Questions About Weight Loss Plateau's: Why do they happen, w

asmithson19

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buttahbaby

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noexcuses118

Interesting article. Thanks.

santamommy

Excellent post! I have noticed during a plateau that I still loose inches without the numbers on the scale ever moving. My doctor said that sometimes your body is simply taking a short break but you can still be burning hard fat deposits and changing it out for muscle during a plateau...and some doctors dont even believe a plateau exist.

TNoire

Excellent post! I have noticed during a plateau that I still loose inches without the numbers on the scale ever moving. My doctor said that sometimes your body is simply taking a short break but you can still be burning hard fat deposits and changing it out for muscle during a plateau...and some doctors dont even believe a plateau exist.

yup yup, just gotta keep pushing along, cause sometimes after that plateau hump you can/will notice a big drop in weeks to come, just dont' starve your body thinking it will help

females - 1200 cals a day
males - 1800 cals a day

any less than that your body goes into starvation mode and can cause massive weight gain so you have to be VERY careful

I never eat back my calories since it takes 3500 burned cals to burn 1lb

I burn on average 600-1200 sometimes more a day thats before my BMR is added on

sodium can cause weight gain (daily intake is 2400mg) if your not getting enough water your body will store what water you give it to make up for that sodium



If anyone wants to add me as a friend feel free just warning I am honest if you wish me to look at your diary i will
ill give you honest options and feedback and I will tell you like it is im not trying to be mean ill just been trying to help you along

Ive lost a few friends on MFP and ive got kicked from a weight loss group for being "TO HONEST"

so if you can handle it and want me as a friend, add me

milkandtea

This is really helpful, thank you!

PrincessGlitterTush

YAY FOR THIS POST

deedermooney

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TNoire

I just been seeing a lot of "plateau posts"

and thought I could sum it up and avoid us getting flooded with 1000s of more posts on it

mdollian

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VictoriaSnape

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MelisandreRed

Great post!

Nana_Booboo

Eat your exercise calories
You should eat back your exercise calories.
Simply stated MFP has already figured out your total calories you need to eat per day to lose 1lb etc. a week.
That's WITHOUT exercise. You'll notice that when you actually add exercise in, the calorie limit goes up.
Why? Because it's telling you to eat your exercise calories.
Large deficits aren't really good to do because while you will lose weight, what kind of weight will it be?
In many cases you'll lose lean muscle tissue which LOWERS your metabolic rate even more.
Then you have to eat even less to compensate for less of a calorie burn to continue to lose the same amount
of weight each week.

Be efficient.
Exercise hard and eat back the calories. The hard exercise will RAISE your metabolic rate and burn more fat at rest.

Jackieb301

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TNoire

Eat your exercise calories
You should eat back your exercise calories.
Simply stated MFP has already figured out your total calories you need to eat per day to lose 1lb etc. a week.
That's WITHOUT exercise. You'll notice that when you actually add exercise in, the calorie limit goes up.
Why? Because it's telling you to eat your exercise calories.
Large deficits aren't really good to do because while you will lose weight, what kind of weight will it be?
In many cases you'll lose lean muscle tissue which LOWERS your metabolic rate even more.
Then you have to eat even less to compensate for less of a calorie burn to continue to lose the same amount
of weight each week.

Be efficient.
Exercise hard and eat back the calories. The hard exercise will RAISE your metabolic rate and burn more fat at rest.

I never eat them back myself, gotta remind myself it takes 3500 BURNED cals to lose 1lb
I been told as long as your getting 1200 for a female no less and 1800 for a male no less
you will be fine as long as your not burning massive amounts of calories like 5000+ a day and only eating 1200 your starving your body, but this method has worked for me

ive lost 156lbs I didn't do it by eating back my calories cause thats just gonna cause your body to have no loss and possibly gain

kent4j

Bump good reminders

grinch031

If you are still overweight and your weight loss has plateaued, then you haven't solved the metabolic puzzle of your body. You could be eating too much, too little, the wrong combination of macronutrients optimal for your body's health. Of course all of this also affects your desire to exercise. Eat the right foods and you feel energized and want to be active. If things stop working for you, you might need to make some adjustments to get things going again.

TNoire

If you are still overweight and your weight loss has plateaued, then you haven't solved the metabolic puzzle of your body. You could be eating too much, too little, the wrong combination of macronutrients optimal for your body's health. Of course all of this also affects your desire to exercise. Eat the right foods and you feel energized and want to be active. If things stop working for you, you might need to make some adjustments to get things going again.

the main posts explains tips and tricks to get past it also, if you haven't please read it, it expands ideas on this =]

CnocNaCu

Eat your exercise calories
You should eat back your exercise calories.
Simply stated MFP has already figured out your total calories you need to eat per day to lose 1lb etc. a week.
That's WITHOUT exercise. You'll notice that when you actually add exercise in, the calorie limit goes up.
Why? Because it's telling you to eat your exercise calories.
Large deficits aren't really good to do because while you will lose weight, what kind of weight will it be?
In many cases you'll lose lean muscle tissue which LOWERS your metabolic rate even more.
Then you have to eat even less to compensate for less of a calorie burn to continue to lose the same amount
of weight each week.


Be efficient.
Exercise hard and eat back the calories. The hard exercise will RAISE your metabolic rate and burn more fat at rest.

I never eat them back myself, gotta remind myself it takes 3500 BURNED cals to lose 1lb
I been told as long as your getting 1200 for a female no less and 1800 for a male no less
you will be fine as long as your not burning massive amounts of calories like 5000+ a day and only eating 1200 your starving your body, but this method has worked for me

ive lost 156lbs I didn't do it by eating back my calories cause thats just gonna cause your body to have no loss and possibly gain

This morning I have decided to do exactly this: not eating my calories back! I've tried to up my cals because I thought I am working out so hard every day...maybe I don't eat enough (I'm not losing weight any more ).
I actually gained by exercising daily (390 -600 cals burnt) and eating between 1350 and 1450 cals/day.
I will go back to eating 1200 and do my daily exercise. I am pretty sure that one reason for my gaining is that my metabolism is slower in general since I am over 50 and in menopause. I really need results or I will fall off the wagon.

TNoire

Remember too the bigger you are the easier it is to lose
Smaller you are gets harder
BUT
we can't let it get to us though
just gotta keep going
we can do it