do i need a kick up the butt or just some patience?

Hi Sprytez31,
Patience is always best, especially since your still loosing. Stop being so hard on yourself, your loosing so your doing GREAT!
I had a MFP that made an attempt to stay under her cals regardless of what her exercise numbers were. Try concentrating on your diary numbers without factoring in your workout burns and if your under your diary cals this way you may get a nice jolt. It's not easy staying under cals once we go over cals and rely on exercise to keep us under but I think this may be worth the sacrifice and worth a try. Remember, your still doing great with all your current efforts. Best wishes

Hi, I skimmed a bit and have suggestions. No guarantees though! I bet you're pretty busy with life, as we all are, but if you can find a way to move from the per-prepared foods, while also getting a digital food scale. I say this because in the US a recent study showed that calorie counts were off by a lot (http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/20/172403779/calorie-counts-fatally-flawed-or-our-best-defense-against-pudge). So the pack of sauce that shows 400 calories could be 440 to 480.

Also if you're not weighing things, what you think as an 85 gram portion may be 120 g, a higher calorie count. I know for myself seeing how bad I'd been judging portions was very revealing. And though we know we aren't going to be exact in the count, I feel better knowing that what I'm Mis-estimating is a dish of fresh berries, or an extra carrot. So consider the scale to help yourself be honest!

Also, most "experts" don't consider weight stop a plateau until 6 weeks. I've been stuck at 4 weeks and it feels bad. Try mixing up exercises, do intervals one day a week if you haven't done them.

On the food front, try to add in veggies including salads. If you can find time, cook for two or three nights. Cook up enough chicken for three nights, have it plain one night, toss with veggies and pasta sauce the next night, and add to stir-fried veggies the third. If you buy precut veggies you'll still be ahead on time.

Depending on your height and weight, 1200 may be a little low, though it worked for me for months. I went up a bit and am still losing thing because I'm so close to my goal, it just takes longer for each lb. try to take the view that you're learning how to eat healthy forever, and a few weeks of stasis comes into perspective.

Good luck!

I think your diet looks fine. You went under 1200 calories a couple of times but no big deal.

I think losing half a kilogram a week is completely normal and a good long term plan for weight loss.

The only thing I would suggest is to start tracking your protein and fats as it's important to make sure that your getting enough of these while in a deficit.

You're still losing which is great so I wouldn't panic but, like a couple have said, concentrate on protein and vegetables, weigh and measure everything (you'd be amazed at how bad "eyeballing" size can be), and drink plenty of water. I also find that I need to see exactly how my calories are being spent - protein, carbs, fats, etc. It helps me to see what might be affecting my weight loss. Personally, I tend to eat lower amounts of carbs (in the form of vegetables and I stay away from the simple carbs) as I tend to gain weight the higher they go. I also believe you are better off not eating pre packaged foods as the sodium and preservatives in those foods can affect your weight loss. Just a few ideas - take what you need and leave the rest!! Good luck!

0.6 k is what's recommended to lose per week I believe.