Weight loss has stopped?

micaelacookie

I’m kind of confused, since February I have been going to the gym at least 3 times a week, and have been super focused on what I’m putting into my body (other than the very occasional cheat meal, which I still fit into my calorific deficit)
Anyway, so far I’ve lost around 20 pounds, but for the last week and a half, I haven’t lost a single pound. I’m not sure what’s wrong, and I’m not eating enough calories to maintain my weight. Help?

quiksylver296

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10697068/how-i-stopped-kidding-myself/p1

kimny72

micaelacookie wrote: »

I’m kind of confused, since February I have been going to the gym at least 3 times a week, and have been super focused on what I’m putting into my body (other than the very occasional cheat meal, which I still fit into my calorific deficit)
Anyway, so far I’ve lost around 20 pounds, but for the last week and a half, I haven’t lost a single pound. I’m not sure what’s wrong, and I’m not eating enough calories to maintain my weight. Help?

Having a week or two here or there where you don't lose weight is perfectly normal. You have been losing weight at a fairly rapid pace. Water weight swings and digestion irregularities can easily mask fat loss on the scale for a couple of weeks.

If you are sure you are logging accurately and consistently, trust the process. If you're not, now is a great time to consider ways you can tighten up your logging.

Congrats on your progress so far :drinker:

diannethegeek

If it's only been a week and a half, I'd guess that you're stuck in the weird and highly annoying world of scale fluctuations: http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/

There's a natural slow down to after you've seen a big loss and combined with natural fluctuations, sometimes it looks like a stall on the scale.

Since it's been less than two weeks, there may be nothing wrong. It's not a bad idea to dig in and be absolutely sure of your logging. A food scale is one way, but not the only way. Be sure you're identifying good entries in the database (eesh, there are a lot of junk entries, right?), that you're logging things like drinks, veggies, cooking oils, etc. And that you aren't relying on other people's homemade or generic entries instead of using the recipe builder.

With a closed diary and few details, it's tough to dig in and get into specifics. Patience and good logging will probably get you through.

kdcoolidge

I just had an "OMG-did I write that?" moment! I am going through the exact same situation. I've lost 21 pounds, stepped on the scale this morning after two weeks of hard work in the gym, and my number didn't budge. I guess we should take comfort in the fact that this seems to be a common thing. After being a faithful "logger", eating better and working out several times a week, I'm just scratching my head - it doesn't make sense. However, staying the course and ignoring the scale is probably the best thing to do. I'm a woman, I'm menopausal, so yeah...my body has plans of it's own! So lets keep on truckin', and we'll bust through this plateau!!!

ChrysalisCove

I just broke through my first stall of this type. I hit a new low, then spent the next 12 days bouncing from +0.2 to +1.2 higher. It was so frustrating! On the 13th day I returned to the previous low, then went -3.0 over the next 3 days...for an average of 1.5lbs/wk, exactly as predicted.

Since the new low I’ve bounced up about a pound again, but this time I’m not fretting (or at least trying not to)!

Hang in there. Keep doing everything correctly. It’ll drop.