Hit that dreaded plateau...

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PatrickS197244
PatrickS197244 Posts: 12 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hey all, I've lost 16kgs since January so great but the last two weeks have been tough, no movement on the scale, same diet and workouts and calorie deficit, any ideas to kick my metabolism in the butt? ;)

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  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
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    You might want to update your calories. If you'd been losing and you weigh less, you need an accurate calorie count.
  • hhazzouri
    hhazzouri Posts: 103 Member
    edited May 2016
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    After taking the above into consideration you might also want to switch things have a little bit, change your macros, up the intensity in the gym, or maybe just do more cardio. If you havnt had a deload week in a while do so, and you can also eat at maintenance for a few days.
  • 85Cardinals
    85Cardinals Posts: 733 Member
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    Yeah, keep at it and switch stuff try, see what works. Keep after it.
  • Mavrick_RN
    Mavrick_RN Posts: 439 Member
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    Two weeks is not a plateau. Don't change anything. Practice patience.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
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    Plateaus don't exist. You're either eating at maintenance and need to tighten up your logging and/or reduce calories, or you are retaining water (as always, but when weight loss slows down, it will be more easily masked by those fluctuations) and need to be patient/weigh yourself more often.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,345 Member
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    Two weeks.... not a plateau! weight loss takes time and yes while the odd stall can happen its usually followed by a loss (if you've been eating at deficit of course).

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