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Hit a wall Not losing anymore weight

victoria6h
victoria6h Posts: 30 Member
edited February 14 in Health and Weight Loss
New Years resolution was to get fitter and finally lose weight. I've been doing really good with eating and exercising.
I exercise 2 hours approximately every day. And I eat about 1500 calories. Are my exercises getting old?? Should I be eating more or less? I'm frustrated!
I'm 139 lbs and 5'1"

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  • SugaryLynx
    SugaryLynx Posts: 2,640 Member
    How long have you been stuck? Generally, if you're not losing weight over a few week period it means you're eating more than you think. Opening your food diary would help to see consistency.
  • victoria6h
    victoria6h Posts: 30 Member
    It's been two weeks. I've opened my food diary, I've been keeping around 1,500 calories every day but I do a fair bit of exercise. Do you think it's cause I'm not eating enough?? Or too much??
  • loriq41
    loriq41 Posts: 479 Member
    You may not be eating enough for the amount of exercise you are doing.
  • sjp_511
    sjp_511 Posts: 476 Member
    Be patient and wait. 2 weeks is not hitting a wall, especially for females.

    Quite often I go 2-3 weeks with no loss followed by a week with a big loss. It averages out to about 1 pound/week which I aim for. I think a lot of it has to do with water retention and my monthly cycle. It gets very frustrating not seeing the scale change, but when losing weight, focus on long term patterns.
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