Need some guidance- please see my before/after numbers and d

I don't know your workout routine but I hope your trainer has you doing weight training. Cardio is great but you need to keep your muscle mass up to burn more calories. The more muscle you have the more calories you burn. Cardio breaks muscles down so if you don't do anything to rebuild them it gets harder and harder to lose weight.

ok so you've lost what looks to me to be about 3.5inches, 2.2lbs, it hasn't even been two months. what's wrong with that? If you only want to lose 25 lbs you probably don't have that much weight to lose in the first place, which means you are going to have to work even harder than someone who has a lot to lose.

I know you're working out with a trainer - is that ever morning? are you strength training at least 2-3 days a week? Are you having a recovery shake/snack after work outs? are you drinking plenty of water (your diary shows none)

SW 303.4 (1/1/11)
CW 198.4 (down 105lbs)
GW 160

Looking through your diary, you seem to be under your calorie goal a lot, sometimes by several hundred calories. As I understand it, that can often stall weight loss efforts. However, I don't pretend to be an expert.

With 25 Pounds to lose, weights are your best friend! Cardio will get rid of the fat but you should incorporate weights as well. And not 5 pound weights. REAL weights! If you want to lose inches, lift. You don't have much to lose, so weights will give you the fastest results on the inch loss. Cardio is great! Don't give that up! But start lifting at least 3 days a week! Make that trainer work for their money

Here are a few ideas:

Unless your trainer is determining your calorie need, you might want to try "eating back your exercise calories" for a few weeks. You're burning off 300-400 calories on your workout days, so you might want to try eating more to compensate for that. Remember, MFP's calculations are already at a deficit before exercise, so exercising increases your deficit and may be putting your body into the range of "I'm going to hold on to what I have, because I'm not getting enough fuel from food" (or, in short, "conservation mode"). Check out the stickies on this forum section for more information, specifically the "700 calories and not losing" and "why you should eat your exercise calories" articles.

Do you have a heart rate monitor? If not, it's probably worth investing in one. It will provide you with a more accurate reading for calories burned (assuming it's calibrated correctly) than just about anything else, at least for your cardio.

Do you measure your food, or eyeball it? If you're eyeballing it, you might want to start/restart measuring it, to make sure you're getting the correct portions.

Try adjusting the macronutrients in your diet. Right now, you're really carb-heavy, and a lot of it appears to be from grains and rice. Try cutting down on the wheat/grain carbs and increase your protein intake and see if that helps. The increased protein will also help your muscles repair, especially after your strength training workouts. If you have a family history of Celiac or gluten intolerance, you might want to try cutting wheat based products out completely for a while and see how it affects you.

What does your strength training consist of? Are you doing things that are actually challenging? If you're using weights, you should be lifting so that about 3 sets of 12-15 reps are challenging, and you may even approach "failure" on the last couple of reps on sets two and three. If you're doing bodyweight stuff, you should be doing forms that have the same effect - near failure at the end. If you can bang out 100 pushups in a set, or all of your weightlifting sets without much of an issue, then you need to make it more challenging. You're a woman, you don't have the testosterone to get bulky, so don't be afraid to do some real lifting. Your muscles *should* be sore in the following days.

Have you talked with a doctor? It's possible you could have a medical issue that is interfering with your weight loss, especially if you have a family history of things like hypothyroidism, Diabetes, or PCOS. Get some bloodwork and a physical done to rule out medical issues, especially if you're doing everything else "right." (ETA - Since you only have 25 lbs to lose, this is the least likely scenario. However, if you've done all of the above, it may not hurt to check anyway.)