Plateaued hard.

ihaterocks
ihaterocks Posts: 9 Member
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When I started in April I was 168 lbs and 5'6. I'm 131 now and I just am having the hardest time keeping going when I know it's going to be soooo slow from here to 120. Any advice / what do you do during a plateau?

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,972 Member
    ihaterocks wrote: »
    When I started in April I was 168 lbs and 5'6. I'm 131 now and I just am having the hardest time keeping going when I know it's going to be soooo slow from here to 120. Any advice / what do you do during a plateau?
    A plateau is 6 weeks or more of no weight movement if one is consistent with diet and exercise. If you do ANYTHING different even for a day, it's NOT a plateau.
    Best thing to do is work on keeping your metabolic rate higher and that's usually increasing intensity by either increasing resistance, shortening rest times, increasing sets, going longer durations.

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  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    ihaterocks wrote: »
    When I started in April I was 168 lbs and 5'6. I'm 131 now and I just am having the hardest time keeping going when I know it's going to be soooo slow from here to 120. Any advice / what do you do during a plateau?

    Purposely slow because you wisely made the deficit smaller (like 250 for last 10 lbs) is much better than what many people get with a stressed out body forcing it slow because they foolishly tried to keep a high deficit.

    Besides - workouts will transform your body more than weight loss would indicate when using a smaller deficit this close to the end - especially when you apply the advice above.
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,592 Member
    ihaterocks wrote: »
    When I started in April I was 168 lbs and 5'6. I'm 131 now and I just am having the hardest time keeping going when I know it's going to be soooo slow from here to 120. Any advice / what do you do during a plateau?

    How do you know it's going to be soooo slow?

    It doesn't have to be that slow.

    I'm your height, and now just a bit lighter than you, and about 3 months ago I went from losing about 2 lb/week down to losing about 1 lb/week. Yes, I've had a couple weeks here and there in those last 3 months where I stayed the same, but that's OK, when I look at the big picture, overall, I am still losing about 1 lb/week.

    I just stick with it.
    I tighten up my logging a bit if I'm into the second week with no loss.
    I keep exercising. In fact, in the month of October, I significantly increased the amount of exercise I was doing. I'm actually focusing more on that aspect now. Getting faster and stronger on the bicycle for events, building some muscle, etc.
  • Grosen17
    Grosen17 Posts: 56 Member
    When it comes to diet and exercise try to keep a variety of meals and routines to not allow your body to get too used to a set routine.
    Good job so far though!

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