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Mayo Clinic on plateaus

rmalford
rmalford Posts: 58
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
hate to rain in the parade, but an actual link the Mayo Clinic on weight loss plateaus is at http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/weight-loss-plateau/MY01152

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  • IvoryParchment
    IvoryParchment Posts: 651 Member
    Makes sense. Though my experience is that if I continue to stay with the program and not panic and try to change things, eventually the weight loss begins again. But I'm measuring food very precisely with a food scale, so I'm not worried that I'm eating too much, and I have data to show I've already lost more than predicted during that initial phase, so I can plateau quite a while before I fall "behind schedule."
  • rmalford
    rmalford Posts: 58
    Actually, I do not think MFP recalculated your base calorie requirement a you lose weight. Because the calories you burn is proportional to your weight it is conceivable that weight loss would slow or slow as you lose more weight. Recalculating the BMR after considerable loss should be considered!
  • carld256
    carld256 Posts: 855 Member
    MFP does indeed recalculate your calories as you lose weight, if we're talking about the same thing.
  • rmalford
    rmalford Posts: 58
    I am wondering why you think it recalculates your target calories as you lose weight? In my case after losing about 14# my MBR should decrease by about 50 cals, according to their tool. MFP has not changed the target intake at all.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    the thing is what about those people who are already eating too low? for instance when i first joined MFP it gave me a calorie goal of 1200 calories. cant get any lower than that.
  • JoniBologna
    JoniBologna Posts: 653 Member
    I have increased my calorie intake gradually as I have lost weight, and I continue to lose. No rain at my parade. :smile:
  • susannamarie
    susannamarie Posts: 2,148 Member
    I am wondering why you think it recalculates your target calories as you lose weight? In my case after losing about 14# my MBR should decrease by about 50 cals, according to their tool. MFP has not changed the target intake at all.

    MFP should at some point ask 'Do you want to recalculate?'

    You might've accidentally clicked 'no' -- I believe it happens after 10 lbs.
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    If your point was "plateaus are real" that link just says "if you don't eat at a deficit you won't lose weight" which is what I put in every one of the "I'm at a plateau omg!" threads.
  • rmalford
    rmalford Posts: 58
    My point was a parallel thread now probably 600 attaboys long quoted and article quoting (apparently misquoting) the Mayo supports the eat more to lose myth. Made no sense to me so I checked Mayo. There actually advice is to eat less or exercise more when at a plateau. Not as much fun as the myth, but them reality rarely is.

    Other observation is that MFP appears to not recalculate required calories as one loses weight ant subsequently burns fewer.
  • wftiger
    wftiger Posts: 1,283 Member
    About time someone started posted about reputable sites. And wow, not one mention of "starvation mode" (myth) in that article. I wonder if that means it isn't true? Yep, it does.
  • rmalford
    rmalford Posts: 58
    Just found the answer to my readjusting daily targets in the FAQ section. As one responder officered, after 10# loose it asks if you want to adjust! As great as MFP is I should have expected it.


    Gained a pound overnite - damn, am. I sleep eating? :)
  • rmalford
    rmalford Posts: 58
    One more comment, of course I believe anything the Mayo has to say about weight loss. Here is one of the many good links to their work

    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/weight-loss/MY00432

    I have not association with them :). Caution, that link may lead to a lot of time used.
  • carld256
    carld256 Posts: 855 Member
    I am wondering why you think it recalculates your target calories as you lose weight? In my case after losing about 14# my MBR should decrease by about 50 cals, according to their tool. MFP has not changed the target intake at all.

    Because it has reduced my recommended calories twice since I started.

    Edit: I should say that I don't think it does it automatically, it suggests that you use the tools to recalculate it.

    Ahh, already covered. I should read the whole thread before replying.
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