Stopped losing weight after one month!

HonestBuddha

I started dieting and exercising on June 15th. After a month I lost about 16 pounds, but I've stopped! I haven't gone over calories more than a tad on a rare occasion and I'm frustrated.

I went from 364 to around 348. I thought I'd have a lot more time before hitting a stalling point because my weight is so high. I'm hoping to lose 130-160 pounds total.

Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? I've logged all my foods for the last 44 days so I know what's gone in. And I've weighed all my baked chicken and anything else is also weighed (so I'm not eyeballing serving sizes.) Drinking plenty of water, getting good sleep and I even gave up drinking regular Cokes too when I began (which is HUGE for me.) I decided I didn't want to drink my calories.

How can I get back to losing 1-2 pounds a week again?

Go_Deskercise

https://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/

harper16

Have you recalculated your calories to make sure you are still in a calorie deficit?

Go_Deskercise

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

threewins

The hard truth is that you are probably eating too much. However, I'd suggest that you weigh yourself as often as tolerable so you can see exactly what is happening with your weight.

quiksylver296

Based on the information you've provided, I'd just say be patient and keep doing what you're doing. Weight loss isn't linear, like the visual above. If you want to dial it in a little more, get a food scale and start weighing your portions, like is stated in the thread linked above.

HonestBuddha

Thank you for the advice and the visuals. I do have a food scale that's used each time. I am going to try Intermittent fasting for a few days to see if that helps, along with a longer/more workouts to see if I can bust through it.

Go_Deskercise

Lorinda40

I've been doing this since Januarymyself I find making tweaks in diet and changing some exercise and weights along the way helps. Plateaus do just kind of happen. Then you tweak a lil bit around and then you should see it pick up again. Don't get to frustrated with yourself. You're doing the right things and you're just going to have to be patient at times. We did not gain it overnight (even thought it seems like it). It's going to take some time and hard work. Dig in and just keep at it. You'll reach your goal!! Stay strong!

Diatonic12

Don't dial your food down. Don't try to outexercise it.

You want to remove 160 pounds total. Dropping it like it's hot is not all it's cracked up to be. There's a reason your body is slowing down. All kinds of internal processes are going on including the inches catching up with the pounds. If you keep dropping it like it's hot the skin begins to hang like a shar-pei dog. You don't want that.

So much of this stuff is mental. I've released 100 lbs. It took me over 2 years to get it done. I'm still standing because this time I did everything differently. I know what long, long plateaus feel like.

Let's break it down.

What was going through your mind during the phase when you were eating and reaching your highest weight. Why didn't your mind stop you and turn that ship around. Why did the mind allow it without stopping.

I'll tell you why. The mind doesn't care until the body reaches a particular point when it can no longer stand the pain. Pain is the precursor to change. Painful feet, knees, hips, joints and all of the rest of it. When the body has had enough of it the mind sits back in the corner and watches. When the body gets the ball rolling the mind starts drive, drive, driving you to get all done as quickly as possible.

You know why? Because the mind wants to get right back into the driver's seat. The mind is a driver. Don't listen to it. Give yourself permission to say it outloud. Just shut the hail UP. Step aside.

Stay the course. Don't change a cotton pickin' thing. Keep tooling along and grind it out. Day by day. Month by month and year by year. There's no such thing as the Finish Line.

The mind is a ruthless driver. It wants what it wants. It wants you to do this as quickly as possible so it can take the reins once again. It will then take you right back to what it's always done. This is where rebound weight gain with friends can really trip you up. The mind likes eating on autopilot by remote control until it takes you on another eating excursion.

You don't want to ever go through this again. Edge your way down slowly. Think about what's going on and who's really in charge. You are. Your innermost being wants this more than the mind. The mind is a driver but it doesn't really care about anything but what it wants. The appetite control center is located in the mind and not the stomach.

Don't dial it down. That's exactly what the mind wants. Faster and quicker for the most rapid weight loss ever. So the eating it all back phase can begin once again. I'm not going out like that and you don't want to either.