What am I doing wrong?

I have the same problem been doing all the right things for about the same length of time! I think my problem is that I am not eating the right amt of foods or exercising properly! With all the support from everyone I am sure you have great success,, good luck to you

If you are sure you are doing everything right, then you may want to consider that there may be a medical issue going on. Two that I deal with that make it extremely difficult to loose weight is having hypothyroidism and also having sleep apnea. I basically had my doctor tell me that I would not loose weight until I started sleeping better and I wouldn't start sleeping better until I lost weight. After starting treatment for my sleeep apnea did I start loosing weight for the first time in over a year. I'd go to your doctor and having them check things over. It might also help to make you food diary public. That will help to see what you've been doing. Good luck!

Definitely look into what lovinglisa talked about! As odd as it may sound you may not be eating enough calories which could easily cause your body to "pause" to see what's going on. There are a few people on here that will run your numbers for you and make recommendations... I know "helloitsdan" is one, but there are others.
If you are eating the 1200 or around there that MFP recommends to almost everyone then you aren't eating enough. Here is one of my favorite articles on this topic. It's long, but written in a very understandable way.

Good luck with your journey! Feel free to friend me if you need support!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing

So your TDEE is being estimated at 3168 and you are eating 1800 - 1900 cals which are the 1400 base goal from MFP plus the 400-500 of exercise.

On the face of it you have a calorie deficit of over 1000 calories a day, which is worth about 2 pounds per week weight loss. But you have none.

I'm a practical experimental sort of guy - I would try eating just the 1400 and not exercising for 2 weeks. See how that goes. Just be reasonably active without the training. Be your own lab rat.

I'm confused with the TDEE. I plugged in all my info and it came up saying my TDEE is 3168...so what does that mean? How many cals a day should I eat if I'm working out and burning about 400-500 cals a day?

TDEE takes into account your lifestyle, and therefore, your exercise calories. That's what you'd eat if you wanted to maintain. 15 - 20% below TDEE should give you a good weight loss, so about 2500 cals a day (and don't eat back your exercise calories). If you're scared to up it that much, you can go up slowly - a 100 calories a week, for instance, and see where that gets you. Your calorie deficit would be about 600 a day, enough to give you a 1 lb./week loss.

your body is probably fighting back and/or catching up. I think you should take 2-3 rest and recovery days per week...especially early on in the journey. Fact is that rest and recovery days are AS IMPORTANT TO PROGRESS as exercise days. If you aren't giving your body enough time to recover, then its going to fight you for progress.

also, just checking to make sure you are using a HRM with a chest strap. Some HRMs are not accurate...and while I don't doubt you are working hard, its pretty difficult to burn 400+ calories through resistance training.

also, I'm not exactly sure what "all my water" means...but aim for half your body weight in ounces each day.

I felt the same way when i started back in January and saw absolutely no results at the end of February.

I went to see my doc and he ran a litany of tests (there is absolutely nothing wrong with me), he looked at my chart and said, "your problem is your birth control, you won't see any weight loss until you come off" (I've been on Depo provera for 9 years.

After an EKG and an echocardiogram, he put me on phentermine and told me to stop the shots. The hormone is going to be in my system until like July (according to the OB, who I visited to confirm my GPs diagnosis)...

Anywho, I guess this is all to say, it very well could be one of your medications; especially if you are on any synthetic hormones or steroids (i.e. Asthma medication, skin medication, etc.).

You should work with your physican(s) and figure out a weight loss plan.

I have been counting calories (eating a significantly less amount because of the depo), trying to eat better, and excercising as much as possible.

I have lost 15lbs (since my doctor's visit) and I am not looking back.

It can be done, don't be discouraged. If you talk to your doctor they may have alternative medication suggestions or at least may be able to give you some nutrition guidance (i.e. my doc suggested I cut back on carbs, dairy, soy, and meat because of the nature of the hormone in depo).

Good luck and stay positive and keep at it, it may be slow at first but you will see progress eventually. Also, you may want to get your thyroid tested and just have a physical to make sure that there isn't an underlying medical condition that may be making it hard for you to lose the weight.

No way we can advise or comment with a closed diary.

If you really want help then we need to see what's going on!!!

Take Care!!

What you are doing is really scary and you are very brave! You are right about muscle and fat....a pound is a pound is a pound. If we were all made of gold we'd be pretty da** small. Please don't give up. You are worth it! Lifestyle changes are HARD WORK! Think about people who quit smoking...and that's something they can give up. None of us can quit food cold turkey. I'm no road map to success here about calories, exercise and balance, my heart goes out to you. Keep it up is all I can say to you. The exercise alone will help with attitude in the end.

You say you're drinking your water...how much water is that? The 8 glasses?

I was in the same situation, not losing anything and doing all the right things. I doubled my water just at the beginning of this week. I'm drinking a gallon/day now. I've lost weight two days in a row.

Food/calories are necessary, but don't forget water is more important to your body.

I would definitely suggest eating more. I'm just under 300lbs and as I was losing MFP was dropping my daily cals and I my weight plateauing and couldn't understand why. My BMR is 2089 and my TDEE is about 2800 so I eat between those numbers. Like you I do lots of cardio and some strength training. Eating more has jump started my weight loss and I see a change of 1-2lbs a week. Good luck!

Hi, you said you are on medication? Is your thyroid normal? What kind of cardio are you doing? How many calories do you conusme a day? What is your diet like ? Be happy to give you some insight that I may have.