Starting to think weight loss is just a myth!

You need to pick a program for yourself and give it some time to let it work. If you increased your calories, then you only did it for like a day or two and that just isn't enough time to see progress.

If after a couple of weeks of eating more calories, you still don't see a change. Then, I would suggest going to a doctor. There may be a biological reason for it.

Are you medically considered overweight? Just curious since you look so toned in ur profile pic. The less you weigh the harder it is to lose.

Are you the girl in the Display Picture? If so, your body looks perfect.

Have you tried other plans, slimming world, weight watchers? I sometimes feel the same way hun, I lost 1 stone on SW then stopped losing, Weight Watchers lost nothing and so far have lost 1lb on calories. :S

You need to pick a program for yourself and give it some time to let it work. If you increased your calories, then you only did it for like a day or two and that just isn't enough time to see progress.

Lol you're probably right. I changed my goals 3 days ago and now trying to eat 1,300 - 1,400. I wish there were a healthy way to lose a lot of weight quickly because i am just crap at sticking to things unless i see quick results. Exercise i'm loving and won't find hard to keep up, sticking to cals isn't that hard either, but trying to eat the RIGHT things is a ball ache, especially when i'm not seeing results.

Are you medically considered overweight? Just curious since you look so toned in ur profile pic. The less you weigh the harder it is to lose.

No I'm about midway on the healthy weight range for my height/ age. I don't have a lot to lose and know it's supposed to be harder for us leaner/ slimmer people, but i've been doing this for a month now and expected to be losing at least 1lb a week. I'm not at all toned.. in that pic i hadn't exercised for 30 years hahaha!!

I think you look fantastic.

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At 5'6 and 130 you're at a perfectly healthy weight. Perhaps, your body is defending this weight because it's a HEALTHY and DESIRABLE weight for you. I understand that everyone has goals but perhaps eating at maintenance and lifting weights will shape your body and get you closer to looking the way you want.

I don't think getting to 115 pounds is necessarily the answer.

This sounds spot on to me. Your body looks great, and you're a perfectly healthy weight. Perhaps it's not so much that weight loss is a myth, as that you do not need to lose weight? Why force your body to give up something you don't have? You're genuinely lovely just as you are.

I can understand, perhaps, wanting to get fitter. But even there, your body looks very well toned, so it's a question of building on what you already have.

Don't bough to stupid pressure to be ultra thin. Skeletal figures look skeletal, not sexy.

You're allowed to have whatever goals you feel will make you happy, but I think your expectations about how fast you'll meet them might be unrealistic. Losing a pound a week when you're already in your healthy weight range is a lot to expect. Plus, over 30, things might just be naturally slower.

Maybe focus on fitness instead of the scale. It might not significantly impact the scale, but incorporating strength training will change the shape of your body.

You're allowed to have whatever goals you feel will make you happy, but I think your expectations about how fast you'll meet them might be unrealistic. Losing a pound a week when you're already in your healthy weight range is a lot to expect. Plus, over 30, things might just be naturally slower.

Maybe focus on fitness instead of the scale. It might not significantly impact the scale, but incorporating strength training will change the shape of your body.

I totally agree with this.

At your weight, losing 1lb a week is an unrealistic expectation. I'm similar in stats to you (5'5" and 122lbs, 34 years old). I really don't need to lose any more, although ideally I'd like to lose 4 more pounds just for vanity's sake. LOL! Since January I've been UPPING my calories and trying to keep a very, very small deficit between my eating and my total calorie burn for the day (around 250 calories). My weight when I started (January 1) was around 125lbs....so it has taken me 9+ weeks to lose about 3lbs and quite honestly, I'm thrilled with that.

Also, when you are already small-ish and don't have a ton of weight to lose, it's so important to remember that the scale only tells a small portion of the story. Make sure you are taking measurements (waist and hips at the very least) or taking some pictures that you can compare to. I've lost inches off my waist and hips during times when the scale really isn't budging at all. Body Fat % is another good measurement.

I would also recommend that you do a mix of strength training and cardio for your workouts. If you build muscle and lose fat you're going to be more compact even at the same weight. You might find doing it that way that you can lose the inches/pant sizes that you are desiring without any change on the scale at all (or very minimal).

Check out this blog by a fellow MFP'er. She's got amazing pictures to show just how much the scale doesn't tell the whole truth.

http://www.isthisbliss.com/

I eat at 1,200 calories, i eat at 3,000 calories, i exercise more, i exercise less.... i still haven't lost any weight (lost 1lb the first week which i'm assuming was water). Starting to think some people are genetically pre-dipositioned to keep weight on no matter what, barring illness/ weight loss surgery. Getting really ticked off with all the posts on here about eating more calories/ eating less/ eating at or below or above BMR. It's all confusing and disheartening and really wish someone would just tell me the magic formula.

Read this:

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/you-are-not-different.html

I understand tnat you're trying to be helpful, and i take your comments as a compliment honestly. However, I am here because I want to lose 2 dress sizes and be the size i was before i got lazy and just allowed myself to pig out and not do any exercise. A size 12-14 may look nice to you, but I don't want to be a size 12-14. I feel happy and more attractive at a size 8 - 10.

At age almost 32 I'm well beyond the stage of being influenced by the media or society. I know what looks good "to me", and that's slimmer than I am now. I didn't just become this size through nature... i worked at it by drinking hot chocolate after hot chocolate with marshmallows and cream (my weakness), sometimes up to 5 per day for over a year!!! Among other things of course..

I don't so much care about reaching 115lbs, so long as the size 8 jeans fit me

This is of course your prerogative. But at what age were you a size 8 previously? Has your overall body shape shifted since then? Your photo looks curvy - like you have a beautiful hourglass shape? I guess I just wonder whether you're trying to hit a target that's not necessarily entirely in keeping with your body shape and body composition.

At the weight you're at, i suspect that getting the right exercise routine is going to be what you need to lose the inches, rather than focusing on weight loss per se. You have too little to lose to be able to sledge hammer the body into giving it up, so eat more, lift some weights, and do regular moderate cardio. See how that works?

My recommendations?

1 - Throw away your scale.
2 - Start lifting heavy. (Recommend New Rules of Lifting for Women as a good starting point)
3 - Consistently eat enough to support your body.
4 - Start shopping for smaller clothes.

This is what I was thinking ... except for #4. That should be reserved for a reward (IMHO)

my thighs spread when i sit--so if you get that figured out please send me a message!

I have had good luck just sticking to the MFP guidelines and I have a thyroid problem so that is saying a lot. You said you exercise a lot. Do you eat back your exercise calories? If not, you may not be eating enough calories as odd as it sounds. There are lots of opinions on eating back your exercise calories and you can search the topic. If you are eating 1200 calories for a day but burned 500 calories, if you don't eat the 500 calories back you are only at 700 calories which isn't enough for your body.