ryleemaya's Journal, 03 April 2018

Just a quick glance at your food record and one guess is that you are averaging 1300 calories a day for the days you record. Exercise will vary in calorie burn, cardio burns less than 300 an hour, same for weight lifting, so you are burning maybe 450 calories a day in exercise if you are getting your heart rate up for that time. I would suggest that you record all your food every day - if you are hitting 1300 or 1400 calories a day, then you just don't have a big enough deficit to lose more than a little bit at a time. Once you know exactly what you are eating, you can cut down. But losing half a pound a week is actually good for someone already close to goal. 

^^^ THIS. Always diet. #letsgo! 

It's a loss. You are about at the ten pound barrier. It's not unusual for losses to slow down. The last ten pounds are the hardest but most rewarding pounds to loose. Keep up the good work!!! 

When I exercise more, a lot of times I move the weight around (in a good way from fat to muscle) rather than loosing any weight on the scale. You may want to take a picture of yourself in a tank top or whatever and compare it in a week or two. Good luck! 

I completely agree with abbadabba, with the exception of calories burned per hour. If it is high intensity you can burn nearly 500 cals per hour, but very few do, they just think they do. When I get hung, I record "everything" that I eat, everything. I'm generally surprised by calorie creep, usually 200-500 over what I expected. 

So you know how many calories you are burning in a day based on the fitbit - but the food isn't written down here, so are you calculating intake every day? Like Adamevegod1 says: everything you eat needs to be weighed or measured or else you have no clue what your deficit is. That is usually my problem when I don't lose what I think should. 

Also, have you adjusted your latest weight on the fitbit measure? If the fitbit is calculating on your weight from when you first started using it, you might not be getting a current calculation. I also figured out a workaround for logging the fitbit calories which is to put in 16 hours "sleeping" and then whatever the difference in fitbit calories for the day as an exercise that I created so the total for the day here is exactly what the fitbit reading is. 

be encouraged. be strong. don't give up. re-evaluate your plan and make adjustments accordingly. hope U have a better day. be blessed! 

Unfortunately weight loss is not linear... you will plateau on occasion. Stay the course, remain patient.... weight loss is a process 

My gosh, girl, you look fabulous, you're redistributing weight and toning your body all around. You know that muscle weights more than fat. The last 10 lbs is going to come off slooowly. Keep records to be accountable and don't stress. By now you should be on a WOE and exercise regime that you will be able to maintain with reasonsble calorie deficit that suports a gradual settling out to where your body is comfortable and healthy. Then just enjoy the journey. Maybe you should stay off the scale for awhile. It's just a number. ❤ Pardon this old grandma. You have come such a long way. You are so beautiful. Be proud of youself andof yourself.And, enjoy.  

Everyone hits plateaus. What you eat matters far more than how much exercise you do. 

You're already at a low weight, slow progress is expected and should be desirable at this point. Also, I thought you were going to focus more on muscle gain. You could be gaining muscle while simultaneously losing fat. Let the mirror be the judge, the scale is just one method of tracking progress.