Plateau

K_armfield
K_armfield Posts: 23 Member
edited January 10 in Health and Weight Loss
Ok so I started really hardcore back in May. I was eating 1200 calories, working out at least 4-5 days a week i took Phedermine 5 days a week to get me started and i get b12 shots every now and then. I started at 248 and dropped to 212 by October. My goal was to fit into a wedding dress I bought that was too small and it happened plus I had to have it taken in. Now I have completely plateaued and I'm stuck at 210. I'm not exercising as much because I'm having back issues. Ahh the joys of having a kid and lifting heavy stuff all day. Any ideas on how to kick this plateaus *kitten*? I'm eating about 1300 cals too. Protein shake in the morning, a snack, a protein bar for lunch, then dinner which is always over half filled with veggies and about 56 oz of water right now. I'm trying to work up. any ideas?

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  • ChristyRunStarr
    ChristyRunStarr Posts: 1,600 Member
    Congrats on the weight lose! My first thought is always are you eating enough? Did you get the 1300 from MFP? Check out helloitsdan's post to get your BMR and TDEE http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12. I'm not sure what Phedermine is so I'm not going to comment on that. Do you eat 1300 calories as well as eat back your exercise calories?

    Edited to add in: have you tried tracking your sodium before? I find that's a huge problem for me (when I don't track it) for when I hit plateaus
  • skylark94
    skylark94 Posts: 2,036 Member
    The best way to break a plateau is to eat more. Go to maintenance for at least 2 weeks, then reset to a reasonable deficit. Under eating is the best way to stay in a plateau.

    Read this http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
  • mum212
    mum212 Posts: 173 Member
    i know you mentioned you have back problems but try and do a little bit of excersize each day gradually bilding up more and more to ease yourself into it x
  • laserturkey
    laserturkey Posts: 1,680 Member
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    Use this to calculate a higher number of calories for yourself that will still allow you to lose weight, but more slowly and with better nourishment for your body.

    Sometimes people will bump themselves all the way up to maintenance calories for a number of weeks (or months!) and then reduce their calories a bit to start the weight loss again.
  • tpt1950
    tpt1950 Posts: 292 Member
    The best way to break a plateau is to eat more. Go to maintenance for at least 2 weeks, then reset to a reasonable deficit. Under eating is the best way to stay in a plateau.

    Read this http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12
    ^^^This^^^
  • now_or_never13
    now_or_never13 Posts: 1,575 Member
    Try upping your calories and changing your workout routine.

    Why are you having a shake and protein bar for two meals? Try swapping those for real foods.

    Eat at maintance for a few weeks than drop it back down. Your body gets used to what you are doing. You should be eating more than 1300 on a normal day anyways.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    The best way to break a plateau is to eat more. Go to maintenance for at least 2 weeks, then reset to a reasonable deficit. Under eating is the best way to stay in a plateau.

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

    exactly. You don't need to change your workout routine, you just aren't eating enough.
  • K_armfield
    K_armfield Posts: 23 Member
    I will definitely check it out! I did the phentermine/adipex to keep me from being so hungry when I first started. I was still acting like I was eating for 2 at that time. I do the protein shake and the protein bar becuse that is what I have time for. I'm on the go from 430 until 430 pm and thts when I get home. I am slowly starting back to exercising and got a stability ba to help strengthen my back. Thanks for the advice everyone! Life would be so much easier if I just had someone to do it all for me. Haha
  • K_armfield
    K_armfield Posts: 23 Member
    Ok so I got 1746 for my BMR. My TDEE was 2095 but 20% less of that is 1676. So I want to eat 1676 a day and eat back my calories burned when I exercise right?
  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    If your BMR is 1746 and your TDEE is 2095, I am assuming you did TDEE at sedentary.

    Eat at least 1750 calories a day. Every day. You should then eat back at MOST, half the calories you burn exercising. This is to offset the inaccuracy of calculating calories burned through exercise.

    Before switching to 1750 a day, I recommend eating 2100 for an entire week, with a day of eating 2350. This is to help restore hormone levels to their proper place as it seems you may have issues with cortisol build up after having eaten under BMR for prolonged periods.
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