I have to be doing something wrong

Are you double checking that the entries you are using in the database are accurate? There's a lot of garbage in there.

As the previous poster asked, are your thyroid levels well controlled now? There's no obvious reason why you should not be losing at 1270cals.

Having said that, with 30 lbs left, you shouldn't be expecting 2 lbs per week. I would change it to 1 lb, though I know that doesn't really address your question.

Have you taken any diet breaks? This thread might help too: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10604863/of-refeeds-and-diet-breaks/p1

Hang in there!

Zodikosis wrote: »

This may get a bunch of woos as I'm just spitballing here, but have you tried a diet break? I know that, for me, after I've been dieting for awhile and have already lost a fair bit, I will stall out for a long time unless I eat at maintenance for 1-2 weeks and then resume the deficit. It really helps break up the plateau. Don't stop counting calories/exercising during the break, just eat at maintenance and see if it helps.

Diet breaks are very non-woo. OP, you can consider this option as well.

First, congratulations on your progress so far! You may not be quite where you want to be yet, but 35 lbs ain't nothin'.

If you lost that weight from July to March, that's an average loss of right around 1 lb/week. That's just about right. There are many reasons why we might plateau though. One is that, as we lose the weight, we need fewer calories to maintain. If you've never had MFP recompute your calorie goals, it's possible you're aiming for calories appropriate for the old larger you, but not the new slimmer you. Your calories will be adjusted automatically if you update your progress via the app, but not if you do it via the website. So if you haven't done so lately, go to the Settings page and then "Update diet/fitness profile". It should automatically be filled in with your current weight. Then just click the "Update Profile" button at the bottom.

By the same token, as we lose the weight we have less wiggle room with our calories than when we're just starting out. So it may be that you used to be able to get away measuring by volume or by eye rather than by weight, but you can't anymore. Whenever possible, all solid food should be measured by weight. A kitchen scale is an indispensable weight loss tool.

I plateaued once for about a month, and discovered it was because ONE food I typically ate for lunch, from the steam tables at Whole Foods, I was measuring by volume. And was using the wrong database entry for to boot. The result was that I was getting about 500 cal/day more than I thought I was. When I fixed that, the weight loss resumed.

If you log and eat back your exercise calories, you may want to take the approach many of us do and only eat back about half of them. Exercise calories are often overestimated.

Unless you're an athlete with specific goals, your mix of macros doesn't matter all that much as long as you feel sated at the end of the day. Properly treated hypothyroidism won't affect weight loss either. It can be more difficult for shorter people to take weight off, but that shouldn't become an issue until you're closer to your goal.

Good luck!

another thing i notice, just looking at your diary quickly - i see a lot of questionable entries and weights.

are you weighing on a SCALE.

.33 serving of fruit salad?

consistent 1 oz and 3 oz servings of meat?

1 medium banana

etc, etc , etc

cindytelson2017 wrote: »

I try very hard to get the macros correct so sometimes I only eat one ounce of meat in order to get the right percentage on protein. Same goes for carbs fats I try to get the exact percentage on the macros so when I have walnuts for example I weigh it as a quarter ounce and sprinkle it on my yogurt sometimes I have to eat an ounce and a half of avocado to get the right amount of fat percentage it’s really maddening. I am so precise it drives me insane sometimes.

There is no need to meet your macros to the exact%. Its okay to be over or under a macro as long as you are in a calorie deficit. You are way over doing this part and can understand how you feel it maddening.

I saw any things like fruit for example

1- banana medium,

blueberries raw .33 cups, etc.

You should weight all of your fruit, veggies, etc, preferably using grams and choose the right gram entry from the database.