why is nothing happening??

maybe try eating the whole 1200 calories 1000 is far too less to keep you going you will eventually go into starvation mode making weight loss harder! hope this helps!

staying under 1200 in eating cals brings you in a starvation mode and your body is efficiently doing nothing. Eat all and half of the calories you work out back, that worked for me and a lot of my friends. Make sure you drink enough water and you should see results.

the site suggests i eat 1200 calories a day, and i have been around 1000 most days and it suggests 45 g fat and i have stayed below that as well, what the heck i am doing wrong???? i have done way better on drinking water, and majorly cut back on pop went from 3 cans a day to 1 can every other day if that.

The fact that you are eating only 1000 calries could be the cause, your body needs calories to stay alive, if you dont give it enough, it will start going into starvation mode, which means you metabolism will slow down to a crawl. and are you eating back your exercise calories? Meaning if you burn 500 calories while exercising you should be eating all if not most of those back.

Also if you open your food diary it might be easier for us to diagnose the problem

Definitely try eating at least 1200 calories, maybe more. If you eat too little you won't lose weight. Also, make sure you're getting enough good fats. Eat avocados, use olive oil, etc. Your body does need fat, so don't restrict that too much. And try getting in more exercise. I know that I don't lose any weight unless I exercise.

That is super frustrating! Luckily all the skills you have developed over the last month will help you in the months to come it is definitely not a loss!

2 things come to mind ---just my thoughts

1. I definitely agree that you could be eating too little and putting yourself at risk of conservation/starvation mode making it significantly harder to loose weight

2. If you have the means i.e. insurance you should do a blood test. Basic hormone imbalances and make it significantly harder to loose weight.

hope it gets better soon

Yup. Eat more.

You should really try eating a little more. I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but a lot of people, myself included, have had very very slow weight loss on low calories, and much better weight loss on more.

Years ago, I tried to lose weight and only ate about 800 calories a day. I believed in the old "calories in vs calories out" saying and that eating less would give me better results. My progress was so slow, and I felt so lousy during it, that I gave up and went back to my normal way of eating. I would have rathered weigh a little more and be able to eat what I want than feel deprived and hungry to be a little smaller.

This time around, I wasn't concerned with losing weight, because I was convinced it wouldn't happen for me anyway. So I only cared about my fitness and being able to run as my primary goal. But as it turns out, the weight started to come off. I paid more attention to the numbers, and saw that even though I tried to set my goals to lose 2# a week, I couldn't lose more than 1.3 by the math, and in reality never lost more than 1# a week except when I had a stomach flu. I figured, "If I'm only going to lose a pound a week (which was FINE!), I might as well eat more to get that pound a week." I upped my calories, and then averaged about 1.5# a week! Sometimes more, sometimes less, but I always lost more weight on 1400-1500 calories (plus eating my exercise calories) than I did on 800 and even 1200.

Give it a try for a few weeks and see how it goes. While eating more, I never felt deprived or hungry, and always had a ton of energy. This is the only time I ever tried to lose weight and succeeded... to the point where I had to say, "Ok, that's enough. I gotta stop losing now!" And I credit to eating enough.

Your diary is not viewable so I can't help with your food intake. I can tell you that you are probable putting your self in starvation mode. Only eating 1000 calories a day is very low especially if you are exercising.

Here are some things to look at:

1. What's your sodium intake?
2. Are you drinking enough water?
3. If you are exercising, are you recording your exercise AND eating your exercise calories?
4. What are you eating? Fruits, Veggies, lots of protein or lots of processed foods.

Try reducing your sodium intake (less processed foods). Drink lots of water. Eat your exercise calories and stay above 1200 calories a day. Try adding protein before and after your exercise. All of this will help.

As others have said, definitely keep your calories at 1,200 on the days you don't make it to the gym, and maybe a couple hundred more for light to moderate workouts.

One reason your scale might not be moving is water weight/sodium intake. It is really insane how much your weight can fluctuate!! If you didn't drink much water before you may weigh slightly more due to simply being hydrated constantly.

I would also make an effort to increase the time you spend being active. You can lose weight by just eating less, but working out is where you see the greatest benefit to your health and general feeling of well being. Even if it's just a 30 minute walk after dinner or in the mornings, it is a start and I'd venture to say you will be wanting to do more and more as you have more and more success!

Finally, be sure you are tracking evvvverrrryytthing. Sometimes I get lax with my tracking and a cookie here and a brownie there can add up a lot faster than you think!!

I have definitely been in your shoes before and it is sooo frustrating when the scale doesn't budge after weeks of hard work and dedication!! It may take a couple of months of tweaking until you get the results you are looking for... Don't give up!! :flowerforyou:

I personally FORBID you from feeling guilt over eating more. :flowerforyou:

Do you feel guilty when you need to put gas in your car? You're refueling and it's important.

Just Continue to keep doing what your doing. Also are you eating breakfest everyday?? Breakfest is the most improtant meal of the day and if you think skipping breakfest will help you los weight it wont. Eating breakfest everyday actually helps you to lose weight!!

If your diary is correct you are not eating enough and what you are eating is processed food. You need net at least 1200 cals and start eating fresh food and then you should start getting results

I just had a look through your diary, and found several possible reasons why you might not be losing weight.

1. Most of the time you don't eat breakfast. Big no-no.
2. You eat a LOT of processed food.
3.Your diary seems to fluctuate from really positive eating to saboting eating.
4.Food on the go. Prepare snack for wehn you go out, or you're in a hurry, so you can avoid going through the drive thru.
5. You are consistantly not reaching your calorie intake for the day.

You won't lose weight unless you seriously analyze what you're putting into your mouth.

thanks everybody, i will try to eat more although it makes me feel really guilty if i do. and some of u suggested i make my diary visible (it is visible to my firends but i will change it so everyone can se it, maybe that will help) thanks again

I also forbid you for feeling guilty in eating more.

On my heavy exercise days I eat up to 4000 calories :P

I'll agree with the others who already encouraged you to eat more cals and make sure they are not processed foods. Whole grains, proteins, fruits and nuts are your friends.

Another thing someone who studied exercise nutritionist (or something like that) suggested was to cut out carbs in the evening. He said he wrote a thesis about how women seem to not process carbs at night. I have no idea if this is true or not, but I did it for a few weeks. For me it was sustainable, but I have substantially lowered them. I no longer make a starch with dinner (no potatoes or rice or anything like that) and try to have pasta no more than once a week for dinner.

I've also learned to eat breakfast. I never use to. No idea if it helps, but it doesn't hurt.

You're bang on. Carbs after 7 PM is bad since it gets stored as fat while you sleep.
And yes, breakfast really is the most important meal of the day. The saying goes "Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper. " - Adelle Davis (who was *way* ahead of her time).
If you skip breakfast, you're messing up things for sure.