I've been exercising and watching what I eat for 2 months and have lost no weight. Can any one help?

[myboyz333]

I am 35 years old, 5'7" and weigh 160.  I haven't weighed this much since I had my son 9 years ago.  I was happy when I weighed 140.  I started gaining weight about 2 1/2 years ago when I went back to school and wasn't as active as I used to be.  All I was doing was working (full time) going to school 2 nights a week, I also take online classes so I'm in front of the computer a lot, and taking care of my boys, doing regular mom stuff.  When my clothes started to get tight and some items not even fitting I decided I needed to become more active.  I've never really had to diet before so I figuered my weight gain was due to inactivity since I started school.  So I started going to the gym.  For the past 2 months I've been going doing some weight training and cardio,  I workout 4 to 5 days a week for an hour to an hour and a half.  I cant do much more cause I have kids.  I started watching what I eat and counting my calories keeping them between 1200 to 1400 daily,  I also started taking vitamins.  I have not lost any weight!! I'm super discouraged.  

Cany anyone help me???

[myboyz333]

Thanks for the advice, I went to the Dr. yesterday and he thinks it's stress and anxiety realted.  He told me not to stress out about the number just go with how my clothes fit and how I feel ( just like you just told me).  My clothes are not feeling any looser though, but I'm not going to stress out about it any more.  He want't to see me again in 3 months if I haven't lost anything by then he's going to check for other cuases.  I enjoy my workouts so hopefully by not stressing out about it my body will finally do what I want.. :)

[sweetpea03]

Stress can cause your body to hold on to wait because it thinks it won't be able to get nutrients otherwise. Of course this isn't the case, but it's a survival mode for your body. Because you are working out and muscle weight weighs more than fat, as long as your clothes start to fit better, getting looser then it's fine. Though if nothing is happening, I would suggest you make a doctor's appointment to find out if something else is going on. You may have a problem with your thyroid or something else that is preventing you from losing weight. Hope it goes well.