Plateau in weight loss for a month now

lady_ghost
lady_ghost Posts: 175 Member
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
Help have been stuck at the same weight for a month, I already did a two day refeed then I went back on my diet but still I have not lost anymore weight. I am thinking of doing a week long refeed.

Here's my background, I lost 30 pounds on p90x3 working out for 30 min a day 6 days a week. My mac is 40% pro. 30%carb 30 %fat I'm 5'8 currently 205 pounds eating at 1450-1550 calories per day.
I am thinking of doing insanity max3 next, should I do a week long refeed and if so what should my Mac be should I increase calories. Not sure what to do here.

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  • MissusMoon
    MissusMoon Posts: 1,900 Member
    Are you using a food scale?
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member

    1. 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.

    2. 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.

    3. 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.

    4. 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.

    5. 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.

    6. 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.

    7. 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.

    8. 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.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited November 2016
    I have only one this to to add to what @diannethegeek posted..

    Changing your exercise is always a good thing if you are no longer reaping the results or goals from said exercise. If changing to insanity max3 next is going to get you to your exercise goals, then certainly change that if needed.
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