Should I give up

Log daily does it for me, you need to see what you are eating.
Are you watching your calories, what amount of calories, carbs etc are you consuming?
Do you exercise?
Am sure others can help if you give some more information.

I'm going through the same problem. I'm menopausal, I started about 6 months ago at 184 and now I am at 189. I lose than it seems like overnight I gain....I have started walking more and I am trying to cut out more sugars. I don't think supplements will do anything although I am very pro green tea : ) Good luck and don't give up! Stay active!

Talk to your doctor.

1) NO! Don't give up!
2) don't log sometimes, log always. The first thing you need to do is know what you're eating, then you can adjust. Remember, the math is simple calories in < calories out = weight loss.
3) Never give up!

I started this journey at the same time you did....the one thing I always remind myself is that this is a lifestyle change. There is no "giving up." If you need some support I'd be more than happy to be your friend on here There is only one reason anyone should ever lose weight, for yourself!!!!! So if you want it, do it

1) NO! Don't give up!
2) don't log sometimes, log always. The first thing you need to do is know what you're eating, then you can adjust. Remember, the math is simple calories in < calories out = weight loss.
3) Never give up!

If the math is simple and so many people really want to lose weight so diligently watch the calories and do the exercise then why do so many calorie-restricted diets fail in the long run? Is it simply they ALL return to bad habits?

I say deal with the metabolism first then worry about calories and the first law of thermodynamics (the basis of the "calories in/out, you will lose xxx lbs by creating a xxxx calorie deficit" hypothesis).

The calories in/out deal assumes that the human body is a closed system and that energy in and out are dependent variables ... i.e. change one and the other must change proportionally. This isn't so, it's too simplistic and makes no sense from an evolutionary point of view (or a historic point of view if you don't do evolution ...).

Human beings have survived and thrived though ice ages with varying levels of food available, if we needed exactly xxxx calories a day every day to maintain optimal fitness then we would not be here today.

Show me one solid study that proves that creating a x calorie deficit = x lbs lost consistantly. There isn't one.

Yes, ultimately you need need to burn more than you consume but I would suggest that attending to metabolic factors at play in most overweight people would help tilt the scales in favour of burning fat.

And there ends my weekly rant on "calories in/out". It's too simplistic and does not work in practice ... In the lab, in a test tube, yeh, not in the human body.

If it did then MFP would have about 50 users, all of whom have a particular fondness for cake and a distinct lack of aptitude for basic arithmetic.

To the OP: Log, log and don't give up, we are all born with a body that wants to be in peak fitness, you just need to find the key for that suits you.

Stick to what the site is telling you to do. Do a 1200 or however many calories you are assigned and eat back your exercise calories if you earn them. Drink 8 glasses of water, etc. IT WILL WORK!! You also need to log every ingredient that goes into your mouth. I personally dont log stuff like spices but I log pretty much everything else. It doesn't take much time and it keeps you on track!

If all else fails, eat clean. Cut out sodas, even diet, and anything that is processed or made in a factory. You will slim down, I promise.

Cutting sodas, processed food and anything with added sugar is a fine idea.

I also cut grains but I can see some people would have a problem with that, helps me though ...

You can't burn fat in the presence of insulin so anything that raises it quickly and keeps it high is a prime candidate for cutting. In my opinion, etc, etc

Do you have any digestive problems?
The reason I say is that I was diagnosed with coeliac disease (gluten allergy) this year after putting on weight steadily 2 years in a row and seemingly no matter how little I ate nothing would shift. It's under diagnosed, so if you have any of the following symptoms you should get a simple blood test.

Constipation
Diarrhoea
Unexplained weight gain or loss
Bloating/gas
joint pains
increased or decreased appetite
dizzy spells or balance issues
eczema/rash

Might not be this but it WAS the cause of the extra stone I put on and couldn't shift. Water retention was a big part of that as well.

Log daily. It took me a while to get into it but once I made a habit of logging what I eat, it was really eye opening for me. All those "little bits" that I never really took into consideration really mounted up! Once I started logging regularly, I dropped 36 pounds in 4 months

Never never never give up!!!

It is interesting to see the excuses we use to not lose weight.. .. to not change our lifestyle.

I too had at one point decided I was destined to remain BIG.. I too am menopausal.. I too tried n tried (half heartedly) and nothing worked. Did I get frustrated.. YUP did I give up ...YUP but it only got me fatter and more miserable and unhealthy. It took my husband getting sick and die to knock some sense into me.. dont let things progress that far with you.

Discouragement and frustration will come.... it is inevitable but one cannot give up. Even with myself .. in losing the weight I have...I still get discouraged and frustrated. I cannot allow myself to be sucked into that vortex and neither should you.

Get COMMITTED to yourself!! be HONEST, log your food, eat what you should, learn about your body and how it works with food and exercise...change habits, eat healthy, exercise daily and the weight will come off.

Only you can decide if you are going to give up. Have you found your motivation? What drives you to want to lose weight? That has to mean more to you than <insert favorite foods here>. Do you have an exercise that you enjoy?

Have you been to the doctor? Have you had your thyroid and hormone levels tested recently?

Only you can decide what you are going to do, but I know you can lose weight and feel better - if that is what you want!

Losing weight is hard.

Being overweight is hard.

Giving up and admitting defeat is hard.

Choose your hard!!!

if counting calories isn't working, try counting carbs. a whole new lifestyle just might work

I lost the majority of my weight not by logging on MFP (and I still don't), but by buying a journal and logging everything in there. I found having it with me at all times, and being able to quickly & easily just jot down what I was eating/what exercise I just completed helped me out a lot.

I've never operated on a calories in vs calories out basis, but each day I would log what I ate, the times I ate, what I drank, and how I exercised.

After a while my eating habits became less erratic and I started noticing the need for structure -- not just in my diet, but in my daily routine too -- now I eat four (properly portioned) meals a day, every day, and exercise every day, too.

MFP does have its limitations, the majority of my fitness regime is strength training and the predicted calories burned for that isn't accurate, and it's not for everybody. The basic principle that logging your nutritional intake and exercises will help you lose weight always applies, though... so if you can't get on with MFP, try a journal, and just use MFP to log your weight loss progress.