anyone else been here months and not lost a thing?

This is actually my 3rd account after about 6 months I say "*kitten* this, i'm not losing so why try." Then I delete my account. A month later I'm like "Nooooo what did i do!! Must keep going" LOL I think I've been stuck at 150-160 for almost 2 years now.

Hey!

I started out the same. In the first 4 weeks I only lost 1lb and it sucked. I was so frustrated because i was only eating 1300 cals but i wasnt exercising . Last week I decided to up my cals (only by 300) so that it was level with my BMR and do a bit more exercise. I cut out soda and replaced it with sparkling water and iv'e lost 2lbs this week!!

2 years ago I went to work at a summer camp and in 5 months I had lost 20lbs. I ate loads especially for breakfast. I would have a bowl of cereal, a bowl of fruit, eggs and bacon a coffee and an orange juice!!! I'd have a salad for lunch and pasta or meat and fries with a dessert for dinner. Id have an ice cream at 11am for a snack and a packet of chips a coffee rockstar and a chocolate bar as another snack when all the staff hung out at 10pm. SO I ATE A LOT!!! lol. BUT I also exercised a lot ad had to drink sooo much water because we had no soda. I walked to meals and back 3 time a day which was a 16 minute walk each time and up hill on the way back. I would walk to the pool and do lengths every day when I wasn't lifeguarding, I walked around camp all day and helped with the horses And ran round after the kids in evening activities. 20 even tho I ate loads I worked it all off and it worked well and i lost loads!!!

I went back to the same camp last year and ate the same amount of food but they gave me a golf cart which meant I didn't have to walk everywhere in the crazy VA heat so didn't lol. I was eating way more than I was burning and not drinking as much water as I had stockpiled on the soda!! And in the 5 months I was there I PUT ON the 20lbs I had lost the month before (oops). So you can have your cake and eat it and your chips and ice cream lol but you have to exercise hard to burn it off!!

I hesitate to speculate why someone else isn't losing weight, but I'll tell you what happened to me. I'm here for a few months and haven't lost anything, but I've gained insight - also valuable. My reasons are, but aren't limited to, age (55), previous weight loss (40 lbs. before I got here), not eating enough (as told to me by the tracker and the learned MFP members), serious exercise rut (doing the same thing for over a year) and borderline-to-low thyroid levels. You may be following directions to the letter, but not losing. You need to try some new ways of tailoring the plan to your individual needs. My suggested plan was too high in carbs. I lowered it a bit and raised the protein a bit and have recently started losing again. Listen to all of the suggestions, try what suits your needs, don't make too many changes at once (or you won't know what worked), and keep in mind that you may need to make more changes at a later date as you progress. Good luck, Sweetie! You can do this!

Eating right and calorie consumption are a big key to weight loss. Giving up is always easier to do than sticking with it and fighting through the tough times. Fluctuating your eating habits will not make you lose weight and may even make you put weight on. How much weight are you trying to lose and what is your height and weight right now?

i'm going to stick with 1500 cals for the next 3 weeks, and then go from there...... since i already ate at 1500 and didn't lose anything ( and tried to go higher) i'm not sure where this will all end up taking me......

i'm 5'3" and 190. i'd like to lose 50lbs. puts me at the TOP of normal for my height and is what i need to weight to bring down my life insurance premium :-/


Are you sure your are logging your calories in correctly, and are you staying at the 1500 a day? I say that because I thought I was doing so good - then I would go back and look at my logs and I would do good for about 3 or 4 days and then we would go on a trip and my alcohol was up (which I did not log all of it into my diary). I also did some research on things I was estimating on such as a favorite alcoholic drink - I thought it was like 110 calories a bottle - in reality it was 300 a bottle! Big difference. Also, I drink flavored creamer and though I use the Low fat lower calorie version, and I would log in about 2 or 4 tablespoons, I actually measured it one day and I was having double that in each cup which raised my calories by about 100 to 200 calories. Also portion sizes - you can easily eat 4 oz of chicken and only log it as 2 oz. Its really hard when you guessimate. Also, I think I was way overestimating my calorie burn. So I have figured out my TDEE with a correct exercise lifestyle and I am not going to add any more exercise calories unless I do a really big burn. I don't like having to log every little thing I eat but at this point, I think I have to as something has got to start working - lol.

Basically just take all the suggestions given by everyone on here and try which one fits you. YOu can't make a difference in 2-3 weeks you need at least 2-3 months to get a significant difference. Remember the weight did not come on overnight so it's going to take time and patience. I know it's frustrating but in the end you will be happy that you took it nice and slowly.

I am on my 3rd week and have only lost 3 pounds. I have done weight watchers before and I lost 10 pounds pretty fast. So have been a little discouraged also. I do pretty good on calories during the week, but struggle on the weekends. I know I need to be more consistent on the working out. You feel like you have been killing yourself and nothing has happened. You might want to watch out about putting yourself in starvation mode from eating too few calories.
Hang in there. Even though I haven't lost very much weight: I feel less bloated, sleeping better, and have more energy.
I know I didn't gain the weight over night so it will take a while to lose it. Good luck.

Hi it hasn't happened to me but it has happened to me for the past few years. I did not know I was supposed to eat most of the
excercise calories back. I thought if you ate you would still gain. Go figure. Well I have been on here since March and have lost the 10 pounds I wanted to. I still would like to lose more. So try that. I could not believe I had so much food. Don't get me wrong it wasn't garbage food but I had pizza and hamburgers and ice cream and cake. The thing is be honest with yourself and the diary. Make friends. If you messed up post you messed up. I went to a party and then just wrote, who am I kidding I am not gonna lie, I ate crap and drank so that day I didnt post all the food just my breakfast. Hopefully you are an active person and if you are get yourself a pedometer or something that tells you how many calories you burn when you do that activity. Honesty is the best policy. Good luck and dont give up. AnneW1952

at frist i thought visiting the site will help me loose weight but no
this is internet u r a human a u do it with the things around u the internet will just give u info
just eat the daily amount of food and do the right exercise and write it in ur diary
that will help u

I went through a time when I lost, didn't lose anything for a couple months, then started losing again. Not sure what gave.

This is actually my 3rd account after about 6 months I say "*kitten* this, i'm not losing so why try." Then I delete my account. A month later I'm like "Nooooo what did i do!! Must keep going" LOL I think I've been stuck at 150-160 for almost 2 years now.

Right there with you. I've gone beyond what anyone would call a plateau and am now firmly in a 3 year RUT. The most maddening thing to me is when I try to drastically shake things up for a month, eating way more, way less, changing my exercise, etc. - and I'm still in the same 5 pound range!!!

And then people say I'm whining when I say that I am frustrated. Well, maybe they'd be frustrated too after that much time and no progress!!!

If you follow the plan, it works. I lost 20 pounds last year. Sadly, I stopped logging my food and I found most of them again.

I'm sorry to hear that you have had so much trouble losing weight, especially after working diligently at it for so long.

If I were in your situation, I would make a drs appt and consult with him about getting blood and hormone panels.

I agree with others who said that 2-3 months with no progress indicates that it is time for a change.

I haven't seen it mentioned explicitly, but if you are dieting and working out regularly with a good program, you should consider purchasing and learning to use body fat calipers so that your data on progress is not restricted to just the scale. The calipers do take some practice to use effectively, and it is much easier if you can ask a friend or sig other to do the measurements for you. But after 2-3 weeks you will be able to produce consistent and accurate measurements.

Here is an excellent web page with all the formulas calculated:

http://www.linear-software.com/online.html

In addition to the formulas, you will also find links to short videos showing exactly how to make the measurements.

These calipers have worked great for me:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NN9SDO/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00

Best of luck.

It was hard for me to track everything I ate and when i ate. And whatever. I stopped logging my food and exercise. I just use this site to track my weight, and I come here and I just use it basicaly as a social site for my weight loss. I've been doing this and I've lost 10 pounds. Everybody here is so supportive. Everybody just wants everybody to succeed in their goals.