Can't lose the futher lbs (13).....to reach goal

Back off the "bad" carbs....ie refined flours, sugar, processed food......you will drop the weight.

I would up your calories. I need to eat 1400 cals to lose, when I stay around 1200 the weight either doesn't come off at all or it takes forever. When I eat around 1400 (or more when I burn over 500 cals for exercise) then it practically melts off. Play around with your calorie intake, if you eat too little, your body will go into starvation mode and hang on to any extra fat.

Good luck!

Less cardio, more strength training! I am in the same boat as you. I am 5'4 and need to lose 13lbs. I have been on MFP for weeks and weeks and nothing has really come off. I do cardio kickboxing 3 days a week and each time I burn over 500 calories. I recently talked to a trainer and he told me, its the classic case of lean people trying to get leaner. Cardio is great for many health reasons and great if you have a lot of weight to lose but once you get in the healthy range its a bit harder to shed without pregressive strength training! Muscle burns fat...the more you use your muscles, the more fat you will burn. I am going to do strength training 2-3 days a week in addition to my cardio and hopefully it will work! Good luck!

Eat more. There's a reason that MFP won't go below 1200 as a calorie goal. You aren't eating enough for the amount of exercise you are doing. In fact I just started reading something on a website:

http://www.hussmanfitness.org/html/TPAdaptation.html

The law of unintended consequences

"Your body is an amazing feedback system aimed at balance and survival. Humans are at the top of the food chain because they are able to adapt to their environment. Every action produces a reaction. Every change in its environment triggers a survival response. It's important to keep that in mind when you plan your fitness program. If you treat your body as an enemy to be conquered, you'll produce unintended results.

For example, if you severely cut off the supply of food to your body, it will defend itself by slowing down its metabolism to survive starvation. The body will shed muscle mass the same way that you would throw cargo from a plane that was low on fuel, and it will reduce its thyroid activity to conserve energy. The body will also actually defend its fat stores. In anorexia, muscle loss can be so profound that fat as a percentage of body weight actually rises. Extreme carbohydrate restriction also causes muscle loss, dehydration, and slower metabolism, which is why even successful Atkins dieters can have a significant rebound in weight after they stop the diet (don't worry – the advice on this site will prevent that from happening).

As another example, if you put your body under stress through overexertion and lack of sleep, it will respond by slowing down, reducing muscle growth, and increasing your appetite for junk food, carbohydrates and fat. If you feed your body excessive amounts of sugar and quickly digested carbohydrates, and it will shut off its ability to burn fat until those sugars are taken out of the bloodstream." (Diet and cardio exercise are stress on the body - both cause muscle loss)

"This website will show you how to work with your body to quickly produce the changes you want. In order to do that, you need to take actions that push your body to adapt – to build strength, burn fat, and increase fitness. You need a training program, not an exercise routine. You need a nutrition plan, not a diet. You need a challenge, not a few good habits you usually try to follow except when you don't."

Unless you are doing some really heavy weight lifting you aren't gaining enough muscle to keep from losing weight. But you do need more calories so your body can handle it.

Less cardio, more strength training! I am in the same boat as you. I am 5'4 and need to lose 13lbs. I have been on MFP for weeks and weeks and nothing has really come off. I do cardio kickboxing 3 days a week and each time I burn over 500 calories. I recently talked to a trainer and he told me, its the classic case of lean people trying to get leaner. Cardio is great for many health reasons and great if you have a lot of weight to lose but once you get in the healthy range its a bit harder to shed without pregressive strength training! Muscle burns fat...the more you use your muscles, the more fat you will burn. I am going to do strength training 2-3 days a week in addition to my cardio and hopefully it will work! Good luck!

Yes. There is a link in my signature called "Relatively Light and trying to get Leaner". Explains the exact same thing. You can only do so much with cardio without having detrimental effects on the body (we can't beat our bodies into submission).

read this; http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/196502-for-the-people-who-work-out-like-crazy-and-are-not-losing