I'm in my 4th week of getting back to it hard core. The first week I dropped 7 pounds very quickly, weight that I had gained in the preceding weeks, obviously water weight. I started counting my calories again this week because I haven't lost weight since then at all and was thinking that perhaps I was unknowingly eating too much. My calories are good, and my workouts are awesome. I'm doing weight training 3 times a week plus tons of cardio (walking, running, elliptical, stair stepper-different times, different intensities). I'm not dropping inches or pounds and I am beyond frustrated! I'm eating 4 to 6 times a day, drinking at least 3 liters of water and my calories are between 1200 and 1300 on the days I only workout once and about 1500 the days that I workout twice. I am eating good foods, not just 1000 calories worth of fries or anything like that. My heart rate monitor insures that I am working out at a correct intensity, so I know that I am not letting my heart rate get below a rate that is not helping me and also not working so hard as to keep myself in an anaerobic mode the whole time (sure, sometimes I do interval to a high heart rate, but I bring it back down right away). There's no real point to this load of complaining, I just don't know what to do with myself! I got down to 142 in May, so I'm still fighting these pounds that I have gained since then not to mention that my ultimate goal is about 20 pounds away and I'm not getting any closer.
Tell me something....anything! What am I doing wrong, what else can I do, help me for Pete's sake!!! I am willing to do whatever it takes, and I feel like I am, but if I'm missing something I'm all ears!!!