Frustrated

I'm having a similar problem of UNBEARABLY slow weightloss! All your ideas sound great - may well steal your facebook idea! Vegetating in front of the computer is probably not such a good idea for me...
I've got a few more for you if your interested?
- Switch strength training from before cardio to after (or vice versa, or introduce it if you haven't)
- Make sure you track every single little calorie, including those 3 grapes that "probably don't count" (this is what caused my first "plateau" - was actually just underestimating my calories)
- Calorie cycle
- Eat at maintenance for a few days (this sounds really scary but so often works!)

Have you tried measuring yourself? You may have actually lost quite a few inches and there's just been no change on the scale! Good luck

Once I hit the 10 pounds to go mark, it took forever to lose them. Try eating very lean protien (seafood, fish) and lots of veggies, instead of a whole serving of bread cut it to half. Look at where your sugar is coming from, if it is from fruit you are fine, sweets not so much. Also give your workouts a change, if you run alternate it with elliptical or biking every other workout day. I found that if I have two rest days that I usually will lose a pound from giving my muscles a break.

This is my opinion and not supported by mfp but I don't eat my exercise calories unless I have burned more than 400. I don't have a lot to lose and on my set deficient is only .2 pounds a week so I use those to get it closer to the 500 deficient mark.

Good luck and keep it up you will make it. Even when I started I only lost 1-2 pounds a month, but it came off and by losing it slowly it is easier to maintain it.

Try following... They surely worked for me... Hope they will help you too

- Less Sodium
- Less/No Carbs after 6 pm
- Have protein before going to bed. (casein - cottage cheese etc.)
- A glass of warm water with lemon zest and lemon juice before lunch and dinner.

All the best !!! I m sure you will get there.. Dont give up and hang in there... :flowerforyou:

sounds like my scenario!!! you seem to be doing what i'm doing but measure yourself i have lost some inches and my clothes fit better .....good luck!

I don't know that it necessarily makes a difference when you're working out, as much as whether you're working out. I like to do it in the morning, but I'm a morning person and NOT a night person AT ALL. If it's going to be too hard for you to work out in the morning, I'd say stick with what has been working for you.

Also, I hate to say this because it might not be what you want to hear, but it's possible that you're not losing weight because you're body really doesn't want you that skinny. Your high school, pre-baby body may simply be too much for your body to reach. Getting firmer, though, is a great goal. I agree with the person earlier who said to increase strength training; I read somewhere that healthy weight loss and maintenance occurs most easily with 60% focus on strength and 40% focus on cardio, and since trying to up my strength, it's made a huge difference. Finally, I felt like I had hit a plateau a while back, so I started to primarily do interval training during my cardio, and my heart and lungs are so much stronger, and my legs are crazy strong now, too, since interval training naturally tones your legs.

I always like to remind myself that health, and not weight loss, is my goal. Sure, weight loss is a natural byproduct of being healthy, but I hate that my weight can make or break an entire day, and it shouldn't have that kind of power. If I care more about being healthy, keeping my heart and body strong, making solid choices for eating, then my body will naturally find a place where it wants to be, even if it isn't what I thought my body would look like when I started this journey. I say this to encourage you to keep your head up, keep working, and remember that exercise and healthy eating are worth doing, even if you never lose another pound. And, let me say, remember how many women in America work full time, have a child, and NEVER make time to work out--I'm impressed that you are making the consistent time to do that, and you can remember those good things that you're doing, rather than just the weight loss. Keep it up!

How did you put up the before and after photos?