Help!!!! Why am I plateauing right now!!!

I am experiencing the same frustrating thing right now. Lost .2 this week. Feeling very discouraged but I'm hoping that if I just trust the math and stick with it things wil even out.

Have you tried changing your eating pattern a bit? Maybe your body has your M.O. down now and is checkmating you, lol. Carb cycling sometimes works well at busting the plateau. There are other methods too. Try switching things up a bit, stay under calories and keep drinking that water.

Regardless 25 pounds down is tremendous! That's significant weight loss!

Cycle your main food intake.. For example.. If you are doing higher protein.. Up your carbs for a week..

Also something to consider as you ramp your work outs up, perhaps you are building better muscle mass ( GOOD THING ) and that is throwing your scale numbers off..

Don't get all jacked up on the numbers.. Changing things up a bit should get you back on track... Keep creating a calorie deficit and working out hard and it will start to move again.

Plateaus* happen. In the process of losing my weight I had 4 significant plateaus lasting from 2-4 weeks and they made me stark raving nuts. But typically if you are on plan they are just an adjustment time. Folks are skeptical until they pay attention to this, but I actually lost more inches when I was stalled than when I was losing.

Plateaus will break when they're ready. Sometimes changing anything (up calories, down calories, start working out, stop working out) will seem to trigger the break, but honestly keeping to plan is the best strategy.

*technically, what you're experiencing isn't a stall or plateau. It doesn't count unless you go a month without losing pounds or inches - that's a real plateau. But that doesn't make what you're experiencing any less frustrating.

Best strategy to handle a plateau: Step away from the scale for a few weeks. I had hubs hide mine.

Maybe your body has your M.O. down now and is checkmating you, lol.

Love this analogy!

Mine is coming off much slower now too...fluxating and relosing the same couple lbs over and over. A friend is having success with South Beach so I might give it a try. Would be good for my hubby who is Type 2 Diabetic.

Going through the same things Feel free to add me for support anyone!!

Really great job on 25 pounds lost!! I am feeling your pain right now. Have pretty much maintain Ed for the last month. I will be up one week down the next all evening out to very little loss. Going to try interval training and upping protein to see if that works... Good lunch and I hiope some minor adjustments get you back on your way to weight loss!

OK here's my suggestion. Go and get 25 lbs worth of weights and put it in a back pack. Carry it around for a while, and even try doing your exercises with this weight on you. That is how much more your body was working when you started! You are burning fewer calories than when you started: this is probably the main reason why people hit 'plateaus': their body has got healthier, and has adapted to a lighter weight. The need to either exercise with more intensity, or eat a little less (or both) or accept that your weight loss will be slower than before.

Either way, you have done a great job so far, and if you stick with it the pounds will indeed continue to get used up. Hang in there, and don't lose heart!

Good luck!

Everyone here has great advice. To add a bit more, here are a few things that help to move me off a plateau:
(1) Have you reviewed you BMR? When I stall, I do some calculations with that. Most recently, it told me I was eating too few calories, so I might have been putting my body into starvation mode. To verify, I looked at my paper log from years ago working with a personal trainer (when I was at a similar weight/body fat % to now). He had me at about 200 more calories a day.
(2) What is the ratio of your calories (protein/carb/fat percentages)? Again, my trainer had my ratios structured much differently.
(3) Change up your exercise. I get obsessed with cardio, but ultimately see/feel better results when I integrate resistance/weight training.

As most people said, CELEBRATE and enjoy your success. Know that right now your body is getting accustomed to this NEW NORMAL - that is a great thing.

I can say all this because I get frustrated when I stall for 1-2 weeks too. Don't fall off the wagon, keep up the good work!

i am also on a plateau and this is when I usually give up. I stupidly worked out that if I lost 1.5 lbs a week then I would be X lbs by a big event mid Sept. I had not factored in a plateau and now realise that I will not meet the weight I hoped to be. I am finding it difficult and half of me thinks "Oh blow it have a pizza" this is what has happened each previous time.
I am finding this site so supportive and there is usually someone who is going through or has been through my situation. I know I just have to keep going; I know my shape is chnging and my flab feels flabbier not such solid fat so hopefully it will go but it is just going to take longer.

Plateaus* happen. In the process of losing my weight I had 4 significant plateaus lasting from 2-4 weeks and they made me stark raving nuts. But typically if you are on plan they are just an adjustment time. Folks are skeptical until they pay attention to this, but I actually lost more inches when I was stalled than when I was losing.

Plateaus will break when they're ready. Sometimes changing anything (up calories, down calories, start working out, stop working out) will seem to trigger the break, but honestly keeping to plan is the best strategy.

*technically, what you're experiencing isn't a stall or plateau. It doesn't count unless you go a month without losing pounds or inches - that's a real plateau. But that doesn't make what you're experiencing any less frustrating.

Best strategy to handle a plateau: Step away from the scale for a few weeks. I had hubs hide mine.

Exactly.

Have you adjusted your calorie intake since you lost the initial weight?

So much terrible advice in this thread "eat more meals to speed your metabolism" " your body has become immune to what you are eating". Sorry, but that's rubbish.