Not losing much weight, need help!

Have you measured inches at all? Since you are working out you may be loosing fat and replacing with muscle :-)

Hi
I'm the same I have been same weight for months yet I more or less eat 1500 to 1700 calories per day and tend to exercise 4 times a week. Have a very busy life too sometimes wonder if im eating enough too calories but im not hungry for more food. Do have the odd bad day but not too many! I'm not particularly fussed about the scales I can feel I have gotten smaller although don't bother with measuring inches can see in my clothes. I spoke to an instructor at the gym she said I do too much cardio exercise and need to do more strength work so have started mixing my exercise up more (tend to mostly run for anywhere from 35 to 50 mins). I have started a class called body pump weights and so forth. Apparently your body gets used to what you do and then it needs a new challenge so to speak, also muscle helps to burn fat so the weight training is good. Maybe our bodies are saying to us we don't need to lose more though! I'm now focused on toning and maintenance and if I can lose another couple of kilos great. Good luck!!!! There's lots on here about this sort of thing we are not alone!

I am finding my weightloss slow too! I've got 42lbs to loose and mfp has set me 1270cals per day and set me to loss 1588 calories through exercise I am achieving both goals (went over calories twice but never went over my bmr) but have only lost 1lb! I know I have not long started and dont want to give up but it is going to take forever at this rate!!!!

It's hard to say without seeing your food diary (its set to private) but like the pp said as you're not overweight it will be harder. How long have you been trying to loose? Sometimes it takes more time, sometimes something in your diet is to blame. For example white carbs make me stall in my weight loss and even gain sometimes.

What are you eating for those 1270 calories? What is your workout routine? How overweight are you? I have a ton of questions before I can give any advice.
I lost my first 60 pounds eating 1350-1400 calories a day and working out for an hour 6 days a week. I lost the last 50 pounds eating 1200-1300 calories a day and exercising 1-1/2 hours a day 6 days a week, but I had to completely change my diet to help fuel my workouts.

I'm 5ft 3in - and for my 1270 am eating eggs and toast for breakfast most days, a salad with lean protien and yogurt for lunch and usually lean meat with veg/salad and potato or rice. My BMI is 30 and to get to a healthy range I need ti loose 33lbs. I workout 4 times a week and usually do 30mins on the crosstrainer, followed by the treadmill and bike with two day adding weights in the gym 3 x 12 reps on each peice of equipment. I'm not adding salt to anything and am drinking more water. Any advice would be gratefully received.

I'm 5ft 3in - and for my 1270 am eating eggs and toast for breakfast most days, a salad with lean protien and yogurt for lunch and usually lean meat with veg/salad and potato or rice. My BMI is 30 and to get to a healthy range I need ti loose 33lbs. I workout 4 times a week and usually do 30mins on the crosstrainer, followed by the treadmill and bike with two day adding weights in the gym 3 x 12 reps on each peice of equipment. I'm not adding salt to anything and am drinking more water. Any advice would be gratefully received.

If I were you, I would eat more often, smaller meals. I wouldn't mix too much meat and starches (like the potatoes). I always eat meat with just veggies, and have the starches or complex carbs (nothing white, except occasionally potatoes) separately after an hour or two as a snack. ((Example: I eat breakfast: oatmeal; snack: apple, watermelon, or another fruit with hummus and whole wheat crackers (1/2 portion); lunch: veggie wrap or veggie pita sandwich and a greek yogurt; snack: fruit and a homemade granola bar; dinner: veggies with lean protein; snack: fruit or veggies and hummus; late snack: air-popped popcorn or crackers and hummus.)) Believe it or not, the list I just gave you was 1250-1350 calories!!!
Also, a BMI of 30 is obese. You might need to up your calories to 1400-1500 until you lose 20 pounds or so, and then start to lower them.
I agree with the above post that you always need to switch up the workouts. Your body will become adjusted to certain workouts and they won't work as well. In addition, it is infinitely better to do shorter bursts of high intensity than longer spurts of low-moderate intensity. Try interval training on the machines, or do circuit training with your weight lifting.

Bump...I am 5'6 , 139 lbs and want to be 132, It is soooooooo hard. I have started to listen to my body more. I sometimes feel so hungry I can eat 1800-2000 calories in a day, usually after I've exercised, Sometimes I am not hungry and can be full to bursting on 900 a day. I know that goes against all of the advice but the lower my intake on my less active days is great for me. When I workout I eat a lot more. It's taken me around two months to get under 140 (I was at 141 forever eating the minimum 1200) ! So I'm clearly not starving myself on my lower days. I have plenty of energy, my skin's fine because I drink my 8 glasses a day, my food consists of lots of fruit,& veggies, I have milk and dairy low fat, and fairly lowish carbs, ie, no bread, no potatoes, no pasta, but eat everything else, I also eat protein bars on workout days with keep me fuller for longer and help to repair my muscles. This has taken a good while to workout, it is what suits ME. I don't know if you will be the same. It takes patience, and trial and improvement. You have to let each 'try' have time to work. 1 lb every two to three weeks is fine for me. The main advice I can give you is don't starve yourself, feeling hungry and ready to eat is fine, but don't deliberatley deprive yourself, that's the worst thing and will lead to failure. Good luck x

Three pounds in three weeks for a not very overweight person is brilliant! You shouldn't expect 'Biggest loser' results a) at all and b) if you're not massively overweight and making a huge lifestyle change and working out 8 hours a day.

Keep up the good work and give yourself a big pat on the back!

PS 'Comparisons are the thief of joy'. Just don't do it!

Definitely add some strength training. Check out "The New Rules of Lifting For Women". I started a couple of weeks ago -- INCREASED my calories by 250/day, and I'm down 2lbs already!

I'm going through the same thing (weight hasn't been budging for at least a month), but I've stopped looking at the scale and looking at my body and how my clothes fit. I've found that I'm losing fat and it's becoming muscle (body fat percentage went from 30% down to 24% in 3 months) but my weight hasn't budged very much besides about 0.1-0.5kg or so.

But think about all the questions you need to ask to find out about why you've hit a plateau in terms of your weight.
- have you been doing the same exercise routine? do you switch up your cardiovascular exercises (ie. doing running one day, uphill walking another day, skipping rope another day, swimming another day, etc)
- are you getting your heart rate up to 65-80% of your maximum when you do cardio training?
- have you tried other types of training (examples: plyometrics, functional training, suspension/rip training, VIPR, bodyweight training)
- do you do any circuit or interval training?

Functional and suspension training exercises using Tabata protocol interval training is something I use during my workouts and I've found that it's been more than helpful for me in terms of building up and testing my personal strength as a lot of the moves rely on your own body weight.

I look at a few websites when I'm trying to come up with exercises to incorporate into my interval routines:
- www.bodyrock.tv (lots of moves to choose from, equipment-free alternatives are provided and some of the interval workouts actually come with beginner, intermediate and advanced routines; there's also information on food/diet and even emotional support and an online store to purchase some of the equipment and supplements that some of the video bodyrockers use in their routines)
- www.acefitness.org (large exercise library, with and without equipment)
- www.livestrong.com (so much helpful advice in one website, this has to be bookmarked)

Hope this helps.