I feel like its impossible :(

You should make your diary viewable if you want good responses

Hello, well done on your weightloss! IMHO if you feel shaky you are not eating enough! I am 5' 6" and eating 1420 at the moment and still losing. I have set my activity level to active as I am busy all day looking after my children, walking, cooking, housework etc and I said I want to lose 1lb a week. I only add calories I've burnt according to my heart rate monitor and I eat most of them back. Try upping your calories, I think your body will thank you. Good luck

I feel like its impossible to lose weight the way I am going. What am I doing wrong? Im eating 1200 cals a day, but even with added cals from working out I sometimes get shaky/dizzy. Should i increase my cals? But im worried if I do, I wont lose weight? When I went away to university 4 years ago I was 136 lbs (5'7) and I gained about 11 lbs, and finally (as of today!!) after a lot of hard work, I am back to 136. I know this is a 'healthy' weight but I have a bit of a belly and some cellulite that I want goneee. I do circuit & 30 mins of cardio 3 times a week, its really all I have time for because Im just starting a new job (teacher) and its very demanding.But Is this enough??? What can I do different?

Change your goal to like "maintain current weight", then when the exercise cals are taken off just don't eat them back so that would be your deficit. If you're dizzy, you do need to eat more.

I can't see your diary.
But I had the same problem and had to up my calories. It's the only way I could go without headaches and dizziness.

How is your protein and iron?

I had to up my cals to1340 to start seeing the scale move also I eat every two or three hours

I also think that 1200, even with exercise calories, is too little.

If you're a teacher, you're probably on your feet all day, so you're not sedentary. Make sure your activity level is accurate.

Since you hardly have any weight to lose, be sure to set your goals to 0.5# a week. When you have too much of a calorie deficit, you end up losing a disproportionate amount of muscle mass along with the fat you want to lose. And that's why you end up reaching your goal weight, but not being satisfied with the results.

Eat more food, make sure you're getting at least 20-25% of your calories from protein (you'll need to customize your goals), and look into strength training to help retain as much of your lean body mass as possible. Alternately, switch to maintain your weight and look into strength training.

I agree...you should up your calories. Look for healthy snacks you can take to your lunch meetings. Try some light snacks between meals (100-150 calories), like yogurt, fruit, veggies, etc.

Keep in mind, at 5'7" and 136 pounds, that may be your ideal weight. You can help things along as far as shaping up by doing lots of strength training, but the scale may not budge any further. I'm only 5'4", and my goal weight is 135. Try reading "New Rules of Lifting for Women". I'm reading it now and plan to try to start the workouts once I get the all-clear to start exercising again after gallbladder surgery.

It sounds like you don't really need to lose any more actual pounds, but maybe instead focus on strength training to tighten everything up.

Good luck!