Take a look at my diary............Please tell me what exact

You are welcome to look at my diary. I agree with others about eating more "real" food. I snack quite a bit throughout the day, and hopefully you can get some good ideas for quick 5-minute snacks throughout my diary.

I do use protein powders and bars occasionally. I just try to save them for a pre- or post workout snack instead of replacing a meal. For protien powder I use Dymatize because it doesn't require a lot of preparation. It's only 114 calories and 20 grams of protein. I add 1 scoop to plain water, shake or stir, drink. I'm usually FAMISHED when I get home from a workout, usually at 8 or 9pm. (I don't think the protein bars I've been eating are that low in sugar, so I'm eager to see if others have a suggestion for you.)

As for oatmeal, I've finally learned to like it, but I stopped buying those premade packets. Too gummy. I make my own with quick oats. I find I like the texture much better. Another option is baked oatmeal, which to me has more of a cake texture. Google "baked oatmeal recipe" and you should be able to find some that you like.

Hope this helps!

Cut down on all the processed food and snacks....More "natural" fruits and veggies and lean protien. Cook at home and stay away from eating out for a month or so and see how it goes. Good luck.

You don't have to eat breakfast food for breakfast.

^^ this

The other day I had a small boneless pork chop and some sauteed mushrooms for breakfast. Delicious.

I've also been known to eat fresh veggies for breakfast, but my favorite is a whole pint of berries.

I'm a huge fan of this. I mix it with Almond Breeze Milk. It's only 40 Calories per 8 oz servings

The Body By Vi protein shake (which is what I usually use) only has 90 calories and 1 gram of sugar and has lots of vitamins and minerals that I prob wouldn't get elsewhere

Other posters have covered the obvious issues. I would recommend that you stop tracking your sugar intake as you are already looking at carbs and see how much sodium you are getting with the foods you are eating. Too much sodium can cause fluid retention among other issues and that may be contributing to your lack of loss.

THIS! Although I've lost over 30 pounds since last summer, I'm finding it very difficult to shed the last 10-15 pounds. I now understand that I'm very sensitive to sodium. One or two high sodium (2500 to 3000mg) days per week is enough to trigger several pounds of water retention, which masks my weight loss progress. I've started a month long challenge to myself to keep my daily sodium intake below 2000 mg/day (My March All Over Sodium challenge). So far, I've lost 2.2 pounds in the last 3 days, after stalling for the last 3 weeks.

This may not be your issue, but along with the other posters recommendations to eat more fruits, veggies, and protein, sodium may be something to consider.

Plain 0% fat greek yoghurt is awesome. Use 3/4 cup, add 1 cup of any frozen mixed fruit in the blender, and it is either a fruit smoothie if you smootie it alot, or a little less time blending ti becomes icecream. I need a spoon full of splenda in for sweetness.
18 g of protein in the yoghurt alone!! So good!

I feel like my biggest problem is snacks. Can someone suggest something besides cheese and nuts? I get really bored with this. I can't heat anything up and don't have a lot of time to eat it because I work with kids all day and have maybe five minutes to eat my snacks.

Perhaps you are burning fat off with all your workouts and deficits, but you're also gaining muscle when you train and teach zumba.
Muscle is generally heavier than fat.

You don't gain muscle on calorie deficit. It's practically impossible. And since Zumba is a cardio based exericse, it's very unlikely that any muscle is overloaded at all.

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My suggestion. Eat about 1800 calories a day. Then bust your *kitten* lifting some heavy weights BEFORE any cardio. Most here are addressing food, I'll address the exercise. Change your intensity and make your workouts HARDER. Again lift some serious heavy weights for yourself ( 8 reps max and with weight that challenges you on this on any exercise) and do it at least 3 times a week.

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I would say you are eating a lot of packaged and processed foods, and very little veges and fruit. Get back to basics - eat your fruit and veges as the biggest portion of your daily intake, then add protein in the way of meat, fish, eggs, etc, and milk/ yoghurt etc. I found that eating grains and grain products (cereal, bread etc) was holding me back, now I don't eat any of these products. I am finally into the normal BMI range after losing 50kg. I hit a plateau for a year, and in fact put on 7kg, then with the help of my fitness pal and dropping the grain products I have lost 12kg in the last 16 weeks. I don't eat back my exercise calories, which are around 350 cals x 5 days. I then have a spike day on a Saturday where I still try to eat natural food but add higher calorie foods including cheese, dark chocolate, potatoes, rice and alcohol. On my spike day I don't even count my calories. When I have I find that I can't even eat enough to eat all my exercise calories.... Give it a go.