Your body needs food if you stop eating then your body will think it is being starved and will start to hord the fat you have and remember the muscle weighs more than fat you maybe losing fat but gaining muscle and then the muscle will kick in and start to burn more fat so just hang in there.Oh and some of us girls have a club we are starting monday if you wanna join just look for the thread called The OFC Challange every monday.Good Luck

Hi! Please don't be discouraged,Hang in there! By all means eat something, your body will go into starvation mode,and hang on to what you've got, so to speak. It helps me to lower my carbs an increase proteins for a while. Don't compare your loss to anyone else. If you have will power and you know your not eating anything your not supposed to, your doing good.I know we go nuts when the scale doesn't move but the slower you lose the better, for keeping it off.We women tend to fluctuate for various reasons.If your exercising that could be a factor. Think positive thoughts,and hang in there,I wish you well. Good luck

Hi, I know how you feel!! Believe me we all do. Don't stop eating, because then you metabolism will really halt. I saw that you have or are doing weight watcher? I know the diet it the pits, but it does work. That is why I am getting my but back this week. Anyway, I remember the soup in the book and I ate that soup a lot. If you want to get a good jump start substitute that soup for lunch and you will see the pound melt off that week anyway. It helped me get started. I also ate a huge bowl of the soup since that was all I was eating for lunch. Good Luck. Hang in there I will be hanging with you. Hugs Denise

Hi, I know how you feel!! Believe me we all do. Don't stop eating, because then you metabolism will really halt. I saw that you have or are doing weight watcher? I know the diet it the pits, but it does work. That is why I am getting my but back this week. Anyway, I remember the soup in the book and I ate that soup a lot. If you want to get a good jump start substitute that soup for lunch and you will see the pound melt off that week anyway. It helped me get started. I also ate a huge bowl of the soup since that was all I was eating for lunch. Good Luck. Hang in there I will be hanging with you. Hugs Denise

Hi, I know how you feel!! Believe me we all do. Don't stop eating, because then you metabolism will really halt. I saw that you have or are doing weight watcher? I know the diet it the pits, but it does work. That is why I am getting my but back this week. Anyway, I remember the soup in the book and I ate that soup a lot. If you want to get a good jump start substitute that soup for lunch and you will see the pound melt off that week anyway. It helped me get started. I also ate a huge bowl of the soup since that was all I was eating for lunch. Good Luck. Hang in there I will be hanging with you. Hugs Denise

WHERE TO START? I DO THIS ON A DAILY BASIS. BUT I DO KNOW THAT TAKEING AWAY THE FOOD COMPLETELY YOUR BODY WILL DO THE OPPISITE OF WHAT YOU WANT IT TO. BE CAREFULL WITH WHAT YOU DO.

Good Morning,
Please consider changing your screen name. Certainly here your among friends, and we dont think of you in that light. What has worked well for me is counting calories. Some folks will say "That doesnt work." If its done correctly you will lose. First consider that maybe your genetics predispose you to being big. That said... we all need a different amount of calories to maintane body weight. I found through trial and error I can maintane my weight at 1500 calories a day. I went for almost three months on 1500 and lost nothing. When I dropped down to 1200 I started to lose weight. So whats normal for you? I dont know, but start by getting a GOOD calorie counter book. Now write down everything you eat and measure the amounts, dont guess. See how many calories your eating and if your gaining, losing, or staying the same. Then adjust until you start to lose. If your hungry.. eat low cal... but more. Stay within the confines of your calorie allotment. I promise you if you eat less calories than you burn each day you will lose. If you eat more you will gain, and at some point you will maintane. It will take a few weeks but after that eat wisely and limit fat and sugar calories and watch what happens! Good luck, feel free to ask me any questions, if I can help. AND KNOW THIS... we are all behind you and want you to succeed!

I believe counting calories does work also!

I do understand those who disagree tho.

Usually the reason some think that calorie counting doesn't work is that they just cut the calories but continue to eat unhealthy things like Carbs, sweets and things they shouldn't have.

If one wants to succeed at counting calories, then it must be done while eating the most healthy of foods. cutting out carbs and increasing protein.

Protein feeds muscle, and muscle burns calories. 123 see?

You may be undereating causing your body to go into starvation mode.

I'd keep a food and activity journal for at least 1 week and take it into your doctor for review. It could be health or medical issues too.

The best way to figure it out is a food/activity journal and then have a professional review it. That's just my opinion.

This is such an important discussion topic. I used to not eat and think I'd starve myself thin. I was tired and didn't exercise enough (I still don't) and it backfired on me. Drinking enough water every day is essential to everyone. What's most important is that you eat healthy foods and give yourself time. It took time to gain weight and it will take time to lose it. Men lose weight differently and sometimes faster than women so please don't compare your success to his. If you'd like suggestions, I'd like to recommend The South Beach Diet which you can check out online. If you have a hard time going to the gym and hate to exercise like me, I'd like to recommend Leslie Sansone's Walk Off The Pounds which you can also find online. It's a DVD where you walk and do some low impact aerobics, but you don't need a whole lot of space to do it in. You have done a great job with cutting out sugars and junk food, and now you need to give yourself a break and be proud of your lifestyle changes. If you keep making improvements to your diet and exercise, and get enough sleep, you will feel better. I don't like to focus on how much I weigh, and I rely on myelf to have faith in what I'm doing to lose weight and get in better shape. I'm here for you any time you want to vent about the frustrations of losing weight.