Plateau Help

thirteenblessings
thirteenblessings Posts: 51 Member
edited January 6 in Health and Weight Loss
I've been sticking to my daily calorie allotment of around 1,200 calories and working out about 5 days a week to the Ripped in 30 DVDs and my weight hasn't budged for 2 weeks. I do tend to go a bit higher on the weekends with my calorie intake and usually don't exercise formally on weekends.

Two things worth mentioning, I have been pretty sick the past 2 weeks with what started as a cold and now is a sinus infection (I'm going to the Dr today). I have been taking decongestants too. Overall I have had NO appetite and am forcing myself to eat most of my meals to get to 1200.

Anyway, any tips or advice for me? I do have weight to lose, about 20 pounds and feel like it should be falling off of me. I never did take pictures or measurements but I do feel thinner but the scale isn't agreeing with me. Just frustrated. Thanks for any tips.

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  • lauren3101
    lauren3101 Posts: 1,853 Member
    No idea on your stats, but read this:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    And try upping your calories. 20lb is not actually as much to lose as you'd think. You need to be eating closer to your TDEE.
  • shaybuggie
    shaybuggie Posts: 160 Member
    No idea on your stats, but read this:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    And try upping your calories. 20lb is not actually as much to lose as you'd think. You need to be eating closer to your TDEE.

    I was going to say the same thing. I've been stedily losing inches and weight since I started.
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    Eat more, significantly more.
  • Sepa
    Sepa Posts: 243 Member
    Up you cals to TDEE - 15-20%. If you want to eat 1200 make sure that is your NET. (eat back your exercise cals, especially at 1200).

    1200 is a great way to initally loose weight but not for a long period of time
  • sarahharmintx
    sarahharmintx Posts: 868 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
    This is what broke my plateau.
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    I was going to post the same link - definitely a big help for me too. I'm eating 1700+ calories a day and still losing the fat.
  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    Eating more will help EVENTUALLY. It will take time to get things back to normal.

    I wanted to lose a pound a week. MFP had me as 1280 to lose a pound a week. When I started, I lose weight faster than I ever did before. I was stoked and figured it must be working.

    Stalled and had trouble ever since. Slowly raised my calories up and still nothing for me. So, I switched to a calorie surplus for a while, and been lifting much heavier at the gym. Eventually I will get back to fat loss.

    When I do, I will go 0.5 pounds a week. I think that might be a better bet for you as well.
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
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  • thirteenblessings
    thirteenblessings Posts: 51 Member
    Thanks for all of the helpful replies. I'm having a tough time wrapping my mind around this. I used several calculators, including the one the first poster mentioned and they're all listing my TDEE around 2062. I'm telling you what, if I was eating 2,000 calories a day I'd be gaining weight like no one's business. I understand you need to eat about 20% less than TDEE to LOSE weight so that's about 1,600 calories a day. 400 more than I've been eating. If I ate 1,600 calories a day I'd basically be eating back my exercise calories plus another 200. I'll try it though, I expect my body might freak out for a week or two before I start losing again, is this a correct assumption?
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