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hey there. sounds like your metabolism needs a good kick in the you know what. its there, its just in hiding. perhaps an extra bout of 20 minutes of cardio in the morning for a jump start? just a suggestion!!

thanks for your advice. I checked my bmr on fat2fitradio and it says my bmr (just living) is around 1700. How much should I subtract to loose weight. I eat pretty healthy, cook a lot fresh stuff, eat no fast food or ready to eat stuff and I'm a vegetarian. I already asked my docotr why I don't lose weight and she said, everybody is different and probably my metabolism is very slow and not made for loosing weight. Or my psyche doesn't want to lose weight because I need protection. Don't know. It's just really frustrating. But many thanks for your nice words and help. I opend my diary, so probably you see any mistakes there.

i cant believe your doctor told you that!!

are you taking the meds for your thyroid?

sounds like you need some help getting your metabolism jump started. my advice is
1. eat more. eat at least your BMR for a few weeks or even a month. eat more protein, so since you're veggie go for eggs, avocadoes, nuts, protein powder, greek yogurt.
2. how are you exercising? if you arent, then start doing more things where you are working with your body weight. if you're a newbie to exercise then you're body is going to work with you at first to build new muscle. muscle will help stimulate your metabolism as well. if you belong to a gym then get a trainer to to show you around the weight room so that you can start strength training

honestly if you have a sluggish metabolism, i think you should focus 1-2 months on getting it kick started and not worrying about weight loss.

you CAN lose weight. dont give up hope!

^^^ I agree. Eating more food now will get your metabolism going. Then you can lower your calorie intake and should be able to start at least walking by then (fingers crossed) So you metabolim will be going strong, calories will be down some (like about 400), and with even just walking...your weight should drop. Slowly but safely. Just make sure you eat your calories back once exercising...minus about 400-500 calories depending on if your body telling you it's hungry. A lot of times your body is getting dehydrated and makes you think it hungry. I usually keep a glass of water full, and guzzle it when I feel hungry...if Im still hungry in ten minutes then I eat something. Drink lots and LOTS of water!!! I drink about 18 glasses a day. It seems like a lot, but it's been working for me, and I have dropped a 1lb every four to five days. That's with little exercise because of my back problems. Try to up your fiber and protein. Btw...The eggs thing...I eat one hole egg and two egg whites, so I don't consume too much fat. I hope some of this helps. Good luck on your calorie slashing adventure

One issue I realized was that I wasnt even eating enough for my body to function. I would suggest you try fat2fitradio.com and use the bmr calculator to determin how many calories your body needs to just live and function. And then do that for one to two months and see if that helps.

MFP also has one if you go under the "Tools" section.

1. I see a lot of home cooked and well logged items ( went over the last 8 days or so) that's GOOD, but make the "quick add" entry your enemy. It gives you no information about FAT/CARBS/PROTEIN, and so on. You need that.

I noticed this too, after checking glancing at a couple of weeks or so of the food diary. I'm not the cleanest or healthiest eater, but I rarely use Quick Add, for the reasons given. While there is always a margin of error, you want as realistic a picture of your nutrients as you can get.

I wish the website showed the cool graph of carb / protein / fat ratios like the app - but I'm guessing that you should be eating a bit more consistantly and trying to maintain some reasonable carb / protein / fat ratio. From the days when you do have everything you eat listed that ratio is all over the place - including some very fat heavy days - probably over 50%.

thanks for your advice. I checked my bmr on fat2fitradio and it says my bmr (just living) is around 1700. How much should I subtract to loose weight.

If 1700 is your BMR you shouldn't subtract any to lose weight because your BMR is what your body needs just to function. Your body also needs calories for day-to-day activities and for digestion (we burn about 10% of our daily calories just digesting the food we eat). If this is true 1200 is about half of what you should be eating. If you entered all your info into MFP correctly it should have already subtracted the calories you need to lose weight so you might want to re-set your profile. I quickly did your calculations based on your 1700 calorie BMR and a sedentary lifestyle (little exercise) and 1930 calories per day would put you at a healthy 1 lb weight loss per week. Hope that helps.

ETA: I just read your weight which would not put you at a 1700 BMR, more like 1400-1500. Roughly 1575 calories per day would give you a 1lb weight loss per week.

Try to keep your calories between 1200 and 1400 always, never go under that, it can slow down weight loss. Cut back on cheese. Also you might want to go into settings and add sodium on to your food diary goals. You may be too high and that can make you retain water. When you eat carbs try to have at least a tiny bit of protein with it. IF you are too ill to go out and do sports than do some exercise indoors even if it is just jogging in place, or sit ups for a few minutes here and there through out the day. A lil bit is better than nothing.

I have thyroid problems too, so the weight won't just fall off like I wish it would. A couple of things that help me a lot are getting around 100 grams of protein every day, 35-40 grams of fiber, and I drink 12-16 glasses of water every day. I also include nuts, olive oil, or avacado every day so I'm getting good fats. The other thing I've notice is that in comparing MFP workout calories to what people get on their heart rate monitors--especially for younger, heavier people--the burn is way too high. I have a good friend in your exact situation and when she got a heart rate monitor she discovered that the workouts she'd been getting 1200 calories credit for were only burning around 700. Once she had an accurate record of her burn, she started losing 1-2 pounds per week.

One last thought. I don't know how much you're trying to lose and I don't think we're all made to look like bean poles, but if your bmi says you are obese and your doctor says you might be one of those people who can't lose weight, then I think you need a new doctor. On the other hand, if you're only about 10 pounds over what you want to be, your doc might be right--it may be your ideals that need an adjustment.

Sodium is the devil I say. I ate too much sodium and gained 4-5 lbs. I have lost it all again tho. Thank God! So saying that, make sure you have your information in correctly. take everything you eat. Just give it time. You said you are trying to fight off an infection. Your body needs to heal from that and you are trying to take nutrients away from it. Make sure that you are getting all your vitamins and such from your food if not take a supplement.