Trouble losing weight, how to jump start?

Great job on keeping your excerise logs.  One suggestion is to use the nutritional logging as well.  That will help with the big picture.

 "but the strict diet of no processed food, very few carbs, generally all the stuff I loved to eat, is getting frustrating"

Carbs are important for fueling an active person.  Doing a low carb diet will cause extra fatigue and more than likely leave you dehydrated as well as you increase your activity level.  Substituting healthier carbs higher in fiber will provide you the fuel you need plus leave feeling you fuller. 

 Regardless, keep up the good work and the wieght will fall off. 

Have you calculated how many calories you are eating?  and % of C, F, P? Are you weighing and measuring how much you are eating?

Doesn't look like very many calories ...you may not be eating enough given how you are not being more active.

Do your clothes fit the same or are they looser? If looser you probably are gaining muscle and losing fat but scale doesn't change for that reason.

 You sound very similar to me...I had lost about 35 pounds with a goal of another 65 when I decided to do my first sprint and gave myself a year to do it. I did it to prove that I turned my life around and the weight loss would be permanent.

Now 5 years later I've lost 98 pounds, done a half IM, and doing an IM next year...the change has stuck and I feel great.....I hope you reach your dreams and meet your goals as it is rewarding!!! 

Mmmmm... Aloha

how about joing one of the weight loss challanges here and that way you can get support along your journey? I would thoroughly recommend it as a strategy.

Hi there,

Congrats on making the decision to be healthier!  It's a huge step and it seems like you're doing great!  However, with 60 pounds to lose, the diet you described is probably not enough food.  Add in your training, and while you're probably burning more than you're putting in, I would bet your body is freaking out and thinking it's starving, so its trying to hang on to it's fat stores.  

Personally, I think weight watchers or a nutritionist would be a great idea.   Your body needs more protien and carbohydrate, plus some fat and other stuff, to be healthy.  Think of your food as fuel - you've got to fuel your body when it's just sitting there, plus fuel it to maintain the level of activity.   And for me, thinking of it as fuel makes it easier to make the tradeoffs to healthier food - whole greains, colorful veggies instead of cookies, iceberg lettuce and Wonder bread.  Just like in a car, better fuel = better performance.  If the balance is right, you'll lose weight, but either too much or too little food will sabotage all your hard work.  WW or a nutritionist can help you balance the amount of food/fuel you get with what you need. 

This is another FWIW statement - I have lost weight on WW and think the method really makes sense, however I'm currently struggling with the last 10-20 pounds.

Good luck, and congrats again!

Like you, I started exercising to complete a sprint triathlon this year. I wasn't necessarily trying to lose weight, but I figured with all the exercise the weight would just fly off me. Well, maybe that would have happened 15 years ago, but not now. So my exercise was great, but my nutrition left a lot to be desired.

 I finally sucked it up and started Weight Watchers again, BUT...this time I started the Core program instead of the Flex program. WHAT A DIFFERENCE! I am never hungry; I'm making good choices and because there are so many great whole grains that are core, I'm trying lots of new healthy foods without having to give up carbs. You can find out more at a meeting or feel free to PM me.

Best of luck! I know you can do it!!