Break

etherealanwar

This is what happens when a few days break turns into a week and a half.

I guess it turned into an unintentional diet break! Feels like I wasted this entire month. Getting back on track starting today! Has this ever happened to you? And if so, how long did your "break" last It was much needed for me since I've been at this for nearly 5 months now.

jjpptt2

Yep. Longest one was about a year, but more typically they last 2-4 weeks.

cmriverside

Well, just get back at a moderate deficit. Don't try going right back to "lose 2 pounds" (if that's where you were.)

I started at 220ish. When I got to 180 I raised my calories (changed to "lose 1 pound") and that was much more manageable.

etherealanwar

cmriverside wrote: »

Well, just get back at a moderate deficit. Don't try going right back to "lose 2 pounds" (if that's where you were.)

I started at 220ish. When I got to 180 I raised my calories (changed to "lose 1 pound") and that was much more manageable.

I have it set to lose 2 lbs a week but I usually end up consuming 1200-1400 calories so it isn't too bad.

cmriverside

etherealanwar wrote: »

cmriverside wrote: »

Well, just get back at a moderate deficit. Don't try going right back to "lose 2 pounds" (if that's where you were.)

I started at 220ish. When I got to 180 I raised my calories (changed to "lose 1 pound") and that was much more manageable.

I have it set to lose 2 lbs a week but I usually end up consuming 1200-1400 calories so it isn't too bad.

I couldn't stick with 1200-1400 for very long. I changed it up to 1600 Net when I hit 180 pounds. It was just too hard for me to stick any lower than that and I had a hard time doing any exercise at all at that level. You'll figure it out.

Diet breaks are good!