Well it only took 7 months...

DaveyGravy

But i FINALLY broke my plateau...7 MONTHS...unbelievable, I tried everything I could, changed my routine, my diet a few times, tried more calories, less calories....nothing worked. Now, all of a sudden it's started again. Woo.

-2.2lbs in 7 months :laugh:

ksimmons19

Props to you for sticking with it and not giving up!! Great job keep truckin

Allieballie

Great job! Gotta bust through that plateau!

lfondots

Congrats!!! I seem to keep hitting a plateu. I loose a little and hit one for about a week at a time. I'm hoping that getting back to exercising will help me. I hurt my back three weeks ago and feel like such a slug for not working out. Tomorrow my back will be good enough to do some light working out with our trainer at work.

SharonsJetSet

I heard that it takes 6 months to regulate your body's "weight". Not sure I'm explaining this right but let me give it a go.

You lower your initial calorie intake from ...... 3000 to say...1800... So you lose weight over the course of about 3 months but then your body levels off and its more difficult for you to lose weight. If you can maintain that weight for 3-6 months it sort of resets your body's weight. What I mean by that is, they say there's a certain number that your body will always try to adjust to. I know this probably isn't making much sense because I'm bad at trying to communicate my point.

So to continue on (for those of you who can actually follow what I'm trying to say LMAO) after that maintenance period of 3-6 months, lower your calorie intake again to say....1400...you will see another weight drop.

What the article spoke to about maintaining was that you should monitor your weight to stay at that lose. If you started at 200 and lost 25lbs, maintain your weight at 175 for 3-6 months. Don't necessarily "diet" but make sure you stay within 3-5 pounds of that 175. Then after the 3-6 months of maintenance, go back to trying to lose instead of maintain.

So anyway, my point in all this is that it makes perfect sense that it took you 7 months to break through the plateau. Well...to me it does, based on the above theory LOL

Good for you for sticking through!!!

Sumatra

Wow! Congratulations on breaking through and on sticking with it!!! That is really impressive!

smedlund

Wow! Way to go! What did you do to help break through the plateau? I've been told, and found that its relatively true, that if you up your water intake, you will break the plateau.

THISisTARRAN

WoW! Congrats to you not giving up!

Zephyr36608

CONGRATS!
Keep it up!
Zephyr

wannabehotmomma

Wow, way to stick with it!! I bet it was hard to keep motivated!!

reese66

Congrats, way to stick with it!!!

soze

Now that's commitment. You are doing great btw.

Dencrossgirl

That makes me so sad, 7 MONTHS!!!! Congratulations on keeping the committment I know I would have not have been able to do it. Thank goodness the needle is moving again.

ShellyKay67

That is awesome you stuck with it! I hit a plateau for 2 - 2 1/2 months and I didn't stop doing what I knew I needed to but I was starting to get discouraged!
Props to you! : )

MickeyLeigh

Great job!!

kattungen

Congratulations! I know exactly how it feels, I've been going up and down the same 3 kgs since early May, but in October things finally got better. Feels great, doesn't it?

Keep up the good work!

jjustjo

gosh...I am just getting started and already hitting a wall. You've inspired me to continue and not lose the faith! Congratulations!! Way to stick it out!

jjustjo

I heard that it takes 6 months to regulate your body's "weight". Not sure I'm explaining this right but let me give it a go.

You lower your initial calorie intake from ...... 3000 to say...1800... So you lose weight over the course of about 3 months but then your body levels off and its more difficult for you to lose weight. If you can maintain that weight for 3-6 months it sort of resets your body's weight. What I mean by that is, they say there's a certain number that your body will always try to adjust to. I know this probably isn't making much sense because I'm bad at trying to communicate my point.

So to continue on (for those of you who can actually follow what I'm trying to say LMAO) after that maintenance period of 3-6 months, lower your calorie intake again to say....1400...you will see another weight drop.

What the article spoke to about maintaining was that you should monitor your weight to stay at that lose. If you started at 200 and lost 25lbs, maintain your weight at 175 for 3-6 months. Don't necessarily "diet" but make sure you stay within 3-5 pounds of that 175. Then after the 3-6 months of maintenance, go back to trying to lose instead of maintain.

So anyway, my point in all this is that it makes perfect sense that it took you 7 months to break through the plateau. Well...to me it does, based on the above theory LOL

Good for you for sticking through!!!

This I get....you did good!

nikkijennings

I'm inspired by your commitment!!!! That's fabulous staying power!!!! Well done! :flowerforyou:

BobbyDaniel

I hit a wall this past July and stayed there until September...so i know a little of your hurt. Good job on sticking with it!