Why can't I lose Weight?

Because you're not eating enough, so when you do eat, you binge, and it's all stored as fat.

You need to start off your day with a large breakfast. Try doing a 2-2-2 type breakfast: 2 eggs, 2 slices of bacon or thin-sliced ham, 2 slices of toast... with some fruit, and a glass of milk or orange juice. Have a snack between breakfast and lunch; try eating a handful of almonds, or a cup of popcorn, or some fruit and cheese. Then at lunch, try having something like a sandwich loaded with veggies (lettuce, tomato, onions, avocado), with no mayo or cheese, and a lean meat (like turkey), with a side of multi-grain tortilla chips (the ones from the brand Food Should Taste Good are amazing!) with hummus. Then, have another snack between lunch and dinner. Make it cheese and fruit, or if you didn't have chips for lunch, have multi-grain tortilla chips with hummus. Then eat dinner.

DO NOT deprive yourself of sugar or "junk food" completely. Go ahead and indulge once in a while. I highly recommend switching to dark chocolate and having some for dessert once a week or so. As far as chips go, try going multi-grain. What you need to do is start substituting your weaknesses with healthier options. Crave Doritos? Eat the chips I mentioned earlier instead. Want cupcakes? Vow to only eat the ones you bake yourself, or have a slice of toast with jam, or try apple strudel bread with peanut butter.

Eating a lot of fiber and protein, eating fruit, drinking water... these will help you lose weight.

I've lost about 25 pounds (3 inches so far) following these tips.

Good luck.

You sound like you're an emotional eater. Unfortunately, unless you can pinpoint the direct cause of your problem (bad childhood, stressing life, or even deeper), then you need to see a professional. Only when you find out WHY you eat in such high emotional states and why food is such a comfort and relaxant (relaxing as in when you felt you ate healthy you got bored later and used food to sooth that boredom), can you be able to work toward conquering that. Try Quick Weight Loss(I believe their centers are only in the USA). My mother lost over 110 pounds in 7 months and SHE was an emotional eater. Though she DID see a shrink for a few months before and during, so you still need to work towards that. The people there are so sweet, know what you are going through, and WILL help you to reach your goal. You'll never be starving, you actually eat so much you can barely finish lol but it's a scientifically metabolic diet tailored to your specific weight and goal. If you slip, that's ok. They change your diet a bit and then wean you back onto your course. As long ad you work hard, you will get there :)

Hi there

Its not nice when you don't feel supported, surely they must know that you are trying to lose weight.

Try to adopt a moderation approach. You CAN eat junk food, only try a small helping every day rather thank several, so that you don't feel deprived. You shouldn't "diet" but try to eat healthy meals and snacks during the day and buy some low fat treat foods like

- low sugar ice cream

- falvoured rice cracker sinstead of chips

- low sugar biscuits

and have a small amount every day rather than a large amount. Once you tell yourself, I CAN'T HAVE CHIPS AGAIN EVER, you start to crave it.

Keep yourself occupied at night if this is your weak point after dinner. go for a walk or play a board game or just do something withyour hands (video games?)

look at my site it has other tips for losing weight but you need to be able to control food not let it control you so seeing a counsellor might be a good iea too.

Actually it takes a little bit to actually start dropping weight whenever you start dieting and exercising. You shouldn't starve yourself though. Well honestly it's probably best to cut out sugar from your diet. I mean wean yourself off it though. Like if you just start out with eating less and less of it. And then after you've stopped its okay to have the occasional one. And as far as snacking at 9. It's probably best to just cut back on that. Like maybe having one sugary treat or so a day. I've been working out for a little over a month straight and I've only lost a few pounds. And they say its not healthy to drop more than 2 lbs a week. So honestly you should shot for that. Your parents are right though. They were only offering you a suggestion. Maybe you should stop carrying the weights and just do the walking. Try running. Like do 5 or so minutes of running and then walk the entire time. Just a suggestion.

As someone who has lost a great deal of weight, I can tell you that it is not easy. First, you need to make a decision that you are going to change your eating habits for the rest of your life. Dieting does not work, but making a conscious decision to eat healthy foods and moderate the volume you consume does. This means eating a mostly plant based diet and getting rid of highly processed foods. The other part of the weight loss equation is exercise. It's really important to move, move, move. None of this will work of you're not committed to it. You have to decide for yourself that your health and well-being are important and then you'll be more likely to want to start treating your body better. Don't worry about what other people say--it's your body and your job to take care of it. Good luck.

Sounds like you have an eating disorder. You also have a problem with being too inactive.

You have developed bad habits you have to overcome.

Join a gym and get on a strength training program that targets the major muscle groups.

Drastically cut down on your carbohydrate intake, don't drink your calories. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Late night snacks, never!

You can get out of this rut if you set your face like flint, and just do it!

Get a hobby that occupies you mind. TV blackout, no sitting around.

you're so close! you just have to get over those late-night urges. you should feel hopeful!

but this is obviously a big hurdle. and it is a hurdle because you're either going to make it over or not. what i mean is, you're either going to get it into your head that binging at night is not okay, or you're going to continue to do it.

the only way to beat it is to not do it for awhile. if you can last 3 weeks without doing it, you'll be pretty much in the clear. but it will take that long for your brain to stop screaming at you to eat late at night.

haha, i'd say just try finding something to do outside of the house. something you like to do, and it will keep your mind off of food like that possibly. listen to your favorite inspirational music off your ipod. think about how you'll feel after you eat that. and how you don't want to start again tommorow, and set that goal that you can do it. if you're feeling really hungry from stress or whatever just drink water till you just cant.

Why don't you just not buy any junk food so there isn't anything to run to at home when you lose control?

Don't Tolerate Temptation!

Submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

James 4:7, NKJV

Temptation, whether in the form of a serving of birthday cake when you're on a diet or the bed of your neighbor's spouse, intensifies through toleration. The toleration leads to a preoccupation of thoughts, and it's not long before we reach out to touch it. At that point, there is almost no turning back.

What temptation have you tolerated, thought about, touched, and toyed with? "It's just one more glass of wine." "It's just a little harmless flirtation." "It's just a magazine at the checkout counter." "It's just one date." Watch out! If you tolerate it, think about it, and toy with it, you are just a step away from actually doing it. So . . . instead of tolerating sin, turn from it NOW!