No matter what I can't lose weight?

[Anonymous]

I've adjusted my diet quite a few times for several months at a time. I've cut a lot of foods out if my diet, my appetite has lessened quite a bit, and I only eat when I'm truly hungry (save for the occasional eating a snack in front of someone to please them). I take a long walk daily and play backyard sports with an extremely active toddler (so I'm always chasing after him), and it adds up to about an hour or so. It never really seems like I lose weight, but, when I do, it takes months. (It took me about five months to lose two pounds after adjusting my diet.)

[Anonymous]

I'm on a diet, and so far i've lost about 13 pounds. This is what i've been doing.. I went from eating breads, pastas, potatoes in almost every meal. I completely cut all that out. I've been eating lots of veggies and fruits. Especially watermelon. Don't wait until you're hungry. You're suppose to have snacks in between meals so that your body doesn't think it's starving. If it starts thinking that, then it will retain all the weight, or at least most of it. Drink lots and lots of water; no sodas or sugary drinks! Don't fry your foods, instead grill or bake them in the oven, or even boil some of the meat if you like it like that. Proportion could be an issue as well. I use to have horrible measurements when it came to food and would try to fit the most I could on a plate. Instead, I stopped. I've been putting everything on a small saucer plate. I've noticed my appetite shrinking and i've been getting full a lot quicker. As far as exercise go, you may need to do more intense workouts to really get the sweat rolling lol. But definitely cut out the junk foods and drink lots more water!

[Opinion Owner]

Also in case you're still reading these responses - if you hate the water of taste (just like I do) I slice up some lemon into my water and it makes it taste a lot better without it being so blah! lol Just another dieting tip if you don't do it already :)

[Opinion Owner]

Thank you for most helpful :)

[Blondiee2014]

Well just from what I've read you are doing lots if things wrong.If your hungry you need to eat, not Crap healthy food, if you don't eat your body will store the fat and prepare for starvation so you don't lose nothing (and your hungry)
A hour a day is nothing running around playing games with a kid, you need a hour of intense exercise in a gym or running, there's 24 hours in a day, your exercising for 1 of them, that's not a lot of time, 7 hours a week so make them intense! So yea to some it up what your doing day to day is just living pretty much lol, we have legs to walk so long walks is nothing we can already do this, running around with a kid getting a little hot is nothing we are made to do that as well!
You wanna get in shape you need to push the boundaries daily and stop snacking on processed food;) if you train in a gym and feel the burn, do 3 more reps that is where you gain the muscles or tone up. And scales aren't accurate u might be losing fat but gaining muscle , use mirror

[Asker]

My diet is mainly vegetarian, save for the occasional piece of lean meat, and I don't have much of an appetite, so I only eat when I'm hungry. I don't eat processed food. When I snack, it's a piece of fruit or plain nuts.

As for exercise, I babysit from the time I get home from school until sundown, and most weekends as well. I can't do high intensity workouts while babysitting. I also know that a healthy diet is more effective than a great workout because, I could do all the cardio in the world and never lose a single pound if I eat garbage, so I'm more focused on what I eat and the effects it has on my body.

I've never owned a scale in my life because I know how inaccurate they can be--especially for teenage girls. I only step on a scale in the doctor's office. Other than that, I measure my body for progress.

[ManThatKnewTooMuch]

You're still not being specific enough about your exercise regimen. How long? How strenuous? How often? What of your diet? What EXACTLY do you eat?

[Asker]

I exercise every day, both walking and playing with/chasing after a child. I walk for about half an hour (briskly, not leisurely) and, when I play backyard sports, it's mostly about five minutes of the actual sport and about half an hour of running.

My diet consists of fresh fruits and vegetables, one or two pieces of lean meat a week, nuts, and vegan substitutes for dairy. I mainly drink water and tea, but occasionally drink black coffee.

[Blondiee2014]

You probably would still lose if you ate garbage ,, if I had to choose either exercise as much as you or eat junk food id rather have junk food because I know I could keep the weight off I just wouldn't be as healthy as I want to be. I think your main problem is lack if exercise, if your eating healthy the weight should be falling of you, from the 28th April until now I've lost over 9kg, you need to make time to get exercise In if you wanna lose weight and be happy about your self trust me, or you can follow the advertisements on the internet and buy a weight loss drink and pray drinking some magic formula will work:)
You want to look good you gotta sweat for it.

[apropos]

You're probably eating more food, and unhealthier food, than you think.

Or, you don't have any weight to lose.

[Asker]

My diet is mainly vegetarian (I'll have meat when I have to eat it) and around 1300 calories a day, sometimes less depending on how I feel about eating. (Like, sometimes, I'm afraid to eat the wrong thing so I avoid eating.)

I'm about 5'2" (157 cm) and my measurements are 39-33-39 (99-84-99), so I have some weight to lose

[apropos]

What is your weight though? Lol.

[ManThatKnewTooMuch]

I'm a fucking guy. I don't know a damn thing about your measurements. WEIGHT.

[Asker]

The last time I was weighed was December. I doubt that weight is still accurate today. And, at my age, measurements are more reliable than weight because I'm still growing (slowly, but growing nonetheless).

My doctor also advised me to stick to measurements instead of weighing myself because I could see absolutely no change on the scale, but still be losing inches because of muscle development.

[Anonymous]

Count calories. I was working out and trying to eat right it wasn't until I got the mfp app that I started to lose weight.

[bubbletrouble]

Either you are mad skinny or your diet doesn't include healthy foods.