When your weight loss stalled what did you change

I lovethis post. Well said!

I didn't change a thing. I always had a 500 calorie deficit every single day. 500 cal deficit a day = 3500 cals = 1 pound lost a week. i knew what i was doing was EXACTLY the right way so as long as i kept doing it eventually it would catch up with the loss. I would go on 3-4 weeks stints where no loss. It ALWAYS caught up around week 4 and would actually be a 4 pound loss where even like week 2 would be a gain of .1 but in the end as long as you are not lying to yourself and really are eating the amount recorded and not overestimating your exercise your body will catch up. The body doesn't like losing weight... it's fuel. Nature wants us to be at whatever weight we are, if not heavier so using science of calories your body has to give in eventually. a lot of people don't record a "bite" here and a "bite" there... those add up and can hurt too. I was consistent and overall lost 1 pound a week even with snags here and there. if you are truly having a calorie deficit your body WILL lose the weight (barring medical issues of course).

Great answer! For those who stay the course you WILL lose the weight on a deficite eventually and more so if you are exercising. Many times people are just not honest with their numbers and sometimes not patient enough to wait on their bodies to show the results. If you are putting in the work your body WILL reward you with results!

i had lost steadily for 5 months at 1200 calories, and then my weight loss stalled for 2 weeks. Not a big deal- 2 weeks is hardly anything, but my husband and I were away overnight and I ended up eating much more than I usually do. I still ate healthy choices, but I think when I added it up it was around 2000 for the day.
The next day, I was back to my normal routine. WHen I weighed myself, nothing had changed, as usual, but then it just started dropping off again.
I don't know if the extra calories jump started something or what, but I hadn't had a cheat day in a long time so... that may have done it.

My plateau lasted from August 2012 until Jan 2013...For the first 4 months of it, I didn't change a thing. I kept telling myself that it would eventually come off if I stuck to the plan. I went the gym for my usual work outs, I ate my usual number of calories, and I drank water like crazy. :drinker:

Shortly after Christmas I realized my weight was not moving and had not moved for months. Ugh. :sad:

Then along comes January:
I didn't hit the gym a single day in January. Instead, I took short 30 minute walks during my lunch break, 3-4 days a week. I also completed a half marathon on January 20 and then completed a Super Spartan race 6 days later. The half marathon was 13 miles and the Super Spartan was 8 miles, so a total of 21 miles in a week (major increase from my usual 3-5 miles a week). Oh yea, and I moved from one place to another on January 12, so leading up to that was A LOT of packing of boxes (and unpacking of boxes after the move).

By the end of January I had lost 10 lbs and now I'm back to losing about 1 lb a week.

Yay! :bigsmile:

posting here so i can come back tot his when i hit that.

I hired a personal trainer...he pushes me and kicks my butt every single day I work with him....knocked my plateau right out of the water!!!

switched up my exercises and changed how much i was eating. i was stuck at a plateau about 6-8 weeks, so instead of doing my long walks that werent working anymore, i started doing crunches and pushups. i also ate under what i was, then a few days later would eat more than i was then go back to the regular amount. that worked. i plateuad a little again because my weight is getting too low so then i switched it up and got some dumbbells, also ate higher some days then went back down to what i was. seems to work for me. and drink that water!

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I am currently try to eat more calories in hopes of losing weight. I'm doing tdee-25%.

I've been stalled for about 2-3 months now (gain/lose the same 2-4 kg). So I decided to pick up the New Rules of Lifting for Women. Can't say I've seen a scale change nor really a measurement change (yet) but I've only been at it about 2.5 weeks now, but I went from barely being able to lift anything, to using 25 pound weights on my deadlifts. I'm totally stronger! I'm sure the rest'll come in time. I'm working on getting a stronger ME vs. getting a lighter me.

Nice thread!

I would change up what I ate, such as if I had eggs and toast every morning I would do a smoothie instead, or yogurt things like that, also change my workout routine, if I did Tae Bo everyday I would take a jog instead, or if you workout for 30 minutes a day go to 40 minutes. Also you could try eating a little more calories or a little less calories for 2 weeks and see if you need more or less, sometimes I notice if I eat to little I gain and sometimes I have to change it to eating less in order to lose, or vis versa with with eating more. Good luck!

I think I got lucky, mine never stalled till I was with in 5 lbs of my goal weight, then it just went a lot slower. I with in 1 lb now

Saving this for when (or if) I hit this point. Thanks all!