Uh oh. I got stuck.

meganjcallaghan

So...I realized that despite being at about 20 pounds to goal weight, I was still set up for losing 2 pounds per week and thought I should probably change that. I didn't want to go all the way up in calories to only losing 1 per week right away. Thought I'd do a week or two at 1.5, then move to 1, then move to .5 just so it's not a huge bump in calories all at once. However, just increasing the calories by as much as it would take to lose 1.5 per week instead of 2 per week I've actually gone UP 3 pounds to 159 and 2 weeks in it's not changing. Now, I get that because I was at too much of a deficit to begin with, upping the calories at all might slow the loss for a bit because perhaps my body wants to hang on to whatever it can get... but it's still quite a deficit...you'd think the scale should move SOME anyway. Thoughts?

firstsip

As long as you're measuring and weighing food and not overestimating your burns (which I'll guess you don't have too much problem with based on how much weight you've successfully lost), give it more than 2 weeks. The body can take up to 6 weeks to really pick up on changes.

You also might have very well been eating at too much of a deficit, meaning you're getting a bit of bounce back from water retention/glycogen. Just give it time.

gregpack

Once off a deficit glycogen store being replenished plus the necessary water equals an easy three pounds of scale weight, but not fat mass. I'm assuming you've been on a long diet, it may take a while before your body adjusts back to metabolic normalcy. I know it's hard, but I'd be tempted to try upping your calories even a little more and see how it responds.

meganjcallaghan

yeah....i knew that bit about coming off a deficit....i just figured since technically i'm still at quite a deficit it wouldn't be quite so much

deksgrl

Water weight. Give it some time.