Major Major plateau - 49 year old female
mizzpiggee65
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Anyone experiencing major plateaus? I'm over 40 - pushing 50 actually. Okay to date I have lost approx. 40 lbs on my own. Don't get me wrong I am ecstatic! I started this wellness journey not for vanity (you can be fat and vain) but instead for health reasons. My family health history sucks and I refuse to go out like that. I started late 2014 right before New Years just marching on my wii board. Then I graduated to purchasing a bike, training for a 5k and now doing more interval, hiit training and recently starting insanity. I do love to eat and haven't had to give up the foods or quantities that I love. I did however stop eating a entire pizza several nights a week. But I love food and it loves me!. Any guidance for major major plateau - going on 2 mos. I wont stop working out because it's just good for me overall. I am stronger, the arthritis in my knee doesn't act up and I just feel better. Fall/Winter is here and it is dark, cold and my motivation inst' as strong but I will just continue to take it a day at a time and start bikini shopping in December!
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Hi there! Congrats on your weight loss so far. Feel free to add me as a friend. I would be happy to share my story!0
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Look into reducing carbs & sugar where you can & revving up the intensity of the exercise not duration.
Best of luck to you!0 -
I'm around the same age and plateauing as well! It is so frustrating. Usually ramping up workouts works....I just have to get myself to do it...that's the hard part.0
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Hi there! I'm a similar age and story. I was just looking at my weight loss graph for the past year and I was around the same weight, yo-yoing back and forth over about 4 pounds, for six months. I think there were several reasons, including getting a little lax about weighing and measuring, but I also think that the body's inclination is toward stabilization. You have to lose weight at a deficit, but if your body adjusts its metabolism to meet your current calorie intake then you're suddenly no longer at a deficit. I actually found that taking a few brief breaks--eating closer to maintenance and doing only walking for a week--then getting back to the more intense exercise and calorie deficit really helped break the plateau. I just started losing again, slowly, slowly, this month.
My greatest tools, however, were patience and consistency. I'm going to send you a friend request!0
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