I'm 47, 5ft 7 and weigh 148 pounds. Everyone I speak to / read says I should be doing something different but I have been losing and gaining the same few pounds for a year.
I have been told to eat 1400 and just try to be active by a dietician. Thento eat 1600 and burn 2600 by a sports scientist at kifit (Bodymedia )- we tried 500, then 750 deficit first.
I'm doing Chalean extreme strength DVDs and the odd cardio stuff. Plus long walks with the dogs.

What have other people, with not much to lose found works?
I KNOW I have to be patient but am finding it hard to commit to one regime as I have totally lost confidence that I will ever lose weight. I know I'm not a biological creek but also can't understand why nothing I is working.

Do you have any idea what your body fat percentage is? I ask because I'm 5ft 3 and when I weigh 148 pounds I'm at about 24%body fat. I'm 44 and that puts me in the normal range for my age.

You're taller and could have a lower BF%. If that were the case, you'd find it very difficult to lose weight.

I stalled out with my weight loss a few months ago and then a few weeks ago I started counting calories again and still nothing. I ordered the body media device and found that what used to be giving me a great cardio workout was just not doing it for me anymore.
I am 5'1" and I was 127 lbs a little over a week ago and I am down to 125. I started walking for an hour for some additional moderate exercise with my hubby and the dog. I also have been trying various things to get my heart rate up higher and keep it there. So I am thinking that changing up the routine exercise is probably the best way to go. I like the treadmill because you can change the speed or incline to get that extra burn. I was doing pole dance fitness classes.....I mean I am because I am addicted to them and they are great for building your upper body and core strength. I used to be a big sweaty mess when I was done with class and well not so much these days but I have been doing it for over a year.

I hope that helps but I have been there very frustrated that I am always stuck somewhere and knowing that I am not overweight but there is still a lot of fat in my midsection that I don't like. I work my core a lot and I would really like to see the muscles and yet people keep insisting that I don't need to lose anymore weight or that I don't have that much fat....kind of like they think you are a freak for wanting to get the last few excess pounds of fat off.

I know I am late to the party but I am also 5'7" and I had to up my deficit to around 30-35% (per the BMF) to see any real change on the scale. I think I was losing some body fat at a lower deficit but it was EXTREMELY slow and the scale was all over the place and measurements were barely moving. I am down to the very last bit of weight and trying to get to a sub 20% body fat level so it is harder for me to do. I was bouncing around between 130-135lb for a year on a low deficit and since I started a 30% deficit I have gotten down to 127lb.

I average 2400 TDEE per my BMF and I wasn't seeing much change with eating 1900 calories or so. Like I said, I do think I was losing a tiny bit of bodyfat but not nearly what I wanted. It wasn't until I started eating 1500-1600 that I saw consistent losses (not just losing the same 2-3 pounds over and over). I am trying to slowly inch my way back up to a much smaller deficit to see if I can maintain 127lb on higher calories but it seems like after 9 months I needed lower calories to jump start the losses again.

Good luck. It is worth a shot to try to get this moving again.