i hope i've broken the plateau!

gilly88

Just to quickly check in - in case anyone else is trying to break a plateau as well.

i was eating 1200 + exercise and not losing. upped gradually to 1250 then 1300, and still fluffed about in same three or four pounds. eventually i upped to 1500 + exeercise cals. after one week i lost nothing (but didnt gain). it's now thurs of second week and the scale is down 1.2lb! YAY!
i am only trying to lose MaX one pound a week as am on last ten pounds, so some of this might be water weight etc - but am just so happy that its going in the right direction!

SO anyone thinking of upping their cals, give it a go!

p.s hope this doesnt jinx me now!!

gilly88

Just to quickly check in - in case anyone else is trying to break a plateau as well.

i was eating 1200 + exercise and not losing. upped gradually to 1250 then 1300, and still fluffed about in same three or four pounds. eventually i upped to 1500 + exeercise cals. after one week i lost nothing (but didnt gain). it's now thurs of second week and the scale is down 1.2lb! YAY!
i am only trying to lose MaX one pound a week as am on last ten pounds, so some of this might be water weight etc - but am just so happy that its going in the right direction!

SO anyone thinking of upping their cals, give it a go!

p.s hope this doesnt jinx me now!!

Jackie_W

I had the same problem a few weeks ago, I upted by calories by 200, and lost 4lbs :drinker:

jackeh

STUPID plateaus!!!! i have been stuck for too long!!!!!!! 3 months!!!3 weeks ago i got a gym membership to up my exercise and i have been going 4 -5 days a week and this week i upped my calories ... yup still nothing.. i think im down 0.2 pounds LOL well i was on monday i bet if i weighed myself today id be back up again... its rediculous!!!!!!!! But i figure What ever!!! its eventually gotta start coming off again right? just keep going forward!!!!
But if its any constelation in the past 3 weeks at the gym i notice my cellulite at the back of my legs disappearing!!! and my arms are definately getting more musculuar .. :ohwell: cant win em all ... but any change is good right?

iftcheiaf

I have a question. You increased your calories and broke the plateau. If you plateau again, will you shift your calories back down to confuse your body, or up them again? I'm on my second week of seriously changing my lifestyle, so I haven't figured out how if I'm plateauing yet or just giving my body time to adjust.

gilly88

I have a question. You increased your calories and broke the plateau. If you plateau again, will you shift your calories back down to confuse your body, or up them again? I'm on my second week of seriously changing my lifestyle, so I haven't figured out how if I'm plateauing yet or just giving my body time to adjust.

hmmm good question. well, seeing as upping my calories has only JUST started to work (its only been 1 1/2 weeks) i will wait about a month before doing anything else. i really dont want to decrease the cals again, but iam sure i will plateau again since i only have about 7 or 8 lbs to lose. i think if a plateau happens again, i will:
a) take stock of what i am eating: am i being honest?
b) change my exercise routine
c) eat cleaner (same cals, less sugar, processed food)

hope that helps!

iftcheiaf

Thanks gilly. Helps alot. I'm also trying to lose those nasty hang-along pounds (10-15) on a body that says no way. Just trying to figure out what to do to shake it up. But I have also only been seriously doing this for 1.5 weeks, so I'm going to give it a few more weeks before changing anything. Thanks again. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing.