stuck and so annoyed.

I am in the same boat! I have gained and lost the same 5 pounds since february. Wish I could offer some advice, but stick with it so you dont gain!!

Change your workout routine girl! Your body could just be getting used to what you've been doing. Do you do weights? If you don't start! Even if it's just some simple hand weights. If you already do weights switch up the routine...even if it's just increasing the weights and slightly lower reps. Try out some different cardios and make sure you're getting 45-60 mins 4-5x's a week! You can do it!!

It is really hard when the scale is stuck and won't move. That is also happening to me right now, but we can't give up or the weight will just creep back on, and soon we will be right back where we started. I am going to try adjusting my calories starting next week to 100-200 more to see if that makes a difference. Perhaps another thing you could try is just changing up your workouts try something that uses different muscles groups or perhaps more cardio. I am going to try the 30 day shred videos, and zumba since I have been jogging and it is getting me nowhere except around the track ) Good luck and hang in there you have come so far I would hate to see all your hard work go to waste

I dont know what im supposed to do except workout more? I mean honestly.
I eat between 1400-1600 calories a day, regardless of working out or not. I work out at least 3 days a week for an hour.
Lost 50 pounds, but im stuck at 180 and have been for about 3 months.
Im kind of just over it,
Seriously, Pretty pissed off actually.
Why diet and workout if im not going to lose a single ounce!?

Have you reset your goals lately with your new weight?
Are you watching your sodium?
Have you tried raising your protein and lowering your carbs?
Have you ever cycled your calories? My normal is 1480 but this week I'm doing 1200 for ajump start (only for 1 week)
Are you drinking enough fluid?

I know it's frustrating --- been there many many times and usually its because I wasn't eating enough -- or I just need to change something for awhile.

I am 6 months post c-section with my youngest and I have been gaining and loosing the same darn 5 lbs.....i am sitting at 161 and woke up the other morning and found love handles i was like how in the heck is that happening .....i feel your pain

Im right there with you! Stuck for 4 months! I think I am starting to realize why though. When I was losing weight I was burning a ton more calories a week, and not snacking my brains out at night (like now). I think I have slowly turned into something I was not when I started without realizing it!

Forget you! Put that cat on a diet now!!

Not trying to wag my fingers at you or anything, but obese cats end up with kidney stones that their bodies aren't able to pass. The vet will have to do surgery, and the whole experience is terribly painful for the kitty.

dont fall off the wagon. A lot of people go through this. Trust me I was one. If you stop you have a high chance of putting it all back on plus more. bodies do this to people to try and make them fall off. just think your body is wanting you to go back to the old you.

I have a question for you. HAve you been doing to same kind of workout. I mean not like set ups and push ups I mean like cardio cardio cardio? If you do your body could be getting us to it so it really needs a change in the excersize. Try mixing it up to a completly dif program. that is why you dont see a 365 Beachbody program. They know that your body will get us to it and then you wont see any changes.

Good luck hope this helps.

I just wanted to offer a hug and some "been there, doing that." I'm in the same boat, right down to the attitude.

I lost crazy weight in my first 100 days. I made it to 210 before I skipped even a single day of watching (some days I counted, some days I eyeballed it {like on vacation and such}). I gained and lost the same pound for that second 110 days. Got incredibly sick of it. Stopped everything, and eyeballed what I was eating. Oddly, after about two months of that, I'm still hanging out right around the same weight. I'm up a little, but the night before my weigh in was sodium heavy {my oven is broken, so I'm making do} and I'd started AF two days before.

This whole "stuck" thing bites, and I wish I had some advice for you, but all I can say is:
Please keep trying. I dropped it for a long time, and now trying to get back into the groove is stupidly hard.

You've done amazing and you're 1/2 way to your goal. Starting with the good.

The bad is that you're keeping your calorie intake the SAME day after day even on days you workout. I assume you're logging every workout, and every bite.

I'm not sure if you meant that the calories you are taking in each day remains the same even after a workout (meaning your NET calories are always the same). Truth be told if you are logging every workout, and not reaching the minimum your body needs each day your body is NOT going to let go of any weight.

For example (I'll use my personal experience since I recently reached my goal weight):

My goal to lose 1lb/week was to eat 1,260 a day. On days I worked out I burned anywhere from 300-500+ calories. I logged my workouts in advance (a 6:30 class I would log in the afternoon). I spread the extra calories around during the day with healthy whole foods. If I DID NOT do this I would have fallen below 1,200 on days I had a workout. That would mean, yes, I ate more than 1,260 but with that workout in there *boom* I'd be below what my body needed to function and I would not have lost any weight.

Think of it this way: weight watchers functions with the same concept. If you fall below your goals your body holds on to the weight. On MFP some people eat back all their extra cals, some eat back 1/2. For you, you have to do what works. For me, eating less than 1,200 would have been not only damaging to my body over the long term...I would not have met my goals.

Heather, you've made a real change in a short amount of time. I am so far from an expert, but the one thing I hear over and over is if you're stuck its time for a dramatic change in your routine.

I can't tell you how happy you'll be if you try P90X. I'm on my 17th consecutive day. I've now worked out more in two weeks than I have in the last two years. I'm so not this type of person, but I commited to the program and its so awsome. I never worked out in the morning, but in order to be interruption free from the wife and kids, I'm getting up at 5am to work out. So crazy, but you compelled me to share.

The program is great for anyone who gets bored easy. It changes every 30 seconds and is different every day then changes again after 3 weeks.

The best is those little catch phrases like "do your best and forget the rest" or "Keep coming back and keep pushing play"

go for it.

Steve