HELP! Any ideas of what is going on???

your diet looks pretty good.But you have to remember all of that food adn water adds weight. What you probably need to do is weigh yourself in on one day where your carbs are kinda low and you dont drink as much water. You should also do it in the morning...

They say that when you drastically change your calorie intake, your body switches to "hunger mode". Which means, you do not lose weight so fast anymore. :sad:

I guess you just have to stick with it, and your body will have to "give" sooner or later.

Hey! I know it can get discouraging! Trust me. I have had a rough March!! Great one week and iffy the rest of the month. It's kind of amazing how your body can mess with you!!

Anyway, your diet seems to be good and you are taking into the consideration the exercise, etc. Are you drinking enough water? Also, maybe the night before you weigh (assuming you weigh in the morning, one day a week), watch your snacks, sodium and water. Those can add up to either a maintain or even a gain. The good news is that it is not real weight, but it can mess with the scale.

I see you are only trying to lose 27 lbs. I don't mean "only" in the sense that it is not as important as anyone else but with me starting this having to lose 135, down 71 and trying to lose another 64....27 lbs would be heaven! All about perspective!

ANYWAY, you lost the first 5, which was mostly water weight (which is the average of what a lot of people do in the first week) and then the 1 lb losses are actually very good and consistent with your current weight and what you are trying to do. I wouldn't worry too much about it. I mean, as hard as it will be, I know I will get to the point that my losses come on much slower due to my weight getting lower and lower.

Also, as much as I like diet coke, I have all but cut it and all soda out simply because it does nothing for me. There is no nutritional value or "help" when it comes to keeping me full. That is one trick I have learned. Eat and drink things that will keep me satisfied because I hate that hollow stomach feeling. I have an evening snack...and lately in the cold weather, it has been a mug of diet cocoa with a 100 cal pack or something. But the cocoa is much more filling and keeps me going. If you don't like that, try decaf green or herbal teas or something else that might keep you feeling satisfied.

I am kind of rambling on here, but just trying to help you figure this out. It could very well be a weird week where your body is holding onto water more or you had more sodium and that could account for the maintain OR if you are working out, it could be your body adjusting to that as well. Don't worry...just keep up the good work and you will be great!!

Tami

i was in the same situation but i stuck with it and after having a plateau for almost a month i finally started losign weight again. Read Bank's post about the stage of weight loss, you're probably in stage 2. So be patient and the weight will start comning off again soon!

Thanks borjanap - it was also a "bad time of the month" to weigh if you know what I mean... :grumble:

Omg, there you go girl!!! hehe That always messes with my weigh-ins!! Please! You are fine!

IMPORTANT

You MUST eat the calories your are given and the calories you burn. Your body NEEDS 1200 calories ok? So, if you eat 1200 and the burn 400 technically you've only eaten 800 calories in a day. That is WAY below what you should be eating and will cause your body to slow down it's metabolism and put you in stravation mode.

Seriously, if you get 1200 kcal and then 600 kcal on a treadmill you NEED to eat 1800kcal. Does that make sense?

No use thinking, ooh goody I've burnt off 400 kcal of what i've eaten today that is NOT good!

IMPORTANT

You MUST eat the calories your are given and the calories you burn. Your body NEEDS 1200 calories ok? So, if you eat 1200 and the burn 400 technically you've only eaten 800 calories in a day. That is WAY below what you should be eating and will cause your body to slow down it's metabolism and put you in stravation mode.

Seriously, if you get 1200 kcal and then 600 kcal on a treadmill you NEED to eat 1800kcal. Does that make sense?

No use thinking, ooh goody I've burnt off 400 kcal of what i've eaten today that is NOT good!

Just a though about burned calories:
When I started using a heart rate monitor I discovered that my stationary bike shows me more calories burnt that my heat rate monitor. The difference was huge! Ex. 400 and 600 calories so it's something you shouldn't ignore!!!
I weight 140lb so I guess monitor at my bike is set for a heavier or less fit person.
I think it may be important for us all, girls, because we are not very heavy :flowerforyou:

Don't despair, I know it is frustrating at times!! It could have been that time of the month, definitely...why don't you just let it go for this week but continue with your exercise and nutrition plan. Everything looks good to me and about the night time snacking, I don't think it is bad unless you are going over you caloric limit and you are eating too close to your bedtime. 8pm would be the latest if you go to bed at 11pm. Hang in there!!!!

well i was doing the same thing and wasnt loosing at all. So now my daily diet consists of

For breakfast at 6 am
l bowl of All bran strawberry medly with 2% milke
At 10 am - bannana
Lunch is one whole wheat sandwich either tomato sanwich or egg salad sandwich no yellow has miricle whip not mayo or one lean cicken sandwich. I add mustard and lettuce to my sandwiches also around 1/2 a cucumber
pm snack oround 2 30 is usually a yogurt

Supper has been one can of tuna in water and a can of vegetables like green beans or peas yes thats a whole can of each.

i drink lots of water in the day and if i do stay up past 10 to watch a movie ill have one 100 cal bag of popcorn
I have been loosing like .5 lbs in a 3 or 4 day period its slow but its working!!

Keep it up itll come along

My exercizes are Tae Bo Amped 30 mins next day 41 mins next day 52 mins then i repeat i exercize every day

It seems to me that if your BMR is 1400 you should not eat below that level. Read THE answers to THE questions thread, it is a great explanation.

Yep. I'm with Alf. Don't change anything esp. if it's that time of month. Once you get through it, you will lose a few more pounds. I never lose the week before my period, but start losing again the week of. The week after is usually good! It sounds like your body is adjusting to your diet to lose about a pound a week after your first initial, big loss. GL!:flowerforyou:

Re-read your initial post, only translate it. "Ive lost 6 pounds in a month." That is awesome!

Our bodies hate math. And, the less you have to lose, the slower it will go. Also, I gain about five pounds one week a month, so if you didn't GAIN anything in your special lady time, that's practically a loss.

Keep the faith!:flowerforyou: