omg I cannot lose weight!!

Is anyone else having this problem?? Over the course of the last 9 months I have not changed my eating habits at all and gained like 15 lbs. So I have been exercising at least 4 days a week for a good hour and cutting way back on diet for a month and have not lost a single ounce. I am soooo frustrated right now!! I literally cannot eat less than I am and function, and I can't exercise more either because I end up injured when I push it too hard. I don't think it's thyroid I have no symptoms, I just think it's getting old LOL!!! :hair:

OMG! I so could have written this post a few weeks ago! After playing around with total calories, I found that once I bumped up my calories for two to three days, the weight started to come off. I guess I was eating a tad too little for the exercise. Once I started to lose weight, I then dropped my calories back down. I've had to do this often while exercising when I reach a plateau.

I would try doing that to see if it helps. I know I was getting discouraged, because I have been diligent with the 60min of cardio and was eating 1600-1700 calories. I bumped up to 1900 calories, and bam, the weight started to come off. I am afraid to go back down to 1600 calories, but I can do 1700-1900 calories and still lose weight. I know I'm breastfeeding, but I have this happen when not breastfeeding and exercising. Soon, I'm going to have to kick the exercise up a notch and may have to start running.

FX the weight starts to come off soon!



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Poor you, you have my sympathy! I have a tonne of weight to shift that I've just started working on. Wondering, although it may have nothing to do with it, what you eat last thing before bed (if anything).

Have you increased your protein and cut back on carbs particularly in the morning? Also, watch your water intake and cut out anything refined..I would be greatly surprised if that didn't do the trick.

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Originally Posted by bunnywabbit

Wondering, although it may have nothing to do with it, what you eat last thing before bed (if anything).

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For me, I don't eat past 7:00-7:30, which is a good 2-3 hours before I make it to bed after putting everyone down and tidying up a bit. After keeping track, I found I wasn't eating enough and needed to eat more to convince my body to start losing weight.

I learned years ago that I cannot eat late at night or right before bed- I'll gain weight that way. Doing the LE diet, I have to eat three meals so I wait to eat my first meal after I've been awake for 2-3 hours. I average 14-16 hours without eating, counting overnight.

ha, the story of my LIFE since the last baby. It's only 25 lbs but it aint going no where! I mountian bike 5 days a week, lift weights 45 min + 5 days a week and eat clean. Now even after ebing sick and not eating/eating vegan I STILL haven't lost an ounce.

I figured my trick and its so hard. If I have NO SUGAR not even fruit or milk or dairy, I lose weight. SOOOOOOO hard!

Lady, I feel your pain. I am LIVING PROOF that 1800 expended-1500 intake does not result in a 300 cal loss!!!! If it did for me, id be 105 lbs!

Hmmm...I wish I had some advice but I'm on the girl diet right now and feel like total crap (so it must be working right?)... I have headaches until I eat something which isn't until 2-3 pm every day and the tiny amount I do eat I try to save so I am not STARVING by the time bed rolls around. My DH is on the diet some days (until he sees a burger he likes at work).

I have lost almost 9 lbs on this diet in 2 months but its been tough sledding because I have to weigh everything before it goes into my mouth....DH too! He would always estimate how much he ate (it's nothing he'd say)...then when it was weighed and measured he found out he was over eating by 200-300 calories!

So I guess one tip would be to weigh and measure your food because what you "think" you eat and what you really are eating can be off by several hundred calories.

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Hmmm...I wish I had some advice but I'm on the girl diet right now and feel like total crap (so it must be working right?)... I have headaches until I eat something which isn't until 2-3 pm every day and the tiny amount I do eat I try to save so I am not STARVING by the time bed rolls around. My DH is on the diet some days (until he sees a burger he likes at work).

I have lost almost 9 lbs on this diet in 2 months but its been tough sledding because I have to weigh everything before it goes into my mouth....DH too! He would always estimate how much he ate (it's nothing he'd say)...then when it was weighed and measured he found out he was over eating by 200-300 calories!

So I guess one tip would be to weigh and measure your food because what you "think" you eat and what you really are eating can be off by several hundred calories.

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You don't need to wait that long to eat though!!! 11-12 is more than enough!

Thanks so much you guys, I think the thing that's frustrating me is that I was eating a lot more, and definitely cut back, and...nothing happened. Normally I'd be able to drop at least SOMETHING pretty quickly just by cutting out the goodies, but I think all I did was manage to stop gaining LOL (which is good, but I don't wanna be hungry the rest of my life just to stop gaining!). I also all but stopped nursing over the same time period, except for the occasional middle of the night bad dream, so I really should cut myself more slack than I am!

It's just annoying to be helping others to lose weight and then not be able to help myself!!

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Originally Posted by XXforhubby

For me, I don't eat past 7:00-7:30, which is a good 2-3 hours before I make it to bed after putting everyone down and tidying up a bit. After keeping track, I found I wasn't eating enough and needed to eat more to convince my body to start losing weight.

I learned years ago that I cannot eat late at night or right before bed- I'll gain weight that way. Doing the LE diet, I have to eat three meals so I wait to eat my first meal after I've been awake for 2-3 hours. I average 14-16 hours without eating, counting overnight.

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Can you sleep, though?? This is my downfall because I literally cannot sleep on an empty stomach. I have to eat before bed or I lay awake for hours. :/