Plateaus Suck!

I feel your pain! I've been on a plateau for about 4 months now. I tried upping calories... that hasn't worked. The only good news is that I haven't really gained from it.

The only advice I can give is keep at it! According to the other posts I've read (when I'm depressed about my plateau) is that eventually something's gotta give!

omg.. i know what you are saying the same is happening to me . well happened then i went ape **** and lowered my calories to 800 (stupid i know) i lost the pound i gained from upping my calories but i am still stuck at that evil plateau and with christmas coming its really depressing cos i know i will gain a couple pounds then

I want to get to just under 100 pounds... Just... just because it sounds nice... Oh and I am short, so umm yea, I would weigh less anyway at ideal weight :P

And yes they darn well do suck! Last 2 months I been trying to get under 130 pounds... I'm hovering now at 138 after getting back up to 145 for a few weeks "upping my calls" I gained 15 pounds, upped for a good few weeks some like 3000c a day so umm yea...

It did suck however I am "hoping" it was worth it, as in one week now I have lost 6.5 pounds since adjusting back to normal diet method... And that included 2 days of eating roughly 2000c...

I hope it keeps it up, though mind you, I also run until I wanna get sick sometimes... Tempo runs that say hard I take to be run as fast and hard until you feel like dying, and if your not dying or dead, then keep pushing haha

But yea, a few weeks of gaining was corrected after one week cutting back again... So keep that in mind, in might be or seem bad "now" but for me I'm hoping it was worth it...

Besides, I lost most my weight (HW in Jan was 205lbs) by liquid diet and apparent "fad" diets that people say do not work... but hey... It did I haven't gained it back like people say you will etc, I adjusted my eating after it... I am currently in training phase for an ultra marathon so can't do that again, else for these last 30-40lbs I would gladly do a liquid diet for a month again... I was losing about 1lb a day every day sometimes more... I just can't run or train at full capacity like that, so yea...

Stick with it, plateaus suck, they do, but we will get over them and prevail! We will!

Eating less protein and literally very minimal vegetables and fruit i dont see how you are expecting to lose,if at all that loss will be from muscle mass.

the eat more to weight less philosophy doesnt say eat anything and lose weight-that fundamental is supported by clean eating(with enough fruits and vegetables in your diet(ie fiber)),lifting weights and get enough protein in(atleast as much as your lean body mass).

Try increasing your protein intake to atleast a 100gms a day(you can change your macros in your goals).

I stalled at 1320 calories and upped to 1690. Its falling off again.

Protein intake is very important for weight loss. It also burns more calories naturally... Fats and Carbohydrates require very few calories to process (3 to 6% roughly of the calories ingested are required for processing) while protein requires significantly more (upwards of 30%).

Additionally, when exercising, more protein is required to facilitate repairs to the body. Without the extra protein, the repairs do not get done and the energy is not spent. So, there's a second way more protein helps with weight loss.

Finally, being smaller means weight loss has to be at a smaller rate. Most people that are within 20 pounds of their goal weight should be aiming for 0.5 pounds a week loss.

As for eating more and weight gain from it... most of the time when we eat more after eating too little for too long, we gain a good portion of water weight, as the extra nutrition helps restore energy stores in the muscles which require water for storage.

Watch the video. It really explains what is happening to a LOT of people on here.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/815934-layne-norton-on-metabolic-damage?page=1#posts-12229544

oops sorry.. I am not trying to be all " do the eat more to weigh less thing" because I am a "newbie" too. I actually stumbled across it myself and decided why not! I did read that it can lead to water weight initially while your body repairs the damage, so hang in there.. in a few weeks the scale should tip the other way it's a marathon not a sprint (but I completely understand where you are coming from, it gets frustrating when you don't see results)

Wait... my net today is 778... not hungry, so if you MUST eat more than 1200, does that mean I can use vodka + beer to increase my daily cals? I mean that 4-5 beers I can have to be AT MINIMUM, maybe a few vodka shots too...

What should I do? lol..

:drinker:

I would suggest dropping the light weight, high rep routine and flip it to heavy weight low rep. It's much better for strength gains. Anything over 15 reps really won't benefit in terms of fat loss. Also, i would try to eat 1500-1600 calories a day (based on your stats. Set your macro's to 35% carbs, 40% protein and 25% fats. This shoudl help with some recomposition.

^Yep that sounds good.

I feel your pain. I may or may not have pounds to lose, but there are certainly some inches around my waistline that I'm trying to make disappear... and because I'm relatively near my goal, it's SO SLOW. I'm nearing 6 months at this and I'm down 7 pounds, more or less

I rationally know I'm doing the right things, but I totally get the frustration

Upping your calories is the right thing to do! At 5'6" and around 145 pounds, I eat 1700 when I don't exercise. 1350 is nothing I'm sure you'll level out any time now, and hopefully drop a few more pounds in the near future

Just give it time, do some yelling at the wall if you need to, but do feel some pride at how you're taking charge of your health. You'll be fine!