Sooooo ready to &*^%&(#!!!! quit!!

not to be nosy but how tall are u and what do u weigh?

How many calories are you eating?

Many of you have probably read a few posts from me about not losing a pound yet (since the beginning of February) and I am feeling like I am ready to give up! I have nothing to be proud of as far as results go:sad: I even took my measurements hoping that I lost inches due to the fact I started weight lifting 3x a week...to no avail! NO CHANGES!!!! RRRRRrrrrrrr!!! I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow...any suggestions on what to ask my doctor regarding weight loss? She has already run blood tests to check for thyroid issue- and I have no problems, everything came back normal. I feel like I'm freakin' destined to be fat!!:sad: I really am very sad- not just complaining. I have been on the border of healthy and overweight for years now and feel uncomfortable in my own skin every day....help me, please!

Are you doing any cardio? Weight lifting isnt going to shed pounds like cardio but it will increase muscle which is also good but Im not sure its what your seeking according to your post...are you watching your sodium intake? there is a lot more to it than just watching calories..it could be numerous reasons but please remember if you truly are eating healthy and excercising on a regular basis ...giving up just because your exterior hasnt changed would be a big mistake...your doing more good than you know ...we just dont see the instant results of what goes on inside...Good luck...wrote the above before I saw your response...actually your only 4lbs away from a normal BMI 104-131lbs is normal for a 5ft2in person....if your going by MFP's BMI it is slightly off in the numbers....is 110 just a number you chose or is there some actual reason for wanting to be 110?...perhaps go with a toned and trim 130...toning will take a while but it may be your best bet

I think you should be lightly active.
I also think you should set your goals to 1 lb/week, any more than that would be too aggressive. You aren't obese, anybody who is obese can set their goals for 2 lbs/week, but girls like you should be aiming at 1 lb/week.

also realize you are very close to your goal weight. it may not feel like it to you, but realize we have members (myself included) who have 50-60-...-100 lbs to lose.

the closer you are to your goal weight, the lore your body resists letting go.

I'd say readjust to "lightly active", and try eating about 75-80% of your exercise cals. (btw, are you calculating exercise cals with a heart rate monitor or are you trusting the machines at your gym? that could be a source of problems)

don't give up-:flowerforyou:

Make sure that your carbs intake is not thru the roof. Watch your sugar (refined sugar, found in manufactured food, ... unlike sugar found in fruit) and sodium as well (cans and prepackaged foods.)

I am doing the P90X workouts, 6 times a week, and I eat 1300 on the day I DON'T workout, and from 1300 up to 1800 on the days I workout. I have steadily lost weight since I started about 120 days ago. Slowly, of course, which is what I want (lose it fast and gain it faster!). I am 5'-5' and 129 pounds now. I started at 144. I am not in a hurry because I know it is a process and I am almost there. Fat index is 14.9%.

Now, one of the most important things to me is the carbs/protein/fat breakdown: 40%-40%-20%. THAT IS WHAT CHANGED everything for me.

Before myfitnesspal I was eating CARBS CARBS CARBS, and I thought I knew what I was doing! Now, in order to up my proteins I am actually having to use protein powder. The carbs I can get anywhere and I guess that is why I was not sheding the weight for years.

My Rules: No carbs after 3pm or so unless I am about to work out. Definitely no starches after lunch (rice, potatoes etc). At night: veggies and proteins! Carbs before your main cardio workout, or in your recovery drink right after (watch the sugar on those!). Proteins are most necessary on your weight lifting days. Avoid those fat-free this and fat-free that: they are usually loaded with refined sugars.

I hope that helps! I do not frequent this place (other than to log my foods) so I may not read your responses, but GOOD LUCK.

Maria

change things up a bit for certain!

i personally think you are doing too much cardio and not enough weight lifting....

muscle loves fat, right? so if you have surplus of lean muscle, it won't be able to do anything more than shed the fat (in a slow way, though, but you already know that)

i've been having the same problem. i've been working out liike a fiend for a month, eating most of my exercise calories, eating a well balanced diet and i haven't seen any real change in the scale, but I am leaning up and the "sag" isn't so "saggy" anymore. my weight loss journey has been interesting, at one point i was down 80 pounds and way too skinny for my body type. now i'm up 25 pounds from waytooskinny and trying my damndest to just lose 10 pounds and it's just seeming super difficult for me to lose it and i don't know why...please let us know what your doctor says! i don't have a thyroid problem or diabetes either, and i'm just wondering what i'm doing wrong....

hopefully our bodies are gaining that precious muscle right now, but i need only a little encouragement from the scale, same as you!

keep it up!

1200 calories/day
I eat all of my exercise calories
Workout cardio for 40 mins/day (5-6 times/week)
Weightlifting for 20 mins. (3 times/week)
I am 25 years old, 5'2", and 135 pounds with a goal weight of 110 pounds.

Oh and I am a kindergarten teacher- I have set my activity to sedentary also, even though I am probably "lightly active"

Just curious when you hit the weights do you get sore afterwards? Are you challenging yourself with your cardio and weight training sessions-- Are you doing the same thing?How many reps/sets are you doing? Are you using too light of weights?

I am about your height and weight but twice your age. When you say you are consuming 1200 calories and eating all your exercise calories are you saying you are really eating more than 1200? You should be. About 1450 anyway. I plateau if I don't eat enough because my metabolism shifts into starvation mode.
See if there is a bod pod in your area so you can get an accurate body fat measurement. Once you know your lean mass you can get a better formula for calorie needs. I am assuming you are carefully counting your calories but some people underestimate their calories by several hundred. It does not take a lot of high density foods (for me it's cashews) to really mess up the count. The key is always to create a deficit but if you are sure you are doing that then you need to look at the starvation mode phenomenon.

So basically, 5'2" 135 lbs is a BMI of 24.7 which is in the healthy range.

you want to get to 110, which is a BMI of 20.1 or something.

It's going to take a very long time to get to that goal for you.

You're BMR is about 1325 calories per day. Someone in the healthy range shouldn't be eating under their BMR. At a minimum (and this is just my opinion here), you should be eating around 1350 calories but ultimately a deficit of 250 should be what you are trying for which gives you a calorie goal of about 1500. You need to give your body the energy it needs so it doesn't feel like it's in famine times and store any energy it can as fat. If you feed it, over the course of weeks or months, it will gradually learn that, and stop storing excess calories. But it takes time, months, to see noticable differences when you are at a healthy BMI.

When you are healthy, the body doesn't want to change, it doesn't want to burn fat stores, so you have to battle the body by giving it enough fuel, and doing lots of resistance or weight training to increase your muscle to fat ratios.

My ultimate recommendation would be to forget the big (550 calories) deficit, eat a 200 to 350 calorie deficit, and concentrate on your Body Fat % (building muscle while feeding the body). That is what will get you hot. not dropping 25 pounds. Besides being difficult to maintain, it also doesn't really lend itself to what your body looks like. Your basic shape is already there, you just need to give your body some definition. 110 is a number, Personally I feel that for most normal framed people (people with a normal amount of muscle, I.E. not hardcore athletes) have a BMI of between 22 and 24 is great!

NOTE: this is what I would recommend for you happyhubbard, it's not what I would recommend for someone who had a higher BMI.

I just returned from the doctor and she told me to cut out ALL complex carbs and limit my simple carbs. She said she sees this work for many people and is healthy to do....so I will do it and let you all know how it goes.

Best move I agree...Ive cut mine and its has helped good luck!!

HH - I'm in the exact same place as you height/weight/goal-wise. It is REALLY frustrating watching your cals, exercising, strength training, and not seeing those big results on the scale. For me my body is being REALLY slow responding to my efforts. I lose like .5 lb / week IF I'm lucky. So yeah, what SHBoss said...when you're relatively healthy already your body doesn't want to shed that weight. We just have to keep to it and be patient, even if it takes a year to come off!

Good luck to you with reducing the carbs, let us know how it works out for you :flowerforyou:

I just returned from the doctor and she told me to cut out ALL complex carbs and limit my simple carbs. She said she sees this work for many people and is healthy to do....so I will do it and let you all know how it goes.

Wait, what? I think you meant she wants you to cut out the simple carbs and limit your complex carbs right? Cuz I never heard anyone do it the other way before.

Yeah...complex carbs are good..you don't want to cut those out...you'll be cutting out all of the good foods...like lettuce!!!

I'll tell ya what though, someone finds a plan that DOES do it this way, I'm ALL IN BABY! Pizza and twinkies for me!!!

Yes-reexamine what she said to cut out please. Cut out sugar and flour (simple carbs) but please don't cut out complex carbs (vegis, etc.) Those you may need to keep an eye on, but I think you got it backwards.

That is one thing I learned too. Careful carb control. Some of us are very carb sensitive. I only have oatmeal, some fresh fruit, and mainly green veggies like edamame, tossed salad (dressing on the side that I usually ignore but it is comforting to know it is there), brocolli, snap peas, avacodo, onion, mushrooms. I will eat cauliflower and carrots because they are not calorie dense. No bread, no potatoes, no rice, very little pasta. That is 99% of my carbs. No simple carbs like sugar. No more than two servings of fruit a day (and I have to be careful of bananas... a large one can be 200 calories while a handful of strawberries is only 50 calories. Plain fat free yogurt sweetened with stevia instead of sugar. No white flour and very rarely any other flour. No artificial sweeteners because they make me hungry. Fat free cottage cheese. Eggs, egg beaters, and other lean protein. At least 30% of my calories from protein. Avoid fat free items made with sugar, but a lot of fat free dairy products are okay. My H is lactose intolerant, so we use lactose free milk around the house. Whey protein powder to help fill in the protein.
I really like Tom Venuto's ebook and his new hard cover. When all else fails, I get it out and read it again and figure out where I have been messing up. And I have the hard cover on CD so I can play it in the car when I'm doing errands.
Keep the faith. Good eating habits will be passed on to our new baby... this country has been eating poorly over the last 50 years or so, and its time to turn it around.