 [ Symptoms ] my wife weighs 242lbs she only eats about 1500 calories a day and excercises why can not she lose weight   my wife is 5ft 4inches tall weighs 242lbs and is a size 14 16 in pants sizes she only eats about 1500 calories a day and exercises about 90+ minutes a day burning 800 1200 calories she has been doing this for about 2 months and has not lost any weight she has been diagnosed with ibs she also has be test for hypothyroids and was negative   [ Disease ] i had the same issue 1 2hours a day in the gym cardio and weights 4 5 days a wk eating 1200 calories only lost 2 lbs in 4 months turns out there is so much msg in food that it was hindering my progress i switched to eating only organic food with light exercise and lost 5 lbs in one week i also stopped getting head aches and back aches i even gained energy and improved disposition msg is an excitotoxin used to get mice fat and stay that way in order to research diabetes  there are over 40 types of msg under different names and it is in 95 percent of foods you find in stores  <link>