Weight loss fail despite calorie reduction - WTF? May 28, 2012
2:42 PM   Subscribe  I have been carefully counting calories
using the MyFitnessPal iPhone app since the beginning of May. I
have tried to keep to a net 1200 and have rarely gone over net
1500. I am 5ft 6in tall, early 40s, I started the month weighing
133 pounds, still weigh 133 pounds and would like to get back to
126. I am not forgetting to log anything I eat or drink,
including condiments. I am not doing regular exercise yet (this
will start on Friday). Does anyone have an explanation for this?
Perhaps I'm being punished for my glibness earlier, when I told
a fellow MeFite it was easy so maybe this is a case of pride
goeth-ing before a fall... but I need more evidence for that.
Well, it *is* easy to stay at 1200 calories - I don't
particularly feel hungry, and I have at least managed to
drastically reduce my appetite. But the weight, she stays the
same.  This is the first time I've ever tried to lose weight
solely by counting calories; I don'