Has anyone got to their goal or close to it without plateuing?

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  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Nmarine1996 wrote: »
    Every person I've talk to who has lost a whole bunch of weight has plateued at one point. Wondering if its possible to never get stuck at a specific weight. Thanks for responses in advanced!

    I have lost 72 lb so far and have never plateaued. I HAVE stalled but it was never long enough to be called a plateau, or I was still losing inches even if the weight remained the same for a couple of weeks.
  • Chadxx
    Chadxx Posts: 1,199 Member
    gmstevens37 wrote: »
    I seemed to plateau at 173 7lbs in. Didn't lose for a month. Then I bought a food scale, and bingo I'm down 10 more pounds

    There is very good lesson here.
  • Nmarine1996
    Nmarine1996 Posts: 166 Member
    I need to stop being cheap and buy a food scale!
  • haroldrios1692
    haroldrios1692 Posts: 90 Member
    Plateaus happen when our bodies adapt to whatever you may be doing in this case its your diet, eventually something will have to change in order to continue dropping weight. hope that helps its a simple response to a complex subject.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Nmarine1996 wrote: »
    I need to stop being cheap and buy a food scale!

    Only way to know for sure how much you are eating. Doesn't have to be expensive, you can get good ones for under $20 on Amazon.
  • Nmarine1996
    Nmarine1996 Posts: 166 Member
    earlnabby wrote: »
    Nmarine1996 wrote: »
    I need to stop being cheap and buy a food scale!

    Only way to know for sure how much you are eating. Doesn't have to be expensive, you can get good ones for under $20 on Amazon.

    Thanks!
  • Lights1993
    Lights1993 Posts: 1 Member
    edited July 2017
    i used to be 256 and then got down to 150. my weight loss never stalled
  • ElvenToad
    ElvenToad Posts: 644 Member
    I went from 268 to 126 lbs over 2.5 years. I never hit a plateau along the way, and I always lost consistently.

    I weighed my food.
    Consistent logging (1232 day streak)
    Walked/jogged 30 minutes twice per day.
    Ate whatever I wanted within my calorie goals.

    Just celebrated my first successful year of maintenance and I still do all these things everyday ;)
  • ahoy_m8
    ahoy_m8 Posts: 3,053 Member
    It depends on what you mean by "plateau." Just about every time I cut (which I do really slowly, 0.5lb/wk), my loss levels around 7 weeks and holds for 2-3 weeks even though I'm doing everything the same. Then I get a 1.5lb whoosh (the day after shark week starts) which puts my loss right on target or slightly ahead of target.

    I call it a whoosh rather than a plateau, but it's similar.
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