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Please help!!!! I am so frustrated! I am 59 years old, several years post-menopausal. I had been sedentary for several years and ended up gaining weight. I had always been average weight...not real thin, and a little prone to putting on pounds if I didn't "watch it." Never Cheat and Still Can't Lose Weight When I was younger, though, I could lose weight relatively easily through dieting. Not anymore!! Several months back I started to try to lose weight through my old diet efforts. Nothing happened. I got frustrated and stopped dieting and ended up gaining 3 additional pounds. So, I tried to diet again. Same thing happened and I ended up 7 pounds heavier than when I first began. I got so depressed...that's when I realized diet alone wouldn't do it anymore and I started exercising. I signed up for Debra's 5-day flip, and I bought her book, you still got it girl. I've been exercising 5 days a week and trying to eat very healthy ever since. I do weights 2 to 3 times a week and HIIT exercise 3 days a week. I eat about 1200 calories a day. I am 5 feet tall. At first, I lost some weight. I lost the 7 extra pounds I had gained after I started dieting, (back to only where I was when I started) and then about 3 more pounds. What Can I Do? Now I am stuck. I haven't lost an ounce in over 3 weeks and I'm exercising and eating healthy every day. I NEVER CHEAT! But I am so miserable because nothing is happening and I am trying so hard! I would like to lose about another 15 pounds. What am I doing wrong??? Am I eating too much?? (I'm practically starving at 1200 calories). Am I not eating enough? Am I exercising wrong? I'm so incredibly frustrated! Any guidance would be so appreciated! -Bonnie Increase (and stop counting) calories - Your messaging your body to slow down. You need to have metabolic flexibility… and as you shut down the calories and increase the exercise your body has a foot on the accelerator and one on the brake Introduce Intermittent Fasting – an hour later in the morning, an hour earlier in evening Consider Sleet and Stress Look at sleep, stress (your raising yours -said with love) Take a week and relax… catch up on sleep. Walk, do yoga, but nothing you think is calorie burning Look at your hunger levels, energy levels, and pay more attention to your protein per meal, your carb intake, your energy all day, and fiber intake. A plateau is not a bad thing… you’re not gaining. Consider that a plus and realize that your body won’t lose more without the ability to burn more. Your body pausing for a moment is okay. Weight loss never goes linearly. Weights 2x a week. Interval 1-3. Fill in with movement daily. Check your protein intake at each of 3 meals daily, especially around exercise. Resources: 5 Day Flip You Still Got It, Girl! STRONGER program Flippingfifty dot com/nevercheat