How did you overcome your plateau? Did you just wait it out?

ZombieChaser

It sounds like your body is experiencing some changes, so let that happen while trying what worked for me.
I was in a similar situation, and gave it 6 weeks.

That was my 211 wall - 211 pounds. I could not break that wall.
And then I did. I incorporated a free day - ate 6000 calories in one day. I still do that weekly - call it "Re-Feed Therapy"
The next wall was 200 - same thing.

The temptation is to change up your whole program every time things don't go right.
Give it more time, and consider consulting with a personal trainer if you have the means.

Thank you, I've been wondering about those so called free days - I had my first one on Saturday. I'm back on track for the week, so I'll be paying extra attention to the scale on Thursday.

Sweet_Potato

I'm 5'2" with a starting weight of 118 lbs. I joined MFP in October, lost a pound, and then plateaued through the holidays. It was really frustrating. At the time I was doing 1200 calories a day with very light exercise-- usually I'd only burn around a hundred calories a day and I'd eat them back.

After the New Year I made a few changes. I modified my weight loss goal to 0.5 lb/week, realizing that 1 lb/week was really not practical for someone of my size. This upped my calorie allowance to 1250. I incorporated more exercise into my plan-- Bikram yoga once a week, swimming once or twice a week, exercise videos on the days I don't swim or do Bikram, and more walking. I ate 50-75% of the exercise calories back.

In the past 15 days I've lost nearly 4 lbs!!