What am I doing wrong?

hillarysmith21

Hello MFP users, I need some help!

I am trying to lose at least a pound a week, and so far I've pretty much been hitting that goal, if not better, for the past month and a half. I am eating no more than 1,200 calories a day, often a little bit less. I've lost about 17 lbs so far and would like to lose some more.

I eat vegetables with almost every meal. I make sure to have protein, fiber and whole grains. I do have chocolate or a sweet
every once in a while.
I never go over the calorie limit, I don't eat fast food, and hardly much processed food.

I also do cardio 3-4 times a week for one hour and I do a half hour of cardio and half hour of weight training 3-4 times a week.

This week and last week I haven't lost at all.

What am I doing wrong?

donyellemoniquex3

Open your diary.

hillarysmith21

Sorry, what do you mean?

donyellemoniquex3

Make it public.

hillarysmith21

Okay I did I think.

donyellemoniquex3

http://myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/974888-in-place-of-a-road-map-2k13

Mokey41

Short version, under eating. I really doubt at your age that your BMR is less than 1200 calories a day and that isn't even factoring in your exercise. Read the link to the Roadmap and figure out what you need to do. You can't set up the expectation that you will lose a pound a week forever. It just doesn't work that way.

emartin949

You're eating too little and exercising too much.

hillarysmith21

Thanks for your advice. I will check that out now.

bstela

+ if you've noticed that your body is changing but the numbers on the scale aren't, maybe you've gained more muscles and/or lost body fat. When that happens the amount of water rises and the scale doesn't show.(That is what's basically happening with me: water > body fat was shown on a Bioelectrical impedance analysis(BIA) and then once in a while I "dewater" my body)
And I also agree with the others abou the undereating(sry if I'm wrong).