UGH.....i quit

I am so FED UP with counting, restricting, obsessing, and talking about losing weight. I know I have an extra ten pounds. I know I can lose it with the right combination of diet and exercise. But, I'm a clean-eater who worked out vigorously for 6 months and ate 1500 calories a day to no avail. I saw a nutritionist and she said to eat more. So, now I'm an average 1800 calorie-eater who obsesses over weight loss to no avail.

My boyfriend thinks I'm beautiful the way I am and doesn't want me to change; especially since I'm going crazy! My family feels the same. I don't know what to think anymore.

I'm just irritated and VERY VERY DISCOURAGED.  SIX MONTHS of an obsessive diet and exercise with no changes.....I QUIT.

I understand where you're coming from. It feels like you're doing everything you can, and there's nowhere to go but down...And the weight just doesn't come off.

Maybe you're already at a good weight for you. Or maybe you weren't eating enough, if you were exercising so much.

Anyway, good luck, whatever you chose.

i used to feel that way... really.. n i gained 10 kg! but the key is.. do it for YOU.. not ur boyfriend, friend, mum or dad... once u realize that ur doing it for YOU, you'll never feel that way. Never give up!

I feel the same 10 pounds left I hate exercise I can do 10 mins of vigorous jogging before i need to stop. I dunno what to do and it makes me want to quit.

I agree with your boyfriend, you look great.  I don't see why you need to lose 10 lbs.  If I were you I would just keep up the clean eating and exercise and not obsess over weight loss.            

the worst part about it for me is that i KNOW I CAN do it!! when i put my mind to something, i go all the way. But i've gone all the way. I'm practically vegetarian and the only fat i eat is from nuts or popcorn. i work out harder than all of my girlfriends. We would hit the gym together in between classes. They all lost 6-10 lbs. doing half the workout. I lost nothing.

Sometimes our bodies don't behave the way we want them to or think they should.  Maybe you just need to live and forget about the last 10 lbs.  Sorry, but some things just aren't.  Be happy and proud and less obsessive!

I went through something SO similar in college!  I was always an 8 (and I do always seem to weigh more for my size, similar to you), and anywhere from 140 to 150 lbs.  Then my boyfriend suddenly dumped me for this other girl (literally like on Christmas Eve).. and that, coupled with a good solid case of the flu... and I was down to 120 and wearing a 2!  It was nuts.  But I was so sad all the time I didn't even care how trim I was (the tiny waist was in my sweats all the time haha).  Then we got back together, and my weight came right back. I just know I'm not meant to be that size.. I mean, I never ate! I'm now back to a 6/8 and am pretty darn happy.

I think you look great, and if you can work out more and tone up even more, great.. If not, then just go on looking fabulous either way.. not such a bad gig, right?!

wow...thats almost EXACTLY what happened to me. I'm usually a 10, lost a cheating boyfriend, became a size 4, got a new boyfriend and happy again, and back to a size 10.

Thanks for the support everyone!

My hubby says I am wonderful the way I am.. I just look him in the eyes and appreciate him for loving me so much, however I know the truth for me; I am way above and beyond the weight I need to be so I keep at it.  If you are within your healthy weight range or feel your weight/body is in a healthy place then let go of the stress and quit. 

I've gotta say, you look MEGA fit to me.  From your latest picture, you look like a toned, healthy, BEAUTIFULLY curvy young woman (the good curves, the kind men like).

It sounds like you really take care of your body with healthy foods and exercise, so yeah, don't stress about those last 10 pounds.  It's so easy to become obsessed with trying to get down to that "perfect" size, but it's just a number!  And think about how you achieved that lower size... would you want to go back to being sick and unhappy?  You're a clean eater and a student with a bright future.   I say let it go, continue to make healthy choices without all the worrying and restricting, and enjoy and BE PROUD of yourself!

Best wishes. 

I am a man. and yes you have the curves men like.
I am new to the calorie count thing, but I have lost 10lbs in 3 weeks doing it. Without any excersize. At 1500calories per day, or even 1800calories with the excersize it sounds like you are doing, I think you are burning so many calories you put your body into starvation mode.
I tried some excersize in the past... But I realized if I do not take control of what I put in my mouth I will never lose any weight, to show off any muscles I make.
It is very easy to regulate the calories you put in your mouth. Just about every food has nutritional information. But I think it is very difficult to accurately count how many calories you burn. So my suggestion is to kill the excerise, and concentrate on actually counting the calories that goes in your mouth.

Personally, I will plan to burn at least 40 lbs or so before I try to return to do any excersize, even then planning on toning the body more than burning the calories.

You can do it.  BUt if you are happy where you are at, then that is great too, that is the more important part.

maybe you are at your "healthy weight" and stalled weight loss is your body telling you this! Just a theory. 

thank you all for your kind words. i am looking into other ways to appreciate myself rather than pining over weight loss. im going to continue to eat healthy and maintain an active lifestyle (because I enjoy it!!) and see what happens. obsession sucks...happiness rocks.