Crazy bodies

Do you guys think that our bodies get use to the lower calories and therefore changes the rate at which we lose or maintain? I mean if I look up how many calories I burn in a day versus the calories I take in...I should be losing (as well as everyone else) weight EVERY week but I am not...even gained some. So, are we metabolizing our food differently? What's the deal...i don't believe, it's calories in vs calories out anymore. Does it make a difference as to what the calories consists of? Does our bodies metabolize carbs and fat differently? I am just frustrated. What do you guys think? I don't get it. At this point I just honestly think our bodies have adjusted to the lower amount and it's gonna take even less to lose. Trish

interesting thought process and I'm not sure how to answer! Yes i think our bodies have gotten used to the lower amounts and are therefore not shocked into losing any more. I keep chugging along at weigh****chers even if i'm up and down the same freakin' two pounds week in and week out. For me i know the key is exercise but i just don't make time to do it. ANDI

Absolutely 100% I eat on average 1000 a day - sometimes a little more sometimes a little less. On that intake I should be losing, but haven't for months. If you read other posts, they think that what the calories consist of makes a difference - eg protein verses carbs. I am still uncertain with this, as it hasn't proved to be so with me, mostly. I also drink a TON of water, which doesn't make a difference now. I agree and think that our bodies adust to the lower amounts and now think that it is the norm. Advice is given to increase the calories to kick start weight loss - if I do this I gain. I wonder if the answer is to alternate between very low calorie with 'normal' calorie intake. So maybe either one or two days a week on fluids only - very low cals, and normal for the rest of the week, or alternate whole weeks type thing, or 5 day plan once a month? I have tried to suss this weight loss thing, and still don't understand how our bodies work. Some people reach goal early on, and others, who follow the same rules struggle from the get go. Sadly I'm in the latter group. One theory I have is that it depends on how long the person has been obese for. I call it 'solid' fat if the body has been that weight since childhood for example rather than becoming obese in adulthood. I have nothing to back this up though and would be interested to hear what you guys think. I think that if a body hasn't always been obese it is willing to go back to normal easier as it knows what normal is. Weird theory I know...

I've just read on another board that we DO malabsorb things like protein etc, but DON'T malabsorb fats and sugars. What do you think? Fact or internet myth?