Breaking through the plateau (weight loss)

Guys,
I am trying to loose 60 pounds and so far I've lost 20. I hit a plateau and sitting there for 10 days now. I am eating healthy and exercise 4-5 times a week. My calorie intake and spending is what MyFitnessPal recommends. This is very depressing and I want to break through that plateau, but nothing seems work (I tried to eat less calories and exercise less, and backwards - eat more calories and compensate them with an exercise). I know it is very common situation - please advise how to proceed.

Thanks!
Alex

Replies

macgurlnet

You're not in a plateau. You're in a stall. Plateau is 4-6 weeks of 0 change in weight or measurements.

Is your logging accurate (using a food scale & weighing in grams for solids)? If so, keep on going - eventually you'll see the drop.

~Lyssa

BWBTrish

First of all patience
10 days is not a plateau

Second do you weigh ALL your solid food on a food scale?

When not then maybe you eat more than you think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY

but 10 days is also really short to say
And open you diary so people can help you out.

TimothyFish

Stop weighing so often. Ten days isn't long enough to decide you've stopped losing weight.

Ninkyou

You're not at a plateau. Give it 4-6 weeks before freaking out.

Just keep on truckin'.

mwebster01

if u just keep doing what u r doing the weight will start to come off again...
remember not to add salt to your food bc it makes u retain water.
do MORE of what you're used to.instead of 10 pushups,do twenty.

estherdfoster

when the scale doesn't move, measure only inches..

malibu927

As said above, 10 days is not a plateau. If there's still no movement after a month, then it's time to tweak things (which generally means looking through your diary to see what you can clean up... @TheOwlhouseDesigns' video she posted will help you out).

Liftng4Lis

10 days is a stall. Keep doing what you're doing, be positive on your intake and it will come.

PopeyeCT

I've been on a plateau. Or a stall. Or whatever people want to call it. For about 3 weeks.

I've been cycling a lot. Today in the shower I realized my ankles were a lot smaller than they used to be. So my body is certainly changing for the better, even though the scale isn't moving much right now.