Wedding dress doesnt fit! :(

is your diet correct? 700 calories today?? if so increase how much you eat.. your body is probably in starvation mode.

is your diet correct? 700 calories today?? if so increase how much you eat.. your body is probably in starvation mode.

Agreed! I went back a few days in your diary...assuming you are logging everything,you should definitely eat more. A minimum of 1200 is best for EVERYONE! If you're eating less than that daily, it's unlikely you'll loose anything and possibly gain.

It can sometimes seem like not eating much will be a faster way to loose weight but really it does more harm than good if you aren't getting at least 1200.

How close are you to fitting the dress? I had this EXACT same problem before my wedding and I was so stressed out about it I felt like calling the whole thing off. Then I took the dress and had it let out so that it fit me and I stopped worrying about it and I had a wonderful day on my wedding You know, even if you don't reach that number on the scale, you are going to be beautiful on your wedding day! You don't need more things to be worried about in the final 2 months before your big day. Don't stress over it, just get the dress altered and let the worries go, I say!

Im not trying to be negative.. but looking at your diary - your choices arent the best for the last few days - unless you havent logged everything- try upping your non processed foods and lower the sodium - drink lots of water to count for that. your body needs at least 1200 net calories ( that's over and above exercise cals) to function.

try raising your cal's and hopefully you'll see results.. nice fresh foods and lean protein - you'll get the results you need.
good luck -

I haven't lost weight either in a long time and have been super depressed about it but I did lose 15 inches. Are you losing inches maybe? Also, just this weekend I lost a bunch of weight from nowhere so maybe your body will adjust?

I only looked back maybe a week into your diary but maybe it could be the foods your eating?

I think a big component most people overlook is what foods they eat. From experience no matter how much you work out or how many calories you are eating it makes a HUGE difference on what types of foods you eat. I would suggest to eat clean, suuuper clean...and cut WAY back on sugar.

like 3 months ago before i changed and started eating clean i would use the eliptical for an hour every single day, and didnt really eat over 2000 calories, but in those calories was lots of processed foods and junk food (sugar). After MONTHS of using the eliptical so much I really didnt see any results at all...3 months ago i changed and now eat super clean, i try to cut out the sugar as much as possible and i have definetly seen results!!!

Other than diet (which everyone has mentioned, and is the main reason you're not losing weight), exactly how much are you working out? If you're just going through the motions, you won't see any results. If you're training too hard, you won't see any results (overtraining).

After looking at your food diary, I'd say its probably the reason. You can workout all day long, but if you put junk in your body, you're negating all of your hard work. Doritos, cookies, and pop tarts aren't good if you're trying to lose weight.

I looked at your diary too. Sorry to sound judgemental, but i didn't see one single bit of fresh fruit or vegetables. Even the meats you are eating are highly processed.

And from what i understand, diet sodas are really not good for you and impact both what you subsequently feel like eating and how your body processes nutrients.

Also, either you are not drinking water or you are not tracking it.

You can exercise all you want, but if you don't eat healthy clean food, you will struggle to be healthy.

One suggestion i would make is to pick one meal and make it all fresh veggies and fruit. A big chopped salad. And for dressing, use a squeeze of lemon juice and some cracked pepper. Maybe add some really lean meat too, like some baked white fish, or even canned tuna (water packed and try to find low sodium). Fill yourself with that stuff as full as you can. Then plan your other meals around that one big shot of really clean good food.

Good luck!

Make sure you're eating enough. Are you measuring yourself too? Have you lost any inches at all?

Tues 1390 - 290 = 1100 net

Wed 1538

Thurs 1580 Pizza and a pop tart for breakfast

Fri -tues blank

Thurs 1210 - 895 burn = 315 net (13 grams of protein for the whole day)

Fri 1310 -760 burn = 550 net

Sat 1961 -822 burn = 1139
(900 of the calories on this day came from alchohol)

Sun 1560 One mexican restaurent meal for the whole day

Mon 1630 which consisted of one burger and a milkshake thingie for the whole day

Tues 1328 - 755 burn = 573 net

Wed 1034

Thurs 1026

Friday 410
Kellogs Pop Tart - Frosted Cherry, 2 pastry
Dr. Pepper - Diet Dr. Pepper - 12 oz Can, 1 can
Please tell me that you are just a huge slacker with food entry and that wasn't really what you ate for the whole day.

Sat blank
Sun 770




You are not the first person to think "I lose weight by eating less and exercising so if I eat almost nothing and do extreme cardio workouts I will lose even more!"


Ok so you have 8 weeks left to go and how much do you need to lose?
I get the whole pressure of the wedding thing. Its a big expense, you want to look beautiful in your photos. Everything must be perfect.

First you need to look at the worst case scenerio, what if you don't lose this weight in time? You need a plan apart from "I must lose this weight". Assume that you aren't going to make that deadline get over the whole freakout of that idea and come up with a sane plan. Can that dress be adjusted? If it can what is the deadline for you to get it adjusted? If it can't be adjusted and you dont fit into you better have another backup plan. Friend who still has their wedding dress, finding out the cost of hiring another, whatever.

Then work out your BMR and your TDEE
Eat less than your TDEE but more than your BMR.
If you do a cardio burn on top of that eat those back.

Your body may take a few weeks to adjust to being treated properly before you start to lose weight again which brings you pretty damn close to your wedding day but at the moment what you are doing isnt working for you.

While yes you can eat a diet consisting of twinkies and still lose weight if you are eating at a deficit, a vegetable occasionally won't hurt you. (Your body will like it).

Good luck and whatever happens I hope its a wonderful day for you and you future husband.

Oh dear! I looked at your diary and I found your problem!

You aren't eating enough calories! You need to eat AT LEAST 1200 a day. And that is still not enough. You will notice weight loss once you start eating more.

Also, they stuff you ARE eating is terrible. I didn't see one good nutritional food item in your diary.

I've lost 8 pounds in 4 weeks. (which is normal). Check out my diary and see what I've been eating.

Maybe do a cleanse? Idk if they're really that good as they sound, but I know a lot of people that swear by them.

Calories aside, the foods you are eating aren't good. They don't have nutrition. I see lots of junk like nachos and pop tarts. Start making your food at home and eat around 1,200 a day (no less). Keep working out while eating like that and it will come off quickly.

Does your dress not fit or is it not what you envision? If you eat 1000-1200 a day you will lose. That is what I eat and then with exercise it becomes less. I'm not trying to lose weight at this point just stay the same. You need to be realistic about your goals and what your body will handle. If you have gainned a siginficate amount so that the dress truely doesn't fit a good seamstress can take care of it

I'm not sure what you are using to track your exercises calories. If its MFP, i'd only count about 75% of the calories it shows. The sight usually over estimates, especially on the elliptical.
But also, what everyone else is saying, you need more nutritious foods, rather than junk. Try eating more protein and less processed foods.

Good luck.