I'm stuck! In need of advice! <3

Have you got any fitness DVDs you could do at home?

Search Jillian Michaels on eBay, she has lots of DVD's that people here swear by.

If you are walking the equivalent of almost a half marathon every day (21000 steps) and doing exercises every hour throughout the day, and are only eating 1500 calories, you are not eating enough.

Please calculate your TDEE and your BMR and please don't set yourself as sedentary but highly active in these calculations

I did the same thing 4 years ago after losing 75 pounds, and I was working out all of the time and felt great, but I plateaued myself just like this and that plateau lasted for a year and finally I gave up and gained back all the weight.

Edit: Link for TDEE - http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html

you could try a lot of different things to jump start your weight loss again.

you could switch your diet. for instance, if you have a lot of carbs in your diet, try increasing protein and fat and decreasing carbs. whatever your diet is right now try switching it to something different for a few weeks.

you could also try to exercise more rigorously. buy a jump rope (they are usually fairly inexpensive) and work that into your routine (you can jump rope right outside your house or perhaps even inside your house if you have space). try to build up a really good pace during your jump rope exercise so that your heart is going faster than when you are doing any other type of exercise (as long as your doctor says this type of exercise is fine). which leads me to another point. do interval training. interval training would be something where you alternate high and low heart rates. you could walk for 5 minutes and then run as fast as you can for 15-30 seconds and then repeat that over and over again until you are tired. one of the reasons why your weight loss is stalled could just be that your exercise routines aren't doing it for you any longer. so you could look into changing that up as well.

another thing could just be that you are retaining water. check to see how much sodium you have in your diet. our bodies need sodium to survive, but you can have too much so keep an eye on that.

another possible culprit is that you are underestimating how much you are eating. given the fact you have been steadily losing 10 lbs a month and it suddenly stopped, i'm less inclined to think this is true, but it doesn't hurt to verify that you are measuring everything out carefully and tracking calories that you are consuming.

there are, of course, other biological reasons why you may not be losing weight the same as before. i wouldn't get too worried about it. it has only been a month. you might want to go see a doctor and talk to them about it if it continues much longer.

Try not to decrease your calorie intake more, or your metabolism will just adapt and make it even harder to lose more weight.

I would try to change things, like exercise. Do some different workouts, maybe add some weight exercises (don't need to add a lot of muscle if you don't want to, but muscle usually helps raising your metabolism), try some HIT training.

Also you could as someone said try to increase your calorie intake for a while just to see if your body adapts or change your macros.

Check the library for workout DVDs that way you can find one you like and then buy it. Or keep changing things up with a new dvd every 2 or 3 weeks. I have used the walk away the pounds 3 mile walk. It is all indoors about 40 minutes

Find the group Eat More 2 Loss Weight on here. It tells you why you need to add more calories.

I do want to start heavy lifting eventually, but I was hoping to start it closer to 180lbs to tone.

Don't need to start by heavy lifting, you can still lift and lose weight, just go for lighter weights and include cardio

I am not going to give any advise, because I am a newbie and I really do need support and help with my weight lost.

Good job on how far you have come. I took a look at your diary and you seem to be over in sodium just about every day. Sodium will make you retain water. Try to stay under if you can.

Best of luck in your journey!

Sheila :flowerforyou:

you are up north as am I, where it is winter longer than summer. I found a local hotel that has an indoor pool, hot tub and sauna. It is a different workout and also helps to get the ache out. Check out places in your area a good winter swim is a nice change up to the workouts I am doing. The membership is normally inexpensive. I bring my friends kids with me sometime and we have pool toys and we race. It is a great work out.

I am not a great axample but everything I read says cardio queens (like me) will plateu for longer. Maybe it is time to add weights to your routine. Muscle burns fat! I just started weights even though I dont like them because they are heavy! haha. I do feel more accomplished though.