When will the scale move?

Because you have little to lose it is going to be slow.

Going from 130-105 at 54yo, menopausal, and 5'1 took me a year.
I ate 1200 cals a day plus exercise calories =1300-1450 a day.

Weighing and logging your food as accurately as you can is really important with so little to lose.

After I had enough data I worked out I burnt about 200cals an hour exercising, and used that number until I was close to goal then dropped it to 175.

The first 5-8 lbs came off at 1lbs a week, the middle lbs were an average of .5 lbs a week, the last 5 lbs took months.

If you haven't had your thyroid meds checked in a while it would be worth going and getting a general checkup and getting the meds assessed.

It is a slow process so try to enjoy it, I did. I ate the food I ate normally, just shaved my portions, moved more doing my daily activity, I had slowly become a sloth, and started exercising for the first time in my life to protect my bones, muscles, and cardiovascular system, so I would be in good physical health entering my post menopausal years.

It all worked! 7+ years later and I have maintained my weight loss, have excellent health, and am probably more active than most of my contemporaries.

Take your time, eat well, eat nutritiously, and keep moving.
And, if you like the odd glass of wine, work it into your calories, I did

Cheers, h.

ETA: I should also have said- your age shouldn't be an issue.

Please eat a minimum of 1200 plus exercise calories. This is important with your goal because if you have to stop exercising your weight loss will slow, or more than likely stop unless you drop to an unhealthy intake.

Be aware that at 105lbs your maintenance calories will be low. Check what they will be and decide if that is a long term maintainable amount of food. You may decide you would be happier at 115 lbs and doing some weight lifting to resculpt your body. h

TeethOfTheHydra wrote: »

I'm no expert but the first two thoughts I have are 1) you could be shifting weight from fat to muscle and so your bathroom scale # may not be telling the whole story (not sure I really think this is the case since its a month in). 2) you're eating too few calories and so your metabolism has shut down because you're starving yourself.

I went about a year working out and eating about 1600 cals a day and did not really lose or gain any weight. They key to opening weight loss back up was to eat more frequently (no more than 4 hours between meals). That got my body going again and things moved right away. I would definitely a say a month without any change suggests you should re-think your plan and make incremental changes weekly until you see some evidence you're having an effect.
Good luck!

you should have stopped at "I'm no expert"....