Posts by rockyhard

You may feel better after reading mine even though this is not helpful for you.  I am 5'2" at 205 and have been stuck there for months now.  It is like no matter what I do, I can't lose kind of thing.  I have been really good with my eating (counting every single calorie) for a month now (for the 100th time) and have been exercising without a fail for 3 weeks now.  I haven't dropped a single lb.  I am much shorter than you and much bigger than you.  I am miserable and honestly trying but no luck yet.  I am trying with upping my calories this week and down it next week and see if that helps.  I don't know if the similar strategy would work for you also.  I am not successful with that yet so I can let you know couple of weeks from now.  I pray that atleast I can go under 200.  I am not doing anything wrong.  No sweets, only healthy choices for eating, writing and counting calories and exercising.  The same exact happened last time also and after months of trying I gave up.  I am logical and it doesn't make sense to me that how this can happen.  Eating less than required should result in weightloss in my simple mind.  I don't know if I should just eat way lower than what I am eating.  I am tired and frustrated too.  I am sorry but please don't give up and I am sure you will see a positive result.

Can I join too? 

I have the same problem.  Once I start, I can't stop.  I feel hungry often even though I eat well balanced (protein, carb and fat)...I am really trying this time with portion control and also not to crave so much about food.  My schedule so hectic and I get very little time to exercise also.  In general I eat very healthy (with loads of vegs and fruits) and I don't eat cheese or any deep fried etc.  I am a vegetarian but my problem I guess was portion control.  I am having such hard time loosing weight but I keep telling myself this time that I will give it atleast 6 months instead of giving up.  I love this site and all the people for their great success stories and for the encouragement they provide.

Since I am not a success story yet, I don't have any advices.  The only thing I will say is 'don't give up'. 

you guys are awesome.  All good suggestions.  Either eat less for other meals or no rice and just beans and vegs and salsa or eat less guacamole.  Thank you so much for quick responses and good suggestions.  Next time I will order it without any rice and half guacamole and it should be still good with those yummy black beans.  Hmmm....Sodium part, I forgot about that.  I guess I can't eat there often.......may be once in two weeks or 3 weeks. 

May be you can just have few bites instead?  Can just few bites of icecream hurt the calories that much?

Wow, thank you all so much for your wonderful ideas.  All of them sound so good.  yummy_kitty, I will certainly give a try to these noodles and I actually do cook tofu with regular noodles. 

liswobble, yes, I eat dairy but no cheese.  I heard cheese has rennet so I gave up that almost three years ago.  Cottage cheese sounds like a great idea.  I tried that once but didn't like the texture so never gave a serious effort to get used to it.  CC recommended that I eat 1250 cals to reach my goal in a year and half.  That is why I am trying stay within 1300 cals.  I do eat iron fortified cereals and high protein and low sugar protein bars etc.  But those bars are high in sugar and carbs etc. and they are relatively small, I try avoiding those because they don't satisfy me (again the volume issue).  I use a scoop of 'gensoy protein powder' in my cereal etc for additional protein in addition to dairy and legumes.  I will try the protein shake and soy milk.  Yes, I am also thinking about making soup with lots of vegs and may be with some lentils etc. and try that to see if it will control my hunger any better. 

haifley, the way you wrote about the apple and the cheese sounds so delicious.  I guess  I will have to go and shop around to see if I can get 'rennet free cheese' or 'organic cheese'.  Thank you so much for sharing.

njasmin77, we live in Texas.   I will check the link and see if they will ship.  Thank you so much for all the ideas.  I am feeling satisfied after reading all the ideas and encouragement from everyone.  I hope this time I will stick with it and make some progress and it almost seems like I have no choice because I am afraid now that I may be diagnosed with diabetes or something and I am already border line with hypertension.

I recently found out besides the gelatin in the yogurt they also use an extract called cochrin (may be misspelled) which gives the reddish color to the yogurt (like strawberry, rasberry or any pink or red colored drinks and foods).  This extract is made from dead bugs which feed on red berries I think in South America.  The stomach of the bugs are used to give the color to the food.  Yuck.  What a shame.  It is almost impossible to find out these details if they are so hidden with extracts etc.  Also, the red color on cheetos (red hot flaming cheetos) and also some other frito-lay products contain beef.  One of my friends called frito-lay company and they confirmed that also.  I used to love eating yogurt until I found out about gelatin, gave up on cheese because of Rennet, no marshmellows, no icebreakers gum and so many more.  I agree with oriental vegetables or rice which use animal broths and also mexican food with lard based tortillas and the beans etc. 

I buy Amy's frozen lunches which are totally vegetarian and free of any animal products.  They are really good except for that they are a bit expense and also they are high in fat.  I wish there are frozen lunches with low cals, low fat and more affordable.

I consulted a dietician and he told me not to exceed 150 gms per day.  40 to 50 gms seems very low.  Even fruits have carbs in it so anything we eat is carbs even though the more obvious ones have more such as rice and pasta etc.  I am around 200 and trying to loose a whole lot so even for that he told me 150 gms.

Thank you teenerqm.  May just one more person.  5 should be good and easy to keep up with.  My short term goals are to keep the rice away from me and limit eating sweets to a bite size.  I am a vegetarian and a rice eater.  I grew up eating rice.  I love sweets.  Yesterday my husband brought the pecan pie and I did good with eating just a bite.  I used to exercise a lot but lately I have been very busy at work so I stopped exercising so getting back to it for 3 days/ week is another short term goal.

Really?  I never knew about that tool.  I will try it today itself and see if it helps.  Thanks for the wonderful tip.

How did you do it x17star17x?  I can't seem to loose 5 lbs even though I have a ton to loose.  I was with this website for sometime and then dropped off in the middle.  Please share your secret for loosing. Thanks.

Hi everyone,

Let me share my experience.  I have posted this once before and got few suggestions which basically I was following all those before.  I am 5'2" and weigh 204 lbs.  I am a vegetarian and I have made changes over past several months in regards to eating more protein etc. in addition to the fruits and vegs I eat etc.  The only thing I eat on a regular basis (3 to 4 times a week) is rice.  I eat only whole grains, oatmeal and whole wheat tortillas etc. everything within limits.  I have been exercising atleast 3 to 4 times a week for an hour and one of those days the strength exercises (like weights).  So far I have only lost 4 lbs.  I am so frustrated and don't know what to do.  I have had my thyroid checked and few other tests also and the doc and the personal trainer can't figure out anything wrong.  I wrote everything I was eating and they didn't have any suggestions.  OK now, from past 5 weeks I am doing a fitness program (eating very, very healthy and drinking lots of water etc.) and I have been working out a minimum of hour to hour and half every single day (for 5 weeks now).  Guess what, ZERO loss.  Everyone that started with me had positive results.  I went through all the calculations as eating less (starvation mode) or eating more and all that.  The only thing I do bad is eating rice but without that I am not able to survive because I was raised eating rice every day.  Any suggestions from the wonderful people like you would be great.  I hope I can figure out how I can loose. 

dptvas, you are doing great.  Slow and steady will win the race.