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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 36 and have two kids (4 and 2) and am 5'2. Before kids, healthy weight was around 110-115 and I was a long-distance runner. I gained 25 pounds with each pregnancy and never lost the last 10 pounds with each, so now I'm 5'2 and 140. I no longer run, but I track my macros, eat about 1200 calories per day with low carbs and high protein, lift weights 3-4 times a week, walk 8,000-10,000 steps a day and the weight is refusing to budge. I'm at a loss and am so, so frustrated. Any advice?[/quote]

1.  How accurately are you tracking calories? Couniting every lick, bite and taste?
 
2. How consistent are you at hitting the numbers you claim? Do you [i]really[/i] only eat 1200 cal 7 days a week? Do you eat the same on the weekends that you do during the week.

3. How long have you given this? a week, two weeks, months?

Most people can not and do not REALLY stick to 1200 cal a day 7 days a week for a long period of time. they try hard for a few days, give up, start again and so on and this is what prevents progress.

Another thing to consider if you aren't really being 100% consistent is to up the calories. The reality is that 1200 cal is not sustainable and most really eat that low for a few days, overeat, go back to 1200, overeat and so on to the point where overall calories are actually much higher and preventing fat loss.

So by upping the calories you allow yourself, while still eating in a deficit, you are more able to stick to that range long term and see progress.

We all think eating fewer calories is the best and will in theory give the fastest results. But in reality it is more likely to lead to a restrict, overeat cycle with no real progress. [/quote]

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