I'm 5'4, 150 lbs SUPER frustrated with my plateau!

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  • jpell420
    jpell420 Posts: 10
    If you lost 33 lbs in the past year. Keep doing what you're doing! You should be at your ideal weight this time next year, right?
  • runner_gurl76
    runner_gurl76 Posts: 37 Member
    Try looking at your carb/protein intake. Simply lowering your carbs under 100g per day and raising protein to 100+g could help get you over that hurdle, even without much exercise.

    THIS!!! THIS!! THIS!!!

    I am 5'4.25"....and I agree with you and count all the extra height I can!
    150 lbs (as of this morning)

    I eat 1200 a day and, while there are plateaus in every diet, carbs are the big killer.
    I let myself eat whatever I wanted over Christmas break, gained 7 lbs....all from carbs. Cut the carbs and have lost all 7 lbs as of this morning, took 2 weeks. 7 lbs would normally take me 3 months to lose.

    If you want, add me as a friend and you can check my food diary. :)
  • Janey142
    Janey142 Posts: 50 Member
    your deficit is still 1200 a day if you burn 200 extra calories then eat 1400. your net is still 1200. if you burn 200 and only eat 1200 your net is 1000 and far too low. EAT YOUR CALORIES BACK!
  • barb1241
    barb1241 Posts: 324 Member
    I walk and walk and walk. I have lost +/- 70 pounds. It has taken me about 2-3 years off and on (hubs says 3 I think it's 2). I put in at least 6 miles using Leslie Sansone's Walk Away the Pounds video or time spent walking outside every day and I eat 90% of the calories back. I purchased my copy at walmart for less than $10. I try to go hiking one of the weekend days each week. If the weather cooperates, I ride a bicycle, but only 5-8 miles at a time usually. I am 51 years old and my metabolism is supposed to be not working right 'cause I'm old. When I eat the way I am supposed to and do the exercise I am supposed to, I have no trouble losing weight. When I eat way too much and sit on my backside, I gain. In between, I hover-maintain.

    I'm not sure how you can lose more except to change something. Eat more and move more. It balances out and gives your body a chance to gain more muscle and lose more fat. You might weigh the same but be more toned and wear smaller clothes. More muscles burn more calories than the same weight of fat, generally. Just try something different since your current plan is no longer working. If that doesn't work, try something else. Repeat as necessary until you find what DOES work.
  • Countryslove
    Countryslove Posts: 50
    When I first joined MFP about a year ago they set my calories at 1200. I am also around 5' 4" and I weighed about 154 lbs.
    I immediately lost about 6 pounds and then stayed at that weight for about a month.
    I upped my calories to 1350 and still stayed at the same weight.
    I then upped them to 1500 and started losing again.
    I am now holding steady at 133 and just trying to maintain that.
    I also exercise 6 days a week.
    Not saying this will work for you. You just have to keep changing things up until you find what works best for you.
    Good Luck!!!

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