FED UP!!!

i know how you feel. when u've reached a point u can't seem to get passed. what helped me was changing up my workout, push myself a little harder a little longer. i hope this helps

I can't see your food diary but maybe you have to change things up a bit with your food. Maybe one day go over your calories and the next go under. Try this for a week or two and see if that makes a difference. It helped me a lot when I was'nt loosing any weight for over a month, maybe it will halp you too. Sometimes the body needs a change to start up the matabolism again. Maybe even chnage things up with your excercise. Hope this helps.

-Tanya

Maybe it would help if you could make your food diary public, we can help and give you some friendly advice then.

And quitting is not an option...what's the alternative, give up and gain it all back? It's easier to keep going than it is to be fat.

You've lost 23 lbs, and that's awesome!

I agree with Tanya7712, varying your calorie deficit day to day may help. Here's an article that has info of this type of diet (zig zagging). It also has some really good info on refeeding that might help as well.

http://fitness-review-network.com/fatloss/zig-zag-calories-for-weight-loss/

Oh, and like toots said, quitting is not an option!!! The only way to fail is to not try.

because i was so just like.. forget this crap kinda attitude.

Because, that's going to get you the results you want?

I know it's hard sometimes, but think reasonably! :flowerforyou:

I lost 40 pounds once. I hit a plateau. I said "screw it." I gained 70 POUNDS. After 2.5 months of hard work, I'm JUST NOW back to where I started the first time. So my advice is don't do that. It really stinks.

Change your workout. Try walking/running. Try 30 Day Shred. If you still have a vice (like diet soda or sugar-free stuff or whatever), try giving that up. But quitting is definitely not going to get you where you want to be.

Everyone is different and like you I felt like nothing I did was ever good enough. I spent the better part of the last 10 or so years above 200 lbs and finally at 211 said I am sick of working my butt off and eating less than everyone else and decided to get medical help. I waited so long because I just new my doctor would look at me and say "Eat less and exercise!" and I wouldn't blame him because to look at me you would think I do neither. I wasn't looking for an easy way out just a different more enlightened direction. He suprised me. He said lets do some blood work. Turned out my sugar was too high and I wasn't insulin resistant yet but he put me on Metformin to decrease the sugar production in my liver and asked me to follow South Beach. Also found out TSH is in the normal range but he checked my T4 and it was hardly working so put me on lowest dose of Synthroid. Now 6 months later I am not killing myself and I am 31 lbs lighter. Actually I made it sound easy but I eliminated practically ALL my sugar real and fake (except Apples now and then, and Lindt 80% chocolate for occasional cravings), I don't eat refined carbs like bread, pasta, or rice (except for La Tortilla low carb), and I have a small bowl of all bran and special K protien plus mixed and milk every morning. The first two weeks I felt sick and it was ridiculously hard however I knew this was my last chance so I stuck to it and now six months later I can watch others eat anything they want and I don't care. All this just to say maybe it isn't your willpower but what you eat. Maybe talking to a doctor and looking for an imbalance would be a good starting point. Otherwise, cut out a couple carby items for a few weeks and see if it makes a difference. Sorry so long Good luck.

I didn't read all of the posts so they may have said this already but:

Workout wise, you can't do the same thing every day. Your body gets used to the exercise and you don't burn as many calories. You need to vary your exercise and try doing intervals of different inclines/resistance.

What are you eating? I am an accountability partner with someone where we email every day. I will take a look at your dairy if you want me too daily as well to check our your calories. Friend me if you are interested. Otherwise, GOOD LUCK and keep working hard. switch up your exercise!