starting to get discouraged again

I think everyone who is on a weight loss journey has a stage where they do not loose anything. If it makes you feel any better in 4 weeks i have only lost 1.6lb :-( i ensure that i have at least a 4000 calorie deficit every weeks and have only lost weight on one of those weeks. Have you tried changing your exercise regime for some people this is the most effective way of getting out of the plataeu

Don't get discouraged. You're losing at a good rate. You should be aiming for roughly 1lb to 1.5lb per week in order to minimise loose skin.

Just keep your chin up and keep ploughing through.
You're losing which is the main thing.

It's extremely frustrating when we don't lose up to out expectations. I looked through your diary and although you've stayed below your calories you do need to clean it up, a lot. Eat less processed food and more fruits and veggies. Also, are you being 100% honest and accurate with your diary?

You're learning a new lifestyle. It takes a while. Just don't give up. Good luck

Just had a look at your diary and unless you are in a highly active job then perhaps your daily calories are too high. Also agree with the above comments about your foods. You seem to be eating high calorie foods that won't keep you full very long and your daily calories are getting used up pretty quickly.

If you post your stats I can have a try at figuring out what your daily calorific intake should be. If you don't feel comfortable posting them then feel free to message me with them.

I notice your diet seems to consist of alot of bread and crips, which is a diet killer. You say you don't like veg but could you not try adding some butter or sauce to veggies and may putting fruit in yoghurt or cereal. I think if you tried replacing the bread and crisps with healthier stuff you may see a big difference. I'm not an expert mind and I still like stuff like that once in a while but I find my mind and body are alot happier now I have cut them right down. Good luck anyway and I hope you find what works for you :flowerforyou:

You're comparing yourself to people who are eating amazingly well and wondering why you're getting nowhere when you're eating bad food. You laugh about hating vegetables and fruit? Well, what other healthy food is there?!? How can we help if you laugh about eating healthily?? We are not going to say your diet is OK and to keep going as you are, don't worry about the food we are designed to eat-continue with ice cream and whiskey and magically the weight will melt off?

If you're serious about losing weight, darlin' you NEEEED to eat vegetables and fruit, up the protein from lean meat and keep the rest clean. Lean meat is turkey steaks, chicken breasts, tuna, salmon, lean steak.

You need to eat breakfast and you need to start having protein for breakfast so a poached (not fried) egg and a piece of multigrain toast or a yoghurt with nuts or a protein shake.

You need to start snacking healthily-nuts and a piece of fruit, a multigrain (ryevitas) crispbread with ricotta or cottage cheese, a yoghurt with nuts. You should be having protein with every meal. Every time you have something sweet like fruit, have a couple nuts (not many, nuts are highly calorific) to stop your sugar rollercoastering.

For dinner, don't eat rice. Instead get one of those thin pita breads, spread some tomato sauce on it, cut up some capsicum peppers, onion, mushroom, get some tinned pineapple and grill some chicken, chuck some low fat cheese on top and grill it. Voila, easy healthy pizza.

Boil some pumpkin, sweet potato, peas, corn and potato (although I do say below to cut it out) then put it in a roasting tray and roast it til it's crispy. There you go, healthy roast veges.

Sainsburys have low fat microwave meals - There's a minced beef hotpot one, chicken hotpot one etc. They are fairly low in calories, really tasty and really quick if you're late home from work.

Look up healthy (make sure they are actually healthy) recipes, cook a tonne. Divide it up and freeze it.

Limit your starches so try to cut out potatoes and keep your carbs to a minimum. My old PT used to say, carb loading and not enough cardio=fat.

Cut out the whiskey and have it one night a week. You can then eat the magnum on this cheat day as well and the crisps. Limit them to this one day but don't overdo them. Don't eat back your hard earned week on one day.

I don't mean to be mean because I know how hard it is to lose weight but honestly. You cannot say that you look at your diet and say that you eat like you want to lose weight. Write what you've eaten in the past fortnight down in a list and highlight the healthy foods you've had. *shrug*. Hope this post helps and makes up for my nastiness before.

I think you just need to learn what to eat. You say you have been big since you were 5 or 6. So I'm guessing you didn't really eat healthy from childhood.
Give veggies a go you may learn to love them.

eee all I can think of is what would you prefer? To learn to love vegies or to have to carry around a colostomy bag when you're 50.

well i cant thinnk this will help me forgive ur nastyness because that really upset me, before u commented i was actually in the process of writing down recipes for fruit smoothies and i dont need to eat veg im taking vitamins because i have an eye condition that means i need them (because i dont like veg i substitue) but thankyou for your help

I was just about to recommend putting your veggies and fruits in a smoothie add vanilla whey protien sweeten it with splenda or honey ...I use a ninja so that everything comes out smooth and yummy...I eat fruits and veggies but it just helps me to get in the recommended amount and helps me keep my protien levels up. This is a journey, a process, do thing one step at a time...otherwise you wil become overwhelmed and give up...so take one bad habit this week and replace it with one of the good ones...and keep adding a new habit each week....and ignore the ugly posters/comments...that would have set me back too...

What all veggies have you tried if you don't mind me asking?

It may be the way you are preparing them as well. No rule says you can add a lil seasoning or prepare it a different way. If you like chicken, grill the chicken and use the same seasoning you use on your chicken to season your veggies. Grilling them together combines the flavors and you may get an unexpected surprise.

Also, you may just not like the taste of canned veggies. Fresh is always better tasting and better for you.