Anonymous wrote:Don’t listen to the calories in calories out fools - I know from personal experience and a whole lot of research that they are simpletons.

It’s all about your hormones. If you are out of whack - too much cortisol, too little leptin, too little estrogen, too much ghrelin, etc. - you will not be able to shift weight, period. The only exception would be if you literally starve yourself and then you’ll have a host of other terrible health issues.

You need SLEEP. Without SLEEP you cannot lose weight. Without SLEEP you cannot get your BP under control. SLEEP is the most underrated aspect of human health but the most critically important - believe me, I have learned the hardest way possible. Three decades of natural slimness followed by a decade struggling with creeping weight gain, a diagnosis of sleep apnea and treatment by CPAP resulted in weight loss, then removal of most of my ovaries I went into hardcore perimenopause without any offer of hormone therapy led to a decade of massive weight gain which I am now reversing after HRT helped me to actually sleep again (I didn’t for almost ten years of hot flashes and night sweats and chronic insomnia).

Hormones are absolutely everything when it comes to weight loss, if you are not prioritizing SLEEP above all else and getting truly restful sleep every night, your hormones will be out of whack and you will not shift weight the way you need to. It’s all about the endocrinology!

Anonymous wrote:Girl, you need to eat more. Join a weight lifting group on FB. You will learn that women need to FEED their bodies more to get stronger and lose weight. It’s counter intuitive but 100% true. You are working out a lot. That’s great, but you’re starving your poor body. Also, your diet is depressing, food should be enjoyable.

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Anonymous wrote:We have no idea whether OP even needs to lose weight because she hasn’t told us her height, weight, and age.

Maybe she can’t lose weight because she is already too thin. But we don’t know.

5'5" 171 lbs


I need to lose weight.

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Anonymous wrote:You are not eating nearly enough. That's far under 1000 calories. With what you're burning you need to eat twice that! Add some healthy fats, protein and greens.

Wrong.

If you are not losing weight you are not in a calorie deficit. Period.

That is the law of thermodynamics.

That said most people who "can't" lose weight aren't really eating as few calories as they think or staying in the deficit long enough to lose weight.

Please don’t listen to science-ignorant morons on DCUM, OP.

PP is right though. You can't lose without being in a deficit.

Anonymous wrote:Looking at the foods you eat they are pretty high carb and low protein. Just a little chicken from the soup, but you're eating carrots and potatoes and yogurt and apple/banana/salad. I would eat a larger portion of a protein to keep you full and smaller portions of vegetables and fruits that are low carb. Have an egg in the morning instead of yogurt/fruit. jmho.

I've been losing weight off low carb for a while and most of the foods you mention are things I don't touch, except lettuce from your salad. I eat a lot of cauliflower. And I eat a lot of protein like salmon and chicken. Good luck!

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Anonymous wrote:You are not eating nearly enough. That's far under 1000 calories. With what you're burning you need to eat twice that! Add some healthy fats, protein and greens.

Wrong.

If you are not losing weight you are not in a calorie deficit. Period.

That is the law of thermodynamics.

That said most people who "can't" lose weight aren't really eating as few calories as they think or staying in the deficit long enough to lose weight.

Please don’t listen to science-ignorant morons on DCUM, OP.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have no idea whether OP even needs to lose weight because she hasn’t told us her height, weight, and age.

Maybe she can’t lose weight because she is already too thin. But we don’t know.

5'5" 171 lbs


I need to lose weight.

Anonymous wrote:We have no idea whether OP even needs to lose weight because she hasn’t told us her height, weight, and age.

Maybe she can’t lose weight because she is already too thin. But we don’t know.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are not eating nearly enough. That's far under 1000 calories. With what you're burning you need to eat twice that! Add some healthy fats, protein and greens.

Wrong.

If you are not losing weight you are not in a calorie deficit. Period.

That is the law of thermodynamics.

That said most people who "can't" lose weight aren't really eating as few calories as they think or staying in the deficit long enough to lose weight.

Anonymous wrote:We have no idea whether OP even needs to lose weight because she hasn’t told us her height, weight, and age.

Maybe she can’t lose weight because she is already too thin. But we don’t know.