Originally Posted by Steady Stiching

Maybe you got som old or bad yeast. I've never heard of "bread machine yeast" I buy my yeast at a place called Gordon Foods, not sure if thats a nationwide chain but we have a lot of them. Its like a buy in bulk place the yeast is cheap.
As the other gal said, buy a small bag of gluten and add a tablespoon per loaf using regular AP flour.
Is your water too hot? Add an extra tablespoon of sugar if you are having troublle with rising.
good luck!