Why am I not losing anymore?

Hoping people can help/give me some advice with my weight loss. I am 5lbs from my goal, and have been for about a year now. I just can not seem to lose these last 5lbs. I started my weight loss journey in March of 2013 when I joined weight watchers. It total I have lost 101lbs starting at 253 and am now 152. I am 26 years old, 5'8.5", just some back round info.

I consistently lost weight every week, and if I didn't I could pin point what I did wrong that week, exp. had a "cheat dinner" of pizza and wings, holiday, someone's birthday party, etc.

My weight loss seems to have come to a complete halt no matter how healthy I eat or how much I exercise. I try hard to stick to a 1200 calorie per day diet (have a food scale and weigh EVERYTHING religiously), work out 6 times a week which includes 5 7.5 mile runs and 1 9 or 10 mile run. Strength training 2x per week for about 30min. I do allow myself to drink on the weekends, something I am not willing to give up.

Let me know if you have any advice. Since I just joined I can not open my food journal to the public, but can post an average daily food intake if needed.

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arditarose wrote: »

Have you been at 1200 calories since March 2013??! No diet break?

I have not always been eating 1200 calories. For the past year or so since my weight loss has stalled I began counting calories and keeping myself around 1200, as previously on WW we did not count calories, only points. On weekends I do have days I go over the 1200 calories, as I drink around 500-600 calories worth of alcohol.

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Machka9 wrote: »

ndj1979 wrote: »

Machka9 wrote: »

TerraThomas1 wrote: »

My weight loss seems to have come to a complete halt no matter how healthy I eat or how much I exercise. I try hard to stick to a 1200 calorie per day diet (have a food scale and weigh EVERYTHING religiously), work out 6 times a week which includes 5 7.5 mile runs and 1 9 or 10 mile run. Strength training 2x per week for about 30min. I do allow myself to drink on the weekends, something I am not willing to give up.

How much do you want to lose weight?

please, drinking on the weekend is not going to result in a long term plateau …

I drink on weekends and have no issue with losing….

You might not, but the OP is having trouble losing weight. If she/he is correct that she/he weighs and logs "everything religiously" ... then we've got to look at the obvious.

So back to the OP ... TerraThomas ... do you log what you drink?

I do! I drink vodka, no wine, beer, any of the added sugary stuff. I account for the approx. 1000 calories worth of acohol I consume weekly and put in workouts every day I drink. Fridays & Sat consist of a 7.5 mile run, then a long run on Sunday of 9 to 10 miles.

Could this really be the reason I am stalling????

unknown

TerraThomas1 wrote: »

Machka9 wrote: »

ndj1979 wrote: »

Machka9 wrote: »

TerraThomas1 wrote: »

My weight loss seems to have come to a complete halt no matter how healthy I eat or how much I exercise. I try hard to stick to a 1200 calorie per day diet (have a food scale and weigh EVERYTHING religiously), work out 6 times a week which includes 5 7.5 mile runs and 1 9 or 10 mile run. Strength training 2x per week for about 30min. I do allow myself to drink on the weekends, something I am not willing to give up.

How much do you want to lose weight?

please, drinking on the weekend is not going to result in a long term plateau …

I drink on weekends and have no issue with losing….

You might not, but the OP is having trouble losing weight. If she/he is correct that she/he weighs and logs "everything religiously" ... then we've got to look at the obvious.

So back to the OP ... TerraThomas ... do you log what you drink?

I do! I drink vodka, no wine, beer, any of the added sugary stuff. I account for the approx. 1000 calories worth of acohol I consume weekly and put in workouts every day I drink. Fridays & Sat consist of a 7.5 mile run, then a long run on Sunday of 9 to 10 miles.

Could this really be the reason I am stalling????

You're making me think hard about my alcohol intake. I too drink on weekends (and log every drop). I am 5'8 as well, was at 1,200 calories, but am now at around 1,400 calories (projected weight loss of .5 lb per week) and I've completely stalled.

Hmmmmm.....

unknown

the point is not the alcohol itself...the point is that you get to much calories. and approx 1000 calories is a lot when you have a small deficit.

You dont lose weight when you consume to much calories, however you look at it.
So you eat or drink to much.

All up to you how you solve it.

unknown

I think you dont eat enough. Read this http://eatmore2weighless.com/about-em2wl/.

I am disabled and hardly do any activity and eat more and lose weight. Lost about 10 kg starting jan 2015. And eat between the 1500 and 1900 cal. Have to lose about 2 kg and than I'm at a healthy BMI

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TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »

the point is not the alcohol itself...the point is that you get to much calories. and approx 1000 calories is a lot when you have a small deficit.

You dont lose weight when you consume to much calories, however you look at it.
So you eat or drink to much.

All up to you how you solve it.

I agree and wish I could solve it more easily, but here is what my weekly calorie intake consists of including food and exercise:

Sunday - 1200 calories consumed....9 or 10 mile run. 30 min strength training. Sunday is my long day at the gym
Monday - 1200 calories consumed...7.5 mile run
Tuesday - 1200 calories consumed....7.5 mile run
Wednesday - 1200 calories consumed...7.5 mile run. 30 min strength training
Thursday - 1200 calories consumed...no workout
Friday - 1200 calories of food, 500-600 calories of alcohol...7.5 mile run
Saturday - 1200 calories of food, 500-600 calories of alcohol...7.5 mile run

I do not eat back any of my burned calories. I just do not get it, it is very frustrating!! if you see something shining out that I do not let me know. But you would think with the amount of exercise and keeping strictly at 1200 calories I would see a loss, even if I do drink 2x a week.