 [ 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 ] if you test was acccurate you were exposed in the past by someone unfortunately it is not possible to know who or when this might have occured once you have genital herpes it can go dormant suppressed by your immune system as we age that immune system can become weaker and the herpes virus can reactivate again herpes exposure could have occured anytime in your life even more than 25 years ago there are medications to help limit these outbreaks should this happen again so please discuss this with your doctor