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Give it time, you've been at it less than two weeks. Weight loss is not always linear, and if you're doing a lot more exercise than you normally do, you may have some water weight.

Have you changed up your diet in terms of the type of foods you are eating? Is it possible that you've introduced a new food that doesn't agree with you?

Tried it for a short period of time. Didn't help me lose weight, shakes were blech. Don't waste your time or money. You're better off eating regular food and counting calories with MFP.

Also, be patient with yourself. Weight loss takes time, and your weight will naturally fluctuate. So don't get frustrated if you don't lose weight right away, or if you see your weight going up a little bit. Concentrate on weight loss over the long term. Stick with eating at a deficit, and you'll lose weight.

How long have you been eating at ~1700 cal/day? If you've only been doing this for like a week, you may just need to give yourself time to adjust, especially if you're used to eating much more each day. If you've been doing this for a while, then I agree that going with smaller meals so you can have snacks during the day…

Tried Herbalife and (surprise surprise) it did NOT work. Calorie counting does.

Are you eating back all your exercise calories?

Don't lose weight for someone else, do it for yourself. Some people are just d-bags and will always make fun of you for something. Cut them out of your life, you'll be much happier. Focus on you, don't waste your time thinking about them. Focus on making you happy first and foremost.

Log everything before you put it on your plate and in your mouth. When I see just how many calories is in something like cheese, that often prompts me to scale back on how much of that food I actually serve myself. And there's no reason why you can't eat "cheese, cold cut, bread, and other salty stuff" so long as you eat…

I second professional help. In addition to that, your issue seems to be more with your mindset of "ruining" your day than with the junk food. (I noticed how you don't talk about how eating off-plan triggers irresistible cravings -- rather, it seems to trigger feelings of defeat which leads to self-sabotage.) You may find…

In that case, your best bet may be to throw out/not buy the foods that tempt you to overeat -- at the very least, keep them out of sight, and in a place that's not easy for you to get at them. Also, if you're eating out of boredom, figure out some things you can do instead of eating -- take a walk, start a new hobby. If…

You may want to budget a small treat into your daily routine -- a single serving of chips or candy or ice cream. Something small to satisfy your desire for a treat. That way, you aren't 100% depriving yourself of the food you want. This may help prevent those binges on sweets and salty snacks. Crisps, sweets, cake and…

This is a great way to put it! At least for me, this really resonates. Thanks for sharing.

Are you overestimating your calories burned for workouts? Do you eat all your exercise calories back? Do you weight (not measure with cups, but weigh with a food scale) everything? How long have you been doing all of this?

A small snack plus drinking water helps me.

You're making really great progress -- losing .5-1 lb per week on average is what you should be aiming for. Agree with everyone, don't waste your time, money and energy on fad diet plans/supplements (and many of these things either don't work and/or aren't healthy). Keep doing what you're doing!

If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. You have no way of knowing where those photos came from (they could have been grabbed from any website), what was done to those photos (i.e. Photoshop), or what those people actually did to lose weight/get in shape.

Your daily goal is 1470 cal, but it looks like you're only eating around 900-1100 calories per day. That would make pretty much anyone hungry. You should at least eat 1200 cal per day.

Do you have a medical reason to be on such a restrictive diet?

Some people think that because something is "healthy" you can eat as much of it as you like. Calories from fruit is still calories. Yummy, yummy calories.

Stick to the at-home scale. That will give you the most accurate picture of your weight loss over time.

Some of the weight lost could be water weight. You may want to wait to see how the next week or two goes before adjusting your calorie goal.

He doesn't HAVE to. But if he was sincere in saying he wants to support OP ("He says he supports me in this and wants me to succeed"), then that could well mean not bringing food into the house that would tempt OP to pig out. At the end of the day, yes, it's all up to OP to lose weight, with or without her husband's…

Have you actually spelled out to him what support means? Have you asked him not to bring home junk food? Have you asked him not to interrupt you during your work-out? You may need to sit down with him and discuss what you actually need him to do in order to support you, and explain why your asking him to do these things.…

This. Pregnant women need about 300 additional calories per day (above maintenance levels) during the second trimester, and around 450 per day during the third trimester. Definitely make sure to engage in light exercise on a regular basis. As a general rule of thumb, you can keep doing whatever exercise you were regularly…

7 months! Yes, you are being hard on yourself. Sounds like you are doing very well with keeping active, and those pregnancy cravings are hard to resist! Though I've found having healthy snacks on hand helps me eat better and resist the temptation for sweets and junk food.

You may want to skip the hummus, unless it's homemade. There's a slight risk store bought hummus could have listeriosis bacteria -- although it's pretty small risk.

Peanut butter on whole-wheat toast. Hard cheese (like cheddar, mozzarella, colby) -- good source of calcium. Nuts, raisins, or other dried fruit. Regular yogurt. An extra glass of juice or milk.

Start by logging everything you eat to find out how many calories you consume on a day to day basis. This was absolutely eye-opening for me, I had no idea I was eating so many calories -- not surprisingly, that's why I was steadily gaining weight. Once I did that, I was able to start make adjustments to my diet (cut out a…

Your weight will naturally fluctuate from day to day. Give it some time. And then focus on the general trend over time, not on short-term fluctuations. Also, make sure you're weighing yourself at the same time each day, under the same conditions, wearing the same thing, etc.