i seem to be stuck.

Some can be judgemental, however, there are some people that could give good advice. A lot of people will probably think you aren't eating what you say you are eating if you won't show your diary. Its hard to get advice if people can't see what you are doing/eating.

If you are stuck, you need to change something up. Whether you adjust your calories, change up your exercise....you are stuck because you need to change something!!!

Are you weighing pretty much everything you eat?

Things like bacon say the serving size is 3 slices but by weight, it's really only 2. A lot of crackers, chips, rice cakes say the serving size is 13 but by weight, it's 9 or so. Peanut butters and oatmeal are often not a full tablespoon or cup by weight. Apparently I've never even seen a medium sweet potato because all the ones I buy weigh in as larger than a large (that's in the database).

Also are you double checking the database when you input things? I ate some meatballs the other day and out of 7 entries of the same brand, same type, only one was right. The others were about half the calories or double the serving size. I don't know why people input things wrong but they do.

Are you accounting for all your cooking oils/ sauces?

I think those are the most common sources of error. If you are doing all those things, have you had a doctor check your thyroid/hormones?

I'm 5'7'' and I have been losing weight consistently. But, sometimes, I get stuck at the same weight for a couple weeks (usually due to water retention from TOM). Then I lose a ton of weight on the following weeks. Other than that, maybe wait another week or so at 1500 calories and see what happens. Sometimes, when you change your diet, your body will retain extra water (as it's releasing glycogen stores) for a short period of time. You could always bump your calories back up to 1750 if you were doing better there. I'm not sure how active you are but 1500 sounds like it is probably a deficit of 500-750 calories per day which would be 1-1.5 pounds per week so it wouldn't be unusual to retain a little bit of water a couple weeks which would mask that weight loss.

I guess, if it were me, I would wait a couple more weeks and see what happens. If nothing happens, I would bump the calories back to where I knew I was losing weight.

I know what you're feeling. While my user name says I'm new, I'm not really. I had to step away from my fitness pal after nearly two years because the demons in my mind were making things harder than they were. So after trying to tame my demons I've come back and ready to continue.

1st rule of weight loss club: don't obsess over the scale. People say this all the time. Believe them when they say it. Why is it not good to obsess? Because you'll start to develop an unhealthy relationship with yourself. If you feel better for eating real and proper food and getting out into the world for exercise that's fantastic! Keep it up.

For a number of months I didn't lose a single pound. The scale went up, the scale went down. However, when I went to the dr for my yearly health checks, my numbers went down significantly. I contribute that to eating regular foods that also include regular healthy servings of fat and carbs (with the occasional splurge meal). I wasn't drastically unhealthy with food before, but a few tweaks here and there helped. I'm not sure what your diary looks like, but one thing that has helped is to eat real and whole food. I'm not talking about all the fancy powders and mixes you get from a health food store. I'm talking food from the meat section, the dairy section (cheese, cream, etc. Nothing reduced fat), and the fruit and vegetable sections. I actually found I was fuller and happier when I ate regular full fat foods as opposed to going for the 'diet' version.

To you and others, it takes time to figure out what foods work for you and in what combinations. For me, 2 slices of bread, a serving of rice, a serving of potatoes, a serving of oatmeal or a serving of pasta needed to be limited to once per day. The rest of the carbs came from a combination of fruits, vegetables and dairy products. Lots of dietary advice says to fill up on x amount of servings per day. Have a look at your diary and see where you can tighten up or anything that doesn't seem right or makes you feel guilty. You don't have tons top eating what you love, just find an alternative or more healthy version.