Taking ages to reach my target weight

Am I doing the math correctly, you are 116 lbs at 5'1"? That's a healthy weight for your height.

Yes if you are eating the same it makes sense your weight loss will slow down. Why? Because when you were heavier, your body required more calories just to keep itself going. Now that you have lost weight, it's going to use less. An estimate for your TDEE (BMR + daily activity if you were sedentary) is 1558 based on the stats you provided. So if you were eating 1200 calories you could expect to lose 1 lb every 10 days.

Since you are at a healthy weight, I think your current weight loss is just fine. Faster weight loss is not recommended because your body will cannibalize muscle after it gets rid of the most fat it can in a certain time period. This is based on how much excess fat you have. Since you are in the healthy range, you have very little excess fat.

Lastly, you say you are eating the same foods...are you using a food scale? Have you recommitted to get serious about logging recently? It is easy to become complacent. No one wants to hear it, but if you are not losing weight as fast as the math indicates, you are probably eating more than you think. I don't think that's a bad thing though. You are at a healthy weight. You should be aiming for .25 - .5 lbs a week at most. Maybe focus more on resistance training and getting fit at this point as well as transitioning into maintenance.

zoe271191 wrote: »

Yes, that's right I am 116lb and I understand that is a healthy weight but I still don't feel happy at this weight. I do use scales and I do track my food, it really has not changed. What you explained about the body not needing as many calories the more weight you lose does make sense, so would you suggest I drop my calories to 800-1000 just so I am able to get this last 11lb off?

Are you weighing absolutely EVERYTHING solid? Including pre-packaged/pre-portioned foods? Are you choosing accurate entries?

105 lb puts you at the very bottom end of healthy weight range for your height, which could be fine - everyone's body is a bit different after all

What don't you like about your current weight? Have you been doing any strength training? Often being a little too soft at a certain weight means you have too much fat, and getting into heavy lifting can help reshape your body so you look better.

Also - are you breastfeeding? That can throw everything out of whack as far as weightloss goes, and I would suggest waiting to make any changes until you're done breastfeeding.

~Lyssa

I have seen some people recommend eating at maintenance calories for a week or two to kind of reset your body and then go back to a deficit:) I can't wait til I'm at 116!

Try cutting carbs to burn fat. Keep below 100 grams/day.