It just won't come off!

Make sure you log each and every calorie consumed. 3500 calories equal 1 lb of weight. Go to your GP and get a physical then start working out hard. Give yourself adequate days to recover also.
You may have a metabolic reason for retaining weight so the physical is important. When entering calories over estimate if you don't know for sure, and underestimate your workouts. Also get plenty of sleep, your body does most of its recovery work while you sleep.

By the end of the week a deficiency of 3500 calories will equal 1 lb of weight lost.

Good luck

I totally agree with the comments above! Recently I was stuck at the same weight for 4 weeks and it was driving me mad as id been losing consistently up until then. Then I realsied that my plateau had begun the same time id joined my local gym and started working out much more intensely than before and thought maybe I hadnt been eating enough to fuel this extra exercise so upped my calories from 1200 to 1400 per day, then an extra couple of hundred on days when I work out (I usually burn between 600-700) Also, I stopped having carbs with my evening meal and having snacks other than fruit in the evening. This means im eating much more through the day which felt weird at first, but im getting used to it now and I'm never hungry at night and ive gone back to losing 1-2lbs a week.

You need to NET at least 1200 calories a day. If you are eating "almost" 1200 and burning 700 with exercise, then you only net under 500 that day and are essentially starving yourself to death. This is going to lead to a whole host of problems, the least of which being a stall in weight loss.
You need to eat 1900 on the days you work out for 700, if you are sure you really burned 700...that seems a lot...
But you need to eat 1200 (not UNDER 1200) on non-workout days, and 1200 PLUS exercise calories on exercise days.
Your deficit to lose weight is already built into that 1200 number. You do not go below that to lose weight, that IS your "lose weight" number. Anything less than that is starvation.

When your body thinks it is in the middle of a famine, it will hold onto every ounce for dear life and losing weight is extremely difficult. Convince your body that you won't starve it to death by eating more (and GOOD foods, not junk), and after a few weeks it will start to melt off.
But first you have to undo the damage you did, and the scale may creep up a bit at first,but don't panic. It takes a few weeks to reverse the damage and send it the opposite way.

(trust me, I weigh 104 and have upped my calories to 1500 and am still slowly losing. you don't need to be hungry to lose weight)

Bump your calories up a little so that you are maybe consuming about 1300 AFTER you have taken your exercise calories into account. Also drink at least 2 litres of water a day (don't include tea, coffee or fizzy drinks like Diet Coke in that total). That will probably help kick start your body a little

I'm looking for some help here! About two months ago I made a commitment to become healthier. Having never been a big eater all I really had to do was make what I did eat healthier! So in two months I've barely gone over 1200 calories in a day by simply eating healthier things. I also cut out all my week night drinking two or three months ago. Beer was a big part of my life...contributing to my 30 lb weight gain over the past two years. I thought some of the pounds would shed off by just doing that! On top of that I started walking at lunch and during the past two weeks I've been working out at 4:30 am. According to my heart rate monitor I am burning 700 calories or more a workout. I'm running two miles and doing circuit weight training every day! I'm not noticing a difference on the scale or in how my clothes fit!

When my fiance and I first started dating I was 120 lbs and looked good...now I'm 150 lbs and can't get rid of any of it! I'm getting married at the end of April and really would love to shed some of this weight! ANY SUGGESTIONS on what else I can do????

What kind of HRM do you have? Unless you're doing that circuit training for almost an hour, in addition to the 2 miles, that sounds a little high.

You said you cut out weekday drinking, but how much are you drinking on weekends? Are you sure you're not eating more than 1,200 a day? Are you weighing and measuring your food to ensure portion sizes?

How are your clothes fitting? Have you been taking measurements?

OOps - unconfused now - thanks

I'm looking for some help here! About two months ago I made a commitment to become healthier. Having never been a big eater all I really had to do was make what I did eat healthier! So in two months I've barely gone over 1200 calories in a day by simply eating healthier things. I also cut out all my week night drinking two or three months ago. Beer was a big part of my life...contributing to my 30 lb weight gain over the past two years. I thought some of the pounds would shed off by just doing that! On top of that I started walking at lunch and during the past two weeks I've been working out at 4:30 am. According to my heart rate monitor I am burning 700 calories or more a workout. I'm running two miles and doing circuit weight training every day! I'm not noticing a difference on the scale or in how my clothes fit!

When my fiance and I first started dating I was 120 lbs and looked good...now I'm 150 lbs and can't get rid of any of it! I'm getting married at the end of April and really would love to shed some of this weight! ANY SUGGESTIONS on what else I can do????

What kind of HRM do you have? Unless you're doing that circuit training for almost an hour, in addition to the 2 miles, that sounds a little high.

You said you cut out weekday drinking, but how much are you drinking on weekends? Are you sure you're not eating more than 1,200 a day? Are you weighing and measuring your food to ensure portion sizes?

How are your clothes fitting? Have you been taking measurements?

I was going to say the same thing. I think that you are overestimating your calorie burn. One mile of walking burns about 100 calories. Running does not burn a signifcant amount more (that I have read). So I would guess that you are not close to the 700 cals even with the circuit training added on.

Weight loss is mostly diet, so if I were you I would look closely at the foods I was consuming. Measure and make sure that you are keeping track of every nibble...at least for a while.

I just want to add that it sounds like your HRM is the kind that is just a watch.

FYI - those are basically a gimmicky toy. Gives you a VERY rough estimate but not reliable. You need one with a chest strap to get more accuracy. But even that is not perfect. Nothing is, unfortunately.

I loved to have my few drinks mainly beer at night to relax which just like you gained about 30 lbs :noway: I had the exact same problem I would work my *kitten* off ....ate my 1200 calories and the scale would barely move...It was like a damn yo-yo .... it took a year to lose 15 lbs ...Ill be honest I totally fell off the wagon quite a few times because of frustration :sad: but, as of today I have lost 9 lbs and 10 inches in 6 weeks ,I workout about 4-5 times a week and burn 600-750 cals a time and eat about 1400 cals a day sometimes more lol. I have been cheating thou my energy was like gone... none at all so I bought some evomine-x (caffiene and crap) Cla and multi-vitamin and my energy went thru the roof which helps me get my workouts in after a 12 hr day !!!! I know some ppl are gonna have an opinion about using this stuff but for me its working and that's all that counts As for the beer I switched to red wine and if you are like me that 2nd glass is too much sometime :laugh:

Looks like everyone else covered the HRM.

If you're eating fewer than 1,000 calories a day and exercising on top of that, then you should be losing weight. Eating too few calories over time can slow your metabolism, but it won't stop losses.

It sounds to me like you're miscaculating what you're eating. Somehow, you're eating or drinking more than you think you are.

If you're not, then you need to see a doctor.