Harder to lose if you are short?

Your height is not relevant here.

I flipped through your diary. Girl, you need to form a relationship with vegetables and chicken. You are eating loads of snacks and not much in the way of high fiber, unprocessed stuff. You say you feel you are eating healthy--perhaps compared to what you were eating. I don't think you are quite there yet. When your snacks log is bigger than dinner then I begin to question your diet. I question your calorie counts and I'm wondering if your sodium is through the roof. Can you lose eating what you are eating? Sure. I just think you will cheat less if you are full on high fiber good stuff instead of stuff in wrappers. (And I am no health nut.)

I'm 5'1.5", and I would say it is harder to lose when you're short because you don't need that many calories to maintain, so it's harder to eat at a significant deficit. For example, I'm lightly active, so my TDEE is around 1500-1600. To lose a lb. a week, I'd have to eat at a 500 calorie deficit -- around 1000 calories, which isn't healthy or sustainable, so I'm at 1200 calories. So the most I can expect to lose is .5 a lb. a week. I am able to eat a bit more because I exercise and I get to "eat back" those calories.. As you can see from my diary, I exercised for over an hour today. I'm also focused on how exercise will make my body look, so even if I don't lose a ton of weight, I will have lower body fat and look more toned. I also have to agree with the previous poster that your diary does have a lot of processed stuff and more calories in snacks than meals. I'm actually able to eat a good dinner every day -- protein, starch, sometimes even a meal out (although I usually bring leftovers home). I try to eat a piece of fruit or some protein -- nuts or a lowfat yogurt for a snack and maybe a piece of fruit. Your snacks shouldn't equal more calories than your meals. Many diet programs and products are selling us on all these snack bars and "diet" snacks and treats because we can "Count" what's in them, so that's somehow better. Well, MFP or Livestrong or other programs can also tell you how many carbs are in an apple or a banana. After entering these foods you get to know how many carbs and sugars are in your typical day's diet and whether you're going over.

I think short people require less calories because they are smaller than bigger people. There is also a range of weight for shorter people -- a muscular, larger framed 5'2 female might weigh around 130 or so and require more calories than a small, slight framed one who averages around 105-110.

Try being 5ft and 63 years old lol. According to MFP if I eat 1200 calories per day and exercise for one hour three days per week I will lose 0.1lb per week. If I exercise 7 days per week for one hour per day I will lose 0.4lbs per week. I find that I do lose more than this on average but it means no room for error.

I also agree with not eating more snacks than dinner or lunch. That can't be right as you must be missing so many nutrients by doing this. Try to eat a more balanced diet with just the odd treat so that you don't feel deprived. I know you say you are diabetic but surely ypu could choose healthier versions for any carbs you need.

Also your TDEE sounds very low. Have you checked it on a website that would calculate it for you? Even at 63 my TDEE is 1600 (fitbit measured)? Try the Scooby website. It seems quite good for calculating this and your BMR.

I am by no means an expert in this, just my observations. I hope this has helped somewhat.

I'm 5'1, 130 and MFP has me eat 1360 calories to lose a pound a week. I'm lightly active. Are you sure you're not entering something wrong?