Otherwise, trying to everything at once, means that you are likely to leave out something important (like weighing food), and pay excessive attention to things that aren't. (Like fiber drinks and vinegar)
Log EVERYTHING.
Don't JUST weigh (with a scale is best) everything you eat, also write why you are eating it (i.e, lunchtime, hungry, kind of bored, out with friends, watching tv) and how you are feeling right before, right after and an hour after (hungry, comfortable, normal, full, very full bloated, drowsy, OMG I am so damn sick of this crap I want to throw the whole plate out a window, etc).
This gives you a baseline pattern for your normal habits and routine. From there, it's just a matter of experimenting. Are you very full after dinner? Cut back on a few things. Does lunch leave you bloated and gassy after an hour, try less or no mayo, and see if there's something you don't mind dropping each meal (fries, or cheese, or maybe only 2 tacos instead of 3).Are you starving an hour after dinner?
Maybe more fats during. It's amazing how quickly these small and easily sustainable changes will add up to big calorie cuts. Only cut one or two things at a time, until they become habit instead if trying to do everything at once. That way they become individual habits instead of one big "diet".

Drink lots of water. Write down everything you eat when you eat it , not at the end of the day. It's easy to forget if you don't do it when you eat. Keep up the good work, you'll get there.

Weigh EVERYTHING. Log everything. Be 100% honet, even if you eat too much. Give it time. Be consistant and go slowly. Good luck

I am curious as to how your labs come back.

I have been frustrated with lack of weight loss (I am using a food scale though and double-checking entries). I did have one day where I was over my goal (still under what I need to maintain or gain) and I'm honest with myself about that. It happened. Today is a new day.

I do have diabetes and thyroid disease. I'm feeling so sad about it because I lost 50 lbs eating these foods last year. I'm hoping that in another week or two I will see results. I feel your pain, for sure.