Weight isn't coming off- doing everything right??? Anyone el

DRINK WATER!! and Lots of it!

It sounds like in theory you are doing a lot of things right - but I agree with what some are saying.

Some of those "healthy" meals have the right amount of calories - but their carb count and sodium counts are through the roof!
I've been told that your carbs shouldn't exceed more than 10% of your calorie intake for the day - so if you are eating 1200 calories, make sure you aren't eating more than 120 carbs (on a high day). As well you need to make sure you are eating the right combination of protein -- anyone can chime in and make sure I'm not giving inaccurate advise.

10% carbs isn't enough unless you're doing atkins. Carbs are essential for your body and especially if you're working out, you need the energy to get through it. If the exercise is hardcore and you are really eating clean you can do a 40/40/20 ratio which is 40% carbs, 40% protein, 20% fat. You can set these ratios in mfp settings. I use a 50/30/20 as 40% of cals coming from protein is very high for the amount of exercise i do. Your body can only process 25g of protein at a time so you must eat very regularly in small amounts to make that work. Protein shakes will help you get enough clean protein and help to increase your calorie intake if you are finding it hard to eat enough.

I am 5ft 3in and 167lbs and i'm losing steadily with this and i'm eating most if not all my exercise cals. I'll set my diary to public so you can see mine if you like. I don't like veggies so i have to supplement with vitamins etc.

I wish I had the answer for you. It's hard for me to lose weight too! I worked 5 days a week last year 1 to 1 1/2 hours a day and only lost 10 pounds. I need an answer to that one myself.

You can gain weight by not eating enough throughout the day. Think of it as putting wood in a fireplace, the less wood you have the less heat you have. Your heat is your metabolism and the more "wood" you put in the higher your metabolism gets thus making you burn more calories and loose more weight. If you are not reaching your calorie intake daily could also cause you to gain weight weather it be water gain or gas in the bowels. Some foods to try nuts, yogurt, cottage cheese 1%, silk milk, special k bars, special k cereals with high fiber. My fav meal/snack is the steamables veggies. I just recently learned this as well and the pounds are coming right off. Also make sure you are drinking COLD water, at least 8 cups a day. Good Luck!

Try low carb / keto

I'm having the same problem. I'm not losing weight. Any advice. I'm eating b/t 1200 to 1300 cals a day and burning anywhere from 900 to 2200 a day depending on the day. What am i doing wrong?

Unless you're eating NET 1200-1300 per day you aren't eating enough. Eating 1200 calories then burning off 900 means you're only getting 300 calories of fuel for your body. Use the car analogy - you can't go long distances when you only put a 1/4 of a tank in right? So fill up your tank and your body will perform the way you want it to.

I'm having the same problem. I'm not losing weight. Any advice. I'm eating b/t 1200 to 1300 cals a day and burning anywhere from 900 to 2200 a day depending on the day. What am i doing wrong?

Not reading the available info already posted.

I second what others have been saying about having your thyroid checked and seeing a dietician. This past fall I had my thyroid checked when my doctor detected a rapid heartbeat and enlarged thyroid... my bloodwork came back normal, but she wasn't convinced things were okay and sent me for a thyroid ultrasound, then a thyroid uptake and scan. As a result, I was just diagnosed with Graves' disease (autoimmune hyperthyroidism) last week. So despite normal-appearing bloodwork, something was definitely wrong with my thyroid! Thyroids are tricky things...

In the midst of this I've also started seeing a nutritionist, who did a bioimpedance analysis which showed I have a way more dense/athletic frame than I thought. It turned out that while I was eating enough calories they weren't the right ones and I'm on a diet that's higher in protein now. It's definitely helping.

okay I get that I'm not netting enough calories.. but I thought in order to lose weight you had to burn more calories than you ate? Is that not true b/c that's what I've been going by, which would make sense why i'm only losing a pound a week.

You are skimming the posts then and not really reading them.
Several posters have stated pretty concisely why.

And no, you cannot burn more calories than you require day after day. Just think about that for a minute, and go read the posts talking about what BMR is.

I guess it is true what they say about once you pass 40. I am 41 and my weight loos is at a snails pace.

My only downfall is alcohol on the weekends.

OP - How big a downfall is this? Are you talking a couple of glasses or a couple of bottles? That could be the culprit if its every week and large quantities.

Also, I high recommend you stick with the strength training, especially when you don't have a lot to lose this can make a really big, visible, difference.

Good luck!

To the others on thread looking for advice - read all the links posted! Burning more calories than you eat is key, but these do not all have to be burned by exercise, you burn calories by existing!!

Okay so I've been reading alot of the post and about BMR. So I think I have this right but just asking if my BMR is say 1200 cal a day and I burn 1200 cals a day I actually need to eat 2400 cals?

If by 'burn' you mean calories used for everything other than existing (daily activity plus exercise) then yes, thats how much you need to eat to maintain your current weight.

I believe the correct answer is zero.

So for today I my food cal were 1698 my exercise was 1449 leaving a net of 249. So from this I should be eating more, however i'm trying to lose 2 pounds a week.

I believe the correct answer is zero.

So for today I my food cal were 1698 my exercise was 1449 leaving a net of 249. So from this I should be eating more, however i'm trying to lose 2 pounds a week.

Alicia, what's your weight/height and how are you calculating these calorie burns?

298/ 5'7 I'm using myfitness pal exercise tool to track my calorie burns. they seem high sometime so i sometimes use what the treadmill says

For me, MFP's calculations are way higher than I actually burn. I didn't know this until I got a HRM. You might want to invest in one to get more accuracy. I've also seen posts where people say the burns counted on treadmills etc are off as well. Because of this, I am going to hazard the guess that you aren't getting as much of a deficit as you think you are. You're still burning great calories but probably not over 1000 every day. So maybe just try eating a quarter to half your calories burnt until you can get a monitor.

To lose 2 pounds per week you would start off eating 1200 calories. Then you work out for X numbers of calories. You eat those calories that you've burned so that your body will have the nutrition it needs to be happy. If you go below the numbers your body needs, your body can choose to hold on to your fat because it thinks you are starving.

With your calories set at 1200, MFP has ALREADY calculated your calorie deficiency for healthy 2lbs per week weight loss so you don't have to worry about attempting to burn 1200 calories every day to lose weight. Heck, you're still at a weight that if you chose to not work out, you could still lose 2lbs just through your food intake.