Lose the least and win the most, but...

[Twestid]

Okay, we all know you're supposed to lose the least with your bad hands and win the most with your good. Playing low-limit flop games, I've got "lose the least" down pat, I can tell you that. I just finished yet another losing session of LL HE in which my total losses were about 6 big bets over 100 hands. In essence, all my losses came from getting no help in the blinds.

Historically, the games I've been able to consistently beat are spread-limit stud and (small-stakes) PL/NL, where "win the most" isn't that hard to do. The obvious solution is to give up strict limit poker forever, but I don't want to do that, because I know these loose-passive limit games are beatable. So why can't *I* beat them? One possibility is that I play too tightly, but come on, "fit or fold" was made for the kinds of games I play in. If the flop didn't hit me, it hit one of my 4-6 opponents, I guarantee it. So I play VERY tightly...and I come out behind except when the cards run over me.

In spread-limit or PL/NL, I can make up for my tight play with the occasional huge win, but that doesn't seem possible in limit. Suggestions?