What do you do when you hit a weight loss plateu?

raevynn

I get frustrated... and then I eat over my calories, and have an extra rest day, and make sure I'm drinking enough water (I'm trying for three quarts a day), and that usually does it.

I changed my calorie goal to a half-pound loss per week, for a few weeks, and then moved it back to one pound, and that seemed to move things a bit, too. Keep your body "guessing" so it can't become "efficient" with what you are giving it.

Xtiiinax

Thank you very much everyone for all the advice! I decided to take a day off from working out yesterday and went out to Red Lobster and stuffed my face!! I'm going to try bumping my calories up to around 1400 and zig zagging between that and 1200 and seeing how it works out! Maybe my metabolism just needs a little trick like some of you have said since I was starving myself for so long. I really regret doing that to myself but this was my first time dieting and I didn't really look into anything, I pretty much just jumped into it and said, oh well if I stop eating I'll lose weight and went with that!

hadirb

I have done the Lindora Diet on my own before and it was successful, I gained 10 pounds so I am trying to go on the diet again but its not working this time I lost very few pounds and now I am stuck. I dont know what to do or what to eat as a good diet menu that will help me lose the weight.
I am 42 years old and 5'1. I need some guidance and help since the Lindora Diet is usually allow you to eat 800 to 900 cal Max a day.
Please help.

krickeyuu

Go here and calculate your BMR and TDEE. Eat between them.

http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

P05T5CRIPT

I'm on a month long plateau, it started when I began strength training, I'm losing inches but the weight will not budge after being so consistent with my weight loss for the past 7 months, it's incredibly frustrating.

But I will keep going because I love strength training and hope that the scale eventually starts moving again soon...

Sakura_Tree

you wont see results in 4 days... just be patient

Sakura_Tree

oops i posted that on the wrong page

Sakura_Tree

you wont see results in only4 days be patient

jenilla1

2 weeks is not a plateau. Also, you should be eating the calories MFP tells you to eat plus your exercise calories. It might take a couple of weeks for you to show a loss, though, because you were on too large a deficit before.

Don't give up.

:drinker:

Capt_Apollo

a whole two weeks??!?!?!?!!?!??!?!



-_-


call me when it's a real plateau.

determinedbutlazy

It's only two weeks. Chill out.

I've gone 6-8 weeks with no loss before, just remember this isn't a race.

CoderGal

I've been stuck at 167-168lbs for 2 weeks...

*leave thread*

Nissi51

Open your food journal if you'd like advise

800 calories is not enough and can do damage to your metabolism. It takes longer than 2 weeks for body to respond to changes, and if you have been previously not meeting your nutritional requirements...it may take longer for that scale to move.

Don't give up. You live, you learn!

Lucia120382

sleep :laugh:

princess4mimi

BUMP!!

MeIShouldB

change up your workout.

Lt_Starbuck

You should realize that anything worth having is worth working hard for.....alllllllll the way until you get there. And then you start working toward the next thing and the next thing and the next thing.

I'm not sure what your goals are, whether it is to improve your body, improve your health, take on an event or just weigh less... but....

You can't start working toward something and a month into it say, 'well this is harder than I thought, so I'm probably going to give up.'

You can't aim for a goal haphazardly without a plan and without knowledge and comprehension of what it will take and expect yourself to make consistent progress, much less reach where you are aiming.

You could save yourself some pain, agony and frustration and learn the best way to go about reaching your goals - THEN settle in with the idea that it is going to take a year. Yes a YEAR - if it takes less- awesome! If it takes more - well, you're YOU - you can totally handle it.

If you are doing the correct workouts to reach your goal, and eating within the proper nutrition and calorie window to be able to handle those workouts and your everyday life, and you still see no changes in measurements, body fat or weight after 3-5 months - THEN you have a real plateau and then you can worry about increasing your intensity or shifting some things around to blow past it.

But this is not a plateau - it is a failure to launch correctly, - which is the easiest thing to fix of all the problems you could have stumbled upon.

Learn.
Work hard.
Be patient.
Keep going....
Don't stop unless it is for your victory dance.

Decide today that it is going to take a hell of a lot to stop you. You're no weak pushover and today is the day you're going to start proving it to the world.

fiferize

I have found adding two tablespoons of Apple Cider Vinegar to 4 ounces of water and chugging it down once or twice a day will break the plateau. I also add a packet of stevia and a splash of cinnamon for flavor. If you are only eating 800 calories that is not near enough! You need to eat more to weigh less. Just make sure the what you are eating is good quality food, not crap.

ivybeeps

Whatever you do, DON'T give up. Why waste a good thing? Even if your not losing lbs, you are gaining muscle, endurance, stamina, GOOD HEALTH! I was at a plateau for three months. I finally broke it by cutting out refined carbs at dinner. It's better to be proud that you figured out how to get past your plateau rather than be depressed you gave up.

Kelly_Runs_NC

When that happened to me I lowered my calories a bit and upped the intensity of my workouts. That did it for me.