Hi, I've been a lurker for about 2 months, but this is my first post. I hope you don't mind!
Since the first of January, I've been working hard at a healthy new lifestyle, but I haven't lost even a single pound? I also haven't seen any changes in terms of inches; my clothes still fit the same and I have not lost any inches. In fact, my jeans feel tighter now than they did in December.
- Starting weight: 251 lbs, 5'8" height -- plenty to lose.
- I'm not dehydrated. I drink tons and tons and tons of water - maybe too much water? More than a gallon a day, and I pee all the time.
- I haven't pooped very much since I've started eating less.
- I exercise by taking a walk 30 minutes a day. Maybe I need to ramp up my workouts? My day job is a sedentary desk job: Web designer; I sit in front of computer all day.
- Here's a typical day's food - any red flags here?
Breakfast: Oatmeal with a tablespoon of peanut butter mixed in, and a soft-boiled egg.
Lunch: Turkey sandwich from subway on wheat bread, tons of vegetables, honey mustard dressing, American cheese.
Snack: an apple
Dinner: Lentil soup, baked sweet potato, small salad without dressing
Total: 1200-1400 calories a day.
- I'm currently using myfitnesspal.com to track calories, logging every bit of food going into my mouth, weighing every food portion with a scale or with measuring cups, pretty well sure that my problem isn't the result of incorrectly estimating the calorie count. I don't have cheat days. I don't eat any "extras" that aren't logged.
- I'm not hungry! Oh, yes, the first 2 weeks were awful, but now that I'm a month into it, my stomach has, like, stopped producing hunger signals. I'm not hungry. I could go all day without eating anything. I eat at certain times of the day because I intellectually know that I need to, but I no longer feel that "Oh, time to eat!" signal every few hours. There's no way that this is a healthy or normal part of dieting, so what do you make of this? Is my lack of hunger tied to my lack of weight loss?
What am I doing wrong?