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I agree-your body goes into starvation mode if you don't eat enough. You could try cutting out some of the fruit and replace with vegtables like carrots, zucchini or cucumbers. I try to have a dish of them at my desk and dip them in honey mustard. You will most likely burn more calories digesting vegs than how much is in them. I take tuna fish (no mayo) and put it cucumber slices. BTW -honey mustard is great on salads and has a lot less calories than dressing-it's really good too! Don't get discouraged -the weight will start coming off.

I was eating 1200 and lost for a little while, then I upped it to 1300 and lost for a little while, then a plateau came again and I upped it to 1400 and lost for a little while, Now I eat between 1400 to 1500 calories and seem to be doing ok with it. It appears to me that you exercise a lot for only 1200 calories and your body needs more fuel. You can't drive a car on an empty tank and your body is the same. If you were doing nothing 1200 would probably be okay but not for what all you do. Just my opinion from experience. Hope this helps.

Sounds like you need to up those calories, you are working yourself at a big deficit and your body is holding on to it all.

I think you are not eating enough for the amout of exercising you are doing.

THIS!

I've heard people having success from switching up their calorie intake. Sometimes the go a couple of days with high calorie intake in the midst of their usual low. It keeps the body guess so that way you don't hit a plateau bc of your body adapting.

Also, you proally need to gain more muscle mass...that burns more calories.

Don't worry I feel the same way, but I have read all the great advice and I am so going to use it.

I agree with most, you should eat more. Get some green veggies in your diet. I don't seem ,many veggies at all, that will help I bet.

There are definitely going to be weeks where you don't lose weight but you will lose inches. You have to make sure you are eating all 1200 of your calories everyday or you can send your body starvation mode and you definitely won't lose weight. That happened to me, I hit a plateau for almost a month, and I realized I wasn't eating enough. I was getting full, but I wasn't eating enough and working out like crazy and wasn't losing weight. Now I make sure to eat all 1200 of my calories and sometimes I may even go a little over, but I try to just make sure I am eating healthy balanced meals and 2 snacks a day. I also don't allow myself to go over on my calories unless its a weekend and I am going out with friends. Also, not sure if you're a drinker, but I have essentially cut out almost all alcohol. It really helps. If I want to drink, I limit myself to 2 drinks which I usually have red wine or vodka soda because they are low calorie and low sugar.

It is probably that you are not eating enough for the amount you are exercising. You could also change your goal to lose 1lbs a week. Usually the 2lbs a week is intended for people who are trying to lose 100+ make sure you are gettinfpg an accurate reading of calories burned when exercising. You may have to get a heart rate monitor for this. Also try eating back at least half your exercise calories. You have to at least net 1200 and MVP does not include exercise until you do it. Really I think you may need to up the calorie in take and you should see a lose. Good luck and hope this helps.

Definitely agree. If you eat 1200 calories but you burn off an extra 500 or so exercising, you need to eat back those calories. If you don't, your body is going to think you only ate 700 (because you burned off 500), and it is going to hold onto your weight for safety. So eat a bit more and maybe exercise a bit less.

Try taking one day to rest, it'll build your metabolism way up. Our bodies need a day of rest. Take Sunday or Saturday off and just eat healthy that day and either walk or do nothing. If you give your body a rest it really boosts that metabolism, especially if you stick to the same caloric intake....Just try it for a month, one day off a week for one month, see if that helps! You're doing it all right, so dont give up, you know you can do it, it'll pay of I promise!

DON'T GIVE UP....like a few people have already mentioned...try to mix things up with your exercise routine. Could it be you're not eating enough if you are execising that much. Try to add another protein...you'll get there hang in there girl!!!

I didn't read through all the replies but it seems like you should be eating more... I have a very similar goal and am about the same height. I was set at -2lbs per week (1200 calories) for several months and I didn't really lose any weight... (about 1-2lbs total). Since the start of the month I increased my calorie goal to 1600 and have reduced the amount of cardio I am doing, I have also added in more strength training... I lost the 5 lbs I gained during the holiday and an additional 5lbs... so based on my experience I would suggest you try (for a month or a couple weeks) increasing your calorie goal and switching up your workout routine! Best of Luck to you!

It took me 2 months to lose the first 10 lbs, which for some ppl comes right off. most of it was in the second mo. So I'd say just stick to it and make sure you do get enough calories and rest for your exercise regimen. It will happen.

Don't exercise for a week, stick to the same calorie amount, and make sure you get enough fiber. The second week just walk for 30 minutes or do a 20 minute pilates tape.

A couple of things:

1. Watch your salt. No matter how much water you are drinking, if you take in too much salt, you will hold water.

2. If you are burning a lot of calories, but not eating enough to sustain that, you will not lose weight. You need to increase your calories just a bit to include some of your burned calories to lose weight. This is because if you burn calories, but not eat back some of them, your body's metabolism will slow down a bit.

3. You just started the weight loss regime, so I would have thought you would have lost at least five pounds in the first month. Are you measuring your food accurately? How about measuring your exercise? Many times a diet fails because the person is only estimating. Research shows that humans oftentimes 'estimate' too high when it comes to how much we are eating and the amount of exercise we do.

4. It sounds like you may want to get back to what you looked like a few years ago, before you gained the 50 pounds. That may not be realistic thinking. Which do you want to be - thin or healthy? That is the question. You can weigh a bit more than you were 50 pounds ago and still be healthy by making muscle. When you put on muscle, your metabolism will increase because the muscle needs energy. This means you will burn more calories than you would without the muscle. Muscle is compact, so it will take less space than fat on the body. Unfortunately, it makes it appear that one is not progressing when it comes to losing weight. We need to get over relying on the scale to tell us how we look. Look in the mirror or try on clothing to determine how you are doing.

5. Try interval training. Hop on a treadmill or exercise bike and go your regular rate. After about five minutes to warm up, ramp it up to as fast as you can go for five minutes. Cool off for five, then repeat the ramping up. This often helps burn more calories than just going at one speed as well as boosts your metabolism.

6. Vary when you exercise. I exercise in the morning before breakfast and in the afternoon. If you exercise before breakfast, you will burn fat because you have not eaten for at least ten hours. When you exercise in the afternoon, you have all those calories from eating in the morning and for lunch to burn. It does make a difference when you exercise. Additionally, exercising in the morning bumps your metabolism. In the afternoon, the metabolism likes to slow down, so if you exercise, you are bumping it up again.

7. Did you gain the weight slowly over a period of years or over a short time? Do you have signs of a slow thyroid? (You can look them up online.) You may want to get checked out for a thyroid issue.

Good Luck.