Not Losing Any Weight?!

I have been stuck at no weightloss for the last 6-7 months. I'm 5" and 98-101 lbs. I used to eat anywhere from 600-1200 cals with a negative net for 4 months. Now I switched to eating 1200 ( my bmr) and my net is about 900-400 calories. Nothing, my weight hasn't budged. I usually eat very clean but recently I just have gotten depressed and feel like I'm doing all this work for nothing. My exercise is insanity plus hula hoping & pilates. I get 8+ hours of sleep, and I also haven't lost any inches.

This is because you are already at your ideal weight.

5 foot tall, 104lbs for a small frame is advised.

Why are you trying to lose more?

Go see your doctor.

Probably because you are already classified as underweight? Your body needs more food to fuel itself and perform optimally.

maybe its not weight you need to loose, but trying to tone up a bit more? have you tried doing squats and lunges? we did them a lot of our physical training in the mc and my theighs were pretty built. mind you i maintained my weight but i toned.

I still have alot of fat in my thighs, I could care less about the number. But I do need to lose alot more fat. & my body wont budge.

You really don't need to lose a lot more fat. Really. I would also recommend talking to a doctor about this.

If you want to change your body composition, perhaps look into strength training, especially with heavy weights.

really, did you just say your between 98-101 pounds. girl you don't need to lose anymore weight. i can see if you were overweight. but your not.

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Should I just switch to more pilates than cardio? If I have a small calorie deficit will I continue to lose fat? Or will I maintain and just tone up? I'm realllly nervous to stop all this cardio...

I'm thinking more pilates won't help your thighs. I'm 5'1" but I have a curvy shape so my goal is higher but I understand where you're coming from. I would suggest you try to NET your BMR ( if you do this and exercise you'll still be at a deficit from your TDEE) and up your protein macro to more than the MFP original suggestion. Then add some weights or body weight exercises instead of cardio. Like SQUATS they are great for the thighs and booty! or if you prefer to mix it up boot camp is amazing for toning arms abs and legs.

I think bodies lock into a certain body weight that is healthy for that specific person. I think your body is trying to tell you something.

Your body is in starvation mode. Eating at your BMR is for not moving around at all... Netting that little will keep you in starvation mode and you won't lose. You're young, don't ruin your metabolism! I bet you could even lose at 1500... up your cals gradually so you don't gain.

Ok, 2 things:

-looking at your profile, you mention a couple of times that it's time to love yourself. Speaking as someone who has been unhappy with my body for a lot longer than you have, and who has lost a lot of weight and got pretty close to having the body I always wanted, I have to tell you that it doesn't magically flick a switch that makes you happy, or makes you love yourself. It's so easy to think that when we finally look in the mirror and like what we see (if that ever happens) that we will suddenly be brimming with self-confidence and self-esteem. It just doesn't work that way. It's a cliché, but that stuff really does come from within. The fact that you look in the mirror now and think you need to lose weight tells me that you're not going to be satisfied at any weight. Please take the opportunity to work on the "inside" stuff as well as the outside.

-I took a little look at your tumblr and it looks like you're aiming for an athletic look. If so, you're really best focusing on strength training. Heavy weights, with plenty of protein will help you achieve that look. If you're wanting to build muscle, then you'll need to eat more.

I have been where you are now, and I can tell you what the rest of the story might be (20 years later).

What has been happening for the last half a year is that your body is desperately trying to hold onto the small fat stores that you currently have. It will do this despite a calorie deficit or working out harder. It will burn lean body mass before it will burn the fat. If you continue this for years, eventually your body will get very tired of it.

You have been determined for seven months to stick to your program. This shows how much you want the results. Consider increasing your diet by 100 calories every week or two and watch what happens. Get as close as you can to a gram of protein for every pound of body weight, in your case around 100 grams per day. This way your body will have time to get used to the higher calories and will love you for it. Reduce your cardio some and replace that with weight lifting, squats and lunges. You can probably easily eat (and burn) more than 1800 calories a day with your activity level. Give yourself another seven months to see what happens when you properly fuel your workouts.

I wish someone had smacked me upside the head and told me how futile my efforts were on a low calorie, high exercise program and shoved me in the direction of the body that I could have created with the proper diet.

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I am 5'2" and weighed 90 pounds for 12 years. I never did get that little bit of leg fat to disappear. My hair went gray at 35, even though I had finally gained weight to 105 pounds. At 40 I started gaining weight at a rate of a pound a week, until I had put on 35 pounds. Then I spent the next 5 years trying to take that back off again.

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Currently my calorie intake is somewhat all over the place but over the span of a month I average 1500 calories per day. I am losing body fat at a steady rate with a ratio of 50% weight lifting and cardio, and about 85 grams of protein per day.

I still have alot of fat in my thighs, I could care less about the number. But I do need to lose alot more fat. & my body wont budge.

maybe as opposed to losing weight, you need to worry more about body composition. You may need to do weights and stregnth training exercises to "tone" your thighs, and the fat will go away with more muscle.

You sound like you are at a healthy weight already!!

I would recommend a visit to a doctor and perhaps consider talking to a therapist about why you feel the need to lose more weight. I'm not trying to make a joke here; you are already thin and need to up your daily calorie intake in order to function at full capacity without health problems.