How long was your plateau?

empressjasmin
empressjasmin Posts: 170 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Just wondering the longest that others have experienced a plateau? I know that everyone is different, however I have been serious about my weight loss plan since June 2016 and have only lost 30lbs. When I say serious, I mean counting everything that I eat and working out 5 times a week. I started at 250 and am down to about 224 but I'm seriously frustrated that I can't lose anymore. People are noticing my body change but I'm seriously getting stressed out because I feel like I'm trying so hard to no avail. For the last month or month and half it seems as if I keep fluctuating between 228 and 223. Frustrated. Any help or advice is appreciated. Ok. Rant over lol

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  • sbrandt37
    sbrandt37 Posts: 403 Member
    edited December 2016
    After losing weight steadily for 4-5 months, I plateaued for 3 months. I realized that I had not updated my calorie target to account for my weight loss, which had reduced how much I was burning daily, in addition to eating a bit more. After recalculating my calorie target and redoubling my efforts to reliably meet it and exercise more regularly, I started losing again.
  • everher
    everher Posts: 909 Member
    OP, have you recalculated your daily calorie goal to account for your weight loss ?
  • empressjasmin
    empressjasmin Posts: 170 Member
    everher wrote: »
    OP, have you recalculated your daily calorie goal to account for your weight loss ?

    Looking under goals, it has my current weight listed. Would this mean that my calorie goal is updated? Thank you.
  • jdog022
    jdog022 Posts: 693 Member
    empressjasmin wrote: »
    everher wrote: »
    OP, have you recalculated your daily calorie goal to account for your weight loss ?

    Looking under goals, it has my current weight listed. Would this mean that my calorie goal is updated? Thank you.

    no. you need to redo it in mfp manually . I redo it every ten pounds. and I had one plateau lasting two weeks. that was 27 pounds ago. Stick with it, trust CICO, and recalc your NEAT or TDEE or whatever your using
  • everher
    everher Posts: 909 Member
    empressjasmin wrote: »
    everher wrote: »
    OP, have you recalculated your daily calorie goal to account for your weight loss ?

    Looking under goals, it has my current weight listed. Would this mean that my calorie goal is updated? Thank you.

    No, as jdog022 pointed out you have to manually do it. It's not automatic. From the app click more, goals, weekly goals, select however many pounds you want to lose a week, an are you sure message should pop up, click yes, and you should see your new daily calorie allowance.

    If you lost close to 30lbs already it should be a significant difference. For me, losing ten pounds lowered my daily calories by almost one hundred calories.

    Also, if you aren't already using a food scale it wouldn't be a bad investment.
  • dejavuohlala
    dejavuohlala Posts: 1,759 Member
    9 months still on it
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