How did you get past your plateau

nsueflorence

I am asking because I have seemed to hit one. I have not lost in almost three weeks except the 2 pounds I put on somewhere along the way.

I am interested in hearing anyone and everyones experience with hitting their own plateau and beating it! I know I could really use the motivational stories right now and I am sure I am not alone!

Please help!

NightOwl1

Honestly, I got there by upping my calories. You're body may need a little more energy now that you have less fat reserves to burn for fuel. Try experimenting with calorie counts to see if that helps.

StaceG1986

Same here, I wasn't exercising before/over Xmas (I was ill), granted I was eating a little less than usual, but I lost weight! Since I started back in January, I started up 30 Day Shred again (along with other exercise) and gained 4 lbs that first week! Now I keep going up & down between the same 4 lbs, so frustrating! I had just hit the 150's as well, and now I can't seem to get back there!

princess4mimi

Google Calorie Shifting, one of my MFP buddies introduced me and some others to it on another person's forum post. And since then I've read alot about it and it is not only successful and thus far very safe and healthy...but it more or less prevents or kicks you out of plateaus. Look it up and give it a shot....its either that or wait it out....Good luck.

LorinaLynn

I upped my calories this week and lost more than I did when they were lower.

tatiana_13

I've had lots of plateau's throughout my weight loss journey. Here's all the things I've tried that have worked, in order from what I have to be the most effective to the least...

1. Like nightowl said, upping my calories. Another way of thinking of this is to go into maintenance. Its a good lesson to learn as, one day, you'll have to live at maintenance anyway.

2. Switch up my exercise regime. If I'm doing a lot of cardio, I lower it and do more weight lifting. If I'm doing more lifting,I lighten up and do more cardio.

3. Everyone has a food that they eat that they can give up for weight loss. Its not the same for everyone, so ignore th specific food. For me, that food is either potatoes or popcorn. I give up one or the other to get over a plateau. For other folks, its that extra chocolate bar...

You get the idea....in all cases, you're shaking things up.

Good luck.

CuteMommy88

what works for me is taking a day or two off from dieting, as in eat a lot of calories for two days then go back to your normal calories...that always seems to work for me!! I usually eat about 2000 net cals on those days

nsueflorence

bump

karenjoy

I think that maybe not eating your exercise calories might help? I think that lots of people over estimate how much they burn and so they actually eat too many calories. I only say that as the calorie burns I see some people post for doing stuff like cleaning and slow walking etc seem incredibly high when I compare to the calories I burn doing hard graft on the exercise bike. It makes no sense.

I have lost my weight using calories only, but am now at a plateau myself, and also at my original goal, so I don't have lots to lose, BUT I am now actually going to need exercise to tone and get fitter, rather than just thinner.

lesley1981

I upped my calories for a couple of weeks It worked for me anyway! I seem to be losing steadily at the minute