!0 % body fat is a good loss. It's likely that you are building muscle-which is a good thing, especially in our age group when most women tend to lose muscle. Have you measured yourself?

Throw the scale away... Its how you look and feel. Muscle gain and fat loss at the same time is hard. Plus you may weigh the same or more but have lost fat. Which is exactly what you want. No one see's the scale but you, everyone see's your body changes. Don't be so hard on yourself, sound like you're doing great. There is no magic pill, its a slow process. Ignore the scale and keep doing what you are doing.

When you say only complex carbs do you mean that literally as in avoiding all proteins and fats, etc or do you mean that you have replaced the simple carbs of most processed foods with complex carbs?

I think you are doing great!! Hang in there. Enjoy the small victories. Sometimes we are so stressed out about losing weight that the stress acts against us. I should know! Last three months Zumba three times a week, running other days and counting my points on weight watchers. Have not lost a single pound!!!!! Frustration doesn't even begin to describe what I'm feeling. One day at a time. That's what I keep telling myself. Joined MFP to document everything in one place to try to figure out where I'm going wrong.

Here it goes. I need some questions answered. I have been doing a 1200 calorie nutrition intake including no processed food, only complex carbs, and working out 5 days a week (3 with a personal trainer). It has been exactly one month since I have started and I ONLY lost 5 lbs, but I went down 10% in body fat and have lost a total of 4.75". I am so frustrated it's not even funny. What else can I do to expedite the weight loss? I am increasing my water, but is there something else?

With all that you are currently doing. . I must agree with one of the other posters on here. . . I would focus on measurements more than the scale at this point. . It would be a much better indicator of how fit you are getting. . Fat takes up a lot more room than muscle and is far more dense. . So you will be dropping lots of inches and not necessarily weight right away. The great thing about that is the more muscle you build the higher your resting metabolism, so even when you are not working out you are going to be burning more. After my daughter I had lost 3 sizes in my clothes, but still weighed 165 due to building muscle. . . I hope this helps.:flowerforyou:

I am just recently back on MFP and need to do exactly what you just did!! I would love to lose 10% body fat and gain muscle!!

Hey. Weight is irrelevant and a lousy metric. Your bodyfat improvement is fantastic, you should be incredibly stoked.
For a woman, the range from 14-24% ("athletic" through "fitness") is really good.
Seriously, forget the scale stuff - that's outdated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_fat_percentage