Myyear2016's Journal, 12 Feb 16

have patience and you might not be eating enough, our bodies like to hold on to fat so if your body is in starvation mode it will hold on to body fat to essentially keep you alive, also are you training or just diet. diet will take longer but if you add training in the mix this can speed things up a little. 

You need to feed your body the nutrition it needs, even if at a somewhat reduced level for weight loss... especially protein and essential fatty acids. If you restrict as much as you are, you'll lose a lot of water weight and muscle weight, and your body gets very good at clamping down and plateauing... Remember that the scale does not differentiate between fat loss, muscle loss, and water loss... even those impedence scales that supposedly measure body fat are wildly inaccurate. We all need to lose weight sensibly or it backfires and our bodies suffer!! Please respect your body. Best wishes to you!! 

I don't know what you're eating, but the other week I didn't lose anything and I was confused because I hadn't been eating much apart from low cal soups and then I thought about it and realised that those soups have a high sodium content.. duh.. so I'd been having way too much salt and I'm pretty sure that makes you retain water. I don't know if this is correct or helpful but maybe if you're eating similar things that might be why. 

I find exercising as well as the diet is the key. Need to stay motivated though and not think that because I went for an hour walk that I now deserve a treat! I think the fact that your clothes are becoming too big for you is a positive sign. Remember muscle weighs more than fat.  

CarmelBeGood,hampersonal,lolajuice,3D33 Thank you all for your comments, I have been doing the OPtifast for four weeks now round about 800cals a day, so that is no food just shakes, instant cup of soup, Optifast bar and have had weight watchers jelly and mousse. I have limited energy and have to push myself hard to do anything physical, have been walking as much as possible. I have Doctors this afternoon to talk about my weight so I'm near 10 kgs down since I saw him four weeks ago. But still frustrated as I'm trying so hard.  

yeah your not eating enough thats way to low i would recommend 1600 calories for you trust me i made the same mistake during my weight/fatloss journey. you can also eat a bit more once or twice a week to keep the body from getting use to your caloric intake. constantly eating in a caloric deficit does not work long term. Also eat real food not just shakes just supplement your shakes in if you have to. muscle does not weigh more than fat by the way, its just more dense! weight is the same in any form. 

3D33 thank you, I have a problem with eating all in my head and I need to get over that hurdle, I made a salad the other night and threw it out. I know what I should be eating but the fear of putting weight on is screwing with my logical mind. Appreciate your help and support it means the world to have peoples input and especially from people with real life experience :)  

Hi...Sorry for what I'll tell you....but you're doing wrong...You should eat enough food, your calorie intake shouldn't be less than 1200 a day...You need to eat 5-6 times per day but in smaller amount. Don't miss breakfast, lunch and dinner...and please don't consume all those "rubbish" as a bars, shakes etc... It's better prepare proper meals: Protein: Chicken breast, turkey, lean beef, fish slow digest. carbs: brown rice, Quinoa, wholemeal bread and pasta (avoid white bread and pasta); sweet potato. eat lots of fresh veges: celery, broccoli, carrots, cucumbers, zucchini etc as well you can steam them, or grill - zucchini, tomato, cupsicum Healthy fats: avocado, salmon, olives, olive oil AVOID: everything deep fried and any fried food... Don't be afraid to eat, don't be afraid -not to eat!!!!! consuming less calories leads to slow your metabolic system - this's why your weight same...and worst thing is that the weight can be gaining... I'm begging don't follow those stupid books with diet... All those diets leads to lose weight in 2 weeks - but it's not possible...It's possible, but you'll lose only your muscle weight and water, but not FAT!!!! So please don't starve!!!! The diet is simple: 40% of Carb, 40%of Protein and 20% of Fat... According your meal journal - you're consuming too much carbs...and it's very low calorie intake...  

For snacks between breakfast lunch and dinner - you can eat some fruits, nuts (but no more than 30 g per day).I'm not advertising - but bodybuilding.com - have a lot of topics and programs how to lose weight, not the muscle wewight - but FAT weight... I hope you'll change your mind and you'll get your goal weight!!! Good luck!!! If you have questions - you can ask me :) Don't worry it'll be just advice to help you ;)