need to get out of this plateau!!

stardust91

Hey guys I need some serious help getting out of this plateau!!! I still got at least 35 more pounds!!! please any help would be appreciated


Best of luck to everyone on their journey!!

lmelangley

I had a month long plateau earlier this fall and broke it by increasing my calories for about a week.

mrdee555

Are you allowing yourself a cheat meal/day once a week?

servilia

try calorie cycling
try cutting down on wheat products, as well as potatoes, rice for a week and see how it works for you
up your protein

stardust91

By how much did you increase your calories

stardust91

Yup, I allow 2 cheat days a week, bc most weeks I dont get to enough calories

stardust91

I will deff cut rice out

irisheyes42us

Maintenance calories for 1 week, then right back to it!

warmachinejt

not being able to look at your diary doesn't help much to know what you're doing wrong -_-

stardust91

not being able to look at your diary doesn't help much to know what you're doing wrong -_-

well i added you up, and now you can view my food diary and other tips and tricks would be great

mrdee555

Yup, I allow 2 cheat days a week, bc most weeks I dont get to enough calories

2 full cheat days is quite alot espically if you not geting enough kcals on your other days the body will then try and store these cheat meals as fat for when it think its need them for energy, imo you would b better spreading these extra kcals throughout the week as someone else said i cant see your diary to see what going on.but i hope this helps you

Lift_hard_eat_big

Maintenance calories for 1 week, then right back to it!

This works for many people, even going over maintenance a few times like others have mentioned (refeed) works for many. You might also wanna try HIIT or throwing in some intense weight training.

stardust91

Yup, I allow 2 cheat days a week, bc most weeks I dont get to enough calories

2 full cheat days is quite alot espically if you not geting enough kcals on your other days the body will then try and store these cheat meals as fat for when it think its need them for energy, imo you would b better spreading these extra kcals throughout the week as someone else said i cant see your diary to see what going on.but i hope this helps you

I will try spreading them out, but it's harder than it sounds. How shoud I get in more cal?

stardust91

Maintenance calories for 1 week, then right back to it!

This works for many people, even going over maintenance a few times like others have mentioned (refeed) works for many. You might also wanna try HIIT or throwing in some intense weight training.

I've tried HIIT training, but I became pretty sick because of it (bad asthma). So i try to focus more on my diet and strength traning

Sidesteal

How long has your weight loss stalled first of all?

stardust91

How long has your weight loss stalled first of all?

well i've lost 10 ten pounds, and the past 2 weeks I have been stuck on the same weight

Sidesteal

If you don't mind a personal question, has your TOM occured in the past two weeks (I assume you are female).

adevereux

I've found great success with the Dukan diet. Do some research on it (websites, facebook, and on here) to see if it might work for you.

Sidesteal

If you don't mind a personal question, has your TOM occured in the past two weeks (I assume you are female).

Quoting myself for lulz.

Regardless of the above answer, I actually wouldn't change anything yet. IMO Two weeks does not constitute a plateau as weightloss is not linear and often masked by water weight fluctuations.

If your 10lb loss was over the course of 10 weeks or less, then you're on the right course and I would do exactly what you are doing for another two weeks, and if you stall out at that point, perhaps revisit the issue.

stardust91

If you don't mind a personal question, has your TOM occured in the past two weeks (I assume you are female).

Quoting myself for lulz.

Regardless of the above answer, I actually wouldn't change anything yet. IMO Two weeks does not constitute a plateau as weightloss is not linear and often masked by water weight fluctuations.

If your 10lb loss was over the course of 10 weeks or less, then you're on the right course and I would do exactly what you are doing for another two weeks, and if you stall out at that point, perhaps revisit the issue.

My TOM is actually right now. Yeah, I started really focusing on this around beginning of August.

stardust91

I've found great success with the Dukan diet. Do some research on it (websites, facebook, and on here) to see if it might work for you.

I actually have looked into it but its a tad bit pricey.

light1980

All these are helping me out too...have been stuck between losing then gaining then losing again, then gaining again...hate this!!

stardust91

All these are helping me out too...have been stuck between losing then gaining then losing again, then gaining again...hate this!!

That gets so frustrating!

AngC333

Hey There! Plateaus are my biggest frustration and I hit one a few weeks ago and was stuck for about three weeks, the I decided to do the Special K Challenge for 2 weeks jump starting my wt loss again. I plan to keep it as a secret weapon for when and if I reach another plateau. I lost 6lbs with the Challenge! Hope this helps!!!! DONT GIVE UP!!!

stardust91

Hey There! Plateaus are my biggest frustration and I hit one a few weeks ago and was stuck for about three weeks, the I decided to do the Special K Challenge for 2 weeks jump starting my wt loss again. I plan to keep it as a secret weapon for when and if I reach another plateau. I lost 6lbs with the Challenge! Hope this helps!!!! DONT GIVE UP!!!

Oh wow thats pretty cool! I'm not much of a fan of Special K or cereal really. I am glad that you got out of the plateau!!

light1980

I love special k....maybe i should use that too to start a weight loss again..thank for that idea...i have started running again, so maybe i'll start the special k thing next week!! :-)

fronc

I know different things work for different people - Im too terrified to up the calories LOL so I did one almost-day-long fast, and broke my 3 week plateau!