Weight Loss Plateau

danaeenglund2015
danaeenglund2015 Posts: 17 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hey friends!!

I am at a place in my weight loss journey where I have lossed about 20 pounds, which has been so exciting, but starting to plateau.. I have been keeping to the healthy eating plan and haven't budged too much. Have any of you gone through this plateau? If you have could you give some encouragement and some tips to get through the plateau? I would greatly appreciate it!

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    How long has it been since you've lost weight? How are you determining your calorie intake and exercise burns?
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member

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  • sextonppp
    sextonppp Posts: 1 Member
    Are you exercising already. More exercise or a different exercise. Try and cut back even more. No food after 6.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    sextonppp wrote: »
    Are you exercising already. More exercise or a different exercise. Try and cut back even more. No food after 6.

    Unless eating late causes one to have issues sleeping, there's no reason to cut off then. I never eat dinner before 6:30 and I've lost 30 pounds.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    These are the things that I wish someone had told me when I hit my 8-week plateau:

    1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so since you last saw a drop on the scale, don't sweat it! Normal fluctuations happen and unfortunately sometimes we stall for a week or two even when we're doing everything right. Give your body some time to catch up with the changes you're making.

    2. If you aren't already, be sure that you're logging everything. Sometimes people forget about things like veggies, drinks, cooking oils, and condiments. For some people these can add up to enough to halt your weight loss progress.

    3. Consider buying a food scale if you don't already have one. They're about $10-$20 dollars in the US and easily found at places like Amazon, Target, and Walmart. Measuring cups and spoons are great, but they do come with some degree of inaccuracy. A food scale will be more accurate, and for some people it makes a big difference.

    4. Logging accurately also means choosing accurate entries in the database. There are a lot of user-entered entries that are off. Double-check that you're using good entries and/or using the recipe builder instead of someone else's homemade entries.

    5. Recalculate your goals if you haven't lately. As you lose weight your body requires fewer calories to run. Be sure you update your goals every ten pounds or so.

    6. If you're eating back your exercise calories and you're relying on gym machine readouts or MFP's estimates, it might be best to eat back just 50-75% of those. Certain activities tend to be overestimated. If you're using an HRM or activity tracker, it might be a good idea to look into their accuracy and be sure that yours is calibrated properly.

    7. If you're taking any cheat days that go over your calorie limits, it might be best to cut them out for a few weeks and see what happens. Some people go way over their calorie needs without realizing it when they don't track.

    8. If you weigh yourself frequently, consider using a program like trendweight to even out the fluctuations. You could be losing weight but just don't see it because of the daily ups and downs.

    9. Some people just burn fewer calories than the calculators predict. If you continue to have problems after 4-6 weeks, then it might be worth a trip to the doctor or a registered dietitian who can give you more specific advice.

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