If I stop for a month will I kick start my loss again

Sarauk2sf

Isn't that kinda like yo-yo dieting?? If you continuously do it? Anyways... I say increase your protein!!! Add a protein shake everyday, like after you bike, that way your muscles will be getting what they need, and it will help prevent from losing your muscles....

And maybe you'r not eating enough now?? Do you eat your exercise calories?? And I've of when people hit these sort of "platues", actually eating more has made them lose more weight!

It is not yo-yo dieting. There are hormonal and other reasons to give your body a break from dieting. Dieting is hard on your body and some are impacted more than others by it.

Sleepynita

I am doing the same thing, but just for ~10 days.

With Christmas (3 family dinners - crazy!), my Grandfathers funeral right after that and New Years in the next few days, I feel it is a great time to eat at TDEE or a small cut from it and give my body a break. Hopefully I will be rewarded with a weight drop in the new year If not I will just work those pounds off as always.

alanlmarshall

If your goal is to lose fat, no amount of protein or resistance training will be more effective than a healthy caloric deficit.
If you are a serious body builder, then your goals will be different. You're getting a lot of bro-science here, I'm afraid. You can't kick start fat loss without consuming fewer calories, it's physically impossible.

The reason to consider a period of maintanence would be phsycololgical. It may be that taking time off to practice a moderate, healthy diet to maintain your current weight could make it easier phsycologically to stick with a fat reducing regimen later. But don't expect magical rapid fat loss.

Sarauk2sf

If your goal is to lose fat, no amount of protein or resistance training will be more effective than a healthy caloric deficit.
If you are a serious body builder, then your goals will be different. You're getting a lot of bro-science here, I'm afraid. You can't kick start fat loss without consuming fewer calories, it's physically impossible.

The reason to consider a period of maintanence would be phsycololgical. It may be that taking time off to practice a moderate, healthy diet to maintain your current weight could make it easier phsycologically to stick with a fat reducing regimen later. But don't expect magical rapid fat loss.

Where is the bro science?

Did you ask how many calories she is currently on before suggesting to cut them?

WendyTerry420

Just eat at TDEE for 2 weeks.
Simple stuff.

^^ I'm doing this for the holidays. If it benefits me beyond the simple joy of eating holiday treats, then so be it. If not, then oh well, I had fun eating all the treats!

I'm also finding that it's interesting to see how much I can eat after nearly six months in a calorie deficit.

apexgtp

I wouldn't give yourself an excuse to stop. You should do the bike extra long today just for thinking this. If you want a break take a few days off but stay on your diet. There are other ways around plateaus than STOPPING.

eviegreen

Don't stop completely. This is a lifestyle change, so it's important to keep it a process that you're able to maintain long term instead of something you do intermittently. Because when you do eventually reach goal, you want to be able to maintain.

But that doesn't mean you can't change it up from time to time. I was at a plateau too, so I'm trying to kickstart my weightloss again. So these past few weeks I've been more lax with calorie counting, mostly trusting the food amounts that I've been successful with over these last months on MFP. I went months exercising 5-7 days a week, so I took a bit of a break from that and went down to 1 or 2 days for a few weeks. I lost a few pounds doing that. So I'm going back to routine again now.

firstsip

Thanks, I will both up my protien and do some weight bearing exercises (aka weight lifting right?) I had just recently added some balance ball routines and trying to plank on it and hand weights . I fall alot, alot, alot, ALOT. ( I am 57) even fell off the ball..lol. I fall off of chairs,couches,curbs, tripped on pine cones,rocks, cracks in sidewalks, sewer manhole covers, street grates, hems of long dresses which I no wear because of that. you get the picture. I fall ALOT. so much that I walk looking at the ground, and my family will point out the pit falls to me. I was thinking it might be my balance (though doctor says no medical reason). But I have digressed. So, anyway, thank you.

Weight training exercises and calisthenics (body-weight exercises like body-weight squats, modified pushups, etc.) will help a lot with your balance issues. Definitely make sure you're doing some as part of your exercise routine.

Good luck to you.

^ What Preg said. Work that core. I had notoriously bad balance (like, standing straight and suddenly falling over) with no inner ear or other medical issues. Lifting weights and working my core 4x a week has made a TREMENDOUS difference... which makes sense, since I had no balance issues when I was in gymnastics for seven years :P

firstsip

Isn't that kinda like yo-yo dieting?? If you continuously do it? Anyways... I say increase your protein!!! Add a protein shake everyday, like after you bike, that way your muscles will be getting what they need, and it will help prevent from losing your muscles....

And maybe you'r not eating enough now?? Do you eat your exercise calories?? And I've of when people hit these sort of "platues", actually eating more has made them lose more weight!

It is not yo-yo dieting. There are hormonal and other reasons to give your body a break from dieting. Dieting is hard on your body and some are impacted more than others by it.

^ This. Eating at "maintenance" is hardly yo-yoing; if she went from 1200 to 3500, that would be yo-yoing. Eating at maintenance has many benefits, the least of which being, "Learning how to eat healthy and sustainable at a higher calorie goal."

I know I generally lose weight after eating closer to maintenance for a few days, and I know I've definitely had immunity issues from eating at a deficit for so long.

WendyTerry420

Don't stop completely. This is a lifestyle change, so it's important to keep it a process that you're able to maintain long term instead of something you do intermittently. Because when you do eventually reach goal, you want to be able to maintain.

But that doesn't mean you can't change it up from time to time. I was at a plateau too, so I'm trying to kickstart my weightloss again. So these past few weeks I've been more lax with calorie counting, mostly trusting the food amounts that I've been successful with over these last months on MFP. I went months exercising 5-7 days a week, so I took a bit of a break from that and went down to 1 or 2 days for a few weeks. I lost a few pounds doing that. So I'm going back to routine again now.

I'm trying to figure out how "being lax" with logging would cause greater success than eating at maintenance. That makes absolutely no sense. If I weren't logging, it would be too easy to go above maintenance.

alanlmarshall

Isn't that kinda like yo-yo dieting?? If you continuously do it? Anyways... I say increase your protein!!! Add a protein shake everyday, like after you bike, that way your muscles will be getting what they need, and it will help prevent from losing your muscles....

And maybe you'r not eating enough now?? Do you eat your exercise calories?? And I've of when people hit these sort of "platues", actually eating more has made them lose more weight!

It is not yo-yo dieting. There are hormonal and other reasons to give your body a break from dieting. Dieting is hard on your body and some are impacted more than others by it.

cwolfman13

don't go a month, just a weekend will do the trick. especially if you're doing low carb.

This...and as others have suggested, lower the carbs a bit and up the protein. I eat to maintenance every couple of weekends or so and I've been steadily losing weight.