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One thing to consider is that you might have a mild insulin resistance. It happens more often than most people realise. Last year I spent four months eating cleanly at 1200kcal/day, plus exercising 500kcal/day x5/week (not eating back my calories), and STILL not losing an ounce. Talk about frustrating! When that sort of…

I feel you. I'm awfully good at maintaining without needing deep thought. But should I wish to lose weight, I need to go to extremes in doctor-monitored diet and heavy exercise. It sucks. It's sooo frustrating to put in (what should be) a reasonable diet and a moderate amount of exercise and see no results. That's why I…

Are you getting balanced nutrition? For some people, it's all about the calories. Drop the kcals, lose weight. But for some people (like me), calories become an all-but-useless number unless i have the proper nutrition. I have to make sure I've got my five veggies, two fruits, two-three proteins, two dairy a day, and with…

I, too, have been diagnosed with Metabolic Syndrome. Was diagnosed two months ago (about the time you posted this, coincidentally). There are lots and lots of symptoms, and you may have all or very few of them, but one constant is certain: the body is insulin resistant to some degree. Metabolic Syndrome is the precursor to…

STEVIA! You must discover the wonderfulness of stevia. It is a natural sweetner from the Stevia plant that does not add a glucose load to your blood sugar levels, nor does it put additional burden on your liver like artificial sweetners. (Do look it up on Wikipedia if you want to know more about how it works. It's like,…

What does your nutritionist say?

Oh, honey, you've done nothing wrong. Here's a big hug for you: ->*HUG*<- I understand your frustration. I've just had a week of grief myself. (Me, I've been dieting and exercising for over a month and thinking I'm doing all the right things, but haven't lost an ounce. Had a meltdown on Wednesday over it.) Despite what…

I hate the fat on my body. My body itself isn't too bad (when it's not overstuffed with too much batting like some poor girl's bear at Build-a-Bear). Love the boobs. (Ignore the droop.) Love the muscles. Love the flexibility. Love the curly hair and the high cheekbones. But I hate the fat that envelops my frame. Everything…

... and now I've read more responses and had to add another tuppence of advice: As a mom who had a passel of children real close together, I found that getting alone time to exercise was impossible. For the mother of young'uns, alone time of any kind is non-existent. Even the loo is no longer private. So, you integrate the…

My recommendation: Don't drop your caloric limit. Reduce your carbs by maybe one or two serves, but up those veggies by a good three serves, adding a lot more variety than you're currently getting. Here's why I think this: You seem to be getting enough carbs, proteins and fruit. (Maybe a touch too many carbs. you only need…

Also consider WHY you get a day like that. For me, if it's That Time of the Month, I find myself wanting to DEVOUR!!11!!eleventyone!!! And for the one day, I let it. Then the next day, once that initial monthly madness is over, I can go back to my usual diet'n'exercise routine. Fighting it leads to misery, and I know it's…

Yeah. What they said. Change your diet. It's not about the calories at this point, but the quality of the food. I'll bet you're eating the same things over and over and over. Humans were meant to eat seasonal variety. Go hit the specialty markets and select some food you don't normally eat. Go for some different…

It sounds like you're thinking that "exercise" must be some sort of formal Go for a Jog for a Half-Hour sort of thing. Doesn't have to be, if you're living a busy life. If your life is so busy that there's no time to exercise, sneak it in. There are ways to increase your caloric burn throughout the day. Take stairs instead…

Ooh! I just thought of someone who's considered universally sexy and she's not a slender lass, not by a long shot. Two words for you: Nigella. Lawson. Suddenly I feel better.

I want to hear something about me that he finds sexy that has nothing to do with my weight. Frex, "Your voice turns me on!" or "Your hair is so soft." or "You smell like coconut." Stuff like that would be a reminder that I am not my fat and that I have other facets to myself that are okay.

I wear perfume. That's the one thing I can slip into that won't be ruined by my overweightedness. If one were to close one's eyes so they can't see the fat, then inhale deeply, all one can smell is sweet loveliness. Win. Marilyn Monroe said it best. When asked what she wore to bed, she replied, "Chanel No 5."

Weight loss is a long-term goal. Maybe your head and your heart are having trouble looking at the long-term. This is nothing against you as a person, but maybe being a carer might be affecting you more than you realise. I've done it before, and it's a hard thing. Everything we do for ourselves in our life is with the goal…

And it's not just a calorie thing; make sure you're getting a proper balance of nutrition as well. Vitamins and minerals are extremely important to the metabolic pathways of your body working well. A balanced diet with enough of all the right things will help prevent starvation mode.

I work out in the evenings, as it's often the only time I have. I'll occasionally get water gain, but it's due to what I eat (ie, high salt, etc) that causes it, and not the fact that I'm eating so close to bedtime. I usually have protein with dinner so I don't worry too much about protein intake after my workout. I find…

Once when my baby bunnies were a bit younger, I shared a personal trainer with a few other mommies. It was good in that there was someone to push you. However, because I had to share, I didn't get all the personal attention I felt would have helped me even more. I'd enjoy having a personal trainer again, but I'd like one…

Oh, the barbie got me today, calorie-wise! And it hit 41 degrees, so ain't nobody doin' no exercise outside. (And it seems everyone in Oz got rain but us!)

Hongruss, your answer is awesome. It would be nice if those who found us sexy told us that more often. It's far too easy to forget. Sometimes my head gets stuck back in high school where it was those skinny, beautiful girls who got asked out and the poor, frumphy ones, no matter how nice they were on the inside, never got…

Perthite with 30kg to lose. My biggest frustration is that I'll drop about five kg in about as many weeks, then something happens and I gain three back in three days. Wish I could figure out why. It's not like my diet or exercise changes. I wish I knew what the missing variable was in the whole diet/exercise equation.

Amen! I was not fat as a child, but I always thought I was because I had this horrid little pot belly. HATED IT!! Got accused of being pregnant as a teen because of it. Never could fit into clothes and look nice because of it. I consider it an aberration and as soon as I lose enough to achieve an ideal surgery weight, I'm…

Yeah, go the humidifier. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. If it works, then all the better for you.

I get you. The hardest part of exercising is taking that first step. The psychological thought of being watched and judged can weaken even the strongest heart. I wanted to exercise in public, but it wasn't the thought of people judging me as fat that bothered me, but people judging me if I couldn't even jog the length of a…

Could always try mineral oil, if the usual methods (fiber, etc) aren't working. Help stuff hydrate back up and slide out. Senna is also good in getting the intestines to "move along". An enema may also help. One question to ask yourself--are you constipated because the poop's too hard to squeeze out, or are you constipated…

You have beautiful bone structure to your face.

I hate looking fat and ugly. A couple of years ago I had something very, very bad happen to me. It nearly killed me and put me in the hospital. Several weapons had been used against me, including verbal attacks--one of which was the accusation of me being fat. How on earth could I refute that when it was so very painfully…

I do something like this. (I call them Sprintervals.) I recently read a study by a University of New South Wales professor who tested HIIT (on a stationary bike) with obese women over the age of 40. His intensity cycle was 8s intense, 12s recovery. He discovered that 20 minutes three times a week yielded better results…