I've only been at it for about 8 weeks and I've lost 12 pounds. The past couple of weeks have been tough, though. In my case, I think the problem has been too much fat & carb intake and not enough water. Also, sometimes I'm not sure what to enter for something I eat so I make my best guess based on existing entries, the nutritional info of which can vary widely.

As for you, fitmemom, if you're under your daily calorie goals and getting plenty of daily exercise and drinking at least 8 cups of water a day, but still not losing weight, your numbers must be wrong somewhere. Either you're under-reporting caloric/fat intake or your overestimating calories burned in exercise. If you're burning more than you take in, you lose weight. If you're not losing weight, one side of the equation is off.

Hang in there, though. We do the best we can, make the best choices we can, and live with the outcomes, whatever they are. That's all we can do.

Peace out,
Dharma

:happy: I have been doing this for just over a month. My weight fluctuates so much that I have given up being on the scale for a while, it just depresses me. I have lost inces though, I am wearing my skinny jeans again and am feeling so much better! I do cardio 3 to 4 times a week(running, mainly) for an hour each time and that has seemed to help. The thing that helps me the most is being responsible for everything that I put in my mouth! I will think twice about eating certain things because I dont want to have to log it or find it. I love MFP!!!

I like what you said about being responsible for everything you put in your mouth and not wanting to log it. I've decided to log before I eat, and if I want to still eat it, then ok. I am giving up sugar because I truly think I'm addicted! I've been doing this for 8 days and I love it. It is helping me to see where I'm messing up, so I can correct it.

Hi, I apologize for posting so late...I have lost some weight(a few pounds)...but I mostly just feel better. My clothes are definitely fitting better and my stomach is a little flatter. I have been eating 1200 calories per day. This is not an excuse but age has certainly played a factor in my case and also the fact that I went through early menopause...oh well I enjoy logging my food and being a member of MFP!!

I just heard the advice "Don't eat if your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize it!" I thought that was funny, but probably works well. I also liked the other person's comment about logging food first and then deciding if you will still eat it. I did that with a restaurant yesterday and changed my "regular" order because I had no idea how truly bad it was. I've only been tracking this stuff for a little over a week and I'm trying to just see where I am and what I need to do. I'm not terribly concerned about goal calories yet, as I'm figuring out where my baseline is and where adjustments need to be made.

I also use a Fitbit pedometer and it links with this site. They sync back and forth; I track food here and exercise is automatically calculated by the Fitbit. I need to check into the exercise part of things a bit more to see how the sites and numbers are really interacting with each other.

I would like to lose 15-20 lbs and have never dieted before. I've always had a decent metabolism, but over 40 sucks! :ohwell:

I'm doing ok on the weight loss. I have good days and bad days (in terms of my commitment to sticking to 1200 cal/day). I'm 44. In my current attempt, I've been logging on MFP for about a month. I have lost about 3 pounds. Want to lose (and KEEP OFF!) 7 more.

I'm trying to focus on 150 minutes of moderate exercise (brisk walking, yoga, some circuit training) too. As well as converting to (almost entirely) organic food diet. GMO foods do not seem like they've been proven safe.

I celebrate the successes when I have them.

Amy