Help with Weight Loss

You're already at a very healthy weight so it's going to take a lot of careful logging and patience to get smaller, I think.

1200 is kinda low IMO. I'm 5'2 @118lbs and eat 1691 while cutting. Also according to your diary you don't seem to eat back exercise calories. You should.

The closer you get to your goal the slower the weight loss will be. Change your goal to about 0.5lb a week. It would be more realistic.

You already seem at a healthy weight. Are you sure it's not the way your body look and not the weight itself you dislike?

Ditch the scale, weight fluctuate and it's normal especially for a woman. Mine can be more or less up to 10 lbs on any week, yet measurements stay the same. Speaking of measurement, it's a more effective way to track progress along with pics, rather than a scale.

You seem to do a lot of cardio, do you strength train along that too...?

@TavistockToad, you beat me to it, guess it took too much time between calls to type :flowerforyou:

1200 is kinda low IMO. I'm 5'2 @118lbs and eat 1691 while cutting. Also according to your diary you don't seem to eat back exercise calories. You should.

The closer you get to your goal the slower the weight loss will be. Change your goal to about 0.5lb a week. It would be more realistic.

You already seem at a healthy weight. Are you sure it's not the way your body look and not the weight itself you dislike?

Ditch the scale, weight fluctuate and it's normal especially for a woman. Mine can be more or less up to 10 lbs on any week, yet measurements stay the same. Speaking of measurement, it's a more effective way to track progress along with pics, rather than a scale.

You seem to do a lot of cardio, do you strength train along that too...?

@TavistockToad, you beat me to it, guess it took too much time between calls to type :flowerforyou:

This saved me a lot of typing time, thanks! What kind of resistance training were you doing? Hi reps/low weights won't do much for body composition.

You're already at a very healthy weight so it's going to take a lot of careful logging and patience to get smaller, I think.

I know I am not underweight but I am on the higher end of normal. My frame is quite small so I think I would look better at about 120lbs

I thought normal/healthy BMI for 5'4" was 117-145 or so. You're smack in the middle of that. I'm not arguing with your goals, I just am not sure you should feel you're on the higher end of normal.

I agree, take up something that builds muscle and not with little girlie weights.

Could I just go into my university gym and ask them about heavier weights? What kind of weights would I need to be doing?

It would be relative to what is considered heavy for you. I started with just the 45 lb barbell and worked up from there. Check out new rules of lifting for women and strong lifts 5x5. If you enjoy it. I found I love weight lifting but there are other forms of resistance training that can help too. You are your own gym is a body weight exercise program and I've heard a lot of people really enjoy HIIT. Maybe some others can help me out with other good exercise programs, if you find heavy lifting isn't your thing

Kettlebells are heavy, too. Check out livefitrevolution.org.