How do you know you've hit a plateau?

ramothine
ramothine Posts: 6 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hey all,

New here, been logging for 17 days. I've also been weighing myself first thing in the morning.

At first, I seemed to lose a couple pounds, but for the last six days my weight has stalled. What I"m wondering is, when do you know it's a plateau and that you should cut more calories?

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  • StaciMarie1974
    StaciMarie1974 Posts: 4,138 Member
    Some will panic if they have not lost weight in 2 days. In reality, try to understand that many factors have a temporary impact on your weight due to water weight. Sodium, stress, sleep, change in fitness routine, hormones/TOM. If you're female, I'd say to compare weight today to weight 30 days ago. Give it 2-3 months and if you weigh in daily, you'll probably see a pattern emerge.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    A plateau is minimum 4-6 weeks, and it usually means you're eating more than you think. Six days is probably water fluctuations and nothing to worry about.
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