Frustrated

You've just hit a plateau. Keep doing what you are doing and you will break thru it. I went for the first two weeks of the new year stuck within a pound either direction of 265 but I kept doing my workouts and trying to eat right and I'm now at 254 so you'll break thru it. Just don't give up. Plateaus happen...it's just nature. That's one reason people recommend against weighing daily. Not that I follow that recommendation myself mind you.

Maybe try to change up your routine a little bit. Add a little more exercise or change when you eat the most of your calories.

I would gradually start upping your calories. Also, i would start taking measurements instead of relying on your scale to measure progress. the scale can be a deceiving little *kitten*.

Could be a number of reasons:

Too few calories.
Gaining muscle weight and losing fat deposits.
That time of the month (period)



For me I might not lose an ounce for 5 or 6 days then BAM on day 7 I dropped 3 or more pounds.

DON'T GIVE UP!
I'm in the same boat as you. I'm also a 26 year old female and have hit a plateau. My initial weightless started after I had my daughter. For me weight loss is a slow and painful process. 10 pounds down steady for a few weeks 5 pounds down steady for a few weeks. Remember the tortious and the hair slow and steady wins the race. There is no better way to take it off than to do it slowly so that your body and mind become used to the new lifestyle you are living. Go with what the others said switching up your routine with jogging for short bursts, maybe purchase a jump rope and it in to your fitness plan. And remember water is a must- stick to it girl YOU CAN DO IT!

This i completely normal. It is called Thermalgenesis. Basically, the starvation plateau. Your body has built in defense mechanisms, when it senses long periods of caloric or nutritional loss, it begins to SLOW DOWN how many calories you actually burn! There are a few things you can do to help. For now, I would reccomend you change what you are doing for exercise. Try adding in some weight training, if you do not own weights, large cans of soup will do the trick, or some pilates exercises (they are HARD). It may take some time for your body to figure out the change, but BE PATIENT. Then, after a month or two, if you are still stuck, up your caloric intake slightly and do not freak out if you gain a couple pounds back, it is probably just water weight! Soon your body will breathe a sigh of relief that you are not starving it to death and being to regulate your metabolism once again.

I know!! I went through the same thing except I gained a few pounds. I finally lost 1. something pounds.....ugh! Hang in there!

Don't give up! I had a 3 week plateau. Then last week I lost 7 lbs. It just seems to happen that way. That is why you stay here with like minded people to encourage you. Keep up the good work. Good Luck.

You have been losing very fast. There is a possibility that your body will hunker down for awhile now, although five days doesn't even count as a stall, much less a plateau.

The best thing you can do for yourself is to reset your expectations. Once you accept that losing 4-5 pounds a week is not normal, you will also allow yourself to eat more. You should be eating back your exercise calories.

It will be hard for you to take advice from me, since I am the same size and have only lost half as much, but you are using extreme weight loss like a drug right now. If you see it, you keep doing the same things; if you don't, you give up. You need to find a long term solution, a plan you can stick with even once your weight stabilizes at your goal.