HELP! Calorie deficit but not losing!

You don't have much to lose, so it's going to come off very slowly and with difficulty. That's just reality. I'm not sure why you're "desperate," will your vacation be canceled if you don't weigh a certain amount? How 'bout just enjoying the vacation and not get so caught up in how you look? Desperate is never a great place from which to start or continue weight loss (unless it's an urgent medical condition); it should be a long-term mindset.

You say you're "tracking" everything, but how? Are you weighing it? When you don't have much to lose, weighing everything becomes of the utmost importance. If you don't already, get a food scale and WEIGH everything. Do you know what your "handful" of sugar snap peas weighs? You might be surprised in the calorie difference between what you estimate and what it actually weighs (by which you can determine a more exact calorie count). I'd suggest opening your diary, if not already, and really tightening up your logging by weighing everything. And finally, cut the desperation. That's not healthy.

Sounds like you might not be eating enough.. Especiallyy if you are very active?

115 is pretty small (although you don't say your height). Why not try and focus on body recomposition - lifting some weights etc? This might give you the body you want without actually losing any more weight.

leahsmolinski wrote: »

Please, please, please offer your suggestions! I'm getting desperate as I have a vacation coming up in 37 days and need to be bikini ready!!!!

Eat at maintenance.

Hit the weights room.

leahsmolinski wrote: »

Anyone have any good resources or websites for weight training regimes to do at home? I do have some free weights ranging from 1lb - 25lbs, an exercise ball, and an exercise hula hoop

You can look up prison or convict training for body weight workouts. There are apps like Fitnessblender and Fitness Buddy that you can look up workouts based on the equipment you have.

What you listed out there is about 500 cal .. there is simply no way you;re eating that little and failing to lose weight.

sullus wrote: »

What you listed out there is about 500 cal .. there is simply no way you;re eating that little and failing to lose weight.

Agreed. I think the OP is doing a lot of estimating.

I am 5'4" and now at 108 goal to go back to 110 after running training is over. but I will be bulking in March so this number will increase.

The last 5 pounds is not more harder to loose than any other pounds. It takes a lot more diligence to make sure you stay within your deficit by tightening up the logging, by weighing all the food you consume and not leave things off that enter the mouth. It includes if you cook with oil, butter, add condiments, dressings, etc..that you should be including these on your diary. For a short person the deficit is smaller ie calories to loose is not very high i.e. 1200 calories)

Sometimes those extra bites that yo grab do not get logged. And yes with only 5 pounds to loose extra calories that can easily creep in will derail anyone's deficit at our height and weight when trying to loose.

I suggest weight lifting (always) but be careful as to their will be scale creeps when you start doing strenuous exercise. You will be essentially creating micro tears in the muscles that need to repair after exercising in order to actually grow. This relies on the carbs you eat to build muscle, so there will be water retention so just be ware. Its all good, just don't want you to be shocked with some fluctuations on the scale. If you have not done so already up your Protein intake while lifting weights.. At least .08gr/LBM or 1gr/body weight.

As a newbie to lifting, you will start building "newbie gainz" which is a good thing and enjoy it. These will taper off around 5 - 7 weeks and you will just be maintaining your muscles while still eating at a deficit.

How long to loose these 5 pounds while lifting? That depends how fast you are trying to loose it (how large is your deficit). The smaller the deficit, the better.