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Originally Posted by kamby
I havent been 'dieting' but I have cut back on a lot of things in my diet such as no soda, less fast food, not so many sweets. And I have been walking at least a half mile almost everyday, but yet I still weigh the same. Any ideas?
You're probably still taking in more calories than your body needs. Or, like a couple of the others said, you're taking in enough to maintain your weight. I did the same thing, cut out what I thought were 'bad' foods, went to diet soda, cut out sweets, etc. But once I tallied up what I was still eating, I discovered that even though I was cutting out the junk, I was still consuming too many calories. You'd be surprised how much you're eating unless you keep track of it.
Not so many sweets? That means you're still eating them, right? Nothing wrong with sweet treats now and then, but you need to look at how often you're eating them and how much of them you're eating.
LESS fast food? How MUCH less? It's best to avoid it altogether.
You're on the right track, but you should track your food for a while (as someone else mentioned, try fitday.com) just to get an idea of how much you're eating. Anything I eat I enter it into fitday and stay under a certain amount of calories every day.