JudyS
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I find it very hard to lose weight. I lost 12 pounds on Flex, then followed Flex for 5 more weeks and lost nothing. I weigh my food, so that isn't the problem. (I have a great dietary scale that will even calculate calories and such.) I actually gained weight on Core.
I have since managed to find a plan that is working for me. I have a long thread a number of pages back about the various things I did to lose weight, but the executive summary is: 1) I went on Byetta (this is a drug for diabetics only, so it probably doesn't apply in your case); 2) I started taking 25 mg ephedrine a day, plus green tea; 3) I switched to a low-carb diet; 4) I started exercising an hour a day, using a heart rate monitor to make sure my exercise was intense enough (I go for a heart rate of 106 or above, and try to hit a heart rate of 150 several times a week.) I also take garcinia, calcium citrate, and arginine. Doing all this has allowed me to drop almost 40 pounds.
I see that some people here are saying that you must be eating too little, while others are saying that you must be eating too much. I ran into that a lot, too. I firmly believe that many people have metabolic problems that are keeping them fat; it isn't all just about diet and exercise. So, don't assume that you are doing something "wrong."
As for what your doctor will say -- he (or she) should be able to offer you an explanation for why the weight won't come off, but probably won't be able to!
I hope you find a plan that works for you!

I have since managed to find a plan that is working for me. I have a long thread a number of pages back about the various things I did to lose weight, but the executive summary is: 1) I went on Byetta (this is a drug for diabetics only, so it probably doesn't apply in your case); 2) I started taking 25 mg ephedrine a day, plus green tea; 3) I switched to a low-carb diet; 4) I started exercising an hour a day, using a heart rate monitor to make sure my exercise was intense enough (I go for a heart rate of 106 or above, and try to hit a heart rate of 150 several times a week.) I also take garcinia, calcium citrate, and arginine. Doing all this has allowed me to drop almost 40 pounds.
I see that some people here are saying that you must be eating too little, while others are saying that you must be eating too much. I ran into that a lot, too. I firmly believe that many people have metabolic problems that are keeping them fat; it isn't all just about diet and exercise. So, don't assume that you are doing something "wrong."
As for what your doctor will say -- he (or she) should be able to offer you an explanation for why the weight won't come off, but probably won't be able to!
I hope you find a plan that works for you!
