Losing inches but not weight...help!

Your intake is probably higher than you think it is, especially if you don't weigh and/or measure your food. Buy a food scale and use it for everything. A tablespoon of peanut butter, for example, is deceiving, even measured with a tablespoon. That 16g measure isn't as big as you think it is.

Losing inches is a really good thing though. That's probably coming from your exercise. But weight loss IMHO is all about intake vs. output: Intake < output.

Good luck!

Hi there I am 30 year old female, I'm 5'4" and weigh 170lbs. In the past 5 years I have had 3 babies and gained 35lbs, in my pre-pregnancy days I was about 110lbs. I would like to be 125lbs again but am having a very hard time. I am eating healthy consuming about 1300-1400 calories a day I also workout daily for an hour. I run 3-4 miles or get in the elliptical. I have lost inches but not a single pound. Does anyone have any suggestions?! I really could use some I would like to start shedding some weight. I have been working out religiously since August.

With that kind of workout, no you aren't gaining muscle.

Depending on how long you are doing it though, you could still be increasing glucose storage, and that combines with water.
That's more LBM, that's higher metabolism, still a good thing.
Blood volume will also increase if this is newer exercise.

That increasing while losing fat keeps the weight the same.

So basically you are eating at maintenance, and therefore getting the most out of your exercise.

So you can either figure out why your are eating at maintenance, either your logging of intake is inaccurate, and you need to weigh everything except liquids which are measured for volume.
Or your logging of exercise is inflated and when you correctly eat that back to keep a reasonable deficit, it's actually more than you think.

Or, you have slowed down your metabolism, or in addition which usually happens first, you've burned off some muscle mass because of eating too low for level of activity.

End result is the same, you are currently eating at maintenance. Either a suppressed maintenance because you body has adapted, or real maintenance and your calorie logging is just bad.

Starters on setup, if those kids are still at home and you are active, I hope you selected Lightly Active as honest level.

But you need to cut probably 250 calories from what you eat in total. So on exercise days when you correctly eat more, leave out 250 calories.
Non exercise days the same.

If you do that method, do NOT try to get more accurate on your food logging and exercise logging. Leaving out 250 calories on sloppy logging will take care of the issue - because you are obviously eating more than you think.

Or, keep your goals where they are, and get a scale, and really see how much you are eating.
Then for exercise, how are you getting exercise calories for eatback?

Hi. I was in a similar situation as you and what changed for me was doing LESS long drawn out cardio and switched to HIIT (high intensity interval training) for only 30 minutes and changing WHAT I was eating...I have cut back drastically on packaged processed foods, always get in fruits and vegetables, low fat proteins, and healthy carbs...I still indulge in a little piece of chocolate, ice cream, or glass of wine but maybe once or twice a week. I lost 15lbs since May of this year and see muscle definition now which is so exciting. Muscle is more dense and takes up less space than fat so be happy for the first signs of progress in your transformation. You are gaining muscle like people are mentioning but is on a small scale and evident from losing inches. (body builders eat alot more and weight train intensively to gain muscle mass so you don't have to worry about that)... I started with Jillian Michaels "ripped in 30" which varies work outs over 4 weeks time so no thinking required, just turn it on and do it...I did work with a kettle bell trainer for 3 months (all I could afford) and that was 45 minutes at a time but again no long drawn out cardio...I have found the right balance for me and I hope you do too :-)

Who cares what the scale says if you're getting smaller???? For the love of all that's holy, just be grateful for the inches lost.