My weight is stuck! What can I do?

skinnyLinda72
skinnyLinda72 Posts: 4 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have been on a 1200 calorie diet and it was doing so good. I lost the total of 21 pounds in 5 weeks, but now I'm stuck on the same weight. I have tried different exercises but it hasn't worked. Any ideas of what to do? Should I increase my calorie diet a little?

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  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
  • CA_Underdog
    CA_Underdog Posts: 733 Member
    Opening up your food diary for review and posting your height/weight would enable better advice.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,364 Member
    How long have you been "stuck"? If we're talking less than a few weeks, at an absolute minimum, you aren't stuck. Weight loss is not liner and you will not continue losing 4lbs a week.
  • daynerz
    daynerz Posts: 227 Member
    switch it up, keep your body guessing

    re-introduce cals even, ever so slowly, just do something different, see how your body responds
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    I have been on a 1200 calorie diet and it was doing so good. I lost the total of 21 pounds in 5 weeks, but now I'm stuck on the same weight. I have tried different exercises but it hasn't worked. Any ideas of what to do? Should I increase my calorie diet a little?
    How long has your weight been stalled?

    Do you weigh your food and log everything you eat?

    When you say you have tried different exercises and they didn't work, do you mean you didn't lose weight while doing them?

    Losing weight is not accomplished through exercise, it's accomplished through eating less than you burn. Sometimes your plan includes exercise but it's not necessary.

    The most common reason for not losing weight is underestimating calories in and overestimating calories burned. If you use MFP or internet sources or gym machine calorie burn estimates they are usually pretty darned high.

    All that said, please open you diary up so we can give you more concrete advice.
    switch it up, keep your body guessing

    re-introduce cals even, ever so slowly, just do something different, see how your body responds

    No, this is not the answer. Your body does not guess about anything and changing things is for variety only.
  • JackieO524
    JackieO524 Posts: 25 Member
    yes - open up your diary for better help.
  • skinnyLinda72
    skinnyLinda72 Posts: 4 Member
    How do I open it up?
  • skinnyLinda72
    skinnyLinda72 Posts: 4 Member
    I opened it up. Im not stuck anymore either but could use some ideas for more exercises. Having trouble with the belly fat that wants to keep holding on. I have lost 35 pounds so far but still have 21 more to go to get to my weight goal. The belly is driving me nuts!! Any ideas?
  • oksanatkachuk
    oksanatkachuk Posts: 149 Member
    Well.. Nothing in ur diary past few days, so yeah ..who knows what r u eating.. Read the link above
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    I opened it up. Im not stuck anymore either but could use some ideas for more exercises. Having trouble with the belly fat that wants to keep holding on. I have lost 35 pounds so far but still have 21 more to go to get to my weight goal. The belly is driving me nuts!! Any ideas?
    You haven't been logging everything you eat accurately & honestly. Get a digital food scale and weigh everything you eat—even packaged foods.

    Right now, you have no idea how many calories you're eating.
  • fittyinthemaking
    fittyinthemaking Posts: 126 Member
    21lb in 5 weeks sounds drastic!

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