At a loss

It happens to everyone. It sounds like you're doing the right thing by switching up your routines. Just make sure you're doing strength along with cardio, because muscle eats fat. Also, drink lots of water. Finally, take your measurements. You could be losing inches without the scale moving. This week, for example, I lost no weight, but I did lose 2.5 inches. It happens that way sometimes. Stick with it and the scale will move again.

do you know how much salt is in your diet? my who life i would use a salt shaker on already salty foods, i was a salt addict! last year i cut it out and no longer add salt to my food and i try reading labels closely to watch how much salt is already in things, too much salt makes you retain water, instead i use other seasonings with no salt love the little pepper grinder instead since cutting out alot of salt i find i taste things better, apparently so much salt before covered up or desensitized my taste buds.. another factor for you is your period! it could possibly be bloat and water retention from that. try not being as focused on the number because obviously your very fit, keep in mind you are tall and will already look thinner than you are. if there are some trouble spots just focus on toning up those rather than the number on the scale.

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By the way, I looked at your food diary. You probably need to drink more. I noticed you only drank 4 glasses of water yesterday. Try upping your water intake.

Do you use a digital food scale to accurately measure everything you eat? Most people drastically underestimate portion/serving sizes. Are you logging everything you drink and cook with (butter, oils, sugars,etc.)? Do you wear a heart rate monitor to accurately log the calories burned from exercise? Are all of your MFP settings correct? If you've lost 10lbs. or more you need to reset your goals as your daily calories allowed will be lower. If you need help with that, send me an email.

Looking at your diary a couple of things jump out. First, you're not drinking nearly enough water, especially since you exercise a lot. Second, on most days you're undereating. There are hundreds (probably thousands) of MFP posts that you can search, but the bottom line is you must eat enough to lose weight. Just because you go over on your calories one day (eating in restaurants or whatever) does not mean you should undereat for several days to make up for it.

Click on the link in my signature "mfp post to read again and again." Read some that have to do with starvation mode, eating exercise calories, eating only 700-1,000 net calories per day and not losing weight. Also, the link "guide to calorie deficits" is awesome! These links can also be found by going to Home on the Community page and clicking the category General Diet and Weight Loss Help. They show up as post-it notes at the very top.

Good luck hon!

From what I can see, you seriously need to drink more water, also cut way back on the processed pre-packaged foods and carbs.