When will I see it on the scale?

happymommy321

After losing 47 pounds fairly easily and consistently, I am stuck at my current weight of 203 pounds at 5' 6" and have been for a few months now. I am seeing changes in measurements and the way my clothes feel, which is great! I know your weight can plateau while you continue losing fat, but how long should I stay at this weight before I start getting concerned about needing to adjust my calories and such?

juggernaut1974

Have you never adjusted throughout your 47 lb loss (congrats btw)?

Most people suggest re-evaluating calorie counts every 10-15lbs or so, so yeah you might need to do that if you haven't already.

happymommy321

ceoverturf wrote: »

Have you never adjusted throughout your 47 lb loss (congrats btw)?

Most people suggest re-evaluating calorie counts every 10-15lbs or so, so yeah you might need to do that if you haven't already.

I have. I tend to adjust it more frequently that every 10 pounds so the changes don't feel so drastic.

malibu927

Are you logging everything accurately and using a food scale? Are you eating some/all of your exercise calories back? How do you determine those burns? More often than not, if you aren't losing you're eating more than you think.

Capt_Apollo

i was staying around 225-230 for about a year before i decided to do something about it. i set my calories to lose a pound a week (previously 1/2 pound per week) and started to weigh and measure things much more accurately. i reduced my alcohol intake, and cut back on certain foods (specifically cold cuts), and added more fruits and vegetables to my daily consumption. i didn't see any change at first, but the last month or so the weight just started melting off me.

happymommy321

malibu927 wrote: »

Are you logging everything accurately and using a food scale? Are you eating some/all of your exercise calories back? How do you determine those burns? More often than not, if you aren't losing you're eating more than you think.

I'm confident that's not it. I recently got a fit bit hr but only will eat back a very few of my exercise calories (less that 10%) and never calories my fit bit adds for daily activity. I have been extremely careful about weighing and logging everything the past few weeks. Before that I wasn't as consistent, which is why I'm even more frustrated that making a change in the past month to being much more careful about measuring and logging isn't budging the scale.

I also am definitely seeing loss in measurements and my jeans that fit great a few weeks ago are now baggy, so I know it's coming off, just not on the scale. I'm not really sure what that's about.

happymommy321

Capt_Apollo wrote: »

i was staying around 225-230 for about a year before i decided to do something about it. i set my calories to lose a pound a week (previously 1/2 pound per week) and started to weigh and measure things much more accurately. i reduced my alcohol intake, and cut back on certain foods (specifically cold cuts), and added more fruits and vegetables to my daily consumption. i didn't see any change at first, but the last month or so the weight just started melting off me.

I'm currently set to 2 pounds loss a week, but in reality I'm perfectly fine with a pound or 1/2 pound a week. I drink a glass of wine maybe 1-2 times a week and we eat very little processed foods. I even haven't had much refined sugar in the past few weeks as I gave up sweets for Lent.

When your weight was holding were you losing inches?

kindrabbit

What exercise are you doing op? I think if you're loosing inches but not loosing lbs you need to look at something physiological. Time of the month? Muscle gain? Water retention? Constipation?
I am in a similar position. I've been on slimming world for over 2 years now and my weight loss has stopped. Now I'm counting calories. I maintained the first week and gained the second! (I weighed the next day and I lost 3!)
My pt at the gym has suggested increasing protein and reducing fat and carbs compared to mfp's suggestion. I have also changed the time of my meals. For example I now get up and walk the dog before breakfast. The theory being that the energy used during the dog walk comes from my fat stores rather than my breakfast. I also make sure I don't train within an hour of eating for the same reason but do eat protein immediately after a workout. It hasn't been a week yet so we'll see if it makes a difference.