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Okay, I'm stumped. My weight loss has STOPPED. My diet is super clean - entirely whole foods, no grains, very little starch, no added sugars, tons of water, no alcohol, ~50% of my calories and 90% of my food volume comes from fresh fruit and veggies. (I'm a vegetarian, so keto is a nonstarter.) I thought maybe I was eating more than I thought, so I logged everything I ate for a few days. I burn 5-800 calories during weekday workouts, and 1000-1500 on the weekends. I eat ~2000 calories a day as 20% protein, 40% fat, 40% carbohydrate. Yesterday, for example, I burned 1500 calories in my workout and ate 2200, which is typical for me. If my body were a calculator, then that's a net of 700 calories for the day. I know I'm healthy (i.e. not starving) because my workouts are getting better, I feel great and I'm not hungry between meals, but my weight has been stable for weeks.

Does anyone have any *experience* breaking through a plateau?

Here I am a creature of reality! I am excited to lose weight but still find that my mental status gets in the way!
I am 100% on board and fully devoted to my weight loss journey of a lifetime. My willpower is stronger than I am naturally inside. This transformation is healthy and good for me.
However, I find myself super lonely and sad inside. Food was my go to when I felt this way. I am surrounded by people and have a bubbly personality. I don’t shine my deep rooted sadness, loneliness.
This journey is exceptionally hard for me because on the outside I am looking better and feeling better but on the inside I am so lost.

How do you manage?
My old behavior was to turn to carbs to make me feel better. When in reality I was killing myself.
Now, more than ever it’s harder to make new friends at 46. I feel list, empty and alone. It’s not about looking in the mirror anymore and seeing my progress. I am proud I stick to my journey of weight loss and a healthier me.
Inside I am crushed. The more effort I put towards a better me the more people around me have comments.
I’m the same person. I just took action to be a healthier me. It may scare some people but I’m reality.... it’s making me more sad and lonely.
Therapy isn’t the answer. I tried that. Finding a local group or local friends seems to be impossible. I feel that is what I need in my life to repair my loneliness. I just have NO Clue how to do that now.
I am a happy, bubbly person on the outside. Most people don’t know how much they hurt me on the inside.
Ideas on how to find groups or friends in a local area?
Walking group? Hang out group? Fitness group? Activity group? Idk...
any ideas welcome!

I have been doing pretty well with eating veggies but I’m to the point now after 2 1/2 months where I’m pretty much over it. I’m over all these vegetables 

Really struggling. Gained weight since last weigh in. Can’t focus on this right now. My mom is near the end of this life. 😥

The first month was easy-ish because there was so much low hanging fruit, but this month it’s getting a little harder to lose. I’m on one of those annoying plateaus where I see the change on my body, but not the scale. Makes me feel like I’m crazy!

Me: My clothes are looser and I see that muscle that disappeared years ago.
Scale: Stop kidding yourself. You’re just as fat as ever.
Me: But what about the belt? I’m down a notch!
Scale: who are you going to believe? Me, or your lying eyes? They use me for science. Your eyes think a slice of pizza is half the calories if you fold it in half before you eat it.
Me: But... You’re probably right. Sigh.

I forgot to weigh in! I’ve been without power for days and it slipped my mind!

Ugh! Missed my weigh in by a pound. I hit a plateau and finally got the scale to move in the last week. I can’t be to upset though because I have lost 16.5 pounds in 2 months! It’s a marathon, not a sprint.😁😁😁