Why does NOTHING work, I am SO frustrated!

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taser

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Has anyone ever been a position where you tried to lose weight, using a variety of methods, and nothing has worked?

I know I'm not just being lazy, that is trying some fad diet for a week and hoping to lose 20 lbs, I'm talking about good-ole fashioned diet and exercise and I can't seem to 'drop' weight, what ends up happening is my weight gain stalls.

So how do I find out what works with my body? I'm so sick of experimentation because I'm always left with failure. I'm not looking for a miracle, just some regiment that will WORK.

For those who've been in my position, has it been a change in diet or a change in exercise that's done the trick? Or a combination of both?

(For the record I'm a 5'10 .. 230lbs male)
 
If you do everything properly you will lose weight. The problem is that often we think we are doing it properly when we are actually eating a lot more calories than we think.
There is quite a lot of information in the stickies on this site about how many calories you should be eating. Once you have worked that out then you need to keep a food journal and weigh and record every bit of food and drink that goes into your mouth. Sometimes it may be one particular food that you think is low calorie that is sabotaging your diet. One of my neices had heard that olive oil is good for you so went on a diet and poured olive oil over everything as she had confused being good for you with being low calories.
If you take in less calories than you use you will definitely lose weight, that is the only 'secret' to weight loss.
By recording your food intake you should be able to see where it is you are going wrong. Start a diary in the diary section and write it all down there to get more advice.
Good luck and I hope you get it sorted out soon as it is so frustrating that your efforts aren't paying off.
 
Adding to what eyckmans said,

You should see your regular doctor and have him/her check your thyroid. If that's not the problem, then stick to the old fashioned eating well and exercising. Loosing weight, as I've found, is not an exact science. Just keep at it. I've had months where at the first two weeks I've lost nothing but by the 3rd week I'm down 2-3lbs. I know its tough, just hang on, a big part of loosing weight is having patience. Good luck!
 
taser said:
Maybe I am eating too calories, I don't know, I always felt I was not eating enough.
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If you're not losing you're eating maintenance calories for your lifestyle. You have to either reduce calories or increase exercise. Get a food scale to weigh food so you can exactly count your calories, write down what you're eating every day. A pound a week loss requires 500 calorie deficit every day.

There is a very small chance that you have metabolism issues, but these are very rare so I would work on changing your diet/exercise first.
 
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