Welcome!
First, take a deep breath! A vacation is just a vacation. It isn't everyday life. You can relax and indulge a little. And then when you're back home, you can move back to how you were doing before. If you gain a little, no biggie. Just as long as you fall back into the healthy lifestyle you were in before, you'll be fine. And TOM! You know that we all get bloated and gain during TOM, regardless of what weight and what BMI we are at. It's just the way the female body works. So, relax. You're good.
Use that icky bloated feeling as motivation. Remember how you feel now, so next time you're in a similar situation, you can stop, remember how you felt, and ask yourself if you think it's worth feeling that way again.
In regardless to the weightloss.
I've had a similar problem - the last 10lbs or so are coming off MUCH slower than the first 30ish lbs. I think, as you get closer to goal, you sometimes need to lessen your calorie deficit. You may be at the stage were your body is used to that equilibrium you've set for it - it expects to consume 1500 cals and it knows you're going to burn 1500 cals, so it adjusts to meet this supply and demand. Maybe you need to go up to 1700 calories and change up your exercise? Instead of 2 hours, have you tried 30 minutes HIIT and weight training? Weight training, in the long run, will make you look smaller (more compact) and will lessen you body fat %, regardless of what the scale says. and 30 mins of HIIT will get your heart pumping faster than 2hrs doing any consistent cardio.
Have you considered taking a maintenance break? Maybe eating something like 2000ish calories (of good, healthy food) for a month or so? I know it seems counter intuitive, but your body just might need a break. And you might need the mental break too.
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