Hello all! I stumbled across this forum as I was looking to help my wife. I am hoping someone here can provide some guidance…

My wife has been losing weight for the past 6 months as has done a tremendous job averaging about 4 lbs a weeks. Since the beginning of the year, she has flat lined in weight loss and I am not clear why. I know this is frustrating for her and I am wanting to help motivate her and get her past this.

Here is her basic daily routine:
Less than 1000 calories per day
A minimum 45 minutes of exercise at least 5 times per week - mostly cardio
(typically a 24 hour fitness class)


She does not like fish and typically eats Grape Nuts with a banana for breakfast, baked, non-breaded chicken in a salad for lunch and a sensible dinner.

She has done a great job at sticking to this routine for the past 6 months! I hate to see her get unmotivated because she has hit this plateau and I want to help her get thru this!

I am sure it is unmotivating to push yourself so hard day in and day out and not see any results. I truly want to help her. Thank you in advance for your advice / help.

what is her weight/height?
you might want to calculate her BMR to see how many calories she needs to take in per day.

it kind of sounds like she is not eating enough.

Difficult to calculate her weight as she doesn't share that with me. How do you tell someone they should eat MORE to lose weight?

maybe you can direct her to this site, there's some amazing information and support here. Any questions she could have should be able to be answered here, at least by Steve, who I hope chimes in.

I will encourage her to check this site out. Any suggestions on how I can help keep her motivated?

That's a tough one. Because for me weight loss is very personal. I just have to keep asking myself "why do I want to lose weight?" I don't know what I would want to hear from a loved one. Hopefully she set herself a few short-term goals, and a few long-term goals as well. That's what really keeps me motivated, I always try to improve on my speed, distance, and endurance when running.

I will suggest some short term goals and long term goals, hopefully this will help. I am still not real sure how to tell her she needs to eat more to lose weight. :/