Frustrated Anew

Try a new exercise routine. You have to keep your body guessing. It's also easy to get stuck in a rut eating a lot of the same foods. Shake things up a bit and see what happens next month. Good luck and stick with it!

First, take a deep breath and relax. This isn't a race, it's a marathon. Plateaus are never easy to deal with nor are they always easy to break through. Can you open up your diary so we can see what you're eating?

It could be any number of things...

- You could be not getting enough calories.
- You could be getting too much exercise.
- You could be eating too much sodium.
- You could be not drinking enough water.

Try switching up your exercise routine. Since you seem to do all cardio, add some strength training in.
Zig zag your calories, so you get less some days and more others.
Are you eating the same foods pretty much all the time? Try changing up your menu a bit!

Good luck! Keep your chin up and keep working at it. You CAN and WILL break through!

Sounds likeyou hit a plateu my friend! revamp your exercise and food choices. REALLY examine what you're eating. Granted, you may be eating UNDER you calories limit, but are you eating whole, natural, mostly non-processed foods? Convenience foods may be "low fat" and "low calorie" but nutrionally they do nothing for you and you're hungry for more of the same crap instantly. When you walk, are you putting effort into (swinging arms, walking straight with shoulders back, stomach pulled in and breathing properly?) or are you just...walking? Are you strength training? Building strong lean muscles helps you have a higher BMR (resting calorie burn). I recommend you push yourself as hard as you can during your exercises, try making yourself break a sweat, drink 1/2 your body weight in ounces of water every day and like I said, review your food choices more closely.