Help! I've been working on and off for a decade and I haven't lost weight at all!

[Pandapanda]

Hello! I'm unsure as to where to start here. But please just call me Parker.

I was born female and weigh about 256 lbs total. I'm 5'2" and last I checked my BMI is at 45. I've been working extremely hard for some time now, as I've been obese since I was at least 8.

I've tried everything. I even starved myself for a period of time. Right now, I'm at my wit's end. I exercise 30 minutes everyday, a full body for ten minutes with the betterme app, and 20 minutes running on a treadmill. I do my best to never exceed more than 1500 calories a day. Granted sometimes I break that so I don't go off the deep end, for the most part my meals look something like this

> Meal shake
> meal bar/fruit
> somewhat of an actual meal, like a frozen dinner or ramen I found.

I usually barely hit 1000 when I eat like this. People say they see me firming up but when I weigh myself, the number never moves. I should note, I'm on sertraline-- pharmaceutical zoloft (an antidepressant).

Please, if you have any advice, by all means, I'm more than 100% open to it. I'll do anything at this point in order to see the weight come down!

 

[alligatorob]

Hey Panda, welcome!

I can relate to where you are, I am a obese man, last i weighed I was at 306 lbs, and I am 5' 7", pretty fat. I started a few weeks ago at 320, so I am doing well. I started with a couple of weeks of a very low cal "kick start" kind of diet and am now trying to find the best thing for me. I am not looking for fast weight loss so much as trying to find a diet I can live with for the rest of my life, which I know will lead to losing weight. Still working on it figuring it out, but I find the process helps me, I feel a lot better and better about myself already.

I am probably a lot older than you 66, and have been overweight all my life. I've been on diets off and on since I can remember, at least since I was 12, probably earlier. My mother told me that on my first visit to the doctor after birth she was told her I was too fat at my first and suggested a diet, so I can claim over 60 years of dieting failure. I can sure tell you what does not work, not so good at what does. Fortunately there are other people here wiser and more experienced with things that work than I. I suggest you start a diary and post you food everyday. You will find people here with lots of good advice, and support.

Best of luck!

 

[aiminglow]

Doubling up on what aligatorob has said - welcome, and best wishes, and there are certainly people here more knowledgeable than I am who'll be able to give you useful tips!

 

[PLB]

Welcome to the forum, Parker!

How long have you been doing this current routine of exercise and up to 1500 calories per day? And how are you tracking your food?

 

[Cate]

Welcome to the forum, Parker