need to lose more..

Yep I hear you!!! I have trouble losing weight at the best of times, my body literally holds onto fat for dear life! I've been trying to lose the last 12lbs for over 6months......yes I'm stronger from my workouts etc but I have all this muscle underneath and want to actually be able to see it! LOL.....the things I have tried may work for you, they didn't for me but I know other people have had success.....have you tried Calorie Zigzagging?? you can enter your details on a site called "freediet" and it will calculate your calories for you each day.....mixing up your workout routine, even try some interval training like skipping two minutes running on the spot etc....up your protein (this did help me a little) the obvious one drinking lots of water....also a cup of warm water and lemon juice may help too....hope this helps!!

Alright... here's what's up. Check out the glycemic index of what you're eating. Basically, raw white sugar has a glycemic index of 61. So if anything has a glycemic index of higher than 61, this means that whatever you're eating will spike your blood sugar faster than sugar can! Be careful, because a lot of cereal products have a high glycemic index. Some brown breads have a glycemic index of about 67. 55 is a low glycemic index. If you must have bread, try pumpernickle; it's glycemic index is about 44, so it won't spike your blood sugar.

If your blood sugar is spiked, insulin is released to try and get the blood sugar down. Eventually, if you have too much sugar in your blood, insulin won't do its job, so you ACTUALLY HAVE TO EAT MORE for that sugar to go away into the cells... and it's the fat cells that get it. In short, sometimes you're not fat because you're eating; you're eating because you're getting fat. Eat for your blood sugar. Don't be afraid of healthy fats. The Canada food guide is actually wrong! If you ate as many carbohydrates a day as it told you to, you would actually gain 3 and 1/2 cups of sugar from all these carbohydrates! So, in summary, get your carbs from low-glycemic foods, try and get as many as you can from vegetables, and eat things like oatmeal without sugar added if you can... or always just limit your intake.

You should be eating 40 % carb, 20-30% healthy fat, and 40-30% protein. Don't be shy of healthy fats! THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT to feed your brain! Just avoid trans fats like the plague. (This includes processed things like margarine.) Use olive oil, butter instead of margarine (YES BUTTER... it should have cream and salt for ingredients, that's it... your body will digest butter but not margarine), coconut oil, etc etc (NOT VEGETABLE OIL). Eat avocados, nuts in small portions, etc. etc. Flax also helps regulate the blood sugar. Eat this way, and you'll be less hungry. Don't be afraid of dairy either; just don't go overboard. It's always best to incorporate as many fruits and vegetables in as possible.