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Did you measure yourself? The scale is no way to measure fat loss.

And I would suggest only weighing yourself once per week, in the morning, naked, after your morning "business".

Do you have a pair of pants that were "snug" before you started this? Try them on and see how they fit today.

Good luck, do not give up. I am in the exact same boat but I know for a fact I am dropping inches.

Hi, I'm also not losing any weight but am reassured by the fact I can now fit into some clothes I couldn't 3mths ago. It sounds like your not eating enough. I'm 5'0" and my daily calorie goal is 1220. At 5'11" and exercising 5x/wk, you should be eating more than that! I suggest you visit a dietician.

I wish I had words of advice but I am in the exact same predicament except mine has been going on since the end of October! I've tried upping exercise,lowering exercise, eating more which caused me to gain 2 lbs on top of the weight I have to lose. LOL! It's insane....I went so far as to ask my doctor to refer me to an endocrinologist but she declined my request. But maybe that is an option for you? Go to your doctors and request bloodwork to see if your thyroid is low and to check your blood sugar. I'm sorry you are so frustrated but I completely understand the frustration but I keep at it in hopes that eventually it will all come together and I will lose something. At this point 10 lbs would be amazing! :sad:

Eat more. Helped me when I had slowed

I wish I had words of advice but I am in the exact same predicament except mine has been going on since the end of October! I've tried upping exercise,lowering exercise, eating more which caused me to gain 2 lbs on top of the weight I have to lose. LOL! It's insane....I went so far as to ask my doctor to refer me to an endocrinologist but she declined my request. But maybe that is an option for you? Go to your doctors and request bloodwork to see if your thyroid is low and to check your blood sugar. I'm sorry you are so frustrated but I completely understand the frustration but I keep at it in hopes that eventually it will all come together and I will lose something. At this point 10 lbs would be amazing! :sad:

You basically just described my situation to a tee. The worst (or good, depending on how you see it) part is, there's nothing wrong with me from an endocrinology perspective. I'm now considering going with a radical diet like Dr. Bernstein or some other ****.

Have you had your glucose levels checked? People who are insulin resistant (not diabetic) can have difficulty losing weight. You can also have metabolism issues if you have other conditions like PCOS, etc.

How are you calculating your exercise calories? If you don't have a HRM, you could be overestimating your burn. Have you got a food scale? You could be underestimating your food.

My loss slowed completely until recently when I've stopped eating mine back. I have a HRM and a food scale, but was merely exercising enough to eat s***ty food so now that I'm not, it's working. Gotta be honest with yourself!!

Hi!

It sounds like you might not be eating enough calories for your activity level.

For example with me, I weighted 252 when I started. Was given around 1700 calorie limit to eat (set up to lose 2#/week) because of my height, weight and age. I'm 5'8". That 1700 has nearly a 1000 calorie deficit built in to it already. So, if I did nothing, and ate 1700, I would lose about 2# a week. If I am active, I log it. I usually burn 400-600 calories a day in my daily activity/exercises. I eat most of those calories back. My goal is to have a NET calorie of 1700 every day.

My first week, I wasn't paying attention to that. I lost 9# the first week (mostly water weight). The second week, my body started to gain again. By the 3rd week, I was up 5#. I had gained back almost everything I had lost initially. Talk about frustrating!

I looked back at my NET calories. I only ate around 900 NET calories for nearly 10 days. I was starving my body and it was in rebellion....saving every ounce of fat it could. I boosted my calories back to around 1700 NET by eating back my exercise calories and I lost 2.5# in 3 days. Energy levels are up, headaches are gone...all thanks keeping to my NET calorie requirement.

Don't be afraid to eat those exercise calories. Remember, MPF already has a deficit built in to the calories it gives you. Only pay attention to net calories...don't be freaked out by seeing your total calories at 2100 or 2400...it is NET that really counts. Try eating your NET for a week. I'll bet you the scale will move down in 7 days.

Jill


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Hmmm...on someone tall like you, losing 20 pounds is like those elusive last 10 pounds for most people. It's just going to take a lot of work and perseverance and it'll probably happen slowly. I am on my last 9...I want them gone, but I am also just focusing more energy on strength training to create longer and leaner muscles which has already changed the way my clothes fit in the last 5 weeks.

I've totally been there. I've hit plateaus a couple of times while dieting and exercising (always eating well and responsibly while doing the math with calories in and out), but even beyond that I've found that it takes me at LEAST a month of consistent effort to even BEGIN seeing the scale go down. Others in my family have had the same experience so I think it must be that some people are predisposed to this type of weight "loss" pattern. For all of us, once the weight has started to come off it has come off steadily. It's like our bodies resisted and resisted and resisted, and then suddenly got the message. Unless your doctors find some kind of explanation, I'd encourage you to just keep on trying. It's super frustrating, I know.