Taking a break from weighing in, will weigh in on the 20th. Hope you Ladies hit the 120's real soon!

Hi everyone!

I'm new here! I've tried just about every diet in the book. Frankly, I'm thinking dieting is simply becoming a hobby for me: I love researching it, finding new ones to try, etc. I've been stuck in the 130s since the holidays. I hit my low of 125 in November and bounced between 125-132 for a couple months. Now my weight has creeped up to the HIGH 130s! Ahk!!! How did this happen? I refuse to buy new bigger clothes so it's time I buckle down and get back down to a more comfortable size 4 instead of a how-can-I-hide-my-muffin-top-4! Ultimately I'd like to get down to 115, but the holidays proved to be too tempting!

Grace

Welcome Grace! It's good that you caught it now instead of when you gained it all back! I know it's hard to lose weight when you're already smaller, but hopefully we can give you some support! It's good that you enjoy it! What form of exercise/diet do you follow?

I just Calorie count and eat as many non-processed/whole foods as I can & do weight lifting & yoga

Well it's been quite a while since I've checked in here. I decided to take a little break from posting on here everyday. With posting all the time and constantly focusing on my weight I think it was beginning to stress me out and was playing a little part in my 137.2 plateau. I guess it worked because I weighed in at 136.6 while being visited by TOM. I couldn't be happier.

I hope all of you are having a productive and positive March so far!

I've cut out all sugars so it basically puts be at a low-carbish diet. For exercise I do yoga a couple times a week but am considering adding weight training and some cardio. I know summer will be here before I know it so it's time for me to shed my winter coat and get in bikini shape!

This is me. It has been so hard its said 132 for a month now. gahhhh

Hopeful, glad to see it budged for you, I hope you continue to see steady losses!

Well it is obvious I'm not so good about not weighing in, I said I'd weigh on on the 20th and it's only the 11th, but I was just too tempted. Today I weighed in after a really long run (ran 14.5 without stopping then walked for a few and then ran another 1, yaaaay! ), I was 132.4 fully clothed with running shoes and mid afternoon, however I know I would have been much lighter from being dehydrated after my run. I was thinking about getting naked and weighing to see if I was in the 120's, but I did resist that part.

I am so so so sick of being the same weight! I have been 132 for a month and a half now. I just stopped losing weight. I am working out 4 times a week (cardio that makes me sweat) for at least an hr each time. and have been eating around 1200-1300 calories a day (which a nutritionist told me was the lowest I should go or the weight loss wont be permanent). Once I got a scale I think it made me too conscious of every bite I ate, actually resulting in me eating a little more than a little less ironically...

Maybe the nutritionist is wrong because I'm so short? I feel like I don't need the same amount of calories as most people because of my height...but every time I try to change how many calories I eat something in me freaks out and it eventually results in a binge that undoes it all anyway

*sigh* I know I am not significantly overweight, but for once in my life can I please just be comfortable in my own skin? is that too much to ask?

Born This Way- I think it's safe to say that I and almost all the others in this thread feel your frustration, we seem to be struggling collectively to break through to the 120's. I was always told "those last 10lbs are the hardest", but I never realized just how hard. I wish I had some advice for you other than to wait it out and keep persevering, but I don't I'm afraid. I'm just continuing to eat great and workout and hoping that soon I will see a loss and I hope we all see a loss soon, REAL soon!!! I'm not pleased about not seeing the number drop to where I feel it should be, but I can feel that I'm stronger and my endurance is much better and that's a pretty big deal so I'll take that for now.

Hovering around 138, so, I guess I'm in this thread now!

Welcome, setsyan!

To all those who are stuck, I read found this online on a friends Facebook and apparently people swear by it for getting them over a hump: Some folks do a cali kicker several times a day it helps get you to burn more fat and calories..take a shot glass put some cayenne pepper in it and some lemon juice stir it up..and shot it..its really not that bad..when I am slowed down or stalled I def do one.

I'm not usually one for trying stuff like this, but I'm going to give it a try if I don't see the 120's by a week on Monday- anyone else heard about this method?

What a wonderful surprise this morning, yesterday I was 136.6 and today I weighed at 135.0 exactly!!!!!!!!! Now I'm sure I'll be looking at 135 for the next few weeks, but I'm sooooooooo excited!!!!!!!!

bananapancakes--thanks for the advice I know this is just a matter of really paying attention to what my body needs, not what everyone around me needs or does in terms of their health. when I really listen to my body, and eat exactly the amount of food it asks for, I lose weight. It has just proven to be very difficult to do that because compared to the portions everyone eats around me, what somebody my height actually needs is kinda measly. I think I just gotta get used to the idea that just because i'm eating less than everyone else doesn't mean I'm depriving myself, it means I'm taking care of myself.

That may take a while to really believe, but once I do I think I'll be able to move past this plateau

Born this way I just wanted to pipe in to say that you might not be taking enough calories in. I am 5'2'' and I was stuck at 140.8 for a week and a friend of mine suggested that 1200 calories might not be enough because I am burning 300-500 working out everyday and I am now eating 1500 and boom in two days I am now down to 139.6 so as long as I get the 130's again the next couple days I will be joining you ladies.

I am right here with you. After a huge binge weekend I am up to 136. I was 129.8 on Thursday.