Ladies 5'3" with starting weight of 175-180

Hi.

I have lost approximately 25 pounds (my starting weight was 173.8 officially) since May of this year. I started off with a 1400 calorie intake to lose a pound a week which decreased over time to 1280. Since I am now on my last '8 pounds' to lose, I've slowed down the loss to 0.5 pounds a week which is 1500 calories in an attempt to get over my plateau, which seems to be working (I was stuck at 150 for about 3 weeks, increased the calories and dropped 2 pounds the following week).

I've hit a small plateau at every 10 pounds. I find switching up what you are eating really helps (ie. I switch my breakfast around a lot) and sometimes your body just needs to eat a bit more for a while to kick it back into losing weight (although this is hard to do mentally after being so restrictive for a few months).

In the summer I played ball, so I was 'working out' by playing two 1.5 hr games a week and then doing a 60 minute Zumba or some other cardio class. This decreases in the winter, so I am trying to get to the gym at least once every week for cardio, and then my walk to work is about 20 min every day.

I'm 5'1 but I think i'm allowed to reply

I started at 181 in the first full week of August and have lost 14 lb in 7 weeks. Ive been eating 1200 cal a day and doing 40-60 minutes of cardio 4-6 days a week. I log absolutely everything I eat so I have a really good idea of if I'm actually eating 1200 cal or cheating.

I think if you aren't seeing the results you want you may want to change up your work out routine. Try taking a class or doing a new machine at the gym. Also I don't know what you are eating exactly but I suggest cutting out a lot of processed foods and replacing them with home prepared things. That's been the main difference in my diet and I'm really seeing results.

Good luck.

I'm 5'3 and I started out at 197. More than you're looking for I know but here's my 2 cents... I lost 46 pounds so far since April. I exercise 6 days a week and some days I work out harder than others. I eat anywhere from 1200-2000 calories. On metabolism boost days I eat pretty much what ever I want. I don't have those days more than once a week. I have had a pretty steady weight loss. I don't lose every week though. TOM is a scale killer so I don't even bother to record that week. I think you just have to keep on trying and maybe try varying calories to keep your body guessing. It's hard for the metabolism to adjust if you don't give it a base line. Just something I have read and use that works for me. Plus I'm no good at planning so I just eat and make decent choices seems to keep me under. I would say that make sure your getting your protien( I have mine set at 30%) I think MFP sets protien far too low. 15% just doesn't work for me and higher protien may help with weight loss. Again, just from research I did, I'm no expert.