3 month plateau

DDAstrid

rabbitjb wrote: »

DeguelloTex wrote: »

DDAstrid wrote: »

DeguelloTex wrote: »

Sounds like you're eating at maintenance level.

Good morning, I hope not! I stick to 1200. Interestingly I put weight on, the moment I eat any more than that.

That's kinda the definition of maintenance.

Actually depends how long she's giving it, particularly as she has been playing with her carbs...eat more and there will be a weight increase, panic and reduce calories immediately and you're caught in a loop of believing that 1200 is your ridiculous maintenance level

And that's supposing that the errors that always slip into logging have been addressed

...reverse dieting means you just hold tight for 2-3 weeks until it stabilises and swings down again then repeat until it doesn't ...then stay at maintenance for a couple of months, then try increasing again

Instead we are playing on the outskirts of stress, body used to workouts, keep you body guessing ridiculousness etc ..zebras not horses ...rule out the obvious before going for the outliers

But then a change in exercise will amend the cico equation too I suppose

Shrugs

Hello, gosh no 1200 would be too low for maintenance.

It just feels like my body has gotten used to that small an intake and has adapted.

I also log all exercise and try to ensure I eat proteins to cover the calorie burn other wise the delta would be ridiculous and unhealthy.

Thanks.

kshama2001

Lots of good advice here. I wanted to add that maybe you are eating back too many of your exercise calories?

DDAstrid

kshama2001 wrote: »

Lots of good advice here. I wanted to add that maybe you are eating back too many of your exercise calories?

kshama2001 wrote: »

Lots of good advice here. I wanted to add that maybe you are eating back too many of your exercise calories?

Thanks - what's the rule of thumb for that?

DeguelloTex

If you're not losing, you're probably eating back too many.

LivingtheLeanDream

DDAstrid wrote: »

kshama2001 wrote: »

Lots of good advice here. I wanted to add that maybe you are eating back too many of your exercise calories?

kshama2001 wrote: »

Lots of good advice here. I wanted to add that maybe you are eating back too many of your exercise calories?

Thanks - what's the rule of thumb for that?

...to eat back 50 - 75% of the exercise calories as they are inclined to be over estimated.

DDAstrid

rabbitjb wrote: »

I would think time for a diet break and reverse dieting up to a decent level of calories ..ignoring scale fluctuations

Then cut again

If you are beginning to maintain on 1200 calories that's a huge warning sign to me of either inaccurate logging or, actually I don't have an or...anybody would lose at 1200 even allowing for adaptive thermogenesis

Thanks for your advice *googling reverse dieting* now.