Plateau tips pleeeeeeease?!!

Aj2811
Aj2811 Posts: 4
edited November 12 in Health and Weight Loss
No weight loss in 5 weeks, tried everything I can remember but nothing!! I'm getting desperate/going insane!

Any tips or advise would be amazing!
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  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    My bet is you are on 1200 calories or less. There is your problem.
  • aliciaconcha90
    aliciaconcha90 Posts: 22
    Are you doing the same exercise?
  • jamiek917
    jamiek917 Posts: 610 Member
    need a lil more details to understand.

    do u track EVERYTHING? (and accurately?) cal intake? macro distribution?

    exercise- what are u doing, and to what intensity?
  • JazmineYoli
    JazmineYoli Posts: 547 Member
    Open your diary. It usually gives people a better indication as to what you are doing daily.
  • SenseiCole
    SenseiCole Posts: 429 Member
    take your measurement

    record and measure all food and drinks

    try not to eat the same foods day in and day out, same for exercise change it up

    record your excerise and make sure you eat it back

    drink water

    get enough sleep

    "The scale can't measure your will, drive, or dedication. The scale can't recount how many temptations you said no to or how many bad habits you broke. The scale doesn't have any idea how many times you got back on track when you felt like giving up. So every time you get on the scale, measure what's really important, including your drive, behaviour, and effort.


    anyone can add me
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    I got trapped there once... lava everywhere.

    vol33-f6.jpg

    my advice, thick soled shoes.
  • JakeBrownVB
    JakeBrownVB Posts: 399 Member
    Stop listening to people going on about your calories being too low.. I will tell you a tale of 2 folk who plateued off.

    One person is my girlfriend brother who went from 19-14 stone and plateued off.
    The other is me and we both used the same tactic to smash our plateues and I am loosing tons of weight again.

    Intermittent fasting, try it.. it works.
  • mockchoc
    mockchoc Posts: 6,573 Member
    Stop listening to people going on about your calories being too low.. I will tell you a tale of 2 folk who plateued off.

    One person is my girlfriend brother who went from 19-14 stone and plateued off.
    The other is me and we both used the same tactic to smash our plateues and I am loosing tons of weight again.

    Intermittent fasting, try it.. it works.

    I use it too. Hi.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    It would help if we could see your diary and have an idea of what you are eating and how much you are working out before we give any kind of decent recommendations. It would also help with more info concerning your height/weight/age etc. so we can guesstimate how much you might need to be eating. Otherwise, the answers you get MAY help, but also may not since we don't know your situation. :flowerforyou:
  • JakeBrownVB
    JakeBrownVB Posts: 399 Member
    And for sure its the way to break a platue. Calories being too low aint de reason for the platue, its just her body getting used to functioning on those calories is all.
  • jamiek917
    jamiek917 Posts: 610 Member
    And for sure its the way to break a platue. Calories being too low aint de reason for the platue, its just her body getting used to functioning on those calories is all.

    u dont even know what her calorie intake is- she gave no details.
  • JakeBrownVB
    JakeBrownVB Posts: 399 Member

    u dont even know what her calorie intake is- she gave no details.

    Im kinda using common sense here, she is obviously dieting (as she did loose weight), she has obviously plateued off, she has obviously adjusted to her diet. I honestly dont think the OP went on a diet on 1400 calories (or watever it was).. lost weight... then increased her calories by 20% etc and then made a post saying "ooh ive plateud off.. herpa derp i wonder why?"
  • elizabethwolf
    elizabethwolf Posts: 29
    i'm probably going to get hate for this, but when i plateau i go on a liquid fast for two days bar one meal that's like a salad without dressing and bread and stuff then slowly return it to whatever i'm usually on. liquid fasts for me include any drink i want, whether that's diet coke or a coffee, hope it helps x
  • JakeBrownVB
    JakeBrownVB Posts: 399 Member
    i'm probably going to get hate for this, but when i plateau i go on a liquid fast for two days bar one meal that's like a salad without dressing and bread and stuff then slowly return it to whatever i'm usually on. liquid fasts for me include any drink i want, whether that's diet coke or a coffee, hope it helps x

    HELL NO girl. You getting respect for that.. not hate.. I went on a 48 hour water fast 2 weeks ago and lost 5 pounds.. all those haters saying my metabolism will crash and I will smash the weight back on... it has not only stayed off, ive lost more.

    Water fasts are the way to go, anyone says otherwise is one of dem folk who believe in the old starvation mode myth.
  • elizabethwolf
    elizabethwolf Posts: 29
    yeah i think if you slowly return back to normal eating you can keep it off, i have, just like you. And on a liquid fast you are still taking in some calories across the day so your body is less likely to enter starvation mode
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    yeah i think if you slowly return back to normal eating you can keep it off, i have, just like you. And on a liquid fast you are still taking in some calories across the day so your body is less likely to enter starvation mode

    what is starvation mode?
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    Stop listening to people going on about your calories being too low.. I will tell you a tale of 2 folk who plateued off.

    One person is my girlfriend brother who went from 19-14 stone and plateued off.
    The other is me and we both used the same tactic to smash our plateues and I am loosing tons of weight again.

    Intermittent fasting, try it.. it works.

    I use it too. Hi.

    I'm also on the IF wagon, and it seems to be working.
  • elizabethwolf
    elizabethwolf Posts: 29
    when your body isn't getting enough calories your metabolism massively slows down so you don't lose too much weight. it's a primal thing so that when we were cavemen and maybe couldn't hunt for a day or two, we wouldn't all lose so much weight and die. anyway, so in starvation mode once you start eating normally again, your body scrounges for every calorie especially energy dense foods such as carbs and fats (which you will crave if your body goes into starvation mode to get some energy) resulting in an overall weight gain, which is the opposite of what most people try to achieve when going on fasts. does this make sense?
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    when your body isn't getting enough calories your metabolism massively slows down so you don't lose too much weight. it's a primal thing so that when we were cavemen and maybe couldn't hunt for a day or two, we wouldn't all lose so much weight and die. anyway, so in starvation mode once you start eating normally again, your body scrounges for every calorie especially energy dense foods such as carbs and fats (which you will crave if your body goes into starvation mode to get some energy) resulting in an overall weight gain, which is the opposite of what most people try to achieve when going on fasts. does this make sense?

    do peoples bodies go onto starvation mode overnight?
  • elizabethwolf
    elizabethwolf Posts: 29
    yeah technically because your metabolism slows down because you don't have to satisfy as many bodily processes. metabolism is the rate at which respiration in your cells occur. respiration releases energy so the muscles can contract and relax but you're not moving as much when you're asleep and your breathing and heart rate also slow down so yeah your metabolism slows down, less extreme than going on a fast though because our body is used to sleeping and always expects to sleep whereas it doesn't expect to fast in the day
  • elizabethwolf
    elizabethwolf Posts: 29
    come on guys i'm 17 and i'm teaching you old folk ;)
  • JakeBrownVB
    JakeBrownVB Posts: 399 Member
    come on guys i'm 17 and i'm teaching you old folk ;)

    Sorry to say but yo teachin be dodgy

    Starvation mode aint hit over night.. it aint even hit in 2 days. But I aint gonna nit pick temanoilgy.. There is no way in hell if you stay at a caloric deficit that your body is gonna start storing fat... it aint gonna happen..

    Your metabolism will slow (no where even close to the extent you make out) but your body just aint gonna store fat for the hell of it when your at a deficit.

    If you use 2000 calories a day and only eat 1200.. your body aint gonna choose to use 800, store away 400 as fat because fuk it.. and then magically find 1200 from thin air..

    You will only gain when you go into a caloric surplus.. and yes it.. it will be a larger gain then usual.
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    yeah technically because your metabolism slows down because you don't have to satisfy as many bodily processes. metabolism is the rate at which respiration in your cells occur. respiration releases energy so the muscles can contract and relax but you're not moving as much when you're asleep and your breathing and heart rate also slow down so yeah your metabolism slows down, less extreme than going on a fast though because our body is used to sleeping and always expects to sleep whereas it doesn't expect to fast in the day

    so how long does it take for starvation mode to like, kick in? like after your last meal how many hours or days until your body is like woah.... starvation mode time!?!
  • JakeBrownVB
    JakeBrownVB Posts: 399 Member

    so how long does it take for starvation mode to like, kick in? like after your last meal how many hours or days until your body is like woah.... starvation mode time!?!

    Days and days..

    Ignore this starvation mode.. its the biggest load of BS in the dieting world.. seriously. It is the most commonly believed myth in the world.
    Yes it does exist, but you will never hit it.
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member

    so how long does it take for starvation mode to like, kick in? like after your last meal how many hours or days until your body is like woah.... starvation mode time!?!

    Days and days..

    Ignore this starvation mode.. its the biggest load of BS in the dieting world.. seriously. It is the most commonly believed myth in the world.
    Yes it does exist, but you will never hit it.

    i know, just love hearing about it. its like being told about dragons that ride unicorns and popcorn that doesn't go soft in the rain.
  • Lyadeia
    Lyadeia Posts: 4,603 Member
    And for sure its the way to break a platue. Calories being too low aint de reason for the platue, its just her body getting used to functioning on those calories is all.

    Sometimes too low calories IS the reason for a plateau. I'm not talking about "starvation mode" either. Sometimes when the deficit is just too low, you may not be eating a starvation diet (which is where the mode really lies) but your metabolism slows because it adjusts to the lower calorie deficit. You may still lose weight, of course, just slower than expected, and thus, a perceived plateau.

    I was eating 1500 calories a day for months thinking that this was grand. I also wasn't losing pounds doing it even though it was definitely a deficit. Last month, the only change I made was to increase my calories to TDEE-20% which for me is 300 calories MORE than what I was eating. My exercise routines stayed the same, I just ate more. And I lost a dress size (went from a 6 down to a 4), lost body fat (down to 22% from 23.8%), and lost 4 pounds (from 140 to 136) in the past month. I started last year at 142 pounds, so I lost a whopping 2 pounds all year eating 1500 calories, and then I lost 4 pounds and have to give away my "fat" pants which are only a size 6 after 3 weeks of eating the proper amount for my body.

    I was NOT in "starvation mode," but my metabolism had simply become slower after adjusting to a deficit that was between 35-40% below my TDEE. Definitely not starving, but definitely not losing.

    I'm sure IF would work for me, too, provided I was eating the proper amount of calories. According to the IF calculator that I looked at, the amount of calories that I was recommended to eat was...ta-da...exactly what I upped my calories to recently which leads me to believe that it is the amount of calories, not when I ate them, that made the difference for me.

    Just sayin...

    :flowerforyou:
  • JakeBrownVB
    JakeBrownVB Posts: 399 Member
    No I agree with you! going at any number of calories will eventually create a platue even if is a deficit, and yeah its not starvation mode its just adjusting to the deficit and the routine. Just like a gym routine that you stick at for too long.. your body gets used to it and you stop gaining as much muscle. Shaking your body up wether it be with a fast, calorie increase, cheat day, Intermmitent fast will usually always break any platue you have hit.
  • aneema31294
    aneema31294 Posts: 4 Member
    hey ,also experiencing a plateau I follow if 20/4 Intermittent fasting I'm really active I do hiit 3 times a week aswell as sprints and weight training ????
  • size102b
    size102b Posts: 1,370 Member
    There's is no starvation mode if there was they'd be no anorexics or malnourished people
  • LessCookiess
    LessCookiess Posts: 538 Member
    edited March 2017
    What's your current weight? What's your goal weight? Height? How many calories are you consuming daily? Are you eating back any of the calories you burned off? How are you tracking how many calories you've eaten are you using a scale or eye balling it or reading the labels?
    Please answer theses questions, and we will be able to respond better.
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