My first reaction to your message was you need to relax. Worry causes stress, which releases hormones which can lead to inhibited weight loss. Let me illustrate with some of the words and phrases you used…”desperately trying…no matter what I eat…very depressed…I need to lose…”. What you NEED to do is to ask yourself what do you want? Do you really need to lose weight? Why? What’s your ultimate, positive outcome. Focus on that and only that. Stop thinking you need to do something. Weight Watchers is a tried and true program. Make sure you eat enough, because eating too few calories can be just as harmful as eating too many. Focus on the best possible outcome – on what you want, not what you don’t want. Follow the Weight Watchers program and allow the results to happen.

One way to begin to lower your overall carb intake throughout the day is to make your snacks lower in carbs first. Forget about the meals for the time being. Only focus on getting the snacks balanced. An even smaller step is to focus only on one meal, say breakfast.

I’m going to try decreasing just a bit and see what happens. The hardest part for me is moderation. So even a 5% change is difficult to measure, but I’ll give it a shot.

Thanks!

I think we all need it broken down a little.

Looks alot like the zone

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

The easiest way is to use a calorie counting software or program such as DietPower (http://befitandstrong.com/goto/diet_power/).

They provide you with the nutritional information of thousands of foods.

Hope this helps.