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I'm 5'4, 120 pounds and eat 1600 calories to lose weight. I exercise 5x a week with weights + cardio 3x a week.

Yeah my clothes are getting looser, but it seems odd how the scale is stuck on the EXACT number for a month and a half? haha its baffling! There's nothing wrong with the scale, but there seems to be something wrong with me :P

Yeah thanks would love to check out some channels :) I know the hodge twins do it :) They're really helpful. But yeah, think i need to do more research on it. I never get cravings so that's not a problem. It just isn't nice when say, you want to go out for dinner and your window for the day ended at 5pm you get me? It…

Thanks for the advice! I've heard of a lot of people trying this but they complain about feeling tired and having bad breath :/ I did try it for a couple days but find it hard to adapt into a long term thing. If all else fails, I'll give IF a proper go to try shift that last stubborn fat :)

Those macronutrient ratios were recommended from a couple places. I did my research and that seemed to be the best ratio for fat loss and maintaining lean muscle. Yeah it is a pretty place but I'm ready to get to civilization!

Haha not exactly. End up paying double the price because you need to order from Amazon through a courier. I'm moving to England in June so I'll just wait it out :)

Yeah you're right :) But at the same time I have this goal in mind and I am toned I just need to lose 2 more kgs and I'll stop stressing. It's these last few which are the problem but I'm determined :) Thank you for your input :)

[/quote] and use a HRM, like Polar FT7 or FT4 or anything else having that option... it will tell you how much calories you are burning during your exercise. [/quote] haha I live in Zimbabwe...that stuff isn't available here. Guess I'm at a disadvantage then lol Sorry I'm not sure how to quote things properly either :P…

Omg! My jaw actually dropped looking at the difference! Wow. Well done, you must be so happy that you had the willpower to follow through. Amazing! :D

How exactly do I know how many calories I'm burning? In myfitnesspal the weight training exercises don't have any sort of calorie value so I don't know how many calories to eat back. What do you do? Or do you just record the cardio you do?

Thanks everyone for all the help! Really appreciate everything! :)

No I don't eat my exercise calories back. Think my metabolism definitely needs a boost! My body is getting too used to surviving on what I'm eating right now even with all the exercise. I started dieting at 1000 calories which was very silly and now I'm just trying to correct that mistake which seems to have hindered my…

Yeah I have noticed a difference in inches but at the same time do want to lose weight still. I'm doing weight training followed by cardio each day. Monday I work on abs then do an hour long Zumba class. Tuesday is legs and cardio. Wed is abs and back then cardio. Thursday is arms then cardio. Friday is legs then cardio.…

I've eaten at maintenance for about 4 days then slowly decreased calories again to 1500. And still no change. K will check my messages :)

I started about 3 months ago doing it religiously. Yeah I drink about 2-3 liters water of water each day, so don't know if its that. In the beginning I lost weight. I've lost about 3kgs, but nothing has changed over the past month and a half. I've been trying to ignore the scale and being patient but it is not changing and…

OK then :) How much more do you suggest?

Are you sure? Already 1,500 is difficult for me to eat. I'm not a big eater :P