Just some ideas: My husband was on 1800 calories and not losing, then he tried 1/4 tsp cinnamon a day and started to lose 1 lb per day. There is good research out there about the benefits of cinnamon for sugar balance and metabolism, and it's on the internet if you google it. Are you getting the right nutrition? I mean, I know you eat extremely well, but as we age, small imbalances can have a greater impact, and maybe there's a mineral or something that you need more of. Even if you eat organic, it can be hard with our soil depletion to get enough of what we need. I know you do Curves, but do you believe you are losing muscle mass? Maybe CLA or something would help? Do you eat the same things? Sometimes I get too much in a routine and my weight loss stalls because my body really wants other things that it's not getting. I may walk around the supermarket and see what "jumps out at me". Have you had any surgery or pharmaceuticals that would be changing your endocrine balance? My mom had to have her medication changed because the hormone balance was making her fat, but she had to see the endocrinologist, not just the internist. Hope this helps.... Take care!!!

I lost 40 pounds last year and the most important thing I learned was portion control. I ended up using a lot of frozen meals - Lean Cuisine, Smart Ones, Healthy Choice, Honestly Good, etc.They are good, and there are a lot of choices now, and the calorie and fat counts are reasonable. And they are more interesting and tasty than most of the meals I would make myself I know some of you will snarl and post a few snarky comments, don't waste your time. I found these to be much more cost effective, filling and kept my daily calorie intake at about 1450 calories. I cut WAY back on meat, and used a lot of meatless meats, since I also needed to cut back on fat and cholesterol. One egg a week, max. Buying ingredients and not using them is so wasteful, and I can't afford to throw away food/money. I made my own breakfast - oatmeal or my own egg, cheese muffin or PB&J on toast. Lunch, at work, was a frozen meal, or some soup. I used the frozen meals for dinner. It was usually about six when I got home, I don't like to eat late. When my DD and her family moved it, it was a bit harder, since I was doing most of the cooking initially but I did it. I found a smartphone app called "My Fitness Pal" really helped. I've used it for about a year and a half and now I'm pretty comfortable with the portion sizes and do a pretty good job day by day. Good luck. This post was edited by momj47 on Wed, Oct 16, 13 at 23:54

When Monty was ill this spring he went down to 51 pounds (usually a thin 63 pound boy.) Because I could take zero risk I switched him from raw to high quality manufactured food. First was canned Verus and dry (Menhaden Fish & Potato) as well. I was giving him 2,400(!) calories a day in 4 or 5 meals to get his weight back on. Fortunately he processed the food well and meds made him hungry. Currently he is on EVO with raw egg and cottage cheese which means if I can get him to eat 2 little cups a day, he maintains his weight. If you want to stick with raw, I'd add extra muscle meat as Gina suggested. If one of my other dogs looks a little too boney (easy to tell since their fur is practically painted on), I add more muscle meat and fat to their RMB meal. I trim the fat off of Katie's chicken most of the time and give it to Dannie :)

Most people eat out of rhythm with how our bodies are designed to work. Try looking at 5 rules of the leptin diet for a start. If you can get your endocrine system working in harmony, your weight takes care of itself. Ask yourself, why would my body want to store calories when it has plenty of food all around. The answer is simple. We weren't designed with abundant food in mind. Our bodies only have strategies to keep us from starving. When your endocrine system isn't communicating well all kinds of things happen. You get hungry when you shouldn't. You crave certain foods. You feel lousy and you eat to try to stop feeling lousy. Remember sleep is ESSENTIAL for weight loss. If you don't sleep enough, you can't possibly get rid of that fat. At night, we repair our cells and work on detoxification. After a few hours of that, our liver takes the fat out of storage and attaches it to fiber and sends it out your intestines. If you don't sleep enough, you only do the first part, not the weight loss. So you need sleep+fiber+liquid every day to keep the extra weight off. Get your liver in good shape. That's your best friend in all of this. If your liver is overworked or burdened with too many toxins,weight is hard to maintain. Ann Louise gittleman has some books on helping your liver and endocrine system so you can start letting go of fats. I like Byron Richards leptin books too and his website has specific health articles to help us understand how our bodies work and how to help them. To begin, eat 3 or 4 balanced meals. Don't eat anything between meals. Get at least 8 hours of sleep and exercise whenever you can. That's the minimum to get started. Eating all day long is the fastest way to throw things out of whack.